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VTech's IS9181 Wi-Fi Internet Radio
For starters, I'm going to let my Facebook status update regarding my review experience with VTech's IS9181 Wi-Fi Internet Radio speak for itself: "Testing out VTech's Wi-Fi Internet radio. Pretty much a magical music box. Already found a great Beatles-only station streaming from Russia, and it only took a few minutes to add gdradio.net and Live Phish Radio streams. Sleep can wait till tomorrow night, right?"
In the tabletop evolution from the old AM/FM-only radios to the cassette boomboxes of the 80s to CD/radio boxes to iPod dock systems, the VTech model is the ideal culmination of today's technology wrapped up in a compact, pretty package.
The IS9181 is almost as simple to set up and use as a traditional boombox you may be used to, but with access to 11,000-plus Internet radio stations foremost among its highlights, it acts almost as a poor man's multiroom audio system. Currently it's selling for $174.95 on VTech's website.
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For the most part, the IS9181 is a pretty easy out-of-the-box solution. I was actually surprised by how compact the product was, too—dimensions are only 6.3" x 12.4" x 3.5" and the giftbox weighs just 4 lbs. The size makes the product even more feasible and flexible to use in just about any secondary room of your home or home/work office.
I plugged my review unit into a tidy corner counter space in our kitchen, perfect for when my wife or I are preparing dinner or putting away dishes from the dishwasher. It takes up about as much territory as a small toaster.
The IS9181 includes two manuals—the comprehensive user's manual as well as the single-page fold-out quick start guide. I grabbed the quick start guide and it proved more than enough for my purposes. The guide says initialization after first-time plug-in can take up to three minutes, which may have been a minute longer than mine.
Following the guide from there, I activated the system and quickly got to the wireless network setup—the unit searched for and easily found my Linksys router, and I punched in my network password and was off and running. The virtual keyboard that appears on the IS9181's GUI is simple enough to work, either using the included miniature remote control or the controls located on the top of the unit.
From there I also went through clock settings (you can enter manually or have them imported via the Internet) and weather settings. Yes, the device works pretty well as an extra clock for your room, or an alarm clock, and it also provides you with a 5-day forecast once you've entered your zip code.
With that taken care of, I was really to start the mega-listening experience that is the IS9181.
Features and Performance
There are four main ways to explore music from VTech's Internet Radio—source choices are Internet Radio, My Music, FM Radio and Aux In. For this review's sake, I focused on the Internet Radio, which I believe to be the biggest boon to the device as it taps into 11,000-plus stations—including just about any you can add yourself if they're not already available.
Highlighting "Internet Radio" on the source menu brings you to a menu of Genres, Locations, Languages, Most Popular Stations, and My Stations. Let's just say it's good to have options when you're dealing with such a vast quantity of stations. Those options are pretty self-explanatory, save for the My Stations.
That one, as well as the other choices, might best be discussed by pointing you to the Station Finder on VTech's website. You first need to set up your account, by inputting the product ID, to go with your email address and password (sent to you). You can certainly scroll through and select the genres and individual stations on the device itself, but once you check out the Station Finder you will get a better idea of how much there is to choose from, whether it be typical genres like classic rock, jazz, classical, blues, bluegrass and more, or talk radio, for example.
Just as an example, there are 1003 Top 40 stations as of this writing, 230 Contemporary Christian stations, 53 Reggae stations, 10 World Hawaiian stations and 262 sports talk stations. Remember, these are global choices.
I used the list to scan some in the classic rock category, from North America, and add a few channels to My Stations. This acts like a Bookmarks area on your radio so it's easy to quickly access some favorite choices. I found all-Pink Floyd and all-Beatles stations (both streamed from Russia), for example, that I managed to one-click add to My Stations.
Two other major ways to use Station Finder are being able to: sort the station listings by bitrate (high to low or vice versa) and adding stations by URL. The former will directly affect your listening performance, as higher bitrate streams definitely sound better coming through the virtual pipe—I found a 192 kbps classic rock signal, and it sounded crystal clear, while 64 kbps jazz offered noticeable compression artifacts.
The latter, adding stations, was of utmost importance to me and pain-free to accomplish. Some of my favorite bands, such as Phish, the Grateful Dead and other "jam" bands have excellent streaming web stations that I couldn't find searching the listings. When you open such streams in iTunes or Windows Media Player, for example, you can find the ISP information and copy it into VTech's station adding form. In all it took about 3 minutes to add three of my favorite stations (you may already have several in your iTunes), which show up instantaneously on the IS9181 after you've added them on the web.
