SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING VIDEOS FOR DISPLAY TO A PLAYER BASED ON A DURATION OF USING EXERCISE EQUIPMENT

• US 20120308192A1
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: United Video Properties Incorporated (Adeia, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: United Video Properties Incorporated (Adeia, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chung, David D., Klappert, Walter R.
• Application Number:
  US13/118,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20120308192A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/230
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/53 involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser sight in a shooting game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/61 using advertising information
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/71 using secure communication between game devices and game servers, e.g. by encrypting game data or authenticating players
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/798 for assessing skills or for ranking players, e.g. for generating a hall of fame computing the game score A63F13/46
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/87 Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1012 involving biosensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat, limb activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/552 for downloading to client devices, e.g. using OS version, hardware or software profile of the client device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/558 by assessing the players' skills or ranking
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5593 involving scheduling aspects
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6009 for importing or creating game content, e.g. authoring tools during game development, adapting content to different platforms, use of a scripting language to create content
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/634 for replaying partially or entirely the game actions since the beginning of the game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/638 according to the timing of operation or a time limit
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• 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 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

Systems and methods for selecting for display to a player, based on a duration of using exercise equipment, videos are provided. The user equipment may monitor an exercise attribute of the user for a given period and compare the monitored attribute to a predetermined threshold corresponding to the attribute. Until the monitored attribute exceeds the predetermined threshold, the user equipment may present one or more media assets associated with a particular measure of quality. Once the predetermined threshold is exceeded by the monitored attribute, the user equipment may adjust the predetermined threshold and present one or more media assets associated with a higher measure of quality than the previously presented media assets.

Claims

1. A method for providing video to a user of equipment having an exercise application, the method comprising:

receiving a first plurality of videos associated with a first quality;

receiving a second plurality of videos associated with a second quality, wherein a measure of the first quality is greater than a measure of the second quality;

continuously monitoring an exercise attribute of the user using the equipment;

determining whether the exercise attribute exceeds a predetermined minimum exercise threshold;

selecting one the first and second plurality of videos based on whether the exercise attribute exceeds the predetermined minimum exercise threshold; and

retrieving for display to the user one of the videos of the selected one of the first and second plurality of videos.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the equipment is mobile media equipment device, stationary exercise equipment, mobile communications device, a computer, or user television equipment device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of videos include a first plurality of clips of a first time interval of a sporting event and the second plurality of videos include a second plurality of clips of a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval of the sporting event.

4. The method of claim 1, where the measures of the first and second qualities correspond to picture resolution, length of the videos, popularity the videos among a community, content quality of the videos, originality of the videos, level of attractiveness of a person, or rarity of the videos.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the exercise attribute exceeds the predetermined minimum exercise threshold comprises:

retrieving an exercise profile associated with the user;

generating the predetermined minimum exercise threshold based on the exercise profile; and

comparing a length of time the user is using the equipment with the generated predetermined minimum exercise threshold to determine whether the length of time exceeds the generated predetermined minimum exercise threshold.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising repeating, after each video is displayed to the user, the monitoring, determining, selecting and retrieving while the user is exercising using the equipment.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting comprises:

selecting the first plurality of videos when the exercise attribute exceeds the predetermined minimum exercise threshold; and

selecting the second plurality of videos when the exercise attribute is less than the predetermined minimum exercise threshold.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined minimum exercise threshold is inversely proportional to a level of intensity of the exercise of the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the one of the videos is a first video and is from the first plurality of videos, and wherein the retrieving comprises:

determining whether the first video has previously been accessed by the user; and

retrieving for display a second one of the plurality of videos from the first plurality of videos instead of the first video when the first video has previously been accessed by the user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the exercise attribute is a length of time the user is exercising in a current session, a heart rate of the user, or a distance covered by the user in the current session.

11. A system for providing video to a user of equipment having an exercise application, the system comprising:

control circuitry configured to;

receive a first plurality of videos associated with a first quality;

receive a second plurality of videos associated with a second quality, wherein a measure of the first quality is greater than a measure of the second quality;

continuously monitor an exercise attribute of the user using the equipment;

determine whether the exercise attribute exceeds a predetermined minimum exercise threshold;

select one the first and second plurality of videos based on whether the exercise attribute exceeds the predetermined minimum exercise threshold; and

retrieve for display to the user one of the videos of the selected one of the first and second plurality of videos.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the equipment is mobile media equipment device, stationary exercise equipment, mobile communications device, a computer, or user television equipment device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the first plurality of videos include a first plurality of clips of a first time interval of a sporting event and the second plurality of videos include a second plurality of clips of a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval of the sporting event.

14. The system of claim 11, where the measures of the first and second qualities correspond to picture resolution, length of the videos, popularity the videos among a community, content quality of the videos, originality of the videos, level of attractiveness of a person, or rarity of the videos.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine whether the exercise attribute exceeds the predetermined minimum exercise threshold by:

retrieving an exercise profile associated with the user;

generating the predetermined minimum exercise threshold based on the exercise profile; and

comparing a length of time the user is using the equipment with the generated predetermined minimum exercise threshold to determine whether the length of time exceeds the generated predetermined minimum exercise threshold.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to repeat, after each video is displayed to the user, the monitoring, determining, selecting and retrieving while the user is exercising using the equipment.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

select the first plurality of videos when the exercise attribute exceeds the predetermined minimum exercise threshold; and

select the second plurality of videos when the exercise attribute is less than the predetermined minimum exercise threshold.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the predetermined minimum exercise threshold is inversely proportional to a level of intensity of the exercise of the user.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the one of the videos is a first video and is from the first plurality of videos, and wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

determine whether the first video has previously been accessed by the user; and

retrieve for display a second one of the plurality of videos from the first plurality of videos instead of the first video when the first video has previously been accessed by the user.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the exercise attribute is a length of time the user is exercising in a current session, a heart rate of the user, or a distance covered by the user in the current session.