Device and method for monitoring, rating and/or tuning to an audio content channel

摘要

Devices, methods and computer-readable code for simultaneously monitoring the content of at least two streaming audio content channels are disclosed. In some embodiments, the monitored content is analyzed, and one or more features of the monitored content channels are computed, including but not limited to music classification features, content genre features, and spoken content features. These computed features may be used, for example, to compute a rating or score for each monitored audio channel, for example, a rating computed relative to user listening preferences, expressed, for example, in preference rules. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed device includes a channel selector for automatically tuning, for example, to a channel assigned a higher rating at a given time. Alternatively or additionally, content rating scores may be displayed to a user who manually selects and tunes to an audio content channel.

主权项

1. An audio content processing device that is operative to:
a) monitor the content of at least two streaming audio content channels simultaneously; and b) compute respective ratings for each said monitored content channel, wherein the audio content processing device includes a content analyzer configured to extract audio content features from said monitored content channels and to compute the respective ratings using the extracted features and a stored content preference for a user that varies with time, wherein computing the respective ratings using the extracted features and the stored content preference for the user that varies with time includes assigning different ratings values to particular audio content, wherein assigning the different ratings values includes assigning a first ratings value to a song from an artist currently being played on one of said monitored content channels in response to a song from the same artist being played on the device a first time period before the currently playing song and assigning a second ratings value to the currently playing song in response to a song from the same artist being played on the device a second time period before the currently playing song, wherein the first ratings value is lower than the second ratings value and wherein the first time period is less than the second time period.