AUGMENTATION OF MULTIMEDIA CONSUMPTION
First Claim
1. A method of augmenting a user'"'"'s multimedia consumption experience, the user being a user of a first user device and of a second user device, the user using the first device to consume a multimedia presentation, the method comprising:
- providing, for use by one or more processors remote from the first device, information that may be used by the one or more processors to identify a location, the location being relevant to at least part of the multimedia presentation;
identifying, by the one or more processors, the location;
acquiring, by the one or more processors, a virtual environment, the virtual environment being representative of the identified location;
acquiring, by the one or more processors, one or more virtual objects, each virtual object relating to at least part of the multimedia presentation;
determining, by the one or more processors, for each virtual object, a position for that virtual object within the virtual environment;
for each virtual object, including that virtual object in the virtual environment at the position within the virtual environment determined for that virtual object; and
presenting to the user, using the second device, the virtual environment with the one or more virtual objects included therein;
wherein the virtual environment is to some extent explorable by the user using the second user device; and
wherein the virtual objects within the virtual environment are capable of being interacted with by the user.
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for augmenting a user'"'"'s multimedia consumption experience. The methods comprise whilst the user is consuming the multimedia presentation using a first device, that device provides (to one or more remote processors) information that may be used to identify a relevant location. The one or more processors use this information to identify the location and acquire a virtual environment. This virtual environment may be a virtual representation the location. The virtual environment is presented to the user on a second (companion) device. Using the second device, the user may explore the virtual environment and interact with virtual objects therein.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of augmenting a user'"'"'s multimedia consumption experience, the user being a user of a first user device and of a second user device, the user using the first device to consume a multimedia presentation, the method comprising:
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providing, for use by one or more processors remote from the first device, information that may be used by the one or more processors to identify a location, the location being relevant to at least part of the multimedia presentation; identifying, by the one or more processors, the location; acquiring, by the one or more processors, a virtual environment, the virtual environment being representative of the identified location; acquiring, by the one or more processors, one or more virtual objects, each virtual object relating to at least part of the multimedia presentation; determining, by the one or more processors, for each virtual object, a position for that virtual object within the virtual environment; for each virtual object, including that virtual object in the virtual environment at the position within the virtual environment determined for that virtual object; and presenting to the user, using the second device, the virtual environment with the one or more virtual objects included therein; wherein the virtual environment is to some extent explorable by the user using the second user device; and wherein the virtual objects within the virtual environment are capable of being interacted with by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of augmenting a user'"'"'s multimedia consumption experience, the user being a user of a first user device and of a second user device, the user using the first device to consume a multimedia presentation, the method comprising:
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providing, for use by one or more processors remote from the first device, information that may be used by the one or more processors to identify a location, the location being relevant to at least part of the multimedia presentation; identifying, by the one or more processors, the location; acquiring, by the one or more processors, a virtual environment; and presenting to the user, using the second device, the virtual environment; wherein providing information that may be used by the one or more processors to identify a location comprises either; the first device providing the information that may be used by the one or more processors to identify a location;
orthe one or more processors receiving the information that may be used by the one or more processors to identify a location from one or more servers, the one or more servers storing information that may be used to identify a location; wherein the virtual environment is representative of the identified location; and wherein the virtual environment is to some extent explorable by the user using the second user device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. Apparatus for augmenting a user'"'"'s multimedia consumption experience, the user being a user of a first user device and of a second user device, the user using the first device to consume a multimedia presentation, the apparatus comprising one or more processors arranged to:
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use information to identify a location relevant to at least part of the multimedia presentation; acquire a virtual environment, the virtual environment being representative of the identified location; acquire one or more virtual objects, the virtual objects relating to at least part of the multimedia presentation; determine, for each virtual object, a position for that virtual object within the virtual environment; for each virtual object, include, in the virtual environment at the position within the virtual environment determined for that virtual object, that virtual object; and present to the user, using the second device, the virtual environment with the one or more virtual objects included therein; wherein the virtual environment is to some extent explorable by the user using the second user device; and wherein the virtual objects within the virtual environment are capable of being interacted with by the user.
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20. Apparatus for augmenting a user'"'"'s multimedia consumption experience, the user being a user of a first user device and of a second user device, the user using the first device to consume a multimedia presentation, the apparatus comprising one or more processors configured to:
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receive information for identifying a location, the location being relevant to at least part of the multimedia presentation; identify the location; acquire a virtual environment; and present to the user, using the second device, the virtual environment; wherein the information that may be used by the one or more processors to identify a location is either; received from the first device;
orreceived from one or more servers, the one or more servers storing information that may be used to identify a location; wherein the virtual environment is representative of the identified location; and wherein the virtual environment is to some extent explorable by the user using the second user device.
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