Dynamic user recommendations for ban enabled media experiences

• US 9,462,455 B2
• Filed: 11/11/2014
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Rodzevski, Aleksandar, Bolin, Thomas, Bengtsson, Henrik, Bengtsson, Erik, Trnhed, Kristian, Larsson, Malin, Thrn, Ola
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US14/537,984
• Publication Number:
  US 20160135036A1
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 13/005 Transmission systems in which the medium consists of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/45 for identifying users
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/46 for recognising users' preferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

Disclosed is a method, performed in a Body Area Network (BAN) enabled media experience device for enabling transmission of a media experience according to a stored, predefined user configuration associated with an identification data, userID, of a BAN enabled communication device, the method comprising: establishing a connection between the BAN enabled media experience device and the BAN enabled communication device by using BAN; retrieving the identification data, userID, of the BAN enabled communication device; retrieving the stored, predefined user configuration associated with the userID of the BAN enabled communication device; and initiating transmission of the media experience by the BAN enabled media experience device according to the stored, predefined user configuration.

Claims

1. A method, performed in a Body Area Network (BAN) enabled media experience device, comprising:

storing a predefined user configuration associated with an identification data, userID, of a BAN enabled communication device;

establishing a connection between the BAN enabled media experience device and the BAN enabled communication device by using BAN;

retrieving the identification data, userID, of the BAN enabled communication device in response to the establishing of the connection between the BAN enabled media experience device and the BAN enabled communication device;

retrieving the stored, predefined user configuration associated with the userID of the BAN enabled communication device; and

initiating transmission of a media experience by the BAN enabled media experience device according to the stored, predefined user configuration.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predefined user configuration comprises the user'"'"'s media experience preferences.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein initiating transmission of the media experience by the BAN enabled media experience device comprises providing recommendations according to the stored, predefined user configuration.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein transmission of the media experience by the BAN enabled media experience device, according to the stored, predefined user configuration stops upon detection of one or more of:

the BAN enabled media experience device is turned off or put on standby;

another user establishes a connection between the BAN enabled media experience device and another BAN enabled communication device associated with another identification data, userID, for enabling transmission of a media experience according to another stored, predefined user configuration, by using BAN;

the connection between the BAN enabled media experience device and the BAN enabled communication device is turned off or lost;

or

a connection between another BAN enabled media experience device and the BAN enabled communication device is established by using BAN.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises:

establishing a connection between the BAN enabled media experience device and another BAN enabled communication device by using BAN;

retrieving identification data, userID, of the other BAN enabled communication device;

retrieving a stored, predefined shared user configuration associated with the userID of the BAN enabled communication device and the userID of the other BAN enabled communication device; and

initiating transmission of the media experience by the BAN enabled media experience device according to the stored, predefined shared user configuration.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein establishing a connection between the BAN enabled media experience device and the BAN enabled communication device by using BAN comprises establishing a connection between the BAN enabled communication device and a control device for controlling the BAN enabled media experience device.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein establishing a connection between the BAN enabled media experience device and the BAN enabled communication device by using BAN comprises establishing a connection between the BAN enabled communication device and a BAN enabled object.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predefined user configuration is stored in a remote storage.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the stored, predefined user configuration associated with the userID of the BAN enabled communication device is retrieved from the remote storage.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predefined user configuration is stored in the BAN enabled communication device.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the stored, predefined user configuration associated with the userID of the BAN enabled communication device is retrieved from the BAN enabled communication device.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein retrieving the identification data, userID, of the BAN enabled communication device comprises sending a request for identification data, userID, of the BAN enabled communication device by using BAN.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein retrieving the identification data, userID, of the BAN enabled communication device comprises receiving the userID of the BAN enabled communication device.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the BAN enabled media experience device is associated with an identification data, mediaID, the media ID retrieved and transmitted to the BAN enabled communication device using BAN.

15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising detecting a tremor signal indicating presence of a user of the BAN enabled communication device and that BAN between the BAN enabled media experience device and the BAN enabled communication device is available.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein the BAN enabled communication device is one of a plurality of devices that are preregistered on a list of allowed BAN enabled communications devices that the BAN enabled media experience device is preconfigured to connect to.

17. A Body Area Network (BAN) enabled media experience device configured for being connected with a BAN enabled communication device, wherein said BAN enabled media experience device comprising:

a detector unit configured for detecting a tremor signal indicating presence of a user of the BAN enabled communication device and that BAN between the BAN enabled media experience device and the BAN enabled communication device is available;

a radio communication interface configured to communicate with said BAN enabled communication device;

a media transmission interface configured for transmitting the media experience; and

a processing circuitry configured to;

broadcast a signal, indicating an ability to connect to the BAN enabled communication device and/or transmit a media experience, in response to the detector unit detecting the tremor signal;

transmit identification data, mediaID, associated with the BAN enabled media experience device to the BAN enabled communication device, when a request for mediaID is received; and

receive, using the radio communication interface, userID from said BAN enabled communication device.

18. The media experience device according to claim 17, wherein said BAN enabled media experience device comprises an electronic module.

19. The media experience device according to claim 18, wherein said electronic module comprises said detector unit, said radio communication unit, said processing circuitry and said data storage.

20. A system comprising a Body Area Network (BAN) enabled media experience device and at least one Body Area Network, BAN, enabled communication device, wherein said system is configured for connection of the BAN enabled media experience device with the at least one BAN enabled communication device, wherein said BAN enabled media experience device comprises:

a detector unit configured for detecting a tremor signal indicating presence of a user of the BAN enabled communication device and that BAN between the BAN enabled media experience device and the BAN enabled communication device is available;

a radio communication interface configured to communicate with said BAN enabled communication device;

a media transmission interface configured for transmitting the media experience; and

a processing circuitry configured to;

send a signal, indicating an ability to connect to the BAN enabled communication device and/or transmit a media experience, in response to the detector unit detecting the tremor signal;

transmit identification data, mediaID, associated with the BAN enabled media experience device to the BAN enabled communication device, when a request for mediaID is received; and

receive, using the radio communication interface, mediaID from said BAN enabled communication device.