Data Presentation by User Movement in Multiple Zones Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub

• US 20080065235A1
• Filed: 06/11/2007
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Technology Patents & Licensing Incorporated
• Inventors: Igoe, Patrick T., Ehrlacher, Edward A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,270,935 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4108 characterised by an identification number or address, e.g. local network address protecting specific internal or external computer components using identification number G06F21/73; network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• 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 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440209 for formatting on an optical medium, e.g. DVD
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• 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 5/602 : for digital sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 : Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 : Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 : Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 : Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 : detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 : Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 : Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 : Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method of presenting program content to a user moving in a multiple zone home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub comprises causing program content to be presented to a user using a first set of sink devices in a first zone, where each sink device of the first set of sink devices is registered with the wireless home entertainment hub. An indication that the user is in a second zone of the home entertainment system is received. The program content is caused to be presented to the user using a second set of sink devices in the second zone, where each sink device of the second set of sink devices is registered with the wireless home entertainment hub.

Claims

1. A method of presenting program content to a user moving in a multiple zone home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub, the method comprising:

(a) causing program content to be presented to a user using a first set of sink devices in a first zone, wherein each sink device of the first set of sink devices is registered with the wireless home entertainment hub;

(b) receiving an indication that the user is in a second zone of the home entertainment system; and

(c) causing the program content to be presented to the user using a second set of sink devices in the second zone, wherein each sink device of the second set of sink devices is registered with the wireless home entertainment hub.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein step(a) includes transmitting an instruction to a source device registered with the wireless home entertainment hub to transmit the program content and the first set of sink devices in the first zone to receive the program content for presentation to the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein step(c) includes transmitting an instruction to a source device registered with the wireless home entertainment hub to transmit the program content and the second set of sink devices in the second zone to receive the program content for presentation to the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication in step (b) is received from a personal identification device from a set of personal identification devices included in the home entertainment system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the movement of the user between zones of the home entertainment system is detected using the set of personal identification devices.

6. The method of claim 5, where the set of personal identification devices includes RFID devices.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the set of personal deification devices includes video capture devices.

8. A method of delivering personalized program content to a user in a home entertainment system containing multiple zones using a wireless home entertainment hub, the method comprising:

(a) receiving an indication that the user is in a first zone of the home entertainment system;

(b) retrieving a profile for the user, wherein the profile contains a history of program content requested by and presented to the user;

(c) analyzing the profile; and

(d) causing a first program content to be presented to the user in the first zone based on the analyzing in step (c).

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the profile is stored in the wireless home entertainment hub.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the first program content is presented to the user without a request for presentation of the first program content by the user.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the analyzing of step (c) includes detecting trends in history of the program content.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the analyzing of step (c) includes determining the first program content with a high probability of interest to the user based on the history in the profile.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first program content is different from program content included in the history in the profile.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the indication in step (b) is received from a personal identification device from a set of personal identification devices included in the home entertainment system.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein the movement of the user between the multiple zones of the home entertainment system is detected using the set of personal identification devices.

16. The method of claim 15, where the set of personal identification devices includes RFID devices.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the set of personal deification devices includes video capture devices.

18. The method of claim 8, wherein step(d) includes transmitting an instruction to a source device registered with the wireless home entertainment hub to transmit the first program content and a first set of sink devices in the first zone registered with the wireless home entertainment hub to receive the program content for presentation to the user.

19. The method of claim 8, wherein the program content includes video data.

20. The method of claim 8, wherein the program content includes audio data.

21. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

(e) receiving a different indication that the user is in a second zone of the home entertainment system;

(f) causing a second program content to be presented to the user in the second zone based on analyzing the history contained in the profile for the user.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the movement of the user between the first zone and the second zone of the home entertainment system is detected using one or more personal identification devices contained in the set of personal identification devices.

23. The method of claim 21, where the second program content is different than the first program content.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the second program content is the same as the first program content.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein step(f) includes transmitting an instruction to a source device registered with the wireless home entertainment hub to transmit the second program content and a second set of sink devices in the second zone registered with the wireless home entertainment hub to receive the program content for presentation to the user.