US 9,177,604 B2Granted

Media content for a mobile media device

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorsWilliam J. Lauby, Albert Y. S. Shum, Anton O. A. Andrews, Jonathan R. Harris, Jeffrey C. Fong

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Abstract

Various embodiments enable a user of a mobile media device to select one or more channels to load onto the device. Each channel comprises a collection of media content files, such as video content, audio content, and so on. Each collection of media content files can be associated with a particular genre (or genres) of media content. A channel can be managed such that its collection of media content can be rearranged, augmented, and/or otherwise edited to produce a refreshed version of the channel. A user's interaction with content within a channel can be monitored to produce behavior data about the user. The behavior data can be used to customize the playback of a particular channel to reflect user preferences. The behavior data can also be used to produce channels that are custom tuned for the user and can be used to produce a customized version of a mobile media device.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, at a first user's mobile device, an interaction performed through a second user's mobile device, the first user's mobile device and the second user's mobile device associated through a social network, the interaction made with a first media content file in a first portion of a channel, the channel comprising a media content feed of media content files from a channel source, the channel source external to the first user's mobile device and the second user's mobile device, the interaction comprising a navigation behavior performed relative to the first media content file or a characterization of the first media content file;
encountering, during consumption of the channel on the first user's mobile device, a second media content file having a similarity to the first media content file upon which the interaction was performed through the second user's mobile device;
modifying, during the consumption of the channel on the first user's mobile device, a second portion of the channel by automatically skipping the second media content file based at least in part on the interaction performed through the second user's mobile device and with the first media content file in the first portion of the channel when the navigation behavior performed relative to the first media content file or the characterization of the first media content file indicates that the second user dislikes the first media content file;
and
continuing the consumption of the channel on the first user's mobile device by playing a third media content file subsequent to the second media content file of the media content feed of media content files.

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A mobile device comprising:

one or more processors;
one or more computer-readable storage media coupled to the one or more processors;
computer-executable instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media that, when executed by the one or more processors, implement a method comprising:
receiving at the mobile device, which is associated with a first user, an interaction performed through a second user's mobile device, the mobile device and the second user's mobile device associated through a social network via the first user and the second user, the interaction made with a first media content file in a first portion of a channel during consumption of the channel on the second user's mobile device, the channel comprising a media content feed of media content files from a channel source, the channel source external to the mobile device associated with the first user and the second user's mobile device, the interaction comprising a navigation behavior performed relative to the first media content file or a characterization of the first media content file;
encountering, during consumption of the channel on the mobile device, a second media content file having a similarity to the first media content file upon which the interaction was performed through the second user's mobile device;
modifying, during the consumption of the channel on the mobile device, a second portion of the channel by automatically skipping the second media content file based at least in part on the interaction performed through the second user's mobile device and with the first media content file in the first portion of the channel when the navigation behavior performed relative to the first media content file or the characterization of the first media content file indicates that the second user dislikes the first media content file;
and
continuing the consumption of the channel on the mobile device by playing a third media content file subsequent to the second media content file of the media content feed of media content files.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.