Devices, Methods and Computer-Readable Media for Providing Control of Switching Between Media Presentation Screens

• US 20100100822A1
• Filed: 10/16/2008
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Aaron, Jeffrey, Streijl, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 9,015,599 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways

Abstract

Devices, methods and computer-readable media for providing control of switching of an interactive session in a communications network. Content may be switched between media presentation screens. Collected data is analyzed and a location of a user within the communications network is monitored. A presentation of a first screen the user is watching may be exchanged for a presentation of a second screen selected based upon a change in the location of a monitored user and the analysis of the collected data.

Claims

1. A device for controlling cooperative screens in a communications network, comprising:

memory for storing collected network data; and

a controller for analyzing the collected data and monitoring a location of a user within the communications network, wherein the controller manages a switching of an interactive session in a communications network.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller identifies a change in a system state within the network, and includes a policy decision module that makes decisions based on the identified change in the system state.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller analyzes whether the switching of the interactive session is feasible and evaluates ramifications of the switching.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller performs at least one action selected from a group including determining a current active service being provided to a user, determining active services other than the current active service being provided to the user that may be impacted by the exchange, determining profiles and usage histories of the user involved with the exchange, determining the active services of other users, determining profiles and usage histories of other users, determining network capacity and utilization, and determining policy rules, algorithms, parameters, and thresholds.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller determines an appropriate time for implementing the switching of the interactive session based upon the change in the location of the monitored user and analysis of collected data.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the switching of the interactive session by the controller includes exchanging a presentation of a first screen a user is watching for a presentation of a second screen selected based upon a change in a location of a monitored user and analysis of collected data.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the controller, prior to changing from the presentation of the first screen to the presentation of the second screen, prepares the second screen for viewing by the user based upon analysis of the collected data.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein the controller identifies a state of the network, the state of a service provided to a user and the state of a customer based upon the analysis of the collected data.

9. The device of claim 6, wherein the collected data includes parameters set by a user.

10. The device of claim 6, wherein the controller determines an appropriate second screen based upon the change in the location of the monitored user and the analysis of collected data and communicates control information within the network.

11. The device of claim 6, wherein the controller identifies a screen being switched from as a fixed screen at a fixed-screen location when the user is determined to be moving away from the fixed-screen location and the screen being switched to is determined to be a mobile device screen and the controller identifies a screen being switched from as a mobile device screen when the user is determined to be moving toward a fixed-screen location and identifies the screen being switched to as a fixed screen.

12. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computer system to perform operations for controlling cooperative screens in a communications network, the operations including:

storing collected network data;

analyzing the collected data;

monitoring a location of a user within the communications network; and

managing a switching of an interactive session in a communications network.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise identifying parameters set by a user by analyzing the collected data, identifying a change in a system state within the network, and making decisions based on the identified change in the system state.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the operations further include performing at least one action selected from a group including determining a current active service being provided to a user, determining active services other than the current active service being provided to the user that may be impacted by the exchange, determining profiles and usage histories of the user involved with the exchange, determining the active services of other users, determining profiles and usage histories of other users, determining network capacity and utilization, and determining policy rules, algorithms, parameters, and thresholds.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the managing of the switching of the interactive session includes exchanging a presentation of a first screen a user is watching for a presentation of a second screen selected based upon a change in a location of a monitored user and analysis of the collected data.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise analyzing whether the exchange is feasible and evaluating ramifications of the exchange.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining an appropriate time for implementing the exchange based upon the change in the location of the monitored user and the analysis of the collected data and determining an appropriate second screen based upon the change in the location of the monitored user and the analysis of the collected data.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise identifying a screen being switched from as a fixed screen at a fixed-screen location and identifying the screen being switched to as a mobile device screen when the user is determined to be moving away from the fixed-screen location, and identifying a screen being switched from as a mobile device screen and identifying the screen being switched to as a fixed screen when the user is determined to be moving toward a fixed-screen location.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining an appropriate second screen based upon the change in the location of the monitored user and the analysis of collected data and communicating control information within the network.

20. A method for controlling cooperative screens in a communications network, comprises:

storing collected network data;

analyzing the collected data;

monitoring a location of a user within the communications network; and

managing a switching of an interactive session in a communications network;

wherein the managing of the switching of the interactive session includes exchanging a presentation of a first screen a user is watching for a presentation of a second screen selected based upon a change in a location of a monitored user and analysis of the collected data.