Method and electronic device for creating personalized content

• US 20060074744A1
• Filed: 11/04/2003
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sisvel S.p.A. (Fineur International S.A.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Bodlaender, Maarten Peter, Van Hartskamp, Michael Alex
• Application Number:
  US10/536,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20060074744A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.670
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• 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 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• 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: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

In the method of creating a personalized content item, a first descriptor (2) describing a content item (1,100) is compared (6) with a second descriptor (4) describing a personal media item (3,64) and the personal media item (3,64) is incorporated (8) into the content item (1,100) if a relation exists between the first (2) and the second descriptor (4). The electronic device for creating a personalized content item contains a receiver (22), an interface (24), and a control unit (28). The receiver is able to receive a signal comprising a content item described by a first descriptor. The control unit (28) is able to use the interface to retrieve a personal media item described by a second descriptor from a storage means and to execute the method of the invention. The system contains a component (42) which is able to insert a first descriptor describing a content item into a signal comprising the content item and to transmit the signal, a component (44) which is able to store one or more personal media items described by one or more second descriptors, and a component (46) which is able to receive the signal and to execute the method of the invention. The computer program product comprises functions for executing the method of the invention.

Claims

1. A method of creating a personalized content item, comprising the step of:

incorporating (8) a personal media item (3,64) into a content item (1,100), characterized in that method further comprises the step of;

comparing (6) a first descriptor (2) describing the content item (1,100) with a second descriptor (4) describing the personal media item (3,64); and

incorporating (8) the personal media item (3,64) into the content item (1,100) if a relation exists between the first (2) and the second descriptor (4).

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the step of incorporating (8) the personal media item (3,64) into the content item (1,100) comprises incorporating a personal photo (64) into the content item (1,100).

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that further steps comprise composing (15) a text (18,66) by using at least one of the descriptors (2,4) and incorporating (16) the text (18,66) into the content item (1,100).

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the step of incorporating (8) the personal media item (3,64) into the content item (1,100) comprises incorporating the personal media item (3, 64) into a commercial (100).

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the step of incorporating (8) the personal media item (3,64) into the content item (1,100) comprises incorporating the personal media item (3,64) into a marked part (102) of the content item.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the step of incorporating (8) the personal media item (3,64) into the content item (1,100) comprises inserting the personal media item (3,64) in at least one of the following positions:

before a first and after a last frame of the content item (1,100).

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that a further step comprises generating (13,14) at least one of the descriptors (2,4) using content analysis.

8. An electronic device (20) for creating personalized content, comprising:

a receiver (22) which is able to receive a signal comprising a content item described by a first descriptor;

a first interface (24) for interfacing with a first storage means (26) storing a personal media collection comprising a personal media item described by a second descriptor; and

a control unit (28) which is able to use the first interface (24) to retrieve the personal media item from the first storage means (26), to compare the first descriptor with the second descriptor, and to incorporate the personal media item into the content item if a relation exists between the first and the second descriptor.

9. An electronic device (20) as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that it further comprises:

a second interface (36) for interfacing with a second storage means (38) storing a collection of second descriptors; and

in that the control unit is able to use the second interface (36) to retrieve the second descriptor from the second storage means (38).

10. An electronic device (20) as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that the control unit (28) is able to generate at least one of the descriptors using content analysis.

11. A system for creating personalized content, comprising:

a component (42) which is able to insert a first descriptor describing a content item into a signal comprising the content item and to transmit the signal;

a component (44) which is able to store a personal media collection comprising a personal media item described by a second descriptor; and

a component (46) which is able to receive the signal, to compare the first descriptor with the second descriptor, and to incorporate the personal media item into the content item if a relation exists between the first and the second descriptor.

12. A computer program product for creating personalized content, comprising functions for:

comparing a first descriptor describing a content item with a second descriptor describing a personal media item; and

incorporating the personal media item into the content item if a relation exists between the first and the second descriptor.