Personalized preloading of digital content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9344499-B2
Application number	US-201313734759-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 4, 2013
Priority date	Mar 4, 2005
Publication date	May 17, 2016
Grant date	May 17, 2016

Abstract

Techniques are described regarding providing consumers with devices on which digital content appropriate for those consumers has been loaded, such as digital media player devices or other consumer devices that are able to play or otherwise present digital media loaded on those devices. In some situations, when a consumer orders such a digital media player or other consumer device from a merchant (or other distributor of the device), the merchant preloads a copy of the device with digital media content before delivering that device to the consumer or other specified recipient, such as digital media items that are automatically selected in a personalized manner for the recipient to whom the device will be sent. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a request to provide a recipient with a digital media device including storage;
retrieving information specific to the recipient based at least in part on prior interactions associated with the recipient that occurred before the receiving of the request;
determining, by a configured computing system, digital media items for the recipient, the determining including using the information to automatically…

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Kessel Steven
• Carr William Dugald
• Heyworth Samuel Stevens

Classifications

• G06Q20/123

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q30/06

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q20/1235

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q30/0621

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L67/1097 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic