RECOGNITION-BASED CONTENT MANAGEMENT, SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20150058229A1
• Filed: 08/22/2014
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLC (NantWorks, LLC)
• Original Assignee: NantMobile, LLC (NantWorks, LLC)
• Inventors: Soon-Shiong, Patrick, Wiacek, John
• Granted Patent: US 11,042,607 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/310
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

A content activation system is presented. A recognition engine is configured to obtain a descriptor set associated with an identified object represented within a digital representation. A content management module can be coupled with the recognition engine. The content management module can be configured to: obtain the descriptor set from the recognition engine, identify at least one content activation policy as a function of the descriptor set, identify a content set associated with an identified object and based on the descriptor set, and configure an output device to activate (e.g., release, render, present, interact, etc.) the content set according to the activation policy.

Claims

1. A content activation system comprising:

recognition engine configured to obtain a descriptor set associated with an identified object represented within a digital representation; and

content management module coupled with the recognition engine and configured to;

obtain the descriptor set from the recognition engine;

identify at least one content activation policy as a function of the descriptor set;

identify a content set associated with an identified object and based on the descriptor set; and

configure an output device to activate the content set according to the activation policy.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the descriptor set comprises image descriptors.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the descriptor set comprises multi-modal descriptors.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the descriptor set comprises a homogenous mix of descriptors.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one content activation policy comprises a license.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one content activation policy comprise content rendering rules that operate based on a license fee associated with the license.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one content activation policy comprises content activation criteria.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the activation criteria comprises content rendering rules that operate based on at least one of tracked features and recognized features in the digital representation derived from the descriptor set.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the activation criteria comprises content rendering rules that unlock at least some of the content set as a function of the descriptor set.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the activation criteria comprises content rendering rules that operate based on an in-app purchase of content.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the content set comprises the purchased content.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one content activation policy operates as a function of at least one of tracked features and recognized features within the digital representation.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the activation criteria comprises a selection of content.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the output device comprise at least one of the following:

a printer, a 3D printer, a tablet, a smart phone, a kiosk, an appliance, a television, a vehicle, a computer, a phone, a wearable headset, a wearable AR headset, a wearable camera, a wearable device, and a camera.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified object comprises a real-world object.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the real-world object comprises at least one of the following:

a product, a toy, a vehicle, a machine, a living creature, an inanimate object, printed matter, a video, a video clip, a sound, a music, a light, a RFID, a magnet, a picture, a building, a human, an appliance, and an electronic device.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified object comprises a virtual object.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the virtual object comprises at least one of the following:

a rendered graphic, a game object, a digital image, a digital video, an animation, an augmented reality object, a sound, and a 3D modeled object.

19. The system of claim 1, further comprising a rights management module coupled with the content management engine.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the rights management module is configured to enforce digital rights with respect to the content set according to of a content rights rules set that operates as a function of the descriptor set.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the content rights rules set includes rules for at least one of the following as a function of the descriptor set:

activation of the content set, deactivation of the content set, modification of the content sent, creation of the content set, localization of the content set, transactions related to the content set, and account interactions.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the content set comprises at least one of the following:

image data, light data, RFID data, magnetic data, video data, game data, augmented reality data, audio data, kinesthetic data, tactile data, vibration data, texture data, application data, device command data, account data, shopping data, travel data, education data, sports data, news data, weather data, and medical data.