US 7,321,923 B1
Personalized audio system and method
Jeremy Rosenberg, Havre de Grace, Md. (US); and Ronald Yurman, West Orange, N.J. (US)
Assigned to Music Choice, Horsham, Pa. (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/98,482.
Application 10/098482 is a continuation of application No. 09/800956, filed on Mar. 08, 2001, granted, now 7,028,082.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/187894, filed on Mar. 08, 2000.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 709—217  [707/104; 725/45; 725/46] 45 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In a personalized audio system comprising a consumer device comprising a receiver for receiving broadcast sound recordings, a user interface for receiving input from a user of the system, and a storage device for storing data, a method for providing a personalized audio channel, comprising the steps of:
building a sound recording library on the storage device, the sound recording library comprising a plurality of sound recordings;
receiving from the user an indication that the user desires to listen to a selected personalized audio channel, wherein the personalized audio channel has a profile associated therewith, and the profile comprises information related to or concerning the user's sound recording preferences;
selecting a sound recording from the sound recording library based on the profile associated with the selected audio channel;
retrieving from the sound recording library the selected sound recording; and
playing the sound recording for the user, wherein the step of building the sound recording library comprises the steps of:
receiving by the receiver a broadcast sound recording broadcast from a broadcast source;
determining whether the received broadcast sound recording is a needed sound recording and/or determining whether the user has indicated a preference for the received broadcast sound recording; and
adding a copy of the received broadcast sound recording to the library if the broadcast sound recording is a needed sound recording or the user has indicated a preference for the received broadcast sound recording and a copy of the received broadcast sound recording is not already included in the library.