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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2007
Mark L. Woodward, Milton, MA (US);
E. Oliver Jones, Andover, MA (US);
Gene S. Fein, Lenox, MA (US);
Christopher Harris, Amherst, MA (US);
Steve S. Sherman, Boston, MA (US);
Bennie Jones, Methuen, MA (US);
Anthony Salotto, Norton, MA (US);
Mark L. Woodward, Milton, MA (US);
E. Oliver Jones, Andover, MA (US);
Gene S. Fein, Lenox, MA (US);
Christopher Harris, Amherst, MA (US);
Steve S. Sherman, Boston, MA (US);
Bennie Jones, Methuen, MA (US);
Anthony Salotto, Norton, MA (US);
Emission Limited Liability Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Collecting user preference information related to a playing media recording is accomplished by gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from a media player program presenting the playing media recording and determining if tags are embedded in the media recording and gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from the tags embedded in the playing media recording, if the tags exist. Further, determining if a table of contents exists on the media recording and gathering a table of contents for a collection containing the playing media recording by identifying the collection using a concatenation of track lengths identifier generation technique, the table of contents exists. Then assembling the descriptive information into a media recording information packet and sending the media recording information packet to a server computer, resulting in a collection of user preference information related to the playing media recording.