Linking Real Time Media Context to Related Applications and Services

• US 20110197226A1
• Filed: 02/11/2010
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Hatalkar, Atul N., Garg, Sharad K.
• Granted Patent: US 8,453,179 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• 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 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games

Abstract

Information about the context of electronic media may be extracted automatically. The extracted information may then be used to select ancillary services or applications that may be of interest to the user. The context information may be developed from ancillary information associated with the media, such as metadata or electronic programming guides. It may also be extracted from the media itself, including identification of image elements, audio elements, or other depicted features within the media in order to obtain information about what is being displayed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

automatically electronically extracting information about a context of electronic media; and

using said context information to offer an additional service.

2. The method of claim 1 including automatically extracting context information from television.

3. The method of claim 2 including extracting context information automatically from an electronic programming guide.

4. The method of claim 1 including automatically extracting context information from video media.

5. The method of claim 1 including automatically extracting context information from ancillary information accompanying the media.

6. The method of claim 1 including automatically extracting information from metadata accompanying the media.

7. The method of claim 1 including combining information about a user of an electronic device and context information related to media on said device.

8. The method of claim 7 including using said combined information to provide said additional service.

9. A computer readable medium storing instructions executed by a computer to:

extract context information from electronic media; and

use said context information to provide a user service.

10. The medium of claim 9 further storing instructions to extract context information from a television signal.

11. The medium of claim 10 further storing instructions to extract context information from an electronic programming guide.

12. The medium of claim 9 further storing instructions to extract context information from video.

13. The medium of claim 12 further storing instructions to identify an object depicted in a frame of video.

14. The medium of claim 10 further storing instructions to combine information about the user and context information related to said media.

15. The medium of claim 14 further storing instructions to use said combined information to provide said user service.

16. An apparatus comprising:

a media interface; and

a device to analyze media from said interface and to extract context information from said media and to use said context information to provide a service.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said apparatus is a consumer electronic device.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said apparatus is a television receiver.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said device to extract context from an electronic programming guide.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, said device to combine information about a user of said apparatus with said context information and to use said combined information to provide said service.