Controller for providing user-tailored entertainment experience at entertainment device and method thereof

1. A method of providing a user-tailored entertainment experience at an entertainment device, the method comprising:

determining a user identifier corresponding to a user associated with the entertainment device;

automatically retrieving a user profile corresponding to the user identifier from a user-profile server via a network, the user profile including an electronic bookmark pertaining to content that was not finished by the user at a different entertainment device;

allowing the user to initiate playing the content at the entertainment device;

playing the content utilizing the entertainment device automatically starting from a position in the content corresponding to a position indicated by the electronic bookmark;

tracking the user's usage of the entertainment device; and

sending a notification to the user-profile server when the usage includes an unfinished activity.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the unfinished activity involves the user not finishing playback of particular content at the entertainment device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the unfinished activity involves setting a bookmark for playback of particular content starting from a position indicated by the bookmark.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a second notification to the user-profile server when the usage includes the user finishing a previously unfinished activity.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein finishing the previously unfinished activity involves the user finishing playback of particular content that was indicated as being unfinished on the user profile.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending the notification to the user-profile server when the usage includes the unfinished activity and the user selects an option to send the notification.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

automatically determining user-targeted content at least based upon information in the user profile by matching content from a content source with the content that was not finished by the user at the different entertainment device according to the electronic bookmark; and

making the user-targeted content available at the entertainment device.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising making the user-targeted content available at the entertainment device by automatically scheduling a recording system to record the user-targeted content when broadcast by the content source.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising making the user-targeted content available at the entertainment device by automatically downloading the user-targeted content from the content source.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

retrieving the user profile and determining the user-targeted content before the user begins to utilize the entertainment device; and

preparing the user-targeted content in advance such that the user-targeted content is available at the entertainment device when the user begins to utilize the entertainment device.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining the user identifier corresponding to the user associated with the entertainment device from a reservation system.

12. A controller of an entertainment device, the controller comprising a network connection for coupling the controller to a user-profile server via a network, the controller configured for:

determining a user identifier corresponding to a user associated with the entertainment device;

automatically retrieving a user profile corresponding to the user identifier from the user-profile server, the user profile including an electronic bookmark pertaining to content that was not finished by the user at a different entertainment device;

controlling the entertainment device to allow the user to initiate playing the content at the entertainment device, and to play the content automatically starting from a position in the content corresponding to a position indicated by the electronic bookmark;

tracking the user's usage of the entertainment device; and

sending a notification to the user-profile server when the usage includes an unfinished activity.

13. The controller of claim 12 , wherein the unfinished activity involves the user not finishing playback of particular content at the entertainment device.

14. The controller of claim 12 , wherein the unfinished activity involves setting a bookmark for playback of particular content starting from a position indicated by the bookmark.

15. The controller of claim 12 , further configured for:

sending a second notification to the user-profile server when the usage includes the user finishing a previously unfinished activity;

wherein finishing the previously unfinished activity involves the user finishing playback of particular content that was indicated as being unfinished on the user profile.

16. The controller of claim 12 , further configured for:

automatically determining user-targeted content at least based upon information in the user profile by matching content from a content source with the content that was not finished by the user at the different entertainment device according to the electronic bookmark; and

making the user-targeted content available at the entertainment device by automatically performing at least one action selected from the group consisting of: scheduling a recording system to record the user-targeted content when broadcast by the content source, and downloading the user-targeted content from the content source.

17. The controller of claim 16 , further configured for:

determining the user identifier corresponding to the user associated with the entertainment device from a reservation system;

retrieving the user profile and determining the user-targeted content before the user begins to utilize the entertainment device; and

preparing the user-targeted content in advance such that the user-targeted content is available at the entertainment device when the user begins to utilize the entertainment device.

18. A controller of an entertainment device, the controller comprising:

means for coupling the controller to a user-profile server via a network;

means for determining a user identifier corresponding to a user associated with the entertainment device;

means for automatically retrieving a user profile corresponding to the user identifier from the user-profile server, the user profile including an electronic bookmark pertaining to content that was not finished by the user at a different entertainment device;

means for allowing the user to initiate playing the content at the entertainment device;

means for playing the content automatically starting from a position in the content corresponding to a position indicated by the electronic bookmark;

means for tracking the user's usage of the entertainment device; and

means for sending a notification to the user-profile server when the usage includes an unfinished activity.