Entertainment device and method of communication for an entertainment device

• US 10,120,190 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2016
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Jenabzadeh, Mandana
• Primary Examiner(s): Amadiz, Rodney
• Application Number:
  US15/340,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20170139207A1
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19682 Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3866 carried on the head
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• 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: H05K 999/99 dummy group

Abstract

An entertainment device includes a virtual environment generator to generate a virtual environment for display. The device also includes reception means to receive content from a mobile communication device on a local network. Content parsing means is adapted to parse the content for information of one or more predetermined information types. And transmission means is adapted to signal to a mobile communication device that the entertainment device is a wearable device, despite the fact that the entertainment device is not a wearable device. The reception means is adapted to receive selected content from the mobile communication device that has been formatted for use by such a wearable device. In addition, information of one or more predetermined information types is incorporated into the virtual environment for display.

Claims

1. An entertainment device, comprising

one or more processing devices configured to generate a virtual environment for display;

reception means, adapted to receive, in operation, content from a mobile communication device on a local network;

one or more processing devices configured to parse the content for information of one or more predetermined information types; and

transmission means adapted to signal to a mobile communication device that the entertainment device is a wearable device, despite the entertainment device not being a wearable device;

and wherein the reception means is adapted to receive selected content from the mobile communication device that has been formatted for use by such a wearable device, and

information of one or more predetermined information types is incorporated into the virtual environment for display.

2. An entertainment device according to claim 1, in which:

the reception means is adapted to receive, in operation, the content from the mobile communication device on the local network, formatted for use with a Digital Living Network Alliance standard.

3. An entertainment device according to claim 1, further comprising transmission means adapted to communicate with a wearable device;

and wherein the reception means is adapted to receive content forwarded by the wearable device from the mobile communications device.

4. An entertainment device according to claim 1, in which the predetermined information types are one or more selected from a list consisting of:

i. a text notification;

ii. a status change notification;

iii. a still image;

iv. audio; and

v. video.

5. An entertainment device according to claim 1, in which information of a text notification type is incorporated into a display of a virtual watch, in turn incorporated into the virtual environment.

6. An entertainment device according to claim 1, in which information of a still image information type or a video information type are incorporated into a virtual display object within the virtual environment.

7. An entertainment device according to claim 1, in which the one or more processing devices configured to generate the virtual environment for display are operable to generate the virtual environment for display on a head-mounted display.

8. A system, comprising:

an entertainment device according to claim 1; and

a wearable device.

9. A method of communication for an entertainment device on a local network, comprising the steps of:

signaling to a mobile communication device that the entertainment device is a wearable device, despite the entertainment device not being a wearable device;

receiving content from the mobile communication device on the local network;

parsing the content for one or more predetermined information types;

generating a virtual environment for display in a head-mounted display; and

incorporating information of one or more predetermined information types into the virtual environment for display;

wherein the receiving step comprises receiving selected content from the mobile communication device that has been formatted for use by a wearable device.

10. A method according to claim 9, in which:

the step of receiving content comprises receiving the content from the mobile communication device on the local network, formatted for use with a Digital Living Network Alliance standard.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions adapted to cause a computer system to perform the steps of:

signaling to a mobile communication device that the entertainment device is a wearable device, despite the entertainment device not being a wearable device;

receiving content from the mobile communication device on a local network;

parsing the content for one or more predetermined information types;

generating a virtual environment for display in a head-mounted display; and

incorporating information of one or more predetermined information types into the virtual environment for display;

wherein the receiving step comprises receiving selected content from the mobile communication device that has been formatted for use by such a wearable device.