Method, system, and apparatus for providing a mediated sensory experience to users positioned in a shared location

• US 9,473,582 B1
• Filed: 09/28/2015
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mediated Ambiance LLC (Wagoo L.L.C.)
• Original Assignee: Federico Fraccaroli
• Inventors: Fraccaroli, Federico
• Primary Examiner(s): Sarwar, Babar
• Application Number:
  US14/868,270
• Time in Patent Office: 386 Days
• Field of Search: 455/406, 455/404.2, 455/412.2, 4554141-4143, 455418-420, 4554561-4563, 455/456.6, 455/457, 370/328, 370/338, 370/466, 370/467, 379/201.1, 379/201.06
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method, a system, and an apparatus are presented for mediating ambiance outputs among a plurality of users located in a common area. In some implementations, said ambiance outputs can be adaptive or interactive shared digital works. In other implementations, said ambiance outputs can be shared mediated augmented reality. In other implementations, said ambiance outputs can be the result of hierarchical schemes and algorithms.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

facilitating receiving at least one user ID at a receiving apparatus indicating presence of a user linked with said user ID in a shared location;

facilitating associating said user ID with a collection of digital segments wherein, at least one subset of said collection of digital segments is assembled to provide one adaptation, out of a plurality of possible adaptations, at said shared location;

facilitating associating said at least one user ID with a data structure containing data pertaining to said user, wherein;

a) at least one of said data pertaining to said user is a payment account; and

b) at least one of said data pertaining to said user describes indicia of associations of said user with at least one digital segment of said collection of digital segments;

facilitating associating said at least one user ID with a data structure containing data pertaining to said shared location, wherein;

a) an authority associated with said shared location defines, at least in part, at least one parameter associated with said collection of digital segments;

b) at least one of said data pertaining to said shared location is a location related data;

c) a location-aware mobile application running on user equipment that is associated with said user ID, automatically associates said user with said shared location, when said user equipment is determined to be positioned at said shared location via at least one proximity criteria; and

d) said location-aware mobile application facilitates maintaining said user ID associated with said location, when said at least one proximity criteria is met;

facilitating streaming said at least one subset of said digital segments to deliver said one adaptation at said shared location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said mobile application enables a functionality selected from the group consisting of:

a) facilitating providing a direct feedback to a digital segment delivered at said shared location, whereby affecting future adaptations of said collection of digital segments at said shared location;

b) facilitating soliciting input at preselected decision points from at least said user, whereby affecting said one adaptation;

c) facilitating providing a sensory output that is synchronized with said one adaptation, whereby said user enhances his sensory experience;

d) facilitating providing visual indicia associated with said one adaptation;

e) facilitating providing input to a shared ambiance apparatus located at said shared location to control, at least in part, said one adaptation out of said plurality of possible adaptations;

f) facilitating creating analytics pertaining to said shared location;

g) facilitating creating said location related data pertaining to said shared location;

h) facilitating providing personal augmented reality indicia;

i) facilitating providing shared augmented reality indicia;

 

and combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

a) said one adaptation, out of a plurality of possible adaptations, is the result, at least in part, of positive feedback by at least a plurality of users, whose user ID has been associated with said shared location, to the streaming of at least one digital segment belonging to said one adaptation;

b) said at least one proximity criteria is implemented via technologies selected from the group consisting of;

Rf-ID, Global Positioning System, Bluetooth, WiFi, iBeacon, WiMax, Multilateration, Cell ID strength measurement, choke points, grid points, cell ID Databases, Access Points Databases, Time of Arrival Measurements, and combinations thereof; and

c) said collection of digital segments is selected from the group consisting of;

digital songs, digital audio videos, personal augmented reality, shared augmented reality, adaptive shared digital media, interactive shared digital media, and combinations thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said shared location is equipped with a shared ambiance apparatus capable of performing functions selected from the group consisting of:

facilitating delivering ambiance by means of digital segments that are received from a remote server apparatus, facilitating receiving input from an authority associated with said shared location for the creation of a digital music playlist associated with said shared location, facilitating receiving input from an authority associated with said shared location for the setting of boundaries pertaining to said collection of digital segments, facilitating receiving input from an audience associated with said shared location to adapt an interactive shared digital work, facilitating receiving a presence data input from an audience associated with said shared location to adapt an adaptive shared digital work, facilitating receiving an ID data from users located at said shared location, facilitating delivering shared augmented reality, facilitating delivering personal augmented reality, and combinations thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said one adaptation, out of a plurality of possible adaptations, is the result, at least in part, of a mediation among a plurality of users whose user IDs have been associated with said shared location, said user IDs having weights related, at least in part, to data selected from the group consisting of:

