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Patent No.:

US 8266690 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2009
Applicants:

Victor Carvajal, San Marcos, CA (US);

Jaime Chee, San Diego, CA (US);

Ling Jun Wong, Escondido, CA (US);

Inventors:

Victor Carvajal, San Marcos, CA (US);

Jaime Chee, San Diego, CA (US);

Ling Jun Wong, Escondido, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of generating an audiovisual object such as a wallpaper or screensaver keyed to a user's preferences, local time, and location, comprising: collecting a set of user preferences for a user; providing a metadata stream associated with an audiovisual input; comparing elements within the metadata stream with the set of user preferences to form a comparison; and outputting an audiovisual object to the user's video display unit if the comparison indicates that the metadata stream matches one or more elements of the set of user preferences. User preferences may be collected from user habits based on metadata streams associated with the audiovisual input, or may be directly input by the user. The methods above may also be stored on a computer readable medium.


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