If you're used to the iTunes radio streaming section, you'll be happy to see metadata such as station names, artist information, song info, genre and geographic location appear similarly on the radio's GUI. You can also click "skip to" buttons on the remote or the device to rapidly move from one station to the next or previous.
Depending on the stream, you may have a relatively instantaneous buffering before play begins, or it could take awhile. Or, like I found out with my Pink Floyd station, it may not work at all. The hit-or-miss nature of web radio is understandable, but it can be frustrating at times.
As for the other music sources, VTech includes a standard headset jack, so I used it to plug in my iPod. Again, this capability expands the IS9181's musical prowess and is a great feature to include—whether you have 120-gig iPods or a shuffle, chances are it has your favorites and they'll be easy to access. In the future it may be good for VTech to add some sort of simple iPod charging base for this application.
I also tested the FM signal. I'm sure this will vary wildly not only from house to house, but to location within your house. Perhaps there's too much interference in my kitchen, but it seemed only really strong signals worked well. That being said, I barely listen to FM as it is, and there's no metadata, so no big loss by me.
As for the networked music, the user's manual details the ways you can access other tunes on your Mac (OS 10.4, 10.5) or PC (Windows 2000/XP/Vista), with an extensive section on setting up the "My Music" source. I chose not to configure a networked attached storage device or my computer for this, as I wanted to play music without extra devices or extra setup—I don't leave my PC on 24/7, and for listening to tunes in my kitchen I was more than happy to stick with web radio, FM or plug in my iPod to the aux input. That being said, I will note that after you have set up the correct configuration for your computer, the IS9181 allows you access to files in MP3, WMA, Real Audio (RA, RM, RMVB) and AAC (MP4 and M4A) formats, making the unit even more attractive.
For a music nut like me, I had a feeling that a standalone Internet radio player would be a fun addition. I just didn't know how fun—you could spend countlesss hours searching for stations around the world, or simply going back and forth between a few that you previously had to be chained to your desktop to hear. And just think of the possibilities if you're a sports fan, to find clear streams of games from around the country.
The IS9181's built-in 3W stereo speakers provide ample sound quality, aided by the built-in 10W subwoofer as the bass extension was certainly a strong suit. There's also RCA outputs so you can plug it into an external receiver or integrated amp for bigger sound. Don't go into it expecting audiophile quality, and you won't be disappointed. And as noted, it helps if you pick some higher quality streams to listen to.
Features such as the bluish-purplish screen, top-located buttons, compact form factor and quick weather lookup make it a more robust proposition, and at $175 the unit is very competitively priced in the category. For rooms such as kitchens, playrooms, bedrooms, home offices and others, even setting up multiple devices is a low-cost way to enjoy tons of music, old and new.
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Posted: 24 May 2011, 12:27
Hi, I'm Alan. I'm an American living in Yokohama, Japan. I've been on this site for the past two weeks trying the Slim Fast diet, and so far, so good. I'm aiming to lose about 80 lbs.
I've found the Food and Exercise tool on this site to be extremely helpful at keeping me on track and motivated. Living in Japan, where obesity is not a major issue, means a real dearth of resources when trying to lose weight. I even have to have the Slim Fast drinks and bars shipped in from the States; a process that takes 4-6 weeks. So having an easy way to track my calories makes a real difference.
I'm hoping to be active in the community here. I've always found it much easier to lose weight and stay motivated when sharing the experience with others. If anyone is interested in a diet buddy with many, many years experience trying to lose weight, I'm your man.
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Best of luck to you! Why are you in Japan btw?
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Hi Alan. Welcome. We're happy to have you here.
I'm thinner today than I was yesterday but not as thin as I will be tomorrow.
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Hey, and welcome! So, what do you do when the shipment doesn't arrive, or you get to your goal? How long will you be in Japan - is this permanent?
Try to be using as much resources to combine and blend what you are doing on Slim Fast, with learning to accomplish this thru food choices and activity. Sooner or later, you will have to adapt to a new way of eating, whether it be moderately low fat, or higher protein and exercise, or moderately low carb... eventually you will stop using the slimfast, correct? So, what a great opportunity to start phasing yourself into learning how to do this when it's 'all you'.
Good luck - and hope you come here often. Lots of people on this site able and willing to help!
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Have just arrived also! I enjoy entering my diet mid day so i can see how many more calories I get for that evening! Since I realize this is the worst time to fill up,I work it off after! Am also having Slim-Fast for breakfast and lunch, but the 500 calories at night leaves a lot of room! Is the balance of carb, protien and fat that peaks my creativity when planning for dinner using the calorie calculator here! What I would choose to eat often differs with the calculator so I juggle in the proper proportions and walla' its dinner! Enjoy!
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Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone.
