Initialising of a system for automatically selecting content based on a user's physiological response

• US 8,306,981 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2009
• Issued: 11/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Westerink, Joanne Henriette Desiree Monique, Van Der Zwaag, Marjolein Dimmie, Van Egmond, Froukje Anke
• Primary Examiner(s): MORRISON, JAY A
• Application Number:
  US13/120,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20110179054A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,140 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel

Abstract

A method of enabling the selection of an item of content data based on an expected physiological response of a user, each item of content data being associated with at least one recording of a perceptible content element, includes storing a first set (18) of data representative of a relation between at least one variable for characterizing an aspect of a perceptible content element and a physiological response of at least one first user when the perceptible content element is rendered. The first set (18) of data representative of the relation is adapted on the basis of a measured physiological response of the at least one first user to a rendition of a perceptible content element and values of the at least one variable for characterizing an aspect of the perceptible content element. An expected physiological response is associated with an item of content data using a further set (20,21) of data representative of a relation between at least one variable for characterizing an aspect of a perceptible content element and a physiological response of a user, which further set (20,21) is based on the physiological response of at least one other user than the first user.

Claims

1. Method of enabling the selection of an item of content data based on an expected physiological response of a user, each item of content data being associated with at least one recording of a perceptible content element, comprising:

storing a first set of data representative of a relation between (i) at least one variable for characterizing an aspect of a perceptible content element and (ii) a physiological response of at least one first user when the perceptible content element is rendered;

adapting the first set of data representative of the relation on the basis of (i) a measured physiological response of the at least one first user to a rendition of a perceptible content element and (ii) values of the at least one variable for characterizing an aspect of the perceptible content element; and

associating an expected physiological response with an item of content data using at least one further set of data representative of a relation between (i) at least one variable for characterizing an aspect of a perceptible content element and (ii) a physiological response of a user other than the first user, wherein said further set of data is based on the physiological response of at least one user other than the first user.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the further set of data is obtained by making a selection from a plurality of second sets of data, each second set of data representative of a relation between at least one variable for characterizing an aspect of a perceptible content element and a physiological response of a user other than the first user, and each second set being based on the physiological response of at least one user other than the first user.

3. Method according to claim 2, wherein the selection is made in response to user input from a first user.

4. Method according to claim 3, wherein the second sets of data are associated with respective personality types, and wherein the user input is obtained by causing at least one question for determining a type of personality to be presented on an output device.

5. Method according to claim 1, wherein a value of at least one of the variables for characterizing an aspect of a perceptible content element is obtainable by applying an analysis algorithm to a signal for rendering the perceptible content element.

6. Method according to claim 1, further comprising maintaining a database associating (i) each of a plurality of selectable content data items with (ii) data representative of a physiological response.

7. Method according to claim 6, wherein the database is updated using data representative of a physiological response of a first user when a content element associated with a content data item in the database is rendered in perceptible form to the first user.

8. Method according to claim 6, further comprising:

adding a new content data item to the database in association with data representative of a physiological response, the data being obtained (i) by obtaining values of the at least one variable for characterizing an aspect of the perceptible content element associated with the new content data item and (ii) deriving a physiological response using at least one of the first and further set of data.

9. Method according to claim 6, further comprising enabling a selection of a content data item based on (i) an input corresponding to a target and (ii) a relation between a range of target values and parameters characterizing a physiological response.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodied with a computer program including a set of instructions executable by a processor for causing a system having information processing capabilities to perform a method according to claim 1.

10. System for selecting an item of content data based on an expected physiological response of a user, each item of content data being associated with at least one recording of a perceptible content element, comprising:

a memory configured to store a first set of data representative of a relation between (i) at least one variable for characterizing an aspect of a perceptible content element and (ii) a physiological response of at least one first user when the perceptible content element is rendered; and

a processor configured to adapt the first set of data representative of the relation on the basis of (i) a measured physiological response of the at least one first user to a rendition of a perceptible content element and (ii) values of the at least one variable for characterizing an aspect of the perceptible content element,

wherein the memory is provided with at least one further set of data representative of a relation between (i) at least one variable for characterizing an aspect of a perceptible content element and (ii) a physiological response of at least one user other than the first user.