System and method for providing a personalized media service

US7325043B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Music Choice · US

Inventors

• Jeremy C. Rosenberg · Havre de Grace, US
• Ronald M. Yurman · Short Hills, US
• Stuart H. Farber · Horsham, US
• David J. Del Beccaro · Abington, US
• Richard T. Bergan, Jr. · Phoenixville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2008
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99948
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for providing a personalized media service. In one aspect, the system includes an on-demand system, a plurality of subscriber devices, and a network to which the on-demand system and the subscriber devices are coupled so that the on-demand system and the subscriber devices can communicate with each other. The on-demand system enables a user to create one or more personalized media channels by enabling the user to specify his/her media preferences for each channel. The on-demand system includes a media server for streaming media to the plurality of subscriber devices. The media is preferably implemented using a video-on-demand server.