Content-processing system, method, and computer program product for monitoring the viewer's mood

• US 20070089125A1
• Filed: 12/01/2004
• Published: 04/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pace PLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Claassen, Arjan
• Application Number:
  US10/596,610
• Publication Number:
  US 20070089125A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/9
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/33 Arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/65 for using the result on users' side
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/439 Processing of audio elementary streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• 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 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

A content-processing system (100) processes a content (102) for presentation (103) to a user (104). The content-processing system (100) has input means (105) for receiving (106) commands (107) from the user (104) to control (108) the processing operation (101). The content-processing system (100) is arranged to modify (111) the processing operation (101) in dependence on the commands (107) received (106). The content-processing system (100) has a mood detector (109) for detecting a mood (110) of the user (104) to enable tailoring e.g. the content (102) or its presentation (103) to the mood (110) detected. The mood detector (109) is coupled (112) to the inputs means (105) and detects the mood (110) based on the received (106) commands (107).

Claims

1. A content-processing system (100) for processing (101) a content (102) to be presented (103) to a user (104), the content-processing system (100) comprising:

input means (105) for receiving (106) commands (107) from the user (104) to control (108) the processing operation (101);

a mood detector (109) for detecting a user'"'"'s (104) mood (110), the mood detector (109) being coupled (112) to the input means (105), the content-processing system (100) being arranged to modify (111) the processing operations (101) in dependence on the commands (107) received (106), and the mood detector (109) being arranged to detect the mood (110) based on the received commands (107).

2. A content-processing system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mood detector (109) comprises pattern analysis means (113) for detecting a presence of a pattern (115) in the received commands (107), and wherein the mood detector (109) is arranged to detect the mood (110) based on detecting the presence of the pattern (115).

3. A content-processing system (100) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the mood (110) is a state of boredom (116), and wherein the pattern (115) is a relatively high frequency of received commands (107).

4. A content-processing system (100) as claimed in claim 3, wherein the content-processing system (100) is arranged to present alternative content (118) in response to detection of the state of boredom (116) by the mood detector (109).

5. A content-processing system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mood detector (109) comprises measuring means (119) for determining a measure of the received commands (107) and wherein the mood detector (109) is arranged to detect the mood (110) if the measure exceeds a threshold (121).

6. A content-processing system (100) claimed in claim 5, wherein the measuring means (119) comprise storage means (122) for storing a value (123), and wherein the measuring means (119) are arranged to update (124) the value (123), in response to a command (107) being received (106).

7. A content-processing system (100) as claimed in claim 6, wherein the measuring means (119) comprise:

a timer (125) for determining a time; and

means for incrementing and decrementing (126) the value (123), wherein the measuring means (119) are arranged to increment the value (123) with an increment in dependence on the command (107) being received (106), and wherein the measuring means (119) are arranged to decrement the value (123) with a decrement in dependence on the time.

8. A mood detector (109) for use in the content-processing system (100) as claimed in claim 1.

9. A method for processing (101) a content (102) to be presented (103) to a user (104), the method comprising the steps of:

receiving (106) commands (107) from the user (104) to control (108) the processing operation (101);

modifying (111) the processing operation (101) in dependence on the commands (107) received; and

detecting (109) a mood (110) of the user (104) based on the received (106) commands (107).

10. A computer program product operative to cause a programmable content-processing system (100) to execute the steps of the method as claimed in claim 9.