I've been in Japan for 30 years, so it's probably permanent at this point. We own a small language school where we teach English to Japanese children. It's a lot of work, but it's really nice to be work for yourself.
@jsfantome - I agree completely. I don't know how many times over the years I've told myself that it's not a diet, it's a change of lifestyle. Unfortunately telling myself is a lot easier than making it happen. At any rate, I've made it through the first two weeks successfully and I'm feeling like my body has adjusted to the amount I'm eating, so I'm not hungry all the time. I've been in this place before, so I know I can sustain it for a substantial period until something comes up and knocks me off stride. It's dealing with that adversity that I really need to work on.
@MissClique - I'm amazed that I'm able to get by on 1200 calories a day and that I'm able to function without any real food until the 500 calorie dinner. But after two weeks I've adjusted quite well so right now I'm not feeling hungry that much. My only problem so far has been that when I get home from work I'm ready to eat right now! and most of the recipes from the Slim-Fast website take a substantial amount of time to prepare. On the other hand, the portions are so small, that cooking one chicken breast makes dinner for two days.
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I would be concerned that eating such a big deficit of calories will eventually slow down your metabolism rate to compensate. On the other hand it works for you now and that's great! Don't let "something that comes up" to knock you off stride!
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http://www.amazon.com/Tamron-17-50mm-Vibration-Compensation-Digital/dp/B002LVUIXA/ref=pd_cp_p_0Keep in mind the VC is optically inferior to the non-vc version:
For some reason this costs a lot more at B&H.
Why this?
f/2.8- you want as much light as possible for the smaller sensor.
17-50- this is a nice standard zoom range.
VC- you want vibration compensation when recording video.
Plus, it is a very nice and well-regarded lens all around.
There are so many counterfeit ones out there that its hard to identify a truly good deal.
I'd like to find a 82mm one, I have some 77mm ones, but 82mm seems to be the new standard.
I will stick to B&H, Adorama, or other reputable dealer and avoid anyone with "Wonderful" deals that seem too good to be true.
I expect to see some one day specials in the next 2 months, the problem is to spot them in time to jump on them. Perhaps signing up for sale notices at some of the major manufacturers outlets??
Let us know if you find a deal.
BTW, The price seems to be $150-$250 for good ones, but there is a $11.95 special on Amazon. Maybe this is one of those that ruins the front element on some lenses due to rubbing.
Here's another extreme example of lens damage and dust inside the lens, and how it affects image quality
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2008/10/front-element-scratchesGood of lensrentals to answer. I guess they didn't point you to Roger's blog?
It is up to you. But since you posted, I guess you want to return it.Not necessarily. I just wanted some reassurance this is normal and I shouldn't worry about it. Thanks for the input everyone. I'm shooting a wedding this weekend. If I don't notice anything in the pictures from that I won't worry about it.
So return it
I second that. The Sigma 85mm 1.4 is no match for the 85L, especially not for the bokeh (yes, there is more than sharpness, even if I think the Canon is sharper @f1.4).
@Radiating: I really like what Sigma is doing at the moment, but keep the feet at the ground!
You're living in the ancient past. Sigma's primary motivation now is image quality not price.
Sigma has been releasing lenses that blow their competitors out of the water in quality at around or slightly below their competitors prices:
If you have any doubts take a look at these real world samples:
Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 vs Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 @ f/2.8
There's no comparison, the Sigma is in an entirely different league of image quality. Their 35mm f/1.4 is likewise better:
And their 85mm f/1.4 is both sharper than Canon's 85mm f/1.2 II, and has much less purple fringing (the f/1.2 II has so much you can't even correct it automatically, which is why I use the Sigma)
Sigma makes a better lens that Canon does. Sometimes much better, this is the new Sigma.
I would be very surprised if the 24-105mm OS wasn't marginally better and I'd be very happy if it blew the Canon out of the water like they did with the f/1.8 zoom.
That is a great deal on the 35.
I took the rented 18-35 on a trip to Chicago and shot roughly 500 pictures, 300 of which were keepers. I haven't processed any of them yet, as I'm waiting for Lightroom to release a lens correction profile.
My copy seemed to hunt a little, especially in low light. Keep in mind I shoot on a 60d, so not the greatest autofocus to begin with. I did like the range a lot; I have a 17-40L so this was pretty close in terms of focal lengths.
I've been thinking a lot about switching to full frame, and thought maybe this lens would convince me to stay with crop. No conclusion so far. I wanted to love this lens, and I still could, but I won't know for sure until I get a chance to process all my shots.
