Method for adapting digital cinema content to audience metrics
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1. A method for displaying a motion picture received as a digital data stream having a plurality of original scene sequences and further having selectable scene content in one or more of the original scene sequences, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) obtaining audience metrics about one or more members of a viewing audience;
(b) receiving digital image data for an alternate scene sequence for one of the original scene sequences in the motion picture; and
(c) dependent upon said audience metrics, substituting said alternate scene sequence into the digital data stream for said one of the original scene sequences, thereby altering selectable scene content for display based upon audience metrics.
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A method for displaying a motion picture received as a digital data stream and having selectable scene content, by obtaining audience metrics, such as demographic data, and, based on these metrics, selecting replaceable image elements (202) from alternate frame (200) content or from selectable scenes (174a1, 174a2) to be inserted into the image display data stream (180).
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1. A method for displaying a motion picture received as a digital data stream having a plurality of original scene sequences and further having selectable scene content in one or more of the original scene sequences, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) obtaining audience metrics about one or more members of a viewing audience;
(b) receiving digital image data for an alternate scene sequence for one of the original scene sequences in the motion picture; and
(c) dependent upon said audience metrics, substituting said alternate scene sequence into the digital data stream for said one of the original scene sequences, thereby altering selectable scene content for display based upon audience metrics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for displaying a motion picture provided as a digital image data stream for forming a sequence of image frames, said digital image data stream comprising at least one sequence of alterable image frames, wherein each alterable image frame has a variable content display area, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing metadata corresponding to the alterable image frame, said metadata defining boundaries of the variable content display area within the alterable image frame;
(b) obtaining audience metrics about one or more members of a viewing audience;
(c) dependent upon said audience metrics, providing insertable image content for insertion into the variable content display area;
(d) adapting said insertable image content to said variable content display area according to said metadata; and
(e) inserting said insertable content into the image data stream for display within said variable content display area of the alterable image frame, thereby altering said variable content display area for display based upon said audience metrics. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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