Method and apparatus for multi-experience adaptation of media content

• US 8,943,396 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2011
• Issued: 01/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Basso, Andrea, Hines, Tara, Ivanov, Aleksey, Mikan, Jeffrey, Morris, Nadia
• Primary Examiner(s): Mills, Frank D
• Application Number:
  US13/185,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20130024774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,289 Days
• Field of Search: 708/132, 348/14.01
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/506 Illumination models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2215/16 Using real world measurements to influence rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/764 at the destination reformatting of additional data in video clients H04N21/4355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23412 for generating or manipulating the scene composition of objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44012 involving rendering scenes according to scene graphs, e.g. MPEG-4 scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64707 for transferring content from a first network to a second network, e.g. between IP and wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 : Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38

Abstract

A method or apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for adapting media content of a source device for a recipient device. Characteristics of a first environment of a source device and of a second environment of a recipient can be identified. At least one difference between the characteristics of the first environment of the source device and the characteristics of the second environment of the recipient device can be determined. A presentation of media content can be modified according to the at least one difference between the characteristics of the first environment of the source device and the characteristics of the second environment of the recipient device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A recipient device, comprising:

a recipient sensor;

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving sensory data representing a first plurality of characteristics of a first environment of a source device, wherein the first environment comprises a first physical environment and a first virtual environment, wherein the first physical environment comprises a first lighting condition of a first real world environment sensed by a source sensor coupled to the source device and wherein the first virtual environment comprises first virtual characteristics of a first virtual world environment that is simulated by the source device;

retrieving sensory information from the recipient sensor, wherein the sensory information comprises a second lighting condition of a second real world environment sensed by the recipient sensor;

identifying a second plurality of characteristics of a second environment from the sensory information;

determining a difference between the first plurality of characteristics of the first environment and the second plurality of characteristics of the second environment;

receiving media content from the source device; and

modifying a presentation of the media content by adding to the media content a modified reproduction of the first lighting condition, wherein the modified reproduction of the first lighting condition is determined according to the difference between the first plurality of characteristics of the first environment and the second plurality of characteristics of the second environment.

2. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the first physical environment of the source device further comprises first physical images of the first real world environment sensed by the source device, wherein the second environment further comprises second physical images of the second real world environment sensed, and wherein the media content is further modified to alter an image in the media content.

3. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the first physical environment of the source device further comprises a non-audio, first physical characteristic of the first real world environment sensed by the source device, wherein the second environment further comprises a non-audio, second physical characteristic of the second real world environment, and wherein the media content is further modified to mimic the first physical characteristic at the recipient device.

4. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the first virtual world environment that is simulated by the source device is generated by one of a first video game application, a first virtual world application, a first application including avatars, a first social media application, or a combination thereof.

5. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the second environment further comprises second virtual characteristics of a second virtual world environment that is simulated by the recipient device.

6. The recipient device of claim 5, wherein the second virtual world environment simulated by the recipient device is generated by one of a second video game application, a second virtual world application, a second application that includes an avatar, a second social media application, or a combination thereof.

7. The recipient device of claim 5, wherein the first virtual world environment and the second virtual world environment are generated by a common application.

8. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein a virtual temperature of the first virtual world environment is compared to a physical temperature of the second real world environment.

9. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the first physical environment of the source device further comprises a first physical temperature of the first real world environment sensed by the source device, wherein the second environment further comprises second physical temperature of the second real world environment, and wherein the media content presented at the recipient device is further modified to reflect the difference.

10. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the processor further performs operations comprising transcoding the media content according to the difference between the first plurality of characteristics of the first environment and the second plurality of characteristics of the second environment.

11. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the recipient device comprises one of a set-top box or a mobile communication device, and wherein the processor further performs operations comprising modifying a user interface of the recipient device according to the difference between the first plurality of characteristics of the first environment and the second plurality of characteristics of the second environment.

12. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving first sensory data representing a first plurality of characteristics of a first environment of a source device, wherein the first environment comprises a first physical environment and a first virtual environment, wherein the first physical environment comprises a first lighting condition of a first real world environment sensed by a sensor of the source device;

receiving second sensory data representing a second plurality of characteristics of a second environment of a recipient device, wherein the second environment comprises a second lighting condition of second real world environment sensed by the recipient device;

determining a difference between the first lighting condition of the first environment and the second lighting condition of the second environment;

receiving media content from the source device;

modifying a presentation of the media content to generate a modified reproduction of the media content to mimic the first lighting condition according the difference between the first lighting condition and the second lighting condition; and

transmitting the modified reproduction of the media content to the recipient device over a communication system.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the first virtual environment of a first virtual world comprises a first virtual characteristic, and wherein the media content presented at the recipient device is further modified according to the difference to account for the first virtual characteristic at the recipient device.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the first virtual characteristic comprise one of temperature, lighting, images, video, audio, location, time, aroma or a combination thereof, as presented by the source device.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the first virtual characteristic is generated by one of a video game application, a virtual world application, an application including avatars, a social media application, or a combination thereof.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a recipient device comprising a processor, a first plurality of characteristics of a first environment of a source device, wherein the first environment comprises a first physical environment and a first virtual environment, wherein the first physical environment comprises first a lighting condition of a first real world environment that is sensed at the source device and wherein the first virtual environment comprises first virtual characteristics of a first virtual world environment that is simulated by the source device;

identifying, by the recipient device, a second plurality of characteristics of a second environment, wherein the second environment comprises second physical characteristics of second real world environment simulated by the recipient device;

determining, by the recipient device, a difference between the first plurality of characteristics of the first environment and the second plurality of characteristics of the second environment; and

adapting, by the recipient device, a user interface of a media presentation element to modify a presentation of media content of the source device according to the difference to mimic the lighting condition of the first physical environment at the recipient device.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the first physical environment of the source device further comprises first physical images sensed by the source device, wherein the second environment further comprises second physical images sensed at the recipient device, and wherein the media content presented at the recipient device is further modified to alter an image in the media content according to the difference.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the second environment of the recipient device further comprises second virtual characteristics of a second virtual world environment that is simulated by the recipient device and wherein the second virtual characteristics are generated by one of a video game application, a virtual world application, an application including avatars, or a combination thereof.