Audio content presentation using a presentation profile in a content header

• US 9,053,710 B1
• Filed: 09/10/2012
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zehr, Gregg Elliott, David, Tony, List, Timothy T., Chen, Tina Yung-Ting
• Primary Examiner(s): Lerner, Martin
• Application Number:
  US13/608,936
• Time in Patent Office: 1,002 Days
• Field of Search: 704/224, 704/225, 704/226, 704/278, 704/233, 381/57, 381/60, 381/94.1, 381/94.2, 381/103, 381/104, 381/109, 381/107
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/20 Automatic control H03G3/005 takes precedence; combined with volume compression or expansion H03G7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 5/165 Equalizers; Volume or gain control in limited frequency bands

Abstract

Described are systems and methods for content-adaptive presentation of content. A presentation profile for use in presentation of content is determined based at least in part on one or more determination characteristics. The determination characteristics may include metadata descriptive of the content, such as