previous associations with said collection of digital segments, previous associations with said shared location, a premium status, an administrator status, a paying user status, and combinations thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

facilitating creating analytics pertaining to data selected from the group consisting of;

shared locations, user IDs, digital segments, users'"'"' feedback to digital segments, time of presence of users at shared locations, adaptations of digital segments, users'"'"' feedback to adaptations of digital segments, and combinations thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one digital segment, out of said collection of digital segments is reserved, at least in part, upon the fulfillment of conditions selected from the group consisting of:

the existence of a data related to an audience at said shared location, said data indicating that said one digital segment is appropriate for said audience via a rating system, the payment of a fee by a user associated with said user ID, a premium status attribute of at least said user ID, a minimum number of user IDs that are contemporaneously associated with said collection of digital segments, a minimum number of user IDs that are contemporaneously associated with said shared location, a minimum number of previous associations of at least said user ID with said collection of digital segments, and combinations thereof.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program code;

the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

facilitating receiving at least one user ID indicating presence of a user linked with said user ID in a shared location;

facilitating associating said user ID with a collection of digital segments wherein, at least one subset of said collection of digital segments is assembled to provide one adaptation, out of a plurality of possible adaptations, at said shared location;

facilitating associating said at least one user ID with a data structure containing data pertaining to said user, wherein;

a) at least one of said data pertaining to said user is a user tier data; and

b) at least one of said data pertaining to said user describes indicia of associations of said user with at least one digital segment of said collection of digital segments;

facilitating associating said at least one user ID with a data structure containing data pertaining to said shared location, wherein;

a) an authority associated with said shared location defines, at least in part, at least one parameter associated with said collection of digital segments;

b) at least one of said data pertaining to said shared location is a location related data;

c) a mobile application that is associated with said user ID associates said user with said shared location via at least one proximity criteria; and

d) said mobile application facilitates maintaining said user ID associated with said location when said at least one proximity criteria is met.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said mobile application enables one or more functionalities selected from the group consisting of:

a) facilitating providing an instantaneous feedback to a digital segment delivered at said shared location, whereby affecting future adaptations of said collection of digital segments at said shared location;

b) facilitating soliciting input at preselected decision points from at least said user, whereby affecting said one adaptation;

c) facilitating providing a sensory output that is synchronized with said one adaptation, whereby said user enhances his sensory experience;

d) facilitating providing visual indicia associated with said one adaptation;

e) facilitating providing input to a shared ambiance apparatus located at said shared location to control, at least in part, said one adaptation out of said plurality of possible adaptations;

f) facilitating creating said location related data pertaining to said shared location;

g) facilitating providing shared augmented reality indicia;

h) facilitating providing personal augmented reality indicia;

i) facilitating controlling a temperature value;

and combinations thereof.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

a) said one adaptation, out of a plurality of possible adaptations, is the result of feedback to specific digital segments given by a plurality of users that have been associated with said collection of digital segments and with said shared location;

b) said digital segments are digital songs;

c) said one adaptation is a playlist of digital songs; and

d) said mobile application that is associated with said user ID automatically associates said user with said shared location via said at least one proximity criteria.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, comprising means to perform functions selected from the group consisting of:

facilitating compiling said one adaptation out of a plurality of possible adaptations, facilitating receiving feedback from users associated with said collection of digital segments, facilitating providing visual indicia associated with said one adaptation, facilitating providing input to a shared ambiance apparatus located at said shared location to control, at least in part, said one adaptation out of said plurality of possible adaptations, facilitating providing an instantaneous feedback to a digital segment delivered at said shared location, facilitating soliciting input at preselected decision points from at least said user, and combinations thereof.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising one non-transitory computer-readable medium containing data selected from the group consisting of:

indicia of previous associations of said user ID with said collection of digital segments, indicia of previous associations of said user ID with said shared location, indicia of weights related to a plurality of user IDs associated with said shared location, indicia of weights related to a plurality of user IDs associated with said collection of digital segments, indicia of weights related to a plurality of user IDs associated with said one adaptation, and combinations thereof.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

a) said one adaptation, out of a plurality of possible adaptations, is the result, at least in part, of positive feedback by at least a plurality of users, whose user ID has been associated with said shared location, to the streaming of at least one digital segment belonging to said one adaptation; and

b) said at least one proximity criteria is implemented via technologies selected from the group consisting of;

Global Positioning System, Bluetooth, WiFi, iBeacon, WiMax, Multilateration, Cell ID strength measurement, choke points, grid points, cell ID Databases, Access Points Databases, Time of Arrival Measurements, and combinations thereof.

