System and method for establishing TV settings

• US 7,009,659 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2001
• Issued: 03/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Dew, Aaron, Creed, Anthony Lionel, Gudorf, Greg, Hausch, William, Chang, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Kostak, Victor R.
• Application Number:
  US10/000,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20030107675A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,590 Days
• Field of Search: 348/569, 348/553, 348/714, 348/571, 348/730, 348/725, 348/731, 706/908, 706/909
• US Class Current: 348/553
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles

Abstract

A system and method for automatically establishing TV audio/video/closed captioning, based on time/date/geographic location/location of the TV within the home.

Claims

1. A system for automatically establishing at least one TV setting based on at least one of:

a geographic location of a TV, a location of a TV with respect to a dwelling, and a time, comprising;

a TV; and

a processor coupled to the TV and receiving information representative of at least one of;

a geographic location of a TV, a location of a TV with respect to a dwelling, and a time, the processor establishing at least one of;

an audio setting, and a video setting based at least partially thereon, the audio setting being selected from the group consisting of audio volume, audio dynamic range, audio treble, audio bass, audio EQ, and surround sound, the video setting being selected from the group consisting of menu color, brightness, contrast, color, and tint, wherein the information is received via a global positioning satellite.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the information is input by a viewer of the TV.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the setting is a video setting.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the setting is an audio setting.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the setting is a menu color.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the setting is at least one of:

contrast, color, and tint.

26. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor determines whether to display closed captioning based on the information.

27. The system of claim 4, wherein the setting is an audio dynamic range.

28. The system of claim 4, wherein the setting is at least one of:

audio treble, bass, EQ, or surround sound.

7. A system for automatically establishing at least one audio or video TV setting based on a location of a TV with respect to a dwelling, comprising:

a TV; and

a processor coupled to the TV and receiving information from a satellite representative of a location of a TV with respect to a dwelling, the processor establishing at least one of;

an audio setting, and a video setting based at least partially thereon.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the setting is volume.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the processor accesses a set of heuristics to undertake the establishing act.

10. The system of claim 7, further comprising an input device manipulable to establish the settings.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein manually input settings are used by the processor to alter heuristics.

12. A method for establishing at least one audio and/or video setting on a TV based on at least one of:

location of the TV, and time, comprising;

providing a set of correlation heuristics;

receiving an input comprising at least one of;

the location, and the time; and

accessing the set of correlation heuristics to correlate the input to the setting, wherein the setting is a menu icon scheme.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the location is a location of the TV within a building.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the location is a geographic location of the TV.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the time is a time of day.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the time is a date.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the input is received from a viewer of the TV.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the input is received from a global positioning satellite.

19. A system for tailoring TV settings to a TV location, comprising:

means for inputting the location to establish an input, the location being received from a satellite;

means for correlating the input to at least one setting associated with the TV; and

means for establishing at least one of;

an audio setting, and a video setting selected from the group consisting of menu color, color, tint, brightness, and contrast, on the TV.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the means for inputting is a human-manipulable TV control device associated with the TV.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the means for inputting is a wide area source of data.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the means for correlating is a processor located in the TV.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the means for correlating is a processor located in a set-top box associated with the TV.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the setting is at least one video setting.

25. The system of claim 19, wherein the setting is at least one audio setting.