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Title:
メディア項目を選択する方法、システム及びメディアプレーヤ
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4685015
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Creating a playlist of media items for a desired perceiving experience requires many actions for searching and selecting media items that fit the desired perceiving experience. The invention provides an alternative for creating a perceiving experience without the use of a playlist. To this end, the invention provides a method (1) for selecting a media item from a plurality of media items, each of the plurality of media items being linked to at least one out of a plurality of content related attribute-value pairs, the method (1) comprising the steps of defining (10) for at least one attribute of said plurality of attribute-value pairs at least two desired probabilities of selecting a media item having a predetermined value for said at least one attribute, resulting in a desired probability distribution (22) of at least two predetermined values for which a desired probability has been defined, selecting (14) an actual value from said at least two predetermined values in accordance with said desired probability distribution (22), and selecting (16) one of said plurality of media items having an attribute-value pair corresponding to said actual value and the attribute linked to said actual value. The invention further provides a system (1) and a media player (5) for selecting a media item.

Inventors:
Bail Vincentius P
Hierutos Lucas Jayev
Application Number:
JP2006524498A
Publication Date:
May 18, 2011
Filing Date:
August 23, 2004
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
International Classes:
G11B27/10; G06F17/30; G11B19/02; G11B27/32
Domestic Patent References:
JP10323416A
JP2003030969A
JP9330586A
JP60077091U
JP7320458A
JP60132686U
Foreign References:
WO2002010878A1
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Susumu Tsugaru
Akihiko Miyazaki
Fueda Shusen