Entertainment system using bio-response

• US 8,260,189 B2
• Filed: 01/03/2007
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chainer, Timothy, Nowicki, Tomasz J., Sachar, Howard, Tresser, Charles P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ahmed, Masud
• Application Number:
  US11/619,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20080161109A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,071 Days
• Field of Search: 434/350, 463 40- 42
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/28 responding to control signals received from the game device for affecting ambient conditions, e.g. for vibrating players' seats, activating scent dispensers or affecting temperature or light controlling the output signals based on the game progress A63F13/50
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1012 involving biosensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat, limb activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/632 by branching, e.g. choosing one of several possible story developments at a given point in time

Abstract

An entertainment system using bio-response includes a narrative, which includes a plurality of narrative segments assembled into at least one of a plurality of sequences, depending on at least one of a user profile and user bio-response, to create a plurality of cogent narratives.

Claims

1. A narrative comprising:

a plurality of video narrative segments assembled into at least one of a plurality of sequences, depending on a user profile and user bio-response to at least one of visual or auditory stimuli in the video narrative segments, to create a plurality of cogent narratives,

wherein a sequence of the narrative is determined while a user is viewing the narrative.

2. The narrative according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of cogent narratives is selected for at least one of an education application, an entertainment application and a marketing application.

3. The narrative according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of video narrative segments are assembled into said at least one of a plurality of sequences, depending on a plurality of users'"'"' profiles and bio-response data.

4. The narrative according to claim 3, wherein said plurality of users'"'"' profiles and said bio-response data are weighted to produce the plurality of cogent narratives.

5. The narrative according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of video narrative segments can be assembled into at least one of a plurality of sequences, depending on a threshold table determined by an author of said narrative.

6. An entertainment system using bio-response, comprising:

a video narrative, said video narrative comprising;

a plurality of video narrative segments assembled into at least one of a plurality of sequences, depending on a user profile and user bio-response to at least one of visual or auditory stimuli in the video narrative segments, to create a plurality of cogent narratives,

wherein a sequence of the narrative is determined while a user is viewing the narrative.

7. The system according to claim 6, further comprising:

a bio-response recording device capable of recording a bio-response from a user of the entertainment system;

a processing device that receives bio-response data transmitted from said bio-response recording device, said processing device processes the bio-response data using a processing software program contained in said processing device to trigger changes in the sequence of the video narrative based on the bio-response data; and

a media player that receives commands, from the processing device, which determine which segment of a narrative is experienced by the user.

8. The system according to claim 6, further comprising:

a bio-response recording device capable of recording a bio-response from a user of the entertainment system.

9. The system according to claim 6, further comprising:

a bio-response recording device capable of recording a bio-response from a user of the entertainment system; and

a processing device that receives bio-response data transmitted from said bio-response recording device, said processing device processes the bio-response data using a processing software program contained in said processing device to trigger changes in the sequence of the video narrative based on the bio-response data.

10. The system according to claim 9, further comprising:

a media player that receives commands from the processing device which determine which segment of a narrative is experienced by the user.

11. The system according to claim 9, further comprising:

a historical bio-response database, contained in said processing device, for storing said bio-response data for a later use, said bio-response data stored in said historical bio-response database is used with currently recorded bio-response data to determine the sequence of a narrative.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein said media player comprises a display device for experiencing the narrative to the user, said display device comprising:

a monitor; and

a plurality of sensory output devices for providing at least one of audio stimuli, fragrance stimuli, taste stimuli, motion stimuli and tactile stimuli.

13. The system according to claim 9, further comprising:

an input device through which the viewer selects emotional states and an intensity degree of the emotional states that the viewer wishes to include in the video narrative.

14. The system according to claim 6, wherein said plurality of video narrative segments are assembled into said at least one of a plurality of sequences, depending on a plurality of users'"'"' profiles and bio-response data.

15. The system according to claim 6, wherein said plurality of video narrative segments can be assembled into at least one of a plurality of sequences, depending in whole or in part on a threshold table determined by an author of said narrative.

16. The entertainment system according to claim 6, wherein said video narrative comprises a story and each of said plurality of video narrative segments comprises a segment of the story.

17. The entertainment system according to claim 6, wherein the video narrative further comprises a plurality of predetermined choice points, and

wherein at each of said choice points the entertainment system selects one of said plurality of video narrative segments based on the user profile and the user bio-response to determine the sequence of the video narrative.

18. A method of creating a cogent narrative, comprising:

presenting a plurality of video narrative segments to a user;

detecting, using a biosensor, a user bioresponse to at least one of visual or auditory stimuli in the video narrative segments; and

assembling the plurality of video narrative segments into at least one of a plurality sequences while a user is viewing the video narrative segments, depending on the user bio-response.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying a program of machine readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform the method for creating a cogent narrative according to claim 18.

20. A method of deploying computing infrastructure, comprising integrating computer-readable code into a computing system, wherein the computer readable code in combination with the computing system is capable of performing the method for creating a cogent narrative according to claim 18.