Method, apparatus and program product for media identification and tracking associated user preferences

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8244896
APP PUB NO 20080147715A1
SERIAL NO

11892015

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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.

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MINERAL LASSEN LLC2215-B RENAISSANCE DRIVE SUITE 5 LAS VEGAS NV 89119

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fein, Gene S Lenox, US 75 2374
Harris, Christopher Amherst, US 96 2306
Jones, Bennie Methuen, US 3 61
Jones, E Oliver Andover, US 5 108
Salotto, Anthony Norton, US 5 102
Sherman, Steve S Boston, US 4 97
Woodward, Mark L Milton, US 9 546

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