Two things: 1. Discuss location limitations with the bride and make sure you have this in your contract (the Clients confirm they are aware of location limitations for photography). Clients need to have reasonable expectations. The location is their choice and they need to discuss this stuff with coordinators, priests, etc. They can expect certain shots from the back but they should not be expecting say low right angle shots from the first row, or side shots, etc. These are the limitations of the location which they picked, so they need to have a good understanding of this stuff before the wedding day.
2. Scout the location and have a chat with the priest. Speculating regarding lenses before that is really pointless.
Also, when i work with limited movement situations, I do bring primes but having zooms is a must.
Good luck!
Sounds tough... what i don't understand is why you can't move?Catholic church. I'm assuming they want the bride and groom to be the focus. They also have limitations on flash which will be fun as I'm used to working with on camera flash. I can still do flash but it has to be from the back of the sanctuary.
Can you hide a camera or two and use a remote trigger?Yeah, I'm going to meet with the coordinator to see if I can have a remote camera somewhere. Not a bad idea with the re-enactment but we only have one hour before hand (don't want to see each other) and 30 minutes after during which we'll running to try and get the formals done. Sigh people seem to underestimate how formals take. Yes, they are aware of it but I'll reiterate after I found out what I'm actually working with.
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it confused me, so i called the numbers i had written down, but the operator never directed me towards someone who could help me, i think i was on the phone for about two minutes and a half, till i got fed up and hang up. so i just got a number from Acai Burn, i called it...it was the same recording i had heard on the Acai Force Max's number. i think im getting scammed, and its my parents credit card, im just worried. the last thing i need is my parents getting secretly billed.
i dont know what to do or how to get a hold of them. can anyone help me? or direct me towards a number?
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- ungrammatical structures and mix Standard English with Singlish expressions, or , in the case of very weak students, they might use only Singlish. (1999, p.
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- www.singlishdictionary.com
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- W - TalkingCock
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A spring tradition returns when the 29th Annual OSF Heritage Run takes off from downtown Rockford Sunday afternoon, April 28.
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Family activities will include a kids' carnival with hands-on activities and inflatables from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., all in the BMO Harris Bank Center. Cholesterol and blood pressure screenings will be available for adults during registration at Stewart Square.
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Today was the second day of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting. Although the day has not been as busy with myeloma-related presentations as tomorrow and Monday will be, there still were some interesting presentations and discussions.
The Beacon published an update earlier today with news from a morning poster session that featured several presentations related to multiple myeloma (see related Beacon news).
This article covers material from an early-afternoon education session that was titled: "Controversies in Myeloma: Induction, Transplant, and Maintenance."
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Multiple myeloma patients receiving an infusion of their own stem cells either one day or two days after undergoing treatment with high-dose melphalan demonstrate similar clinical outcomes, according to a recent U.S. study.
The study investigators conclude that a day of rest between treatment with melphalan and stem cell infusion appears not to be necessary. Based on their findings, they recommend that melphalan administration the day before stem cell infusion should be considered as standard of care.
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As you may remember from my previous column, I was admitted to the hospital for my stem cell transplant at the beginning of March (on March 5 to be exact).
I had no initial devastating reaction to the melphalan (Alkeran) that I received on the day of admission or the infusion of my stem cells over the following two days.
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The results of a recent analysis suggest that the dosage of re-infused lymphocytes during an autologous stem cell transplant does not affect relapse or survival rates in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients.
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before changing the glow plugs the truck was very hard to start but would stay running. I notice an oil residue on the old glow plugs, is that normal. Truck will not stay running after 3 seconds.
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The subject disclosure pertains to Internet or web search engines and more particularly toward a media service integrated or associated therewith. The media service can identity particular media queries as well as provide and present useful information in an easily accessible manner. The search engine can therefore provide a common ground for people to locate things they perceive with respect to media (e.g., advertisements, music, video . . . ) and further facilitate purchase of media items and/or related content or items.
1. A web search engine comprising the following computer-implemented components:
an interface component that receives a query and displays results provided by a query processor; and
a media service component that identifies a media query provided to the interface component and augments the query provided to the query processor to return information based on the media query.
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a computer-implemented means for identifying media queries from an Internet web query; and
a computer-implemented means for configuring the queries to retrieve specialized media information based on the query and media type.
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13. A method of retrieving media information comprising the following computer-implemented methods:
receiving an Internet search engine query;
identifying a media query; and
configuring the query to retrieve media information provided by an entity.
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This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/180,271, filed on Jun. 25, 2002 and entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOISE-ROBUST FEATURE EXTRACTION, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The Internet and the World Wide Web continue to expand rapidly with respect to both the volume of information and the number of users. The Internet is a collection of interconnected computer networks. The World Wide Web, or simply the web, is a service that connects numerous Internet accessible sites via hyperlinks and Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). As a whole, the web provides a global space for accumulation, exchange and dissemination of information. The increase in usage is largely driven by the increase in available information pertinent to the needs of users.
