SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINT USER PROFILE RELATING TO CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

• US 20100211884A1
• Filed: 02/13/2009
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Ozawa, Toshiro, Kashyap, Praveen, Tran, Dang Van
• Application Number:
  US12/371,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20100211884A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/745
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• 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 21/4753 for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

Embodiments include a system and method of a user login to a multimedia system such that a joint user profile is used for controlling multimedia content when two or more users are logged into the multimedia system. For example, in one embodiment a method of controlling multimedia presented by a multimedia system includes logging in two of more user profiles to a multimedia system. The method also includes determining a joint user profile based at least in part on the two or more logged in user profiles, and then applying the joint user profile to control at least some multimedia content output by the multimedia system.

Claims

1. A method of determining a joint user profile to control multimedia content presented by a multimedia system for personalizing a multimedia experience for two or more users, the method comprising:

logging in a first user profile on the multimedia system;

logging in a second user profile on the multimedia system while the first user profile is logged in;

determining a joint user profile based at least in part on the first user profile and the second user profile; and

applying the joint user profile to control at least some multimedia content output by the multimedia system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia system comprises a television, and the method further comprises presenting multimedia content on the television.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating one or more characteristics affecting presentation of multimedia content with the first user profile; and

associating one or more characteristics affecting presentation of multimedia content with the second user profile,

wherein the joint user profile comprises characteristics determined at least in part by at least one characteristic associated with the first user profile or the second user profile.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more characteristics relate to one or more of favorite channels, favorite genre, personal bookmarks, rating limits, instant messenger identities, picture configurations, sound configurations, preset search keywords, screen design, and viewing history.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein characteristics associated with the joint user profile include a set of characteristics defined by the intersection of characteristics associated with the first user profile and characteristics associated with the second user profile.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein characteristics associated with the joint user profile include a set of characteristics defined by the union of one or more characteristics associated with the first user profile and one or more characteristics associated with the second user profile.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating a first signal with the first user profile;

associating a second signal with the second user profile; and

receiving the first and second signal in the multimedia system,

wherein the multimedia system logs in the first user profile based on receiving the first signal, and

wherein the multimedia system logs in the second user profile based on receiving the second signal.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising communicating the first signal and the second signal from a remote control device to the multimedia system.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

logging in at least one additional user profile; and

re-determining a joint user profile to apply to control at least some of the multimedia content presented by the multimedia system, the joint user profile based at least in part on the first user profile, the second user profile, and the at least one additional user profile.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising re-determining the joint user profile if a user profile is logged off and two or more user profiles remain logged in.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising applying a single logged in user profile to control at least some multimedia content output by the multimedia system if only one user profile is logged in.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

gathering content viewing information by monitoring multimedia content output by the multimedia system while the joint user profile is applied; and

changing the joint user profile based on the monitored content.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein content viewing information comprises data relating to one of more of:

which show was viewed, how long was a show viewed, when was a show viewed, and which channels were viewed.

14. A method of controlling multimedia content output by a multimedia system, the method comprising:

logging in two or more user profiles to a multimedia system;

applying a joint user profile to control at least some multimedia content output by the multimedia system, the joint user profile based at least in part on the two or more logged in user profiles.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining the joint user profile.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

logging in a third user profile such that there are at least three logged in user profiles; and

applying a joint user profile to control at least some multimedia content output by the multimedia system, the joint user profile based at least in part on the at least three logged in user profiles.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

logging off one of the logged in user profiles; and

re-determining a joint user profile to control at least some multimedia content output by the multimedia system, the re-determined joint user profile based at least in part on the two or more remaining logged in user profiles.

18. A multimedia system, comprising:

a processor configured to

log in two of more user profiles to a multimedia system;

determine a joint user profile based at least in part on the two or more logged in user profiles; and

apply the joint user profile to control multimedia content output by the multimedia system.

19. A multimedia system, comprising a processor configured to determine a joint user profile for controlling multimedia content presented on a display based at least in part on two or more logged in user profiles.

20. The multimedia system of claim 19, further comprising a television, the television comprising the display.

21. The multimedia system of claim 19, further comprising:

an output system,

wherein the processor is further configured to apply the joint user profile to control multimedia content output by the output system.

22. The multimedia system of claim 21, wherein the output system comprises a display for outputting visual multimedia content.

23. The multimedia system of claim 21, further comprising a receiver in communication with the processor, the receiver configured to receive signals corresponding to user profiles for logging in to the multimedia system,

wherein the processor is further configured to log in user profiles based on the signals received by the receiver.

24. The multimedia system of claim 23, further comprising an input device configured to generate signals corresponding to user profiles and communicate the signals to the receiver.

25. The multimedia system of claim 24, wherein the input device comprises a remote control device.

26. The multimedia system of claim 23, further comprising:

a memory component configured to store at least one characteristic associated with each of the two or more logged in user profiles, and

wherein the processor is configured to determine the joint user profile based at least in part on at least one characteristic associated with the first user profile or the second user profile.

27. A computer-program product for determining a joint user profile for personalizing a multimedia experience, the product comprising:

a computer-readable medium having stored thereon codes executable by at least one processor to;

log in two of more user profiles to a multimedia system;

determine a joint user profile based at least in part on the two or more logged in user profiles; and

apply the joint user profile to control at least some of the multimedia content output by the multimedia system.

28. A system for determining a joint user profile for personalizing a multimedia experience, comprising:

means for logging in two of more user profiles to a multimedia system;

means for determining a joint user profile based at least in part on the two or more logged in user profiles; and

means for applying the joint user profile to control at least some of the multimedia content output by the multimedia system.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the logging in means comprises a remote control device.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein the determining means comprises a processor in communication with the remote control device and configured to receive a signal from the remote control means indicative of a user profile for login.

31. The claim of claim 28, wherein the applying means comprises the processor.