SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING COLLECTIVE INTERACTIVE TELEVISION EXPERIENCES
First Claim
1. A system for enabling a collective emotional response experience among a plurality of separately located users perceiving common media content comprising:
- an interactive broadcast media controller operative to;
transmit a first portion of said common media content to each of a plurality of local media devices;
dynamically receive a plurality of emotional response data from a plurality of local emotional response collectors;
dynamically integrate audience sounds into a subsequent portion of said common media content in at least partial dependence on said received emotional response data;
transmit said subsequent portion of said common media content to said plurality of local media devices;
each of said plurality of local emotional response collectors being associated with at least one of said plurality of separately located users and operative to;
detect emotional responses elicited from said at least one of said plurality of separately located users; and
, dynamically transmit emotional response data representations of said detected emotional responses to said interactive broadcast media controller;
each of said plurality of local media devices being associated with said at least one of said plurality of separately located users and operative to;
receive said at least said subsequent portion of said common media content from said interactive broadcast media controller; and
, output at least said subsequent portion of said received common media content to said plurality of separately located users in apparent synchronicity with said elicited emotional responses.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for enabling a collective emotional experience among a plurality of separately located media viewers. The system incorporates an interactive broadcast media controller operative to transmit a first portion of media content to a plurality of local media devices; dynamically receive a plurality of emotional response data from a plurality of local emotional response collectors; dynamically integrate audience sounds into a subsequent portion of the common media content and transmit the subsequent portion of the common media content to the plurality of local media devices. The plurality of local emotional response collectors are associated with the plurality of separately located users and operative to detect emotional responses elicited by the associated users and dynamically transmit emotional response data representations of the detected emotional responses to the interactive broadcast media controller. The plurality of local media devices are likewise associated with the plurality of separately located users and at least operative to receive the subsequent portion of the common media content from the interactive broadcast media controller and at least output the subsequent portion of the received media content to the plurality of separately located users in apparent synchronicity with their elicited emotional responses.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for enabling a collective emotional response experience among a plurality of separately located users perceiving common media content comprising:
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an interactive broadcast media controller operative to;
transmit a first portion of said common media content to each of a plurality of local media devices;
dynamically receive a plurality of emotional response data from a plurality of local emotional response collectors;
dynamically integrate audience sounds into a subsequent portion of said common media content in at least partial dependence on said received emotional response data;
transmit said subsequent portion of said common media content to said plurality of local media devices;
each of said plurality of local emotional response collectors being associated with at least one of said plurality of separately located users and operative to;
detect emotional responses elicited from said at least one of said plurality of separately located users; and
,dynamically transmit emotional response data representations of said detected emotional responses to said interactive broadcast media controller;
each of said plurality of local media devices being associated with said at least one of said plurality of separately located users and operative to;
receive said at least said subsequent portion of said common media content from said interactive broadcast media controller; and
,output at least said subsequent portion of said received common media content to said plurality of separately located users in apparent synchronicity with said elicited emotional responses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for enabling a collective emotional response experience among a plurality of separately located users perceiving a common media content comprising:
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using an interactive broadcast media controller, transmitting a first portion of said common media content to each of a plurality of local media devices, wherein said plurality of local media devices are in perceivable proximity to said plurality of separately located users;
dynamically receiving a plurality of emotional response data from a plurality of local emotional response collectors;
dynamically integrating audience sounds into a subsequent portion of said common media content in at least partial dependence on said received emotional response data;
transmitting said subsequent portion of said common media content to said plurality of local media devices;
using said plurality of local emotional response collectors, detecting emotional responses elicited by said plurality of separately located users perceiving at least said subsequent portion of said common media content;
dynamically transmitting said emotional response data representations of said detected emotional responses to said interactive broadcast media controller; and
,using said plurality of local media devices, receiving at least said subsequent portion of said common media content from said interactive broadcast media controller; and
,outputting at least said subsequent portion of said common media content to said plurality of separately located users in apparent synchronicity with said elicited emotional responses. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program product embodied in a tangible form comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
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transmit a first portion of a common media content to each of a plurality of local media devices;
dynamically receive a plurality of emotional response data from a plurality of local emotional response collectors;
dynamically integrate audience sounds into a subsequent portion of said common media content in at least partial dependence on said received emotional response data; and
,transmit said subsequent portion of said common media content to said plurality of local media devices such that a plurality of separately located users perceive said integrated common media content in apparent synchronicity with said plurality of emotional response data. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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