Media control system and method

• US 20040181817A1
• Filed: 03/12/2003
• Published: 09/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Larner, Joel B.
• Application Number:
  US10/386,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20040181817A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/143
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4113 PC
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8166 involving executable data, e.g. software arrangements for executing specific programs G06F9/44; broadcasting computer programmes in broadcast systems H04H20/91; involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A media control system comprises a memory accessible by a processor and a content manager stored in the memory and adapted to receive media content from a media source. The content manager is further adapted to automatically identify, from the received media content, primary media content for directing to a primary media device and ancillary media content for directing to an ancillary media device.

Claims

1. A media control system, comprising:

a memory accessible by a processor; and

a content manager stored in the memory and adapted to receive media content from a media source, the content manager further adapted to automatically identify, from the received media content, primary media content for directing to a primary media device and ancillary media content for directing to an ancillary media device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the received media content is selected from the group consisting of television broadcast media content, audio broadcast media content, Internet media content, and recorded media content.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a deriver stored in the memory and adapted to derive the ancillary media content from the received media content.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the primary media device is selected from the group consisting of a television, an audio receiver, an amplifier, a computer, a video player, and a portable media device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the ancillary media device is selected from the group consisting of a television, an audio receiver, an amplifier, a computer, a video player and a portable media device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the content manager is adapted to automatically determine an operating status of the ancillary media device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the content manager is adapted to filter the ancillary media content before delivering the ancillary media content to the ancillary media device.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a voice recognizer adapted to derive the ancillary media content from an audio portion of the received media content.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a text recognizer adapted to derive the ancillary media content from a visual portion of the received media content.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the content manager is adapted to receive response data from the ancillary media device corresponding to the ancillary media content.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the content manager is adapted to communicate response data corresponding to the ancillary media content from the ancillary media device to the media source.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a graphical recognizer adapted to derive the ancillary media content from a visual portion of the received media content.

13. A media control method, comprising:

receiving media content from a media source;

automatically identifying primary media content and ancillary media content from the received media content;

directing the primary media content to a primary media device; and

directing the ancillary media content to an ancillary media device.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising deriving the ancillary media content from the received media content.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising filtering the ancillary media content before delivering the ancillary media content to the ancillary media device.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising deriving the ancillary media content from an audio portion of the received media content.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising deriving the ancillary media content from a visual portion of the received media content.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising receiving response data from the ancillary media device corresponding to the ancillary media content.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising automatically determining an operating status of the ancillary media device.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising communicating response data received from the ancillary media device corresponding to the ancillary media content to the media source.

21. A media control system, comprising:

means for receiving media content from a media source; and

means for automatically identifying, from the received media content, primary media content for directing to a primary media device and ancillary media content for directing to an ancillary media device.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for deriving the ancillary media content from the received media content.

23. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for filtering the ancillary media content before directing the ancillary media content to the ancillary media device.

24. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for receiving response data from the ancillary media device corresponding to the ancillary media content.

25. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for deriving the ancillary content from an audio portion of the received media content.

26. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for deriving the ancillary content from a visual portion of the received media content.

27. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for communicating response data received from the ancillary media device corresponding to the ancillary media content to the media source.

28. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for automatically determining an operating status of the ancillary media device.