Method and apparatus for multi-experience adaptation of media content

• US 9,940,748 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2014
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• 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:
  US14/568,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20150097835A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• Field of Search: 715202
• 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 processing system including a processor; and

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

receiving first statistical lighting information calculated from first sensory data representing a first lighting condition of a first real world environment sensed by a source sensor coupled to a source device;

retrieving second statistical lighting information calculated from second sensory data representing a second lighting condition of a second real world environment sensed by the recipient sensor;

determining a difference between the first lighting condition of the first real world environment and the second lighting condition of the second real world environment according to a difference between the first statistical lighting information and the second statistical lighting information;

receiving media content from the source device; and

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 lighting condition of the first real world environment and the second lighting condition of the second real world environment.

2. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise presenting the media content with the modified reproduction of the first lighting condition.

3. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the first real world environment of the source device further comprises first physical images of the first real world environment and wherein the operations further comprise altering an image in the media content according to first physical images of the first real world environment.

4. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving second sensory information representing first audio of the first real world environment of the source device; and

modifying the media content according to the first audio of the first real world environment.

5. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the first real world environment of the source device further comprises a first physical temperature that is sensed by the source device, wherein the second real world environment further comprises second physical temperature, and wherein the operations further comprise modifying the media content to reflect a temperature difference between the first real world environment and the second real world environment.

6. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise transcoding the media content according to the difference between the first lighting condition and the second lighting condition.

7. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the first statistical lighting information includes a mean or a median of the first sensory data.

8. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise modifying a user interface of the recipient device according to the difference between the first lighting condition and the second lighting condition.

9. The recipient device of claim 1, wherein the media content comprises a first virtual world environment that is simulated by the source device.

10. The recipient device of claim 9, wherein the first virtual world environment is generated at the source device by one of a video game application, a virtual world application, an application including avatars, a social media application, or any combination thereof.

11. The recipient device of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise generating a second virtual world environment at the recipient device.

12. The recipient device of claim 11, wherein the first virtual world environment and the second virtual environment are generated by a common application.

13. A device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

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

receiving first statistical lighting information calculated from first sensory data representing a first lighting condition of a first real world environment sensed by a sensor of a source device;

receiving second statistical lighting information calculated from second sensory data representing a second lighting condition of second real world environment sensed by a recipient device;

determining a difference between the first lighting condition of the first environment and the second lighting condition of the second environment according to a difference between the first statistical lighting information and the second statistical lighting information;

generating a modified reproduction of 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.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the first real world environment of the source device further comprises first physical images of the first real world environment and wherein the operations further comprise altering an image in the media content according to first physical images of the first real world environment.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the media content comprises a first virtual world environment that is simulated by the source device.

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

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise generating a second virtual world environment at the recipient device.

18. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processing system including a processor, first statistical lighting information calculated from first sensory data representing a first lighting condition of a first real world environment sensed by a source sensor coupled to a source device, wherein the first real world environment of the source device further comprises a first physical temperature that is sensed by the source device;

retrieving, by the processing system, second statistical lighting information calculated from second sensory data representing a second lighting condition of a second real world environment sensed by a recipient sensor, wherein the second real world environment further comprises second physical temperature;

determining, by the processing system, a difference between the first lighting condition of the first real world environment and the second lighting condition of the second real world environment according to a difference between the first statistical lighting information and the second statistical lighting information;

receiving, by the processing system, media content from the source device; and

adding to the media content, by the processing system, 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 lighting condition of the first real world environment and the second lighting condition of the second real world environment; and

modifying, by the processing system, the media content to reflect a temperature difference between the first real world environment and the second real world environment.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising presenting, by the processing system, the media content with the modified reproduction of the first lighting condition.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the first real world environment of the source device further comprises first physical images of the first real world environment, and further comprising altering, by the processing system, an image in the media content according to first physical images of the first real world environment.