METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC CONTENTS SERVICE BY USING ANALYSIS OF USER'S RESPONSE AND APPARATUS USING SAME

• US 20100088406A1
• Filed: 09/22/2009
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yu, Jeong-rok, Lee, Moon-sang
• Application Number:
  US12/564,152
• Publication Number:
  US 20100088406A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• 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 21/466 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies services using the results of monitoring in broadcast systems H04H60/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A method of providing a dynamic content service using an analysis of a user'"'"'s response, the method including: monitoring the response of the user watching and/or listening to first content; analyzing preference information with respect to one or more scenes included in the first content, based on the monitored user'"'"'s response; transmitting, to an external server, metadata of the analyzed preference information; receiving, from the external server, second content generated based on the metadata of the analyzed preference information; and outputting the received second content onto a screen.

Claims

1. A method of providing a dynamic content service using an analysis of a response of a user, the method comprising:

monitoring, by a client device, the response of the user watching and/or listening to first content;

analyzing, by the client device, preference information with respect to one or more scenes included in the first content, based on the monitored response of the user;

transmitting metadata of the analyzed preference information to an external server;

receiving, from the external server, second content generated according to the metadata of the preference information; and

outputting the received second content onto a screen.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second content is generated according to an age information item about the user, a sex information item about the user, an area information item about the user, another demographic information item about the user, and/or a similar preference of the user common among other viewers.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second content is generated by re-editing one or more scenes included in the first content based on the metadata of the analyzed preference information.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monitoring of the response of the user comprises capturing, by the client device, video and/or audio of the user while the first content is being watched and/or listened to.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the analyzing of the preference information comprises extracting information on the one or more scenes included in the first content by analyzing the captured video and/or the captured audio of the user.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outputting of the received second content onto the screen comprises outputting the second content during an idle period of the first content or outputting the second content onto the screen simultaneously with the first content in a picture in picture (PIP) mode.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the metadata comprises transmitting the metadata of the analyzed preference information at predetermined time intervals or in real-time.

8. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the analyzing of the preference information comprises analyzing the captured video and/or the captured audio of the user.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein:

the analyzing of the captured video and/or the captured audio of the user comprises detecting a predetermined video and/or a predetermined audio of the user from the captured video and/or the captured audio, respectively;

the predetermined audio includes a cheer; and

the predetermined video includes a body movement, a facial expression, and/or a changing of a pupil of an eye of the user.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the client device is an Internet TV device.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monitoring of the response of the user comprises automatically sensing, by the client device, the response of the user.

32. A computer readable recording medium encoded with the method of claim 1 and implemented by the client device.

12. A dynamic content service method using an analysis of a monitored response of a user, the method comprising:

receiving, from a client device, metadata of preference information analyzed in relation to one or more scenes included in first content based on the monitored response of the user watching and/or listening to the first content;

generating second content based on the received metadata of the preference information; and

transmitting the generated second content to the client device.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the second content is generated according to an age information item about the user, a sex information item about the user, an area information item about the user, another demographic information about the user, and/or a similar preference of the user common among other viewers.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the generating of the second content comprises generating the second content by re-editing one or more scenes included in the first content based on the metadata of the preference information.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the generated second content is advertisement content based on the received metadata of the preference information.

33. A computer readable recording medium encoded with the method of claim 12 and implemented by at least one computer.

16. A dynamic content service client using an analysis of a response of a user, the client comprising:

a sensor unit to monitor the response of the user watching and/or listening to first content;

a preference detection unit to analyze preference information with respect to one or more scenes included in the first content, based on the monitored response of the user;

a network interface to transmit metadata of the analyzed preference information to an external server;

a broadcast reception unit to receive, from the external server, second content generated according to the metadata of the preference information; and

a display unit to output the received second content onto a screen.

17. The client as claimed in claim 16, wherein the second content is generated according to an age information item about the user, a sex information item about the user, an area information item about the user, another demographic information about the user, and/or a similar preference of the user common among other viewers.

