Patent ID: 8655383

Claim:
A content delivery system comprising: a first content retrieving unit configured to retrieve first content information from at least one communication interface; a second content retrieving unit configured to retrieve second content information directly from at least one electronic device coupled to the content delivery system; a user interface configured to display at least a portion of said first content information; a position and distance measuring unit configured to detect a current position of a user and provide distance information between the user's current position and at least one location of the first content; and an information processing unit configured to determine whether to provide and display at least a portion of said first content information to the user by managing said first content and second content information and analyzing at least the distance information provided by the position and distance measuring unit; wherein the first content information comprises event information which is transmitted from at least one content provider to said communication interface, and the second content information comprises playback information including artist names, a number of songs belonged to each artist, play counts of each song, and a favorite radio station directly retrieved from said electronic device which is a playback device coupled to the content delivery system, wherein said information processing unit divides the artists in the playback information into different tiers according to at least a portion of the playback information indicating the user's preference and assigns a searching distance to each tier, where said information processing unit assigns a longest searching distance to search for event information of the artists to a tier with the highest preference, and the searching distance is descending in each tier therefrom, and wherein the user interface is configured to allow the user to select at least one artist from said playback information in order to retrieve the artist's event information, and to search for future event for the selected artist or purchase the selected artist's album, if there is no event for the selected artist.