System and method of modifying media content

• US 20080201369A1
• Filed: 02/16/2007
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cordoba, Juan
• Application Number:
  US11/707,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20080201369A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234318 by decomposing into objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method of modifying media content is disclosed that includes receiving data from a destination device identifying a media content selection and an attribute preference. The method further includes identifying an attribute associated with media content related to the media content selection. The method further includes modifying the attribute based on the attribute preference to produce modified media content and providing the modified media content to the destination device.

Claims

1. A method of modifying media content, the method comprising:

receiving data from a destination device indicating a media content selection and an attribute preference;

identifying an attribute associated with media content related to the media content selection;

modifying the attribute based on the attribute preference to produce modified media content; and

providing the modified media content to the destination device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a plurality of attributes associated with the media content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the media content comprises video data, audio data, or any combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving the media content from a content source.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute is identified by parsing the media content to identify one or more discrete characteristics of the media content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute comprises a hair color.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute comprises an eye color.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute comprises an audio attribute.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the audio attribute comprises a tone attribute.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the audio attribute comprises an accent attribute.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the audio attribute comprises a dialect attribute.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the audio attribute comprises a musical accompaniment.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute comprises a height, a weight, a body type, or any combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute comprises a product placement.

15. A method of modifying media content, the method comprising:

sending an attribute interface to a display device, the attribute interface including a plurality of selectable options related to modifiable attributes of media content;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of selectable options via the attribute interface;

modifying media content based on the selection to produce modified media content; and

providing the modified media content to the display device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving the media content from a content source;

identifying the modifiable attributes within the media content; and

generating the attribute interface.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving the media content from a content source, the media content including the modifiable attributes and a user selectable indicator of the modifiable attributes;

receiving an input related to the selectable indicator; and

providing the attribute interface to the display device.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the selection relates to a hair color attribute and wherein modifying the media content comprises replacing a hair color associated with at least one, character associated with the media content.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the selection relates to an eye color attribute and wherein modifying the media content comprises replacing an eye color associated with at least one character associated with the media content.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the selection relates to an audio accent and wherein modifying the media content comprises replacing an audio accent associated with at least one character associated with the media content.

21. A system to modify media content, the system comprising:

a memory to store media content including audio data and video data, and to store attribute preferences related to the media content;

a visual attribute detection module to determine a set of visual attributes related to the media content;

an audio attribute detection module to determine a set of audio attributes related to the media content; and

a content modification module to retrieve the media content from the memory and to modify at least one attribute of the set of visual attributes, of the set of audio attributes, or any combination thereof, based on the attribute preferences, to produce modified media content.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising a processor having access to the memory, wherein the visual attribute detection module, the audio attribute detection module, and the content modification module comprise processor readable instructions executable by the processor.

23. The system of claim 22, further comprising a display device interface, wherein the processor provides the modified media content to a display device via the display device interface.

24. The system of claim 21, further comprising two or more processors, wherein the visual attribute detection module, the audio attribute detection module, and the content modification module comprise processor readable instructions executable by the two or more processors.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the set of visual attributes comprises a hair color attribute, an eye color attribute, a skin color attribute, and an object color attribute.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein the set of audio attributes comprises a language attribute, a dialect attribute, an accent attribute, and a tonal attribute.

27. A processor readable medium embodying processor readable instructions executable by a processor, the processor readable instructions comprising:

instructions to receive an input selection including a media content selection and an attribute preference;

instructions to determine one or more attributes associated with media content related to the media content selection, the media content comprising video data, audio data, or any combination thereof, and

instructions to modify at least one of the one or more attributes based on the attribute preference to produce modified media content.

28. The processor readable medium of claim 27, wherein the one or more attributes comprise a visual attribute selected from a group consisting of a background, a product placement, and a skin color.

29. The processor readable medium of claim 27, wherein the one or more attributes comprise an audio attribute selected from a group consisting of a dialogue enhancement, a bass enhancement, a musical accompaniment, a dialect attributed and an accent attribute.