Collaborative configuration of a media environment
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving configuration events of media devices located in a plurality of media environments;
generating recommended configurations for a media device in a media environment separate from media environments in the plurality of media environments, wherein the configurations are based on the configuration events of the media devices located in the plurality of media environments, wherein each of the configuration events is associated with one of a plurality of media presentations, and generating the recommended configurations comprises;
identifying ones of the configuration events associated with a desired one of the plurality of media presentations;
generating a Collaborative Configuration System (CCS) track for the desired one of the plurality of media presentations based on the ones of the configuration events associated with the desired one of the plurality of media presentations, the CCS track comprising configuration changes for a plurality of time slices of the media presentation; and
providing the CCS track as the recommended configurations for the media environment to the media device.
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Abstract
A system and method for collaboratively providing configurations for a media environment are provided. In general, configuration events from a number of media environments are collected and provided to a Collaborative Configuration System (CCS) server. Based on the configuration events, the CCS server generates and provides recommended configurations to a media environment. The recommended configurations may be generated prior to or after receiving a request for recommended configurations from the media environment. In one embodiment, the recommended configurations are provided as a recommended configuration profile providing a set of configurations to be applied at the media environment. In another embodiment, the recommended configurations are provided as a CCS track associated with a particular media presentation. The CCS track includes configuration changes to be applied to the media environment for a number of time slices of the media presentation during playback of the media presentation.
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11 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving configuration events of media devices located in a plurality of media environments; generating recommended configurations for a media device in a media environment separate from media environments in the plurality of media environments, wherein the configurations are based on the configuration events of the media devices located in the plurality of media environments, wherein each of the configuration events is associated with one of a plurality of media presentations, and generating the recommended configurations comprises; identifying ones of the configuration events associated with a desired one of the plurality of media presentations; generating a Collaborative Configuration System (CCS) track for the desired one of the plurality of media presentations based on the ones of the configuration events associated with the desired one of the plurality of media presentations, the CCS track comprising configuration changes for a plurality of time slices of the media presentation; and providing the CCS track as the recommended configurations for the media environment to the media device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A media environment for a Collaborative Configuration System (CCS) comprising:
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a plurality of devices comprising a media player and at least one additional device; a plurality of event loggers adapted to detect configuration events on the plurality of devices; a CCS client configured to; obtain the configuration events of the plurality of devices from the plurality of event loggers; and provide the configuration events of the plurality of devices to a CCS server via a network, wherein the CCS server provides recommended configurations to a second user environment based on configuration events including the configuration events of the plurality of devices from a plurality of media environments including the media environment.
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9. A server for a Collaborative Configuration System (CCS) comprising:
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a communication interface communicatively coupling the server to a plurality of media environments via a network; a control system associated with the communication interface and configured to; receive configuration events of media devices located in the plurality of media environments; generate recommended configurations for a media device in a media environment separate from media environments in the plurality of media environments, wherein the configurations are based on the configuration events of the media devices located in the plurality of media environments; identify ones of the configuration events associated with a desired one of the plurality of media presentations; generate a Collaborative Configuration System (CCS) track for the desired one of the plurality of media presentations based on the ones of the configuration events associated with the desired one of the plurality of media presentations, the CCS track comprising configuration changes for a plurality of time slices of the media presentation; and provide the CCS track as the recommended configurations for the media environment to the media device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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