Presenting content and augmenting a broadcast

• US 8,990,842 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2012
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Rowley, Marc W., Bistis, Lori M., Pringle, Jesse B., Gay, Michael F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Goodarzi, Nasser
• Assistant Examiner(s): PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US13/368,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20120204202A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,140 Days
• Field of Search: 725/12, 725/10, 382/118, 382/225
• US Class Current: 725/12
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/20 Input arrangements for video game devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/40 Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/20 Perspective computation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/272 Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay, outlay

Abstract

A method and system augments a broadcast by detecting an event that occurs while viewing a broadcast data by at least one user; when the event is detected, automatically capturing feedback data with a human computer interaction (HCI) capturing device (HCICD) from the at least one user, the feedback data being indicative of a measurement of the user from viewing the event; generating a feature data as a function of the feedback data; including the feature data in the broadcast data to generate an augmented broadcast data; and transmitting the augmented broadcast data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting an event that occurs within broadcast data while a plurality of users is viewing the broadcast data;

when the event is detected, automatically capturing user feedback data with a human computer interaction (HCI) capturing device (HCICD) from each of the users, the user feedback data for each of the users being indicative of measurement data for each of the users from viewing the event;

aggregating the measurement data indicated by the user feedback data from each of the users;

generating a feature as a function of the aggregated measurement data;

including the feature in the broadcast data to generate an augmented broadcast data; and

transmitting the augmented broadcast data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast data is one of a live broadcast, a live broadcast with a delay, and a pre-recorded broadcast.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user feedback data is selected from a group consisting of image data, audio data, video data, position data, temporal data, heat data, light data, and a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the feature includes at least one of graphics, an animation, and a captured video.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is one of predetermined, determined as a function of preset criteria, naturally occurring in the broadcast data, and generated as a function of the feedback data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement data is based on one of a facial recognition, a motion recognition, and an audio recognition.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the broadcast data to a plurality of provider devices; and

forwarding the broadcast data from each of the provider devices to respective viewer devices.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the HCICD captures the user feedback data at a location of each of the users.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving data indicating a grant of permission to capture the user feedback data.

10. A system, comprising:

a broadcasting device transmitting broadcast data, the broadcast data including at least one event;

a human computer interaction capturing device(HCICD) configured to automatically capture user feedback data from a plurality of users when the event within the broadcast data is detected by the broadcasting device while the plurality of users is viewing the broadcast data, the user feedback data for each of the users being indicative of measurement data for each of the users from viewing the event; and

a data aggregator aggregating the measurement data indicated by the user feedback data from each of the users,

wherein the broadcasting device is configured to generate a feature as a function of the aggregated measurement data, to include the feature in the broadcast data to generate an augmented broadcast data, and to transmit the augmented broadcast data.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the user feedback data is selected from a group consisting of image data, audio data, video data, position data, heat data, light data, and a combination thereof.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the feature includes at least one of graphics, an animation, and a captured video.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the event is one of predetermined, determined as a function of preset criteria, naturally occurring in the broadcast data, and generated as a function of the feedback data.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the measurement data is based on one of a facial recognition, a motion recognition, and an audio recognition.

15. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a plurality of provider devices receiving the broadcast data from the broadcasting device, the provider devices configured to forward the broadcast data to respective viewer devices.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the HCICD captures the user feedback data at a location each of the users.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the broadcasting device receives data indicating a grant of permission to capture the user feedback data from each of the users.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor to perform operations, comprising:

detecting an event that occurs within broadcast data while viewing the broadcast data by a plurality of users;

when the event is detected, automatically capturing user feedback data with a human computer interaction (HCI) capturing device (HCICD) from each of the users, the user feedback data for each of the users being indicative of measurement data for each of the users from viewing the event;

aggregating the measurement data indicated by the user feedback data from each of the users;

generating a feature as a function of the aggregated measurement data;

including the feature in the broadcast data to generate an augmented broadcast data; and

transmitting the augmented broadcast data.