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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2016
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Brian M. Siegel, Washingtonville, NY (US);
Philip M. Abram, Warwick, NY (US);
Marc Beckwitt, San Clemente, CA (US);
Gregory D. Gudorf, San Diego, CA (US);
Kazuaki Iso, Oradell, NJ (US);
Brian Raymond, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher M. Tobin, McLean, VA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method an apparatus is provided for providing selected media files, which are chosen from among a plurality of media files, to a user over a packet-switched network such as the Internet. The method begins by receiving over the packet-switched network a request from the user to receive media content. Next, a user profile associated with the user is retrieved from a database. The user profile reflects user preferences in media content to be received over the packet-switched network. The plurality of media files are ranked based at least in part on the user profile. At least one highly ranked media file is selected from among the ranked plurality of media files. At least one of the highly ranked media files is forwarded to the user over the packet-switched network.