Video language filtering based on user profile

• US 20060294570A1
• Filed: 04/22/2004
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Leibbrandt, Gobert Willem Renswoud, Kelly, Declan Patrick
• Granted Patent: US 7,606,471 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/135
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/439 Processing of audio elementary streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4856 for language selection, e.g. for the menu or subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9267 using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals

Abstract

The invention relates to video player devices intended to play a video content DSC including audio tracks forming a disc audio languages list DAL and/or subtitles forming a disc subtitle languages list DSL, in a given number of languages. According to the invention, said device comprises a user interface UIA enabling the user to define a list of interesting languages UPL and a memory MEM to store the list of interesting languages UPL. Said device can then generate a dynamic menu ATL, STL intended to be displayed by filtering of the languages list DAL, DSL of the audio tracks present on the disc in accordance with the list of interesting languages UPL. Said dynamic menu ATL, STL is such that languages of the list of interesting languages UPL have priority in the dynamic menu ATL, STL. The invention enables the user to make an easier choice of a language for video content including audio tracks and/or subtitles in many different languages.

Claims

1. A video player device intended to play a video content that includes audio tracks and/or subtitles in a given number N of languages, said number N being higher than 5, characterized in that it comprises a user interface enabling the user to define a list of interesting languages, a memory for storing the list of interesting languages, and means for generating a dynamic menu intended to be displayed by filtering the languages of the audio tracks present on the disc in accordance with the list of interesting languages, said dynamic menu being such that languages of the list of interesting languages have priority in the dynamic menu.

2. A video player according to claim 1, characterized in that the dynamic menu is a player menu wherein the languages of the list of interesting languages in which audio tracks are present on the disc are displayed at the beginning of the dynamic menu.

3. A video player according to claim 2, characterized in that said player menu only includes the list of interesting languages, other languages being only accessible from a disc-based menu.

4. A video player according to claim 1, characterized in that the dynamic menu is a disc-based menu in which a list of languages stored in the disc based menu is reorganized before display in order to display the list of interesting languages in priority.

5. A method of generating a dynamic menu intended to be displayed on display means for enabling a user to easily choose a language from a list of languages in which audio tracks for a video are provided within a video content, characterized in that said method includes:

a step of acquiring a list of interesting languages,

a step of storing said list of interesting languages in a memory,

a step of comparing each language of said list of languages with said list of interesting languages,

a step of listing said language in the dynamic menu if said language is equal to one of the languages in said list of interesting languages,

a step of ordering the languages listed in the dynamic menu in accordance with the order in which they appear in the list of interesting languages.