To maximize the likelihood of locating relevant information amongst an abundance of data, Internet or web search engines are regularly employed. In some instances, a user knows the name of the site, server or the URL to the site or server that the user desires to access. In such situations, the user can access the site, by simply entering the URL in the address bar of a browser and connecting to the site. However, in most instances, the user does not know the URL or the site name that includes desired information. To find the site of interest, the user employs a search engine to facilitate locating and accessing sites based on keywords and operators provided by the user.
A web search engine, or simply �search engine,� is a tool that facilitates web navigation based on the entry of a search query comprising one or more keywords. Upon receipt of a query, the search engine retrieves a list of websites, typically ranked based on relevance to the query. To enable this functionality, the search engine must generate and maintain a supporting infrastructure.
First, search engine agents, often referred to as spiders or crawlers, navigate websites in a methodical manner and retrieve information about sites visited. For example, a crawler can make a copy of all or a portion of websites and related information. The search engine then analyzes the content captured by one or more crawlers to determine how a page will be indexed. Indexing is the transformation of the website data into a form, the index, that can be easily employed at search time. Some engines will index all words on a website, while others may only index terms associated with particular tags (e.g., title, header, metatag . . . ). Crawlers must also periodically revisit webpages to detect and capture changes since the last indexing.
Upon entry of one or more keywords as a search query, the search engine retrieves information that matches the query from the index, ranks the sites that match the query, generates a snippet of text associated with matching sites and displays the results to a user. The user can thereafter scroll through a plurality of returned sites to attempt to determine if the sites are related to the interests of the user. However, this can be an extremely time-consuming and frustrating process as search engines can return a substantial number of sites. More often then not, the user is forced to narrow the search iteratively by altering and/or adding keywords and operators to obtain the identity of websites including relevant information.
The following presents a simplified summary in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the claimed subject matter. This summary is not an extensive overview. It is not intended to identify key/critical elements or to delineate the scope of the claimed subject matter. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
Briefly described, the subject innovation pertains to a search engine service that supplies valuable information with respect to media queries. This service can provide added value to a search engine by attracting and encouraging users to continue to utilize the engine for various types of web queries including media and non-media queries. The information can be provided by one or more entities including but not limited to Internet and broadcast media companies. The supplied information can include information that may or may not be otherwise available on the web.
In any event, the subject innovation provides a unified and easy mechanism for locating and interacting with media information. Accordingly, even if the information is publicly accessible via the web, a user may not know where it is located. Moreover, utilizing a conventional search engine to attempt to discover the information can be extremely time consuming, as a user needs to wade through a plethora of provided query results with only a possibility of locating what the user desires.
In accordance with an aspect of the subject innovation, a search engine includes or is communicatively coupled to a media service component. The media service component can include a query identification component that determines if a query is a media query. The media service component can also include a query augmentation component that can influence the identified query, and thus the returned results, based on the query itself, amongst other things. The augmented query can subsequently be provided to a processor to evaluate the query with respect to one or more data repositories. The results of the processed query can then be provided to a user. The results can include special information provided by a media entity alone or in combination with conventional search results.
The supplier provided information can relate to media items such as text, audio, and video or a combination thereof. According to an aspect of the innovation, the information can provide links to a website where the items can be downloaded for a fee or free. For example, assume Tom is driving home from work listening to the radio and he hears a song he likes, but does not know the name of the song, artist or other identifying information. Subsequently, he employs a search engine and enters the call numbers of the radio station on which he heard the song. The media service component can present Tom with a list of the last number of songs played by that station. He can then click on the song to be transported to an online music store where the song can be purchased or other related items explored.
Information suppliers or entities can be encouraged to provide valuable information and features in many ways. According to one aspect of the innovation, the entities can be credited with a fee such as a portion of the revenue generated by purchases resulting from their content. Additionally or alternatively, the entities can be allocated free or discounted advertisement space in conjunction with the provided content. Another option is to collect and supply entities with data regarding the interaction with supplied information and/or other demographical data.
In accordance with another aspect of the subject innovation, a query can be influenced based on media content. The content of one or more communications mediums can be monitored and queries influenced based thereon. For example, a user can specify that query results be biased with respect to a particular media at a specific time.
According to yet another aspect of the innovation, a query can be influenced based on specified preferences. User media preferences can be manually specified and/or automatically determined. Accordingly, a user is able to submit a query for a particular communication medium in a location that satisfies local preferences.
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, certain illustrative aspects of the claimed subject matter are described herein in connection with the following description and the annexed drawings. These aspects are indicative of various ways in which the subject matter may be practiced, all of which are intended to be within the scope of the claimed subject matter. Other advantages and novel features may become apparent from the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the drawings.
