1. An inductive component, comprising:
a metal structure, the metal structure comprising a conductor wire and a lead frame, wherein the lead frame and the conductor wire are integrally formed, wherein the lead frame comprises a first part and a second part spaced apart from the first part, wherein a contiguous metal path is formed from the first part of the lead frame to the second part of the lead frame via the conductor wire; and
a magnetic body encapsulating the conductor wire, and a first portion of the first part and a second portion of the second part of the lead frame adjacent to the conductor wire.
2. The inductive component according to claim 1, wherein the inductive component is a choke.
3. The inductive component according to claim 1, wherein the conductor wire is a straight wire.
4. The inductive component according to claim 1, wherein the conductor wire is an arc-type coil or curved-line coil.
5. The inductive component according to claim 1, wherein the conductor wire is a spiral coil.
6. The inductive component according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic body is integrally formed to encapsulate the conductor wire, the first portion of the first part and the second portion of the second part of the lead frame.
7. The inductive component according to claim 1, wherein the width of the first portion of the first part of the lead frame is larger than that of the conductive wire for strengthen the mechanical strength between the conductor wire and the first part of the lead frame.
8. The inductive component according to claim 1, wherein the width of the second portion of the second part of the lead frame is larger than that of the conductive wire for strengthen the mechanical strength between the conductor wire and the second part of the lead frame.
9. The inductive component according to the claim 1, wherein the conductor wire is a line-type coil and the width of the line-type coil is 60 \u03bcm\u02dc70 \u03bcm.
10. The inductive component according to the claim 1, wherein each of the first portion of the first part of the lead frame and the second portion of the second part of the lead frame has a shape in one of the followings: round, rectangle and trapezoid.
11. The inductive component according to the claim 1, wherein each of the first portion and the second portion has a round-corner in the front surface adjacent to the conductor wire.
12. The inductive component according to the claim 1, wherein the third portion extending from the first portion of the first part and the fourth portion extending from the second portion of the second part extend outside of the magnetic body and are bent onto two recesses on said two opposite surfaces of the magnetic body for making two electrodes, respectively.
13. The inductive component according to the claim 11, wherein an outer surface of each electrode aligns with a corresponding surface of the magnetic body on which the electrode is disposed.
14. A method to form an inductive component, comprising:
integrally forming a metal structure, the metal structure comprising a conductor wire and a lead frame, wherein the lead frame comprising a first part and a second part space spaced apart from the first part, wherein a contiguous metal path is formed from the first part of the lead frame to the second part of the lead frame via the conductor wire; and
a magnetic body encapsulating the conductor wire, and a first portion of the first part and a second portion of the second part of the lead frame adjacent to the conductor wire.
15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising extending the first portion of the first part of the lead frame onto a first surface of the magnetic body to form a first electrode and extending the second portion of the second part of the lead frame onto a second surface opposite to the first surface of the magnetic body to form a second electrode.
16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the inductive component is a choke.
17. The method according to claim 14, wherein the conductor wire is a line-type coil.
18. The method according to the claim 16, wherein the width of line-type coil is 60 nm\u02dc70 nm.
19. The method according to the claim 14, wherein the shape of each of the first portion of the first part and the second portion of the second part of the lead frame is round, rectangle or trapezoid.
