INTEGRATED DIGITAL MEDIA PROJECTION AND PERSONAL DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20080256453A1
• Filed: 04/10/2007
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xylon LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 32 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Merritt, Edward, Fein, Gene S.
• Granted Patent: US 7,908,303 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/732
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• 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 21/4661 Deriving a combined profile for a plurality of end-users of the same client, e.g. for family members within a home user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• 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 9/3141 Constructional details thereof details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/915 Image

Abstract

Disclosed is a projector and data processing method and system for recommending digital media content to a user. The method and system gather statistics about the preferences of the user and/or compare the user to population data to create recommendations in accord with the preferences of the population. The population data may be qualified by demographics or other factors classifying the user. Sources of the digital media content include radio broadcast television broadcast, global computer network content, email, and personal organizing software/programs.

Claims

1. A personal digital media display and data processing system comprising:

a display device for presenting digital media content;

an input unit for the user to select digital media content to be presented on the display device;

a computing component for;

determining digital media content in accord with at least one of selected digital media content and computer recommended digital media content;

retrieving the determined at least one of selected digital media content and computer recommended digital media content; and

forwarding the retrieved digital media content to the display device for presentation to a user, such that the user is presented with recommendations on digital media content.

2. The personal digital media display and data processing system of claim 1 wherein computer recommended digital media content is determined by at least one of:

(a) accumulating the user'"'"'s past selections via the input unit and determining digital media content in accord with the past selections;

(b) accumulating alternative user data and determining digital media content in accord with the accumulated alternative user data,

(c) accessing demographic data on preferences of general populations similar to the user and determining digital media content in accord with the preferences of general populations; and

(d) aceessing collaborative data on preferences of collaborators and determining digital media content in accord with the preferences of the collaborators.

3. The personal digital media display and data processing system of claim 2 wherein computer recommended digital media content is determined by cycling through each of (a) through (d).

4. The personal digital media display and data processing system of claim 1 wherein digital media content includes at least one of:

audio;

video;

graphics;

text;

television broadcast;

radio broadcast;

world wide web pages;

global computer network content;

personal calendar;

photographs;

images;

streaming video; and

streaming audio.

5. The personal digital media display and data processing system of claim 1 wherein the system receives electrical power by at least one of:

hand crank;

solar power; and

wind power.

6. The personal digital media display and data processing system of claim 1 wherein the computing component compiles digital media content to present to the user and provides a graphical display of a schedule of the digital media content to the display device.

7. The personal digital media display and data processing system of claim 1 wherein the computing component provides computer recommended digital media content to the display device whenever the display device is not presenting user-selected digital media content.

8. The personal digital media display and data processing system of claim 1 wherein the display device comprises at least one of:

a visual display; and

one or more audio speakers.

9. The personal digital media display and data processing system of claim 8 wherein a visual display comprises at least one of:

a liquid crystal display (LCD);

a plasma displays

a light emitting diode (LED) display;

an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display;

a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) display;

a digital light projection (DLP) display;

a cathode ray tube (CRT) display; and

a surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED).

10. The personal digital media display and data processing system of claim 8 wherein a visual display is projected onto at least one of:

a planar surface,

a projector screen;

a movie screen;

a portable screen; and

a wall.

11. The personal digital media display and data processing system of claim 1 wherein the input unit comprises at least one of:

voice activation

touch;

Heliodisplay®

;

mouse;

joystick;

keyboard; and

a third party device.

12. The personal digital media display and data processing system of claim 1 wherein the computing component retrieves determined digital media content via at least one of:

hard drive;

USB port;

ethernet port;

memory card;

BlueTooth®

;

a global computer network.

13. A method of providing a display of digital media and personal information to a user comprising the computer implemented steps of:

receiving at least one input from a user relating, to requesting digital media content;

automatically determining a recommendation related to digital media determining digital media content in accord with the at least one input and the determined recommendation;

retrieving the determined digital media content; and

presenting the determined digital media content to the user.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein automatically determining a recommendation related to digital media content comprises at least one of:

(a) accumulating the user'"'"'s past inputs related to desired digital media content and determining new digital media content in accord width the past

(b) accumulating alternative user data and determining digital media content in accord with the accumulated alternative user data;

(c) accessing demographic data on preferences of general populations similar to the user and determining digital media content in accord with the preferences of general populations; and

(d) accessing collaborative data on preferences of collaborators and determining digital media content in accord with the preferences of the collaborators.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein automatically determining a recommendation includes cycling through each of (a) through (d).

16. The method of claim 13 wherein presenting the determined digital media content includes presenting to the user at least one of:

audio;

video;

graphics;

text;

television broadcast;

radio broadcast;

global computer network content;

personal calendar;

photographs;

images;

streaming video; and

streaming audio.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein presenting the determined digital media content includes presenting to the user a schedule of digital media content to be provided.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein presenting the determined digital media content includes presenting recommended digital media content when not providing requested digital media content.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein receiving at least one input from a user comprises at least one of:

receiving voice commands from the user;

receiving touch commands from the user,

receiving keyboard commands from the user;

receiving mouse commands from the user;

receiving joystick commands from the user; and

receiving Heliodisplay®

commands from the user.

20. The method of claim 13 wherein retrieving the determined digital media content comprises retrieving digital media content from at least one of:

hard drive;

USB port;

ethernet port;

memory card;

BlueTooth®

device;

Wi-Fi; and

a global computer network.

21. The method of claim 13 wherein presenting the determined digital media content to the user comprises a visual presentation of digital media content utilizing at least one of:

a liquid crystal display (LCD);

a plasma display;

a light emitting diode (LED) display;

an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display;

a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) display;

a digital light projection (DLP) display;

a cathode ray tube (CRT) display; and

a surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED).

22. The method of claim 13 wherein presenting the determined digital media content to the user comprises projecting a visual image of the digital media content onto at least one of:

a planar surface;

a projector screen;

a movie screen;

a portable screen; and

a wall.

23. A personal digital media display and data processing system for presenting to a user at least one recommendation on digital media content comprising:

means for defining a recommendation of digital media content specific to a user;

means of determining digital media content in accord with a user selection related to digital media content and the defined recommendation of digital media content; and

presenting the determined digital media content to the user.