AGGREGRATION OF MULTIPLE MEDIA TYPES OF USER CONSUMPTION HABITS AND DEVICE PREFERENCES

• US 20120278717A1
• Filed: 07/12/2012
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brendan Traw, Brian David Johnson, Marcelino Ford-Livene
• Original Assignee: Brendan Traw, Brian David Johnson, Marcelino Ford-Livene
• Inventors: Johnson, Brian David, Ford-Livene, Marcelino, Traw, Brendan
• Application Number:
  US13/547,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20120278717A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/717
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42692 for reading from or writing on a volatile storage medium, e.g. Random Access Memory [RAM]
• 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 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44226 on social networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44231 Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6168 involving cable transmission, e.g. using a cable modem
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6193 involving transmission via a satellite arrangements for data linking, networking or transporting, or for controlling an end to end session in a satellite broadcast system H04B7/18526
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A system and method for the aggregation of multiple media types of user consumption habits and device preferences are described. In embodiments, a connected device is adapted to receive multiple inputs supporting different types of media, aggregating the multiple media types and displaying one or more of the media types on a single display device. Another embodiment of the invention provides for a way of collecting data about user-specific adjustments to or usages of the various electronic devices and/or applications connected to the connected device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a device connected to multiple media devices, wherein at least two of the multiple media devices process different types of media, wherein the connected device to store data representing the consumption of the different types of media via the multiple media devices, wherein the connected device to receive multiple input content, wherein the multiple input content represents the different types of media processed by the at least two media devices, wherein the connected device to receive main content, and wherein the connected device to cause the display of the multiple input content overlayed on the main content via a user interface on a display device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the multiple input content is one or more applications.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data representing the consumption of the different types of media are stored in a secured storage.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the display device is a television.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a multiple input content section to display the multiple input content and a main content section to display the main content, wherein the multiple input content section to be divided into one or more windows, wherein each of the one or more windows to display content being processed by one of the multiple media devices.

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9. A method, comprising:

collecting data representing the consumption of one or more different types of media via multiple media devices connected to a device, wherein at least two of the multiple media devices process different types of media;

receiving multiple input content at the connected device, wherein the multiple input content represents the different types of media processed by the at least two media devices;

receiving main content at the connected device; and

causing the display of the multiple input content overlayed on the main content via a user interface on a display device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the data representing the consumption of the different types of media are stored in a secured storage.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the display device is a television.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface comprises a multiple input content section to display the multiple input content and a main content section to display the main content, wherein the multiple input content section to be divided into one or more windows, wherein each of the one or more windows to display content being processed by one of the multiple media devices.

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16. A machine-readable storage medium containing instructions which, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method, the method comprising:

collecting data representing the consumption of one or more different types of media via multiple media devices connected to a device, wherein at least two of the multiple media devices process different types of media;

receiving multiple input content at the connected device, wherein the multiple input content represents the different types of media processed by the at least two media devices;

receiving main content at the connected device; and

causing the display of the multiple input content overlayed on the main content via a user interface on a display device.

17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the data representing the consumption of the different types of media are stored in a secured storage.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the display device is a television.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the user interface comprises a multiple input content section to display the multiple input content and a main content section to display the main content, wherein the multiple input content section to be divided into one or more windows, wherein each of the one or more windows to display content being processed by one of the multiple media devices.

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