MEDIA DEVICE, APPLICATION, AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT USING SENSORY INPUT

• US 20120316661A1
• Filed: 07/12/2011
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JB IP Acquisitions LLC
• Original Assignee: AliphCom, Inc. (AliphCom Corp.)
• Inventors: Rahman, Hosain Sadequr, Drysdale, Richard Lee, Luna, Michael Edward Smith, Fullam, Scott, Bogard, Travis Austin, Utter, Max Everett II, Donaldson, Thomas Alan, Martino, Raymond A., Robinson, Jeremiah
• Granted Patent: US 9,069,380 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00

Abstract

Techniques for media device, application, and content management using sensory input are described, including receiving input from one or more sensors coupled to a data-capable strapband, processing the input to determine a pattern, referencing a pattern library using the pattern, generating a control signal to a media application, the control signal being determined based on whether the pattern matches another pattern in the pattern library, and selecting a media file configured to be presented, the media file being selected using the control signal.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving input from one or more sensors coupled to a wearable device;

processing the input to determine a pattern;

referencing a pattern library using the pattern;

generating a control signal to a media application, the control signal being determined based on whether the pattern matches another pattern in the pattern library; and

selecting a media file configured to be presented in the media application, the media file being selected using the control signal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the media file in the media application after being selected using the control signal.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising receiving another input from the one or more sensors, the another input being used to generate another control signal to select another media file to be played using the media player.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the input from the one or more sensors is generated from a physical activity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the input from the one or more sensors is associated with a biological state.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input from the one or more sensors is associated with a physiological state.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the input from the one or more sensors is associated with a psychological state.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is an accelerometer.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is configured to measure resistivity associated with skin.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is configured to measure a heart rate.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is configured to detect a motion, the motion being configured to initiate generation of the control signal.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is configured to detect another motion, the another motion being configured to stop presentation of the media file and to initiate generation of another control signal configured to selected another media file.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the wearable device is a data-capable strapband.

14. A system, comprising:

a memory configured to store data associated with an input received from one or more sensors; and

a processor configured to receive input from the one or more sensors, to process the input to determine a pattern, to reference a pattern library using the pattern, to generate a control signal to a media application, the control signal being determined based on whether the pattern matches another pattern in the pattern library, and to select a media file configured to be presented in the media application, the media file being selected using the control signal.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the one or more sensors are coupled to a wearable device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is not coupled to, but in data communication with the wearable device.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the one or more sensors is disposed at a first location and the media application is disposed at a second location.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the wearable device is a data-capable strapband.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the second location comprises a mobile computing device.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the media file is part of a playlist, the playlist comprising other media files that are configured to be selected when another input is received.

21. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving input from one or more sensors coupled to a wearable device;

processing the input to determine a pattern;

referencing a pattern library using the pattern;

generating a control signal to a media application, the control signal being determined based on whether the pattern matches another pattern in the pattern library; and

selecting a media file configured to be presented, the media file being selected using the control signal.