The various aspects of the subject innovation are now described with reference to the annexed drawings, wherein like numerals refer to like or corresponding elements throughout. It should be understood, however, that the drawings and detailed description relating thereto are not intended to limit the claimed subject matter to the particular form disclosed. Rather, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the claimed subject matter.
As used in this application, the terms �component� and �system� and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an instance, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a computer and the computer can be a component. One or more components may reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers.
The word �exemplary� is used herein to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any aspect or design described herein as �exemplary� is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects or designs. Similarly, examples are provided herein solely for purposes of clarity and understanding and are not meant to limit the subject innovation or portion thereof in any manner. It is to be appreciated that a myriad of additional or alternate examples could have been presented, but have been omitted for purposes of brevity.
Artificial intelligence based systems (e.g., explicitly and/or implicitly trained classifiers) can be employed in connection with performing inference and/or probabilistic determinations and/or statistical-based determinations as in accordance with one or more aspects of the subject innovation as described hereinafter. As used herein, the term �inference� or �infer� refers generally to the process of reasoning about or inferring states of the system, environment, and/or user from a set of observations as captured via events and/or data. Inference can be employed to identify a specific context or action, or can generate a probability distribution over states, for example. The inference can be probabilistic�that is, the computation of a probability distribution over states of interest based on a consideration of data and events. Inference can also refer to techniques employed for composing higher-level events from a set of events and/or data. Such inference results in the construction of new events or actions from a set of observed events and/or stored event data, whether or not the events are correlated in close temporal proximity, and whether the events and data come from one or several event and data sources. Various classification schemes and/or systems (e.g., support vector machines, neural networks, expert systems, Bayesian belief networks, fuzzy logic, data fusion engines . . . ) can be employed in connection with performing automatic and/or inferred action in connection with the subject innovation.
Furthermore, all or portions of the subject innovation may be implemented as a method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and/or engineering techniques to produce software, firmware, hardware, or any combination thereof to control a computer to implement the disclosed innovation. The term �article of manufacture� as used herein is intended to encompass a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier, or media. For example, computer readable media can include but are not limited to magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic strips . . . ), optical disks (e.g., compact disk (CD), digital versatile disk (DVD) . . . ), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., card, stick, key drive . . . ). Additionally it should be appreciated that a carrier wave can be employed to carry computer-readable electronic data such as those used in transmitting and receiving electronic mail or in accessing a network such as the Internet or a local area network (LAN). Of course, those skilled in the art will recognize many modifications may be made to this configuration without departing from the scope or spirit of the claimed subject matter.
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The interface component 110 is communicatively coupled to the query processor component 120. The query processor component 120 evaluates or processes queries with respect to one or more repositories 130. In one instance, a web search query can be evaluated with respect to an index or plurality of indexes housed in repository 130 as is known in the art. However, the subject innovation is not so limited, as the query processor component 120 can request and retrieve data of various forms and formats stored on the repository(s) 130.
The interface component 110 and query processor component 120 can also be coupled to a media service component 140. The media service component 140 can provide unique functionality with respect to media queries including but not limited to queries pertaining to radio and televisions stations. More specifically, the media service component 140 can receive, retrieve or otherwise monitor user web queries input utilizing interface component 110 and retrieve, via employment of query processor component 120, additional media information based at least in part on the query and media type. This additional information can be provided alone or in conjunction with query traditional web query results. The information can include data that is and/or is not available elsewhere on the web. For example, if a web query corresponds to a radio station's call letters, then a selectable listing of the most recently played songs and/or advertisements could appear in addition to conventional search page results. Additionally or alternatively, the media service component 140 can be employed to influence the results of a query as will be described in latter sections.
Interface component 110 can also include a media preference component 220. The media preference component 220 receives, determines and/or persists media preferences for individual users or computers. For example, a user may specify that they like a particular television show. This information can be received and stored by media preference component 220. Additionally or alternatively, the media preference component 220 can infer a preference for soft rock based on searches for particular songs or radio stations. Still further yet, the media preference component 220 can be communicatively coupled to the location component 210. Thus, the media preference component 220 can associate preferences with one or more locations. For instance, a user may prefer radio station �A� in city �A� and radio station �B� in city �B.� Note also that preference component 220 can utilize specific preferences to generate more general preferences, or more general preferences to identify preferences that are more precise, automatically. Consider a more specific example, where a user is determined by location component 210 to be located in Seattle and by preference component 220 to prefer classic rock. In this scenario, the system 100 of
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Upon acquiring a media query from the identification component 310, the query augmentation component 320 is operable to influence the query return results. More specifically, the query augmentation component 320 can modify the query provided for processing. For example, the query can be further restricted or expanded. Queries can also be generated by the augmentation component 320 that retrieve or attempt to retrieve particular information not necessarily available publicly over the web or forming a portion of a conventional indexed webpage. For instance, media companies can be given incentive to provide useful information to a search engine company that can be provided to users alone or in conjunction with traditional search results. Such a unique feature promotes search engine loyalty amongst users in a relatively fungible market. Additionally or alternatively, audio and video fingerprinting technology can be employed to generate valuable information such as playlists. Furthermore, it is to be noted that query augmentations made by component 310 can depend upon a media query type, amongst other things.
