Intelligent identification of multimedia content for synchronization
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorDavid L. Biderman
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Abstract
An intelligent synchronization tool ensures access to desired content in a manner that automatically keeps the content current on the portable media device. A variation threshold or user-specified degree of content variation may be introduced among content downloaded to a user's mobile device to prevent the user from becoming bored. Furthermore, intelligent synchronization may automatically populate the portable media device with popular content to save a user time and/or use passive monitoring techniques to ascertain a user's preferences for subsequent population.
Claims20
A method of managing content on a portable media device, the method comprising:
- accessing one or more rules related to user preferences for content;
- accessing one or more content selections;
- identifying, from among the one or more content selections, a first group of content selections of interest to a user based on the one or more rules related to user preferences for content;
- generating a first configuration for the portable media device, wherein the first configuration indicates that the first group of content selection is to be loaded on the portable media device;
- accessing one or more additional rules related to user preferences for content, the one or more additional rules requiring variation of content selections to be loaded on the portable media device independent of user selection of the content selections;
- identifying, from among the one or more content selections, a second group of content selections of interest to the user based on the one or more additional rules related to user preferences for content, the second group of content selections differing from the first group of content selections according to the variation required in the one or more additional rules;
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- generating a second configuration for the portable media device, wherein the second configuration indicates that the second group of content selections is to be loaded on the portable media device.
A system comprising a processor connected to a storage device for managing content on a portable media device, the processor being configured to:
- access one or more rules related to user preferences for content;
- access one or more content selections;
- identify, from among the one or more content selections, a first group of content selections of interest to a user based on the one or more rules related to user preferences for content;
- generate a first configuration for the portable media device, wherein the first configuration indicates that the first group of content selection is to be loaded on the portable media device;
- access one or more additional rules related to user preferences for content, the one or more additional rules requiring variation of content selections to be loaded on the portable media device independent of user selection of the content selections;
- identify, from among the one or more content selections, a second group of content selections of interest to the user based on the one or more additional rules related to user preferences for content, the second group of content selections differing from the first group of content selections according to the variation required in the one or more additional rules;
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- generate a second configuration for the portable media device, wherein the second configuration indicates that the second group of content selections is to be loaded on the portable media device.
A machine-readable storage device storing a computer program for managing content on a portable media device, the computer program including instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to:
- access one or more rules related to user preferences for content;
- access one or more content selections;
- identify, from among the one or more content selections, a first group of content selections of interest to a user based on the one or more rules related to user preferences for content;
- generate a first configuration for the portable media device, wherein the first configuration indicates that the first group of content selection is to be loaded on the portable media device;
- access one or more additional rules related to user preferences for content, the one or more additional rules requiring variation of content selections to be loaded on the portable media device independent of user selection of the content selections;
- identify, from among the one or more content selections, a second group of content selections of interest to the user based on the one or more additional rules related to user preferences for content, the second group of content selections differing from the first group of content selections according to the variation required in the one or more additional rules;
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- generate a second configuration for the portable media device, wherein the second configuration indicates that the second group of content selections is to be loaded on the portable media device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.