SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY PRINTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS WITHIN MEDIA ASSETS

• US 20150172773A1
• Filed: 12/18/2013
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: UV Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: United Video Properties Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Klappert, Walter R., Carlberg, Marvin Charles, Case, Michael B., McCarty, Michael K., Berenson, Jeffrey Neil, Valadez, Raymond Jr.
• Application Number:
  US14/133,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20150172773A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4117 for generating hard copies of the content, e.g. printer, electronic paper interfaces to printers G06F3/12; printing data G06K15/02
• 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 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided herein for recommending an object of a plurality of objects for 3D printing. These methods and systems are provided by way of identifying a set of objects presented within a video being viewed by a viewer. One object of the set of objects may be selected based on a user profile. For example, in a scene where a coffee mug and a toy figurine are presented, and the user watching the video including the scene is a child, the toy figurine might be selected because the child'"'"'s user profile may reflect an affinity for toys, or because the child is too young to drink coffee. A design file describing a three-dimensional representation of the object might be retrieved, and a request may be transmitted to a printer to print the three-dimensional representation of the object.

Claims

1. A method for recommending an object of a plurality of objects for three-dimensional printing, the method comprising:

identifying a set of objects presented within a video being viewed by a user;

selecting one object of the set of objects based on a user profile;

retrieving a design file describing a three-dimensional representation of the object; and

transmitting a request to a printer to print the three-dimensional representation of the object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting further comprises:

identifying user characteristics associated with the user profile;

determining which object of the set of objects has a greatest number of object characteristics that match the user characteristics associated with the user profile; and

designating the object of the set of objects that has the greatest number of object characteristics that match the user characteristics as the selected one object of the set of objects.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile includes at least one of a printing history, printing preferences, and demographic information, and wherein the selecting one object of the set of objects comprises comparing metadata associated with each object with metadata of the user profile.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved design file is selected based on a cost associated with printing the three-dimensional object described by the retrieved design file.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the cost associated with printing the three-dimensional object described by the retrieved design file is associated with the cost of materials required to print the three dimensional representation of the object.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating for display the three-dimensional representation of the object;

receiving user input to configure the

three-dimensional representation of the object; and

transmitting a new request to the printer to print the configured three-dimensional representation of the object.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a display including a user

interface that provides tools to modify the three

dimensional representation of the object, wherein the

user input is received via the user interface; and

in response to receiving the user input, modifying the three-dimensional representation of the object by at least one of (1) adjusting a pose of the three-dimensional representation of the object, (2) adding a prop to the three-dimensional representation of the object, and (3) deleting a feature from the three-dimensional representation of the object.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is transmitted to a remote server at a network that is remote to the user equipment, and wherein the printer is located at the network that is remote to the user equipment.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the printer is located at a local network, and wherein the user equipment is located at the local network.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a three-dimensional product is printed by the printer, and wherein the product is edible food.

11. A system for recommending an object of a plurality of objects for three-dimensional printing, the system comprising a processor configured to:

identify a set of objects presented 5 within a video being viewed by a user;

select one object of the set of objects based on a user profile;

retrieve a design file describing a

three-dimensional representation of the object; and

transmit a request to a printer to print the three-dimensional representation of the object.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the selecting further comprises:

identify user characteristics associated with the user profile;

determine which object of the set of

objects has a greatest number of object characteristics that match the user characteristics associated with the user profile; and

designate the object of the set of objects that has the greatest number of object characteristics that match the user characteristics as the selected one object of the set of objects.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the user profile includes at least one of a printing history, printing preferences, and demographic information, and wherein the selecting one object of the set of objects comprises comparing metadata associated with each object with metadata of the user profile.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the retrieved design file is selected based on a cost associated with printing the three-dimensional object described by the retrieved design file.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the cost associated with printing the three-dimensional object described by the retrieved design file is associated with the cost of materials required to print the three-dimensional representation of the object.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate for display the three-dimensional representation of the object;

receive user input to configure the

three-dimensional representation of the object; and

transmit a new request to the printer to print the configured three-dimensional representation of the object.

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

generate a display including a user interface that provides tools to modify the three-dimensional representation of the object, wherein the user input is received via the user interface; and

in response to receiving the user input, modify the three-dimensional representation of the object by at least one of (1) adjusting a pose of the three-dimensional representation of the object, (2) adding a prop to the three-dimensional representation of the object, and (3) deleting a feature from the three-dimensional representation of the object.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the request is transmitted to a remote server at a network that is remote to the user equipment, and wherein the printer is located at the network that is remote to the user equipment.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the printer is located at a local network, and wherein the user equipment is located at the local network.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein a three-dimensional product is printed by the printer, and wherein the product is edible food.

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