18. The client as claimed in claim 16, wherein the second content is generated by re-editing one or more scenes included in the first content based on the metadata of the analyzed preference information.

19. The client as claimed in claim 16, wherein the sensor unit captures video signal and/or audio of the user while the first content is being watched and/or listened to.

20. The client as claimed in claim 19, wherein the preference detection unit comprises a preprocessing unit to extract information on the one or more scenes included in the first content by analyzing the captured video and/or the captured audio of the user.

21. The client as claimed in claim 20, wherein the display unit outputs the second content during an idle period of the first content or outputs the second content onto the screen simultaneously with the first content in a picture in picture (PIP) mode.

22. The client as claimed in claim 17, wherein the network interface transmits the metadata of the analyzed preference information at predetermined time intervals or in real-time.

23. The client as claimed in claim 19, wherein the preference detection unit analyzes the captured video and/or the captured audio of the user.

24. The client as claimed in claim 23, wherein the preference detection unit detects a predetermined video and/or a predetermined audio of the user from the captured video and/or the captured audio, respectively.

25. The client as claimed in claim 24, wherein:

the predetermined audio includes a cheer; and

the predetermined video includes a body movement, a facial expression, and/or a changing of a pupil of an eye of the user.

26. The client as claimed in claim 16, wherein the client is an Internet TV device.

27. The client as claimed in claim 16, wherein the sensor unit automatically senses the response of the user.

28. A dynamic content service server using an analysis of a monitored response of a user, the server comprising:

a metadata reception unit to receive, from a client device, metadata of preference information analyzed in relation to one or more scenes included in first content based on the monitored responses of the user watching and/or listening to the first content;

a content generation unit to generate second content based on the received metadata of the preference information; and

a broadcast transmission unit to transmit the generated second content to the client device.

29. The server as claimed in claim 28, wherein the second content is generated based on at least one or more information items from among age, sex, and area, which are demographic information about the user, or a similar preference.

30. The server as claimed in claim 29, wherein the second content is obtained by re-editing at least one or more scenes included in the first content based on the metadata of the preference information.

31. The server as claimed in claim 29, wherein the sensor unit captures a video signal or audio signal generated by the user while the first content is watched and/or listened to.

34. A method of providing a dynamic content service using an analysis of a response of a user, the method comprising:

monitoring, by a client device, the response of the user watching and/or listening to first content;

transmitting, from the client device to an external server, information with respect to one or more scenes included in the first content, based on the monitored response of the user;

receiving, by the client device from the external server, second content generated according to an analysis, by the external server, of the transmitted information of the one or more scenes; and

outputting the received second content onto a screen.

35. The method as claimed in claim 34, wherein the monitoring of the response of the user comprises automatically sensing, by the client device, the response of the user.

36. A computer-readable recording medium encoded with the method of claim 34 and implemented by the client device.

37. A dynamic content service method using an analysis of a monitored response of a user, the method comprising:

receiving, by a server from a client device, information with respect to one or more scenes included in first content based on the monitored response of the user watching and/or listening to the first content;

analyzing, by the server, the received information;

generating, by the server, second content based on metadata of the analyzed information; and

transmitting the generated second content to the client device.

38. A computer-readable recording medium encoded with the method of claim 37 and implemented by the client device.

39. A dynamic content service client using an analysis of a response of a user, the client comprising:

a dynamic content service client comprising;

a sensor unit to monitor the response of the user watching and/or listening to first content,

a preference detection unit to analyze preference information with respect to one or more scenes included in the first content, based on the monitored response of the user,

a network interface to transmit metadata of the analyzed preference information,

a broadcast reception unit to receive second content, and

a display unit to output the received second content onto a screen; and

a dynamic content service server comprising;

a metadata reception unit to receive, from the client, the metadata of the analyzed preference information,

a content generation unit to generate the second content based on the received metadata of the analyzed preference information, and

a broadcast transmission unit to transmit the generated second content to the client.