Method and apparatus for multi-experience metadata translation of media content with metadata

• US 10,491,642 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2016
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2011
• 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: Basso, Andrea, Hines, Tara, Ivanov, Aleksey, Mikan, Jeffrey, Morris, Nadia
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Maikhanh
• Application Number:
  US15/263,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20160381098A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,169 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/165 following a pre-assigned programmed sequence; Logic control [LC]

Abstract

A method or apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for retrieving a plurality of sensory information from an environment of a device. A digital representation of the environment of the device is identified corresponding to the plurality of sensory information from the environment of the device. A media presentation element of the device associated with media content of the device is identified. A user interface of the media presentation element is adapted to modify a presentation of the media content by the media presentation element of the device according to the digital representation of the environment of the device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A recipient device that comprises a mobile communication device, the recipient device comprising:

a recipient sensor;

a processing system including a processor coupled to the recipient sensor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising;

obtaining media content from a source device, wherein the media content comprises audio and video metadata descriptive of a first digital representation of a first environment of the source device, wherein the first environment comprises a first physical environment, wherein the first physical environment comprises first physical images of a first real environment sensed by a source sensor coupled to the source device;

obtaining sensory information from the recipient sensor, wherein the sensory information comprises audio and video information descriptive of a second environment of the recipient sensor, the second environment comprising second physical images of a second real environment sensed by the recipient sensor;

determining a difference between a first recognized object of the first environment and a second recognized object of the second environment according to object recognition applied to the first physical images and the sensory information, wherein the first recognized object and the second recognized object are external to the source device and the recipient device respectively;

modifying a presentation of the media content to generate a modified reproduction of the media content based on the difference between the first recognized object of the first environment and the second recognized object of the second environment, wherein the modifying comprises transcoding the media content, and wherein the modifying comprises adapting the mobile communication device by modifying characteristics of a graphical user interface of the mobile communication device according to the difference between the first recognized object of the first environment and the second recognized object of the second environment; and

providing the modified reproduction of the media content as a file, as streaming data, in a message, or a combination thereof.

2. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the processing system comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment, and wherein the object recognition identifies known patterns of the first recognized object and the second recognized object.

3. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the object recognition identifies known shapes of the first recognized object and the second recognized object.

4. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the first environment comprises a first virtual environment comprising a first virtual characteristic, and wherein the media content is further modified to account for the first virtual characteristic.

5. The recipient device of claim 4, wherein the first virtual characteristic is generated by a first virtual world application.

6. The recipient device of claim 5, wherein the media content comprises a second virtual environment for the recipient device.

7. The recipient device of claim 6, wherein the first and second virtual environments are simulated via a common virtual world application.

8. The recipient device of claim 4, wherein the first virtual environment comprises a first application including avatars.

9. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the first physical environment of the source device further comprises a first physical temperature of the first real environment sensed by the source device, wherein the second environment further comprises second physical temperature of the second real environment, and wherein the media content presented at the recipient device is further modified to reflect the difference.

10. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the modifying of the presentation comprises altering an encoding scheme used for the media content according to the difference between the first recognized object of the first environment and the second recognized object of the second environment.

11. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the adapting comprises modifying characteristics of a display of the mobile communication device.

12. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the adapting comprises modifying characteristics of an audio system of the mobile communication device.

13. A method comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a mobile communication device and including a processor and a recipient sensor, media content from a source device, wherein the media content comprises audio and video metadata descriptive of a first recognized object of a first environment of the source device, wherein the first environment comprises a first physical environment and a first virtual environment, wherein the first physical environment comprises first physical images of a first real environment sensed by a source sensor coupled to the source device and wherein the first virtual environment comprises a first virtual characteristic of a first virtual world;

determining, by the system, a difference between the first recognized object of the first environment and a second recognized object of a second environment based on sensory information comprising audio and video information descriptive of the second environment including second physical images of a second real environment sensed by the recipient sensor, wherein the first recognized object and the second recognized object are external to the source sensor and the recipient sensor respectively;

modifying, by the system, a presentation of the media content to generate a modified presentation of the media content, wherein the modification is determined according to the difference between the first recognized object of the first environment and the second recognized object of the second environment, wherein the modifying comprises transcoding the media content, and wherein the modifying comprises adapting the mobile communication device by modifying characteristics of a graphical user interface of the mobile communication device according to the difference between the first recognized object of the first environment and the second recognized object of the second environment; and

providing, by the system, the modified presentation of the media content as a file, as streaming data, in a message, or a combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising modifying, by the system, the media content to account for the first virtual characteristic.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising altering, by the system, an encoding scheme used for the media content according to the difference between the first recognized object of the first environment and the second recognized object of the second environment.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the adapting comprises modifying characteristics of a display of the mobile communication device.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the adapting comprises modifying characteristics of an audio system of the mobile communication device.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions which, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

receiving a first recognized object of a first environment of a source device, wherein the first environment comprises a first physical environment and a first virtual environment, wherein the first physical environment comprises first physical images of a first real environment sensed by a source sensor coupled to the source device, and wherein the first virtual environment comprises a first virtual characteristic;

determining a difference between the first recognized object of the first environment and a second recognized object of a second environment based on sensory information, the sensory information comprising audio and video information descriptive of the second environment, the sensory information including second physical images of a second real environment sensed by a recipient device, the recipient device comprising a mobile communication device, wherein the first recognized object and the second recognized object are external to the source device and the recipient device respectively;

modifying a presentation of media content comprising audio and video metadata descriptive of the first environment, wherein the modification is determined according to the difference between the first recognized object of the first environment and the second recognized object of the second environment, wherein the modifying comprises transcoding the media content, and wherein the modifying comprises adapting the mobile communication device by modifying characteristics of a graphical user interface of the mobile communication device according to the difference between the first recognized object of the first environment and the second recognized object of the second environment; and

providing the modified presentation of the media content as a file, as streaming data, in a message, or a combination thereof.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise providing a modified reproduction of the media content to the recipient device over a communication system, wherein the media content is received from the source device, and wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise altering an encoding scheme used for the media content to represent the difference between the first real environment and the second real environment at the user interface.