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Query augmentation component 320 also includes an advertisement component 440. Advertiser component 440 can retrieve one or more advertisements or links to companies designated by a media entity or company. Since the improved functionality of the search engine can be due in part to information provided by third parties such as media companies, the search engine can reserve at least a portion of the results page for advertisements designated by such entities. These advertisements can be in addition to those displayed based on query keywords. Such advertisement space is highly valuable and will therefore provide increased advertising revenue for information supplying entities. Accordingly, there is an incentive to provide specialized information to a search engine. Of course, other incentives can be employed alone or in conjunction with free advertisements. For example, entities can be provided a portion of any revenue generated based on the supplied information (e.g., media items, advertisements . . . ).
It should be appreciated that there are a number of examples in which the system 100, as described above, can be utilized to make it easy for users to buy things they heard or saw with respect to media. For instance, users could simply specify a search for �KZOK Tickets� with respect to a search engine to pick up concert tickets as advertised, and rely on the search engine to provide a special URL that was provided by the radio station to handle the sale. It is much easier for people to remember this, than to remember a particular page they should go to for each advertisement interesting ad. Further, the ad/search engine connection need not be explicitly specified. For example, a user can simply type in �KZOK Home Loans,� because she heard an ad for a home loan that was just played on the station. Here, the search engine can just serve up the ad provided by the station. The URL can be updated in real time (like the playlist). Additionally, the web page can contain a special deal that was mentioned in just one advertisement. The same functionality is applicable to television. For example, a user sees an advertisement for Carnival Cruise on TV, types in the name of the show they are watching and �Carnival Cruise,� and is given a URL with the special deal that the advertisement presented. It is to be appreciated that people are becoming sufficiently comfortable with search that they are likely to prefer going directly to a web page, rather than calling a phone number.
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In addition to these components, media service component 140 includes a media monitor component 610 communicatively coupled to the query augmentation component 220. Media monitor component 610 can monitor one or more communication mediums such as but not limited to radio stations, television stations, and electronic periodicals. This can be accomplished utilizing among other things fingerprinting technology known in the art. All or a portion of such gathered information can be provided to the query augmentation component 320 to influence the query results. By way of example and not limitation, a user can select a communication medium like television or more particularly a specific station. A user can then enter web search queries the results of which will be influenced by the content provided by the particular communication medium. For instance, if they entered the search terms �washer and dryer� and a commercial for a particular vendor was recently shown, then results will likely include a link to that vendor. Furthermore, it is to be noted that a user need not designate a particular communication medium. In such an instance, the media monitor component 610 can simply monitor the most popular media sources at the time and influence queries based thereon. Note also that display of influenced results can be in addition to or as an alternative to convention un-influenced results. For example, influenced results can be provided in a media portion as illustrated in
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The aforementioned systems have been described with respect to interaction between several components. It should be appreciated that such systems and components can include those components or sub-components specified therein, some of the specified components or sub-components, and/or additional components. For example, the media service component 140 can include the query identification component 310, query augmentation component 320, media monitor component 610, filter component 710 and selection component 810 or a combination thereof. Sub-components could also be implemented as components communicatively coupled to other components rather than included within parent components. Further yet, one or more components and/or sub-components may be combined into a single component providing aggregate functionality. The components may also interact with one or more other components not specifically described herein for the sake of brevity, but known by those of skill in the art.
Furthermore, as will be appreciated, various portions of the disclosed systems above and methods below may include or consist of artificial intelligence, machine learning, or knowledge or rule based components, sub-components, processes, means, methodologies, or mechanisms (e.g., support vector machines, neural networks, expert systems, Bayesian belief networks, fuzzy logic, data fusion engines, classifiers . . . ). Such components, inter alia, can automate certain mechanisms or processes performed thereby to make portions of the systems and methods more adaptive as well as efficient and intelligent. By way of example and not limitation, media preference component 220 can infer or predict user preferences.
