Patent ID: 8849895
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for associating user selected content management directives with a user selected rating, the method carried out by a computer comprising a computer processor and computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the method comprising: presenting to a user a plurality of predefined content management directives, wherein the content management directives comprise actions performed on content by a content management server; receiving from the user an identification of a particular content management directive; receiving from the user an identification of the user selected rating for entering into a media device to invoke the content management directive; storing, at the content management server, the identification of the content management directive in association with the user selected rating to invoke the content management directives; creating a rule associating the content management directive, the user selected rating and content to be managed by the content management server; embedding the rule in the media file of the content; wherein said actions performed on the content are performed by the content management server in response to detecting entry of the user selected rating associated with the content management directive; wherein said actions performed on the content include a plurality of actions comprising deleting the media file, highlighting the media file, forwarding the media file and copying the media file; wherein said actions are performed in response to detecting entry, at the media device, of the user selected rating; wherein said content comprises at least one of an email, a word processing document, a calendar document, an XML document or a WML file; and wherein the media device is a digital audio player.