Method of Sending Motion Control Content in a Message, Message Transmitting Device Abnd Message Rendering Device

• US 20080263164A1
• Filed: 12/13/2006
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Portele, Thomas, Swillens, Peter Joseph Leonardus Antonius
• Application Number:
  US12/097,904
• Publication Number:
  US 20080263164A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

The invention describes a method of sending a message (M) from a sender to a recipient in which a record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of the message (M) is recorded and supplemented with motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇). The message (M) is transmitted from a transmitting device (10) of the sender to a message rendering device (40) of the recipient, which message rendering device (40) is capable of performing motion. The message rendering device (40) is controlled according to the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) to perform defined motion synchronised to a presentation of the record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of the message (M). Furthermore, an appropriate message transmitting device (10), an appropriate message rendering device (40) and an message transmission system (1) are described.

Claims

1. A method of sending a message (M) from a sender to a recipient

in which a record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of the message (M) is recorded and supplemented with motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇),

where the message (M) is transmitted from a transmitting device (10) of the sender to a message rendering device (40) of the recipient, which message rendering device (40) is capable of performing motion,

and where the message rendering device (40) is controlled according to the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) to perform defined motion synchronised to a presentation of the record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of the message (M).

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) is embedded in the record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of the message (M) in the form of tags (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇).

3. A method according to claim 1, where the message transmitting device (10) is also capable of performing motion and the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) is described according to the setup and the motion capabilities of the message transmitting device (10) and where the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) is translated into a description according to the setup and the motion capabilities of the message rendering device (40).

4. A method according to claim 3, where the translation of the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) is done on a sender side based on information pertaining to a setup and/or to motion capabilities of the message rendering device (40).

5. A method according to claim 4, where the information pertaining to a setup and/or to motion capabilities of the message rendering device (40) is stored in a recipient profile memory (31) of the message transmitting device (10).

6. A method according to claim 3, where the translation of the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) is done on a recipient side based on information pertaining to a setup and/or to motion capabilities of the message transmitting device (10).

7. A method according to claim 6, where the message (M) comprises information (H₁, H₂, H₃, H₄, H₅) pertaining to the setup and/or to motion capabilities of the message transmitting device (10).

8. A method according to claim 6, where the information pertaining to a setup and/or to motion capabilities of the message transmitting device (10) is stored in a sender profile memory (61) of the message rendering device (40).

9. A method according to claim 1, where the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) includes a temporal starting point for a specific motion relative to the presentation of the message record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄ S₅ S₆, S₇) and a temporal end point and/or a duration for the specific motion.

10. A method according to claim 1, where the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) of a message (M) is generated based on a motion of the message transmitting device (10).

11. A message transmitting device (10) for transmitting a message (M) to a message rendering device (40) capable of performing motions, which message transmitting device (10) comprises

a message recorder (25) for recording a record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of the message (M),

a motion control content generator (24) for generating motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇),

a motion control content embedding unit (23) for embedding the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) into the record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of the message (M),

and a transmitter (22) for transmitting the message (M) to the message rendering device (40),

whereby the motion control content generator (24) and the motion control content embedding unit (23) are realized so that the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) is generated and embedded in the record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of the message (M) in such a way that the message rendering device (40) can be controlled, while presenting the message to the recipient, according to the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) to perform defined motion synchronised to a presentation of the record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of that message (M).

14. A message transmission system (1), comprising a message transmitting device (10) according to claim 11.

12. A message rendering device (40) comprising

a receiver (56) for receiving a message (M) from a message sending device (10),

outputting means (51) for presenting at least part of a record content of the message (M),

motion means (62) for performing motions of the body and/or parts of the body of the message rendering device (40),

a message analysing unit (57) for detecting motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) in the message (M),

a motion control unit (59) for controlling the motion means (62) according to the motion control content to perform defined motions synchronised to a presentation of the record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of the message (M).

13. A message rendering device (40) according to claim 12 comprising

a message recorder (55) for recording a record content of the message (M),

a motion control content generator (54) for generating motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇),

a motion control content embedding unit (53) for embedding the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) into the record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of the message (M),

and a transmitter (57) for transmitting the message (M) to another message rendering device,

whereby the motion control content generator (54) and the motion control content embedding unit (53) are realized so that the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) is generated and embedded in the record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of the message (M) in such a way that the other message rendering device can be controlled, while presenting the message (M) to the recipient, according to the motion control content (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇) to perform defined motion synchronised to a presentation of the record content (S₁, S₂, S₃, S₄, S₅, S₆, S₇) of that message (M).