20. The method according to claim 14, wherein the width of the second portion of the second part of the lead frame is larger than that of the conductive wire for strengthen the mechanical strength between the conductor wire and the second part of the lead frame.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of operation of a central streaming media service comprising:
streaming a media presentation to a user device of a first user for playback;
automatically providing a media recommendation identifying the media presentation to a second user in response to playback of the media presentation at the user device of the first user;
receiving the media recommendation on behalf of the second user;
automatically adding the media presentation identified by the media recommendation to a pre-existing list of media presentations maintained for the second user to provide an updated list of media presentations for the second user;
automatically selecting a select media presentation to stream to a user device of the second user from the updated list of media presentations for the second user based on user preferences of the second user; and
streaming the select media presentation to the user device of the second user for playback.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically providing the media recommendation comprises automatically providing the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to the second user upon initiation of playback of the media presentation at the user device of the first user.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically providing the media recommendation comprises automatically providing the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to the second user upon completion of playback of a threshold amount of the media presentation at the user device of the first user.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically providing the media recommendation comprises automatically providing the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to the second user upon completion of playback of the media presentation at the user device of the first user.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically providing the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to the second user comprises automatically providing the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to a data structure associated with the second user.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically providing the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to the second user comprises automatically providing the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to a component of the central streaming media service responsible for receiving media recommendations sent to the second user.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the pre-existing list comprises one or more media presentations identified by a corresponding one or more media recommendations sent to the second user.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the pre-existing list comprises one or more media presentations selected by the second user.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the pre-existing list comprises one or more media presentations identified by the central streaming media service.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the media presentation identified by the media recommendation is a song.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the media presentation identified by the media recommendation is a video presentation.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the media presentation identified by the media recommendation is an audio presentation.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein each media presentation in the pre-existing list of media presentations is scored, and the method further comprises:
scoring the media presentation identified by the media recommendation based on the user preferences of the second user;
wherein automatically selecting the select media presentation to stream to the user device of the second user comprises automatically selecting the select media presentation from the updated list of media presentations based on scores assigned to the media presentations, including the media presentation identified by the media recommendation, in the updated list of media presentations.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein the user preferences of the second user comprise weights assigned to a plurality of categories, and scoring the media presentation identified by the media recommendation comprises:
identifying one of the plurality of categories applicable to the media presentation identified by the media recommendation; and
scoring the media presentation identified by the media recommendation based on the weight assigned to the one of the plurality of categories.
15. The method of claim 14 wherein the plurality of categories comprises one or more categories selected from a group consisting of: recommending user, genre, decade, and availability.
16. The method of claim 14 wherein the user preferences of the second user further comprise weights assigned to a plurality of possible attributes for each of the plurality of categories, and scoring the media presentation identified by the media recommendation comprises:
identifying one of the plurality of categories applicable to the media presentation identified by the media recommendation;
identifying one of the plurality of possible attributes for the one of the plurality of categories applicable to the media presentation identified by the media recommendation; and
scoring the media presentation identified by the media recommendation based on the weight assigned to the one of the plurality of categories and the weight assigned to the one of the plurality of possible attributes for the one of the plurality of categories.
17. The method of claim 14 wherein the user preferences of the second user further comprise weights assigned to a plurality of other users including the second user, and scoring the media presentation identified by the media recommendation comprises scoring the media presentation identified by the media recommendation based on a weight assigned to the second user.
18. The method of claim 14 wherein the user preferences of the second user further comprise weights assigned to a plurality of media presentation attributes, and scoring the media presentation identified by the media recommendation comprises:
identifying one or more of the plurality of media presentation attributes applicable to the media presentation identified by the media recommendation; and
scoring the media presentation identified by the media recommendation based on the weights assigned to the one or more of the plurality of media presentation attributes applicable to the media presentation identified by the media recommendation.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein the plurality of media presentation attributes comprises at least one of a group consisting of: a plurality of music genres and a plurality of time periods.
20. The method of claim 14 wherein automatically selecting the select media presentation from the updated list of media presentations based on the scores assigned to the media presentations, including the media presentation identified by the media recommendation, in the updated list of media presentations comprises:
sorting the updated list of media presentations based on the scores to provide a sorted list of media presentations; and
automatically selecting a media presentation from the sorted list of media presentations having a most preferred score as the select media presentation to stream to the user device of the second user for playback.
21. The method of claim 1 wherein the central streaming media service is a subscription-based service.
22. The method of claim 1 further comprising automatically obtaining rights for the second user to access the select media presentation if the second user does not have access rights to the select media presentation.
23. The method of claim 1 wherein streaming the select media presentation comprises:
streaming a preview of the select media presentation to the user device of the second user if the second user does not have access rights to the select media presentation; and
streaming a complete version of the select media presentation to the user device of the second user if the second user has access rights to the select media presentation.
24. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
making a determination as to whether the media recommendation is to be filtered based on one or more criterion;
wherein the steps of automatically adding the media presentation identified by the media recommendation to the pre-existing list of media presentations maintained for the second user to provide the updated list of media presentations for the second user, automatically selecting the select media presentation to stream to the user device of the second user from the updated list of media presentations for the second user based on the user preferences of the second user, and streaming the select media presentation to the user device of the second user for playback are performed if the determination is made not to filter the media recommendation.
25. The method of claim 1 wherein:
receiving the media recommendation comprises receiving the media recommendation during streaming of a first media presentation to the user device of the second user for playback; and
streaming the select media presentation to the user device of the second user comprises streaming the select media presentation to the user device of the second user for playback in such a manner that enables playback of the select media presentation to begin upon completion of playback of the first media presentation.
26. A central server hosting a central streaming media service, comprising:
a communication interface communicatively coupling the central server to a network; and
a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to:
stream a media presentation to a user device of a first user via the network for playback;
automatically provide a media recommendation identifying the media presentation to a second user in response to playback of the media presentation at the user device of the first user;
receive the media recommendation on behalf of the second user;
automatically add the media presentation identified by the media recommendation to a pre-existing list of media presentations maintained for the second user to provide an updated list of media presentations for the second user;
automatically select a select media presentation to stream to a user device of the second user from the updated list of media presentations for the second user based on user preferences of the second user; and
stream the select media presentation to the user device of the second user via the network for playback.
27. The central server of claim 26 wherein in order to automatically provide the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to the second user, the control system is adapted to automatically provide the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to a data structure associated with the second user.
28. The central server of claim 26 wherein in order to automatically provide the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to the second user, the control system is adapted to automatically provide the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to a component of the control system that automatically adds the media presentation identified by the media recommendation to the pre-existing list of media presentations maintained for the second user to provide the updated list of media presentations for the second user.
29. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing software for instructing a controller of a computing device to:
stream a media presentation to a user device of a first user via the network for playback;
automatically provide a media recommendation identifying the media presentation to a second user in response to playback of the media presentation at the user device of the first user;
receive the media recommendation on behalf of the second user;
automatically add the media presentation identified by the media recommendation to a pre-existing list of media presentations maintained for the second user to provide an updated list of media presentations for the second user;
automatically select a select media presentation to stream to a user device of the second user from the updated list of media presentations for the second user based on user preferences of the second user; and
stream the select media presentation to the user device of the second user via the network for playback.
30. The computer readable medium of claim 29 wherein in order to automatically provide the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to the second user, the control system is adapted to automatically provide the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to a data structure associated with the second user.
31. The computer readable medium of claim 29 wherein in order to automatically provide the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to the second user, the control system is adapted to automatically provide the media recommendation identifying the media presentation to a component of the control system that automatically adds the media presentation identified by the media recommendation to the pre-existing list of media presentations maintained for the second user to provide the updated list of media presentations for the second user.
32. A method of operation of a central streaming media service comprising:
providing a list of media presentations for a user comprising a first plurality of media presentations;
automatically providing a plurality of media recommendations to the user from a plurality of recommenders, each of the plurality of media recommendations automatically provided in response to playback of a corresponding one of a second plurality of media presentations at the user device of a corresponding one of the plurality of recommenders;
receiving the plurality of media recommendations on behalf of the user;
automatically adding the second plurality of media presentations identified by the plurality of media recommendations to the list of media presentations maintained for the user to provide an updated list of media presentations for the user;
automatically selecting a select media presentation to stream to a user device of the user from the updated list of media presentations for the user based on user preferences of the user; and
streaming the select media presentation to the user device of the user for playback.
33. The method of claim 32 wherein automatically providing the plurality of media recommendations to the user comprises automatically providing the plurality of media recommendations to a data structure associated with the user.
34. The method of claim 32 wherein automatically providing the plurality of media recommendations to the user comprises automatically providing the plurality of media recommendations to a component of the central streaming media service responsible for receiving the plurality of media recommendations on behalf of the user.