In view of the exemplary systems described supra, methodologies that may be implemented in accordance with the disclosed subject matter will be better appreciated with reference to the flow charts of
Additionally, it should be further appreciated that the methodologies disclosed hereinafter and throughout this specification are capable of being stored on an article of manufacture to facilitate transporting and transferring such methodologies to computers. The term article of manufacture, as used herein, is intended to encompass a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier, or media.
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In order to provide a context for the various aspects of the disclosed subject matter,
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The system bus 1118 can be any of several types of bus structure(s) including the memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus or external bus, and/or a local bus using any variety of available bus architectures including, but not limited to, 11-bit bus, Industrial Standard Architecture (ISA), Micro-Channel Architecture (MSA), Extended ISA (EISA), Intelligent Drive Electronics (IDE), VESA Local Bus (VLB), Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), Universal Serial Bus (USB), Advanced Graphics Port (AGP), Personal Computer Memory Card International Association bus (PCMCIA), and Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI).
The system memory 1116 includes volatile memory 1120 and nonvolatile memory 1122. The basic input/output system (BIOS), containing the basic routines to transfer information between elements within the computer 1112, such as during start-up, is stored in nonvolatile memory 1122. By way of illustration, and not limitation, nonvolatile memory 1122 can include read only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory 1120 includes random access memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in many forms such as synchronous RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct Rambus RAM (DRRAM).
Computer 1112 also includes removable/non-removable, volatile/non-volatile computer storage media.
It is to be appreciated that
A user enters commands or information into the computer 1112 through input device(s) 1136. Input devices 1136 include, but are not limited to, a pointing device such as a mouse, trackball, stylus, touch pad, keyboard, microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, TV tuner card, digital camera, digital video camera, web camera, and the like. These and other input devices connect to the processing unit 1114 through the system bus 1118 via interface port(s) 1138. Interface port(s) 1138 include, for example, a serial port, a parallel port, a game port, and a universal serial bus (USB). Output device(s) 1140 use some of the same type of ports as input device(s) 1136. Thus, for example, a USB port may be used to provide input to computer 1112 and to output information from computer 1112 to an output device 1140. Output adapter 1142 is provided to illustrate that there are some output devices 1140 like displays (e.g., flat panel and CRT), speakers, and printers, among other output devices 1140 that require special adapters. The output adapters 1142 include, by way of illustration and not limitation, video and sound cards that provide a means of connection between the output device 1140 and the system bus 1118. It should be noted that other devices and/or systems of devices provide both input and output capabilities such as remote computer(s) 1144.
Computer 1112 can operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as remote computer(s) 1144. The remote computer(s) 1144 can be a personal computer, a server, a router, a network PC, a workstation, a microprocessor based appliance, a peer device or other common network node and the like, and typically includes many or all of the elements described relative to computer 1112. For purposes of brevity, only a memory storage device 1146 is illustrated with remote computer(s) 1144. Remote computer(s) 1144 is logically connected to computer 1112 through a network interface 1148 and then physically connected via communication connection 1150. Network interface 1148 encompasses communication networks such as local-area networks (LAN) and wide-area networks (WAN). LAN technologies include Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI), Ethernet/IEEE 802.3, Token Ring/IEEE 802.5 and the like. WAN technologies include, but are not limited to, point-to-point links, circuit-switching networks like Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN) and variations thereon, packet switching networks, and Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL).
Communication connection(s) 1150 refers to the hardware/software employed to connect the network interface 1148 to the bus 1118. While communication connection 1150 is shown for illustrative clarity inside computer 1116, it can also be external to computer 1112. The hardware/software necessary for connection to the network interface 1148 includes, for exemplary purposes only, internal and external technologies such as, modems including regular telephone grade modems, cable modems, power modems and DSL modems, ISDN adapters, and Ethernet cards or components.
The system 1200 includes a communication framework 1250 that can be employed to facilitate communications between the client(s) 1210 and the server(s) 1230. The client(s) 1210 are operatively connected to one or more client data store(s) 1260 that can be employed to store information local to the client(s) 1210. Similarly, the server(s) 1230 are operatively connected to one or more server data store(s) 1240 that can be employed to store information local to the servers 1230.
What has been described above includes examples of aspects of the claimed subject matter. It is, of course, not possible to describe every conceivable combination of components or methodologies for purposes of describing the claimed subject matter, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize that many further combinations and permutations of the disclosed subject matter are possible. Accordingly, the disclosed subject matter is intended to embrace all such alterations, modifications and variations that fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Furthermore, to the extent that the terms �includes,� �has� or �having� or variations in form thereof are used in either the detailed description or the claims, such terms are intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term �comprising� as �comprising� is interpreted when employed as a transitional word in a claim.
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