Object image generation

• US 10,462,513 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2015
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Weerasinghe, Srilal
• Primary Examiner(s): Haq, Naeem U
• Application Number:
  US14/947,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20160080798A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,439 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43074 of additional data with content streams on the same device, e.g. of EPG data or interactive icon with a TV program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8146 involving graphical data, e.g. 3D object, 2D graphics

Abstract

An apparatus includes means for searching an object database using object identifiers of an object to identify a set of candidate objects. Each candidate object of the set of candidate objects matches at least one object identifier of the object identifiers. The apparatus includes means for receiving a selection of a first candidate object of the set of candidate objects from a first device. The apparatus includes means for receiving measurement data associated with a user. The apparatus also includes means for generating display data of an image representation in response to receiving a selection of the first candidate object. The image representation includes a representation generated based on the measurement data and includes an object overlay corresponding to the first object.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

means for sending media content to a display device, the media content received from a media content distribution system;

means for receiving an image of particular content displayed at the display device, the image captured by a portable device as a still image of the particular content displayed to the display device;

means for displaying the image to the display device;

means for enabling a first selection of an object depicted in the image;

means for searching an object database using object identifiers to identify a set of candidate objects corresponding to the object, wherein each candidate object of the set of candidate objects matches at least one object identifier of the object identifiers;

means for receiving a second selection of a first candidate object of the set of candidate objects from a first device;

means for receiving measurement data associated with a user; and

means for generating display data of an image representation in response to receiving the second selection of the first candidate object, wherein the image representation includes a representation generated based on the measurement data and includes an object overlay corresponding to the first candidate object.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for receiving an indication of interest from a display device configured to present the media content, wherein the indication of interest identifies the object.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the image representation comprises a three-dimensional depiction of an avatar.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for sending, to the first device, first data identifying the first candidate object, wherein the first candidate object corresponds to a first entry in the object database, and wherein the first entry includes a first subset of the object identifiers.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first data further identifies a second candidate object of the set of candidate objects, wherein the second candidate object corresponds to a second entry in the object database, wherein the second entry includes a second subset of the object identifiers, and wherein the second subset is different from the first subset.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for sending the display data of the image representation to the first device.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the image representation includes an animation sequence that depicts walking.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the object overlay is sized to correspond to the representation.