14. One or more non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, wherein said instructions, via at least one processor, facilitate the execution of a set of predetermined processes, said set of predetermined processes comprising:

a process for facilitating receiving at least one user ID indicating presence of a user linked with said user ID in a shared location;

a process for facilitating associating said user ID with a collection of digital segments wherein, at least one subset of said collection of digital segments is assembled to provide one adaptation, out of a plurality of possible adaptations, at said shared location;

a process for facilitating associating said at least one user ID with a data structure containing data pertaining to said user, wherein;

a) at least one of said data pertaining to said user describes indicia of associations of said user with said shared location; and

b) at least one of said data pertaining to said user describes indicia of associations of said user with said collection of digital segments;

a process for facilitating associating said at least one user ID with a data structure containing data pertaining to said shared location, wherein;

a) an authority associated with said shared location defines, at least in part, at least one parameter associated with said collection of digital segments;

b) at least one of said data pertaining to said shared location is a location related data;

c) a mobile application that is associated with said user ID associates said user with said shared location via at least one proximity criteria; and

d) said mobile application facilitates maintaining said user ID associated with said location, when said at least one proximity criteria is met.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein said mobile application enables one or more functionalities selected from the group consisting of:

a) facilitating providing an instantaneous feedback to a digital segment delivered at said shared location, whereby affecting future adaptations of said collection of digital segments at said shared location;

b) facilitating providing positive feedback to a digital segment, whereby affecting future adaptations of said collection of digital segments;

c) facilitating soliciting input at preselected decision points from at least said user, whereby affecting said one adaptation;

d) facilitating providing a sensory output that is synchronized with said one adaptation, whereby said user enhances his sensory experience;

e) facilitating providing visual indicia associated with said one adaptation;

f) facilitating creating said location related data pertaining to said shared location;

g) facilitating linking said user with a user'"'"'s payment account; and

combinations thereof.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein:

a) said one adaptation, out of a plurality of possible adaptations, is influenced by feedback to specific digital segments given by a plurality of users that have been associated with said collection of digital segments and with said shared location;

b) said specific digital segments are digital songs;

c) said one adaptation is a playlist of digital songs; and

d) said mobile application that is associated with said user ID, automatically associates said user with said shared location via said at least one proximity criteria.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein said one adaptation, out of a plurality of possible adaptations, derives, at least in part, from mediation among a plurality of IDs associated with a corresponding plurality of users, and said mediation is affected by parameters selected from the group consisting of:

weights that are associated to at least a subset of said plurality of IDs, users'"'"' tiers, premium subscriptions parameters, instantaneous selections at selected decision time windows by said plurality of users via said mobile application, previous associations of at least a subset of said plurality of users to selected adaptations out of said plurality of possible adaptations, number of IDs contemporaneously associated with said shared location, number of IDs contemporaneously associated with said collection of digital segments, number of IDs contemporaneously associated with said one adaptation out of said plurality of possible adaptations, and combinations thereof.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein said at least one proximity criteria is implemented via technologies selected from the group consisting of:

Global Positioning System, Bluetooth, WiFi, iBeacon, WiMax, Multilateration, Cell ID strength measurement, choke points, grid points, cell ID Databases, Access Points Databases, Time of Arrival Measurements, and combinations thereof; and

said mobile application automatically associates said user ID with said shared location.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein at least one digital segment, out of said collection of digital segments, is restricted, at least in part, upon the fulfillment of conditions selected from the group consisting of:

prior streaming of one adaptation, out of a plurality of possible adaptations, that did not include said at least one digital segment out of said collection of digital segments, a premium status attribute of at least said user ID, a minimum number of user IDs that are contemporaneously associated with said collection of digital segments, a minimum number of user IDs that are contemporaneously associated with said shared location, payment of a fee, and combinations thereof.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein said collection of digital segments is selected from the group consisting of:

a collection of digital songs, whereby said one adaptation is a playlist of digital songs, an adaptive digital work, an interactive digital work, personal augmented reality, shared augmented reality, and combinations thereof.