Patent ID: 7178107

Claim:
A method of using a system with at least one element chosen from audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of usage preferences descriptions where each of said usage preference descriptions includes at least 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 for the presentation structure by which the content of said at least one element chosen from audio, image, and a video is to be presented to said user; (ii) said filtering preferences descriptions and said search preferences descriptions relate to at least one 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 contains descriptors describing at least one of preferred audio and video rendering settings of the presentation device that relates to user's preferences regarding presentation characteristics of the presentation device, said at least one of audio and video rendering settings of said presentation device relating to how the user consumes said at least one of audio and video content; and (b) providing a plurality of user identification descriptions, each of which identifies at least one of said usage preference descriptions.