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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2005
Applicants:

Daniel Plastina, Sammamish, WA (US);

Khurshed Mazhar, Kirkland, WA (US);

Scott Colville, Kirkland, WA (US);

James M. Alkove, Woodinville, WA (US);

Kirt A. Debique, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Plastina, Sammamish, WA (US);

Khurshed Mazhar, Kirkland, WA (US);

Scott Colville, Kirkland, WA (US);

James M. Alkove, Woodinville, WA (US);

Kirt A. Debique, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 1/18 (2006.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01); G10H 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Various systems and methods described above permit a user's content experience (e.g. music playing experience) to be monitored and for metadata describing this experience to be collected. This metadata can be dynamically updated as a user experiences media content and then used to impart to the user a personalized experience that is tailored to that specific user. A user's metadata can, in some instances, provided across a wide variety of computing devices on which the user may experience the media content, thus standardizing the user's personalized media experience. In addition, intelligent or 'smart' playlists can be provided which, in some instances, can be dynamically and automatically updated to reflect current user experiences, thus providing a highly personalized and enjoyable content experience.


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