Patent ID: 7181691

Claim:
A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of: (a) providing a usage preferences descriptions where said usage preference descriptions includes a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user's viewing preferences and include a plurality of browsing descriptors; (ii) said filtering preferences description and said search preferences descriptions relate to at least two of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and (iii) said device preferences description relates to user's preferences regarding presentation characteristics of the presentation device, said device preference description including presentation descriptors selectively specific to a one or more of said plurality of browsing descriptors; (b) selecting said at least one of audio, image, and a video based upon said usage preferences; and (c) adjusting a presentation characteristic of said display device based on said device preferences description and a selected said at least one of an audio, image, and a video.