ADAPTIVE MEDIA OBJECT REPRODUCTION BASED ON SOCIAL CONTEXT

• US 20110309946A1
• Filed: 05/26/2010
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kristensson, Andreas, Isberg, Anders, Jonsson, Hakan
• Granted Patent: US 9,313,318 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/686.6
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/784 the detected or recognised objects being people
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A media-reproduction device for adaptively reproducing media objects based upon social context of one or more people in proximity to the media-reproduction device is disclosed. The media-reproduction device includes an output device for reproducing a media object and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to identify a person in proximity to the media-reproduction device and to determine a social context based upon an analysis of social data corresponding to the identified person. The control circuit select at least one media object for reproduction on the output device based upon the social context and then reproduce the at least one media object on the output device. The media objects selected and reproduced on the output device can be adapted based upon changes in the social context.

Claims

1. A media-reproduction device for adaptively reproducing media objects based upon social context within proximity to the media-reproduction device comprising:

an output device for reproducing a media object; and

a control circuit configured to;

identify a person in proximity to the media-reproduction device;

determine a social context based upon an analysis of social data corresponding to the identified person;

select at least one media object for reproduction on the output device based upon the determined social context; and

reproduce the at least one media object on the output device.

2. The media-reproduction device of claim 1, wherein the control circuit is further configured to identify at least one additional person in proximity to the media-reproduction device, and to determine the social context based upon the analysis of the social data of each identified person.

3. The media-reproduction device of claim 2, wherein the social context is based upon a determination of the relationship between at least one identified person and at least one other identified person.

4. The media-reproduction device of claim 2, wherein the at least one media object is selected based upon social data that the identified people have in common with each other.

5. The media-reproduction device of claim 2, wherein the at least one media object is selected based upon social data that the identified people do not have in common with each other.

6. The media-reproduction device of claim 1, further comprising a camera and a recognition function for processing an image obtained by the camera, wherein the control circuit is configured to identify the person in proximity to the media-reproduction device by facial recognition.

7. The media-reproduction device of claim 1, wherein the determination of the social context is based upon a gesture detected by the camera.

8. The media-reproduction device of claim 1, further comprising a microphone for detecting audio in proximity to the media-rendering device,

wherein the determination of the social context is based upon the detected audio.

9. The media-reproduction device of claim 1, wherein the audio includes vocal content from the person in proximity to the media-rendering device, and

wherein the recognition function processes the vocal content to identify the at least one person in proximity to the media-reproduction device by voice recognition.

10. The media-reproduction device of claim 8, wherein the recognition function extracts and analyzes at least one keyword from the audio content to determine the social context, and the at least one media object is selected based upon the at least one keyword.

12. The media-reproduction device of claim 1, further comprising a short-range radio module configured to scan for short range radio devices,

wherein the control circuit identifies the person in proximity to the media-reproduction device by detecting a short range radio device associated with the person.

13. The media-reproduction device of claim 1, further comprising an interface for communication with a remote source to obtain the social data related to the person in proximity to the media-rendering device.

14. The media-reproduction device of claim 13, wherein the person in proximity to the media-reproduction device is identified from a presence service accessible to the media-reproduction device via an internet connection through the interface.

16. The media-reproduction device of claim 1, wherein the social data includes a corresponding profile for each identified person, the profile including restrictions regarding the media objects available for reproduction on the media-reproduction device based upon the social context.

17. The media-reproduction device of claim 1, wherein the control circuit is configured to adapt the social context based upon changes in the social data.

18. The media-reproduction device of claim 1, wherein the social context includes a determination of a mood of the identified person, and the media object is selected based upon the mood.

19. The media-reproduction device of claim 1, wherein the control circuit is configured to select the at least one media object by searching a source of media objects for media objects that are related to the determined social context.

20. The media-reproduction device of claim 1, wherein the control circuit is configured to select at least one additional media object for reproduction based upon the determined social context, and to reproduce the selected media objects on the output device.

11. (canceled)

15. (canceled)

21. A method of adaptively reproducing media objects on a media-reproduction device comprising:

identifying a person in proximity to the media-reproduction device;

determining a social context based upon the analysis of social data corresponding to the identified person;

selecting at least one media object for reproduction on an output device based upon the determined social context; and

reproducing the at least one media object on the output device.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising determining whether the social context has changed, and adapting the selection of at least one media object based upon the change in the social context.