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Patent No.:

US 8813127 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014

Filed:

May. 19, 2009

Media content retrieval system and personal virtual channel

Applicants:

Min Liu, Redmond, WA (US);

Zhen MA, Kirkland, WA (US);

Anthony Vincent Discolo, Sammamish, WA (US);

Wei Ning, Redmond, WA (US);

Ying Wu, Redmond, WA (US);

Rathe Hollingum, Dublin, IE;

Renaud Bordelet, Dublin, IE;

Inventors:

Min Liu, Redmond, WA (US);

Zhen Ma, Kirkland, WA (US);

Anthony Vincent Discolo, Sammamish, WA (US);

Wei Ning, Redmond, WA (US);

Ying Wu, Redmond, WA (US);

Rathe Hollingum, Dublin, IE;

Renaud Bordelet, Dublin, IE;

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:

Micah Goldsmith

Peter Taylor

Micky Minhas

Primary Examiner:

Yassin Alata

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system is disclosed for media content search and retrieval, and a virtual television channel capable of using that system. The present system may be implemented on a computing device, such as for example a media service server, and a client device, such as for example a set top box for a television system, a mobile telephone, a personal digital assistant or a gaming console. A first aspect of the present system relates to a media download control engine which enables a client device with limited capabilities to play media content which comes from a website in a format not supported by the client device. A second aspect of the present system may make use of the media download control engine to obtain media content and create customized virtual channels. The second aspect in particular relates to a virtual channel engine that schedules a continuous stream of content for the user, which content is selected based on topics of interest to the user.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Liu, Min. (2014). Media content retrieval system and personal virtual channel (U.S. Patent No. 8813127). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8813127

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