Facilitating Television Based Interaction with Social Networking Tools
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Abstract
Video analysis may be used to determine who is watching television and their level of interest in the current programming Lists of favorite programs may be derived for each of a plurality of viewers of programming on the same television receiver.
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52 Claims
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28. An entertainment-related system for use in association with a television, a camera, and an Internet-accessible source of streaming video related, at least in part, to an interactive game playable via an Internet network, the streaming video to be displayed via the television, the entertainment-related system comprising:
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a processor; storage to store program instructions to be executed, at least in part, by the processor, the program instructions, when executed, at least in part, by the processor, resulting in the entertainment-related system being capable of performing operations comprising; performing facial recognition-related processing, based at least in part, upon (1) facial image information associated, at least in part, with facial image capture by the camera of a user present at the television and (2) previously stored facial image data, the facial recognition-related processing to be associated, at least in part, with user identity determination for use in association with user login; performing facial expression analysis based, at least in part, upon the facial image information, the facial expression analysis to be used to determine, at least in part, at least one facial expression of the user present at the television; capturing, for social network distribution, video clip data comprising at least a portion of the streaming video displayed via the television; providing, for the social network distribution, current viewing-related activity information of the user present at the television; wherein; the entertainment-related system is capable of being associated with a plurality of possible users; the plurality of possible users are capable of being associated with previously stored respective facial data; the user identity determination is capable of comprising identifying, based at least in part upon the facial image information and the previously stored respective facial data, which one of the plurality of possible users the user present at the television is. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. At least one computer-readable medium storing instructions for execution by an entertainment-related system, the entertainment-related system being for use in association with a television, a camera, and an Internet-accessible source of streaming video, the streaming video being related, at least in part, to an interactive game playable via an Internet network, the streaming video to be displayed via the television, the instructions when executed by the entertainment-related system resulting in the entertainment-related system being capable of performing operations comprising:
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performing facial recognition-related processing, based at least in part, upon (1) facial image information associated, at least in part, with facial image capture by the camera of a user present at the television and (2) previously stored facial image data, the facial recognition-related processing to be associated, at least in part, with user identity determination for use in association with user login; performing facial expression analysis based, at least in part, upon the facial image information, the facial expression analysis to be used to determine, at least in part, at least one facial expression of the user present at the television; capturing, for social network distribution, video clip data comprising at least a portion of the streaming video displayed via the television; providing, for the social network distribution, current viewing-related activity information of the user present at the television; wherein; the entertainment-related system is capable of being associated with a plurality of possible users; the plurality of possible users are capable of being associated with previously stored respective facial data; the user identity determination is capable of comprising identifying, based at least in part upon the facial image information and the previously stored respective facial data, which one of the plurality of possible users the user present at the television is. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method implemented, at least in part, using an entertainment-related system, the entertainment-related system being for use in association with a television, a camera, and an Internet-accessible source of streaming video, the streaming video being related, at least in part, to an interactive game playable via an Internet network, the streaming video to be displayed via the television, the method comprising:
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performing facial recognition-related processing, based at least in part, upon (1) facial image information associated, at least in part, with facial image capture by the camera of a user present at the television and (2) previously stored facial image data, the facial recognition-related processing to be associated, at least in part, with user identity determination for use in association with user login; performing facial expression analysis based, at least in part, upon the facial image information, the facial expression analysis to be used to determine, at least in part, at least one facial expression of the user present at the television; capturing, for social network distribution, video clip data comprising at least a portion of the streaming video displayed via the television; providing, for the social network distribution, current viewing-related activity information of the user present at the television; wherein; the entertainment-related system is capable of being associated with a plurality of possible users; the plurality of possible users are capable of being associated with previously stored respective facial data; the user identity determination is capable of comprising identifying, based at least in part upon the facial image information and the previously stored respective facial data, which one of the plurality of possible users the user present at the television is. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An entertainment-related system for use in association with a television, a camera, and an Internet-accessible source of streaming video related, at least in part, to an interactive game playable via an Internet network, the streaming video to be displayed via the television, the entertainment-related system comprising:
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means for performing facial recognition-related processing, based at least in part, upon (1) facial image information associated, at least in part, with facial image capture by the camera of a user present at the television and (2) previously stored facial image data, the facial recognition-related processing to be associated, at least in part, with user identity determination for use in association with user login; means for performing facial expression analysis based, at least in part, upon the facial image information, the facial expression analysis to be used to determine, at least in part, at least one facial expression of the user present at the television; means for capturing, for social network distribution, video clip data comprising at least a portion of the streaming video displayed via the television; means for providing, for the social network distribution, current viewing-related activity information of the user present at the television; wherein; the entertainment-related system is capable of being associated with a plurality of possible users; the plurality of possible users are capable of being associated with previously stored respective facial data; the user identity determination is capable of comprising identifying, based at least in part upon the facial image information and the previously stored respective facial data, which one of the plurality of possible users the user present at the television is. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. An entertainment-related system for use in association with a television, a camera, and an Internet-accessible source of streaming video related to an interactive game playable via an Internet network, the streaming video to be displayed via the television, the entertainment-related system comprising:
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a processor; storage to store program instructions to be executed, at least in part, by the processor, the program instructions, when executed, at least in part, by the processor, resulting in the entertainment-related system being capable of performing operations comprising; performing facial recognition-related processing based upon (1) facial image information associated with facial image capture by the camera of a user present at the television and (2) previously stored facial image data, the facial recognition-related processing to be associated with user identity determination for use in association with user login; performing facial expression analysis based upon the facial image information, the facial expression analysis to be used to determine at least one facial expression of the user present at the television; capturing, for social network distribution, video clip data comprising at least a portion of the streaming video displayed via the television; providing, for the social network distribution, current viewing-related activity information of the user present at the television; wherein; the entertainment-related system is capable of being associated with a plurality of possible users; the plurality of possible users are capable of being associated with previously stored respective facial data; the user identity determination is capable of comprising identifying, based upon the facial image information and the previously stored respective facial data, which one of the plurality of possible users the user present at the television is. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52)
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