Traffic-based media selection

• US 20100049344A1
• Filed: 08/19/2008
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Capio, Oliver R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,447,421 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles

Abstract

Methods and systems for traffic-based media selection are provided. A first media file may be played on a media player. Traffic around the media player is monitored, and various traffic conditions, including speed and density of the traffic, may be detected. A second media file is selected based on a detected traffic condition and provided to the media player. In some embodiments of the present invention, the traffic may occur in a virtual environment.

Claims

1. A method for traffic-based media selection, the method comprising:

selecting a first media file from a plurality of media files for play on a media player;

receiving information regarding a detected traffic condition around the media player;

selecting a second media file from the plurality of media files based on at least the received information concerning the detected traffic condition; and

providing the selected second media file to the media player.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring the traffic around the media player by detecting motion around the media player.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring the traffic around the media player by sensing speed of the traffic around the media player.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the detected traffic condition is an increase in the speed of the traffic and the selected second media file is more static than the first media file.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the detected traffic condition is a decrease in the speed of the traffic and the selected second media file is less static than the first media file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring traffic comprises sensing a density of the traffic around the media player.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the detected traffic condition is an increase in the density of the traffic and the selected second media file is more dynamic than the first media file.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the detected traffic condition is a decrease in the density of the traffic and the selected second media file is more static than the first media file.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first media file is a video and the second media file is audio played in conjunction with the video.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the traffic occurs in a virtual environment.

12. The system of claim 10, further comprising the media player, the media player being configured to play the media file selected by the processor.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising the sensor, the sensor being configured to monitor traffic and to detect traffic conditions around the media player.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the sensor is further configured to detect motion around the media player.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the sensor is further configured to monitor a speed of the traffic around the media player.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the sensor detects an increase in the speed of the traffic and the media file selected by the processor is more static than a previously selected media file.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the sensor detects a decrease in the speed of the traffic and the media file selected by the processor is more dynamic than a previously selected media file.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the sensor is further configured to monitor a density of the traffic around the media player.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the sensor detects an increase in the density of the traffic and the media file selected by the processor is more dynamic than a previously selected media file.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the sensor detects a decrease in the density of the traffic and the media file selected by the processor is more static than a previously selected first media file.

11. A system for traffic-based media selection, the system comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of media files for playing on a media player; and

a processor configured to select a media file from the plurality of media files based on a traffic condition detected by a sensor and to provide the media file to the media player.

21. The system of claim 11, wherein the first media file is a video and the second media file is audio played in conjunction with the video.

22. The system of claim 11, wherein the traffic occurs in a virtual environment.

23. A computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a computer processor to perform a method for traffic-based media selection, the method comprising:

selecting a first media file from a plurality of media files for play on a media player;

receiving information regarding a detected traffic condition around the media player;

selecting a second media file from the plurality of media files based on at least the received information concerning the detected traffic condition; and

providing the selected second media file to the media player.