Methods and systems for presenting direction-specific media assets

• US 10,168,871 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2013
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: UV Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Wallters, Claire M., Skliba, Barbara F., Ford, Robin M., Cook, Sally T., Klappert, Walter R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Young, Kevin L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jiang, Haimei
• Application Number:
  US14/027,991
• Publication Number:
  US 20150082187A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,933 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that coordinates the display of direction-specific media assets on a display device associated with a particular direction. For example, the media guidance application may receive data (e.g., stored when an image or video was created) that indicates a direction a content capture device was facing when the image or video was captured. Based on that data, the media guidance application may select a particular display device (e.g., a computer, tablet, television, etc.) that corresponds to the direction (e.g., from the point of view of a user) on which to present the media asset.

Claims

1. A method of selecting media content for display on user devices, the method comprising:

receiving a first media asset, captured by a content capture device, associated with a first location;

determining a first direction at the first location that the content capture device faced when capturing the first media asset;

storing directional information indicating that the content capture device faced the first direction when capturing the first media asset;

receiving a user input requesting to generate a display of media assets associated with the first location at a second location;

detecting, from data indicating a plurality of available display devices for presenting media assets, a first display device having a position associated with a first direction at the second location and a second device having a position associated with a second direction at the second location;

determining, based on the stored directional information, that the first direction at the first location corresponds to the first direction at the second location;

automatically selecting the first display device from the plurality of available display devices in response to determining, based on the stored directional information, that the first direction at the first location corresponds to the first direction associated with the position of the first display device; and

generating a display of the first media asset on the automatically selected first display device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a second direction at the first location that the content capture device faced when capturing a second media asset;

and

generating a display of the second media asset on the second display device, simultaneously with the display of the first media asset on the first display device, in response to determining that the second direction at the first location corresponds to the second direction at the second location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving data associated with the first media asset, wherein the data indicates that the content capture device faced the first direction at the first location when capturing the first media asset.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the content capture device includes a compass used to determine the first direction at the first location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first direction at the first location and the first direction at the second location both correspond to a frame of reference that is stationary relative to Earth'"'"'s magnetic poles.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the first display device is associated with the first direction at the second location based on data associated with an accelerometer in the first display device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the first display device is associated with the first direction at the second location based on data associated with a user setting for the first display device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a first time at which the content capture device captured the first media asset at the first location; and

generating a display of the first media asset on the first display device in response to determining that a current time corresponds to the first time.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first media asset is a video, and wherein determining the first direction at the first location that the content capture device faced when capturing the first media asset further comprises determining a direction that the content capture device faced when capturing each frame of the first media asset.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the display of the first media asset on the first display device in response to determining that the first direction at the first location corresponds to the first direction at the second location further comprises selecting a frame of the first media asset for display on the first display device based on determining that the frame corresponds to the first direction at the first location.

11. A system of selecting media content for display on user devices, the system comprising control circuitry configured to:

receive a first media asset, captured by a content capture device, associated with a first location;

determine a first direction at the first location that the content capture device faced when capturing the first media asset;

store directional information indicating that the content capture device faced the first direction when capturing the first media asset;

receive a user input requesting to generate a display of media assets associated with the first location at a second location;

detect, from data indicating a plurality of available display devices for presenting media assets, a first display device having a position associated with a first direction at the second location and a second device having a position associated with a second direction at the second location;

determine, based on the stored directional information, that the first direction at the first location corresponds to the first direction at the second location;

automatically select the first display device from the plurality of available display devices in response to determining, based on the stored directional information, that the first direction at the first location corresponds to the first direction associated with the position of the first display device; and

generate a display of the first media asset on the automatically selected first display device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

determine a second direction at the first location that the content capture device faced when capturing a second media asset;

and

generate a display of the second media asset on the second display device, simultaneously with the display of the first media asset on the first display device, in response to determining that the second direction at the first location corresponds to the second direction at the second location.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to receive data associated with the first media asset, wherein the data indicates that the content capture device faced the first direction at the first location when capturing the first media asset.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the content capture device includes a compass used to determine the first direction at the first location.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the first direction at the first location and the first direction at the second location both correspond to a frame of reference that is stationary relative to Earth'"'"'s magnetic poles.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine the first display device is associated with the first direction at the second location based on data associated with an accelerometer in the first display device.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine the first display device is associated with the first direction at the second location based on data associated with a user setting for the first display device.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

determine a first time at which the content capture device captured the first media asset at the first location; and

generate a display of the first media asset on the first display device in response to determining that a current time corresponds to the first time.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the first media asset is a video, and wherein the control circuitry configured to determine the first direction at the first location that the content capture device faced when capturing the first media asset is further configured to determine a direction that the content capture device faced when capturing each frame of the first media asset.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry configured to generate the display of the first media asset on the first display device in response to determining that the first direction at the first location corresponds to the first direction at the second location is further configured to select a frame of the first media asset for display on the first display device based on determining that the frame corresponds to the first direction at the first location.