Intelligent collaborative media
First Claim
1. A method for enhancing shared multimedia information in a communication session between a first participant on a first electronic system and a second participant on a second electronic system comprising:
- presenting multimedia information in the communication session identically on the first electronic system and on the second electronic system;
automatically determining an event in the multimedia information presented in the communication session;
determining an avatar of the first participant based on the event in the multimedia information presented in the communication session, the avatar being separate from the multimedia information; and
presenting the avatar on the second electronic system in the communication session,wherein determining the avatar comprises modifying the avatar based on the multimedia information presented in the communication session.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a system and method for enhancing multimedia information shared on electronic systems. The electronic systems are capable of receiving multimedia information and presenting multimedia information. In combination with the multimedia information, a representation is presented which is based on the shared multimedia information. The representation may be an avatar for display. Further, the representation may be based on control of the multimedia information, content of the multimedia information or reaction to the multimedia information.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for enhancing shared multimedia information in a communication session between a first participant on a first electronic system and a second participant on a second electronic system comprising:
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presenting multimedia information in the communication session identically on the first electronic system and on the second electronic system; automatically determining an event in the multimedia information presented in the communication session; determining an avatar of the first participant based on the event in the multimedia information presented in the communication session, the avatar being separate from the multimedia information; and presenting the avatar on the second electronic system in the communication session, wherein determining the avatar comprises modifying the avatar based on the multimedia information presented in the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for enhancing shared multimedia information in a communication session between a first participant on a first electronic system and a second participant on a second electronic system comprising:
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presenting multimedia information in the communication session identically on the first electronic system and on the second electronic system; determining an avatar of the first participant based on control by the first participant of the shared multimedia information presented in the communication session, the avatar being separate from the multimedia information; and presenting the avatar on the second electronic system in the communication session, wherein the shared multimedia information comprises a video, and wherein determining the avatar based on control of the shared multimedia information by the first participant comprises control of the video by the first participant. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A method for enhancing shared multimedia information in a communication session between a first participant on a first electronic system and a second participant on a second electronic system comprising:
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presenting multimedia information in the communication session identically on the first electronic system and on the second electronic system; determining an avatar of the first participant based on control by the first participant of the shared multimedia information presented in the communication session, the avatar being separate from the multimedia information; and presenting the avatar on the second electronic system in the communication session, wherein the shared multimedia information comprises still images, and wherein determining the avatar based on control of the shared multimedia information by the first participant comprises control of presentation of the still images.
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24. A method for enhancing shared multimedia information in a communication session between a first participant on a first electronic system and a second participant on a second electronic system comprising:
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presenting multimedia information in the communication session identically on the first electronic system and on the second electronic system; determining an avatar of the first participant based on sensed reaction of the first participant to the shared multimedia information presented in the communication session, the avatar being separate from the multimedia information; and presenting the avatar on the second electronic system in the communication session, wherein the first participant reaction to the shared multimedia information comprises reaction data input by the first participant. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for enhancing shared multimedia information in a communication session between a first participant on a first electronic system and a second participant on a second electronic system comprising:
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automatically determining movement of the first participant; presenting multimedia information in the communication session identically on the first electronic system and on the second electronic system; determining a representation of the first participant, the representation being separate from the multimedia information; determining spatial information for the representation based on the automatically determined movement of the first participant; and presenting the representation on the second electronic system in the communication session, the representation conveying the spatial information, wherein the representation comprises an audio representation with spatial orientation, and when the first participant moves, the spatial orientation of the representation changes based on the movement of the first participant. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. A method for enhancing a communication session between a first participant on a first television receiver and a second participant on a second television receiver comprising:
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automatically sensing activity of the first participant; presenting multimedia information on the second television receiver; determining a representation of the first participant based on the sensed activity of the first participant, the representation being separate from the multimedia information presented on the second television receiver; and presenting the representation on the second television receiver in the communication session, wherein the first participant reaction to the shared multimedia information comprises reaction data input by the first participant. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for enhancing a multimedia presentation between a first participant and a second participant comprising:
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a first electronic system capable of presenting the multimedia presentation, the first electronic system having an input device, the input device for generating input indicative of automatic sensed reaction of the first participant to the multimedia presentation or control of the multimedia presentation by the first participant; a second electronic system in communication with the first electronic system for receiving data based on the input from the input device, the data indicative of the automatic sensed reaction of the first participant to the multimedia presentation or indicative of the control of the multimedia presentation by the first participant, the second electronic device comprising; receiver for receiving the multimedia presentation; memory for storing at least a portion of the data based on the input and avatar information of the first participant; processor in communication with the memory and the receiver for selecting an avatar to be presented based on the at least a portion of the data indicative of sensed reaction to or control of the multimedia presentation and the avatar information; and display monitor in communication with the processor for presenting the avatar selected by the processor and for presenting the multimedia presentation, the presenting of the multimedia presentation being identical to the multimedia presentation presented on the first electronic system. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system for enhancing a video presentation between a first participant and a second participant comprising:
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a first electronic system capable of presenting the video presentation; a second electronic system in communication with the first electronic system, the second electronic device comprising; receiver for receiving the video presentation; memory for storing at least a portion of the video presentation and avatar information of the first participant; processor in communication with the memory and the receiver for determining an event in the video presentation and selecting an avatar to be presented based on the determined event in the video presentation and the avatar information; and video display monitor in communication with the processor for presenting the avatar selected by the processor and for presenting the video presentation, the presenting of the video presentation being identical to the video presentation presented on the first electronic system, wherein the processor modifies the avatar based on the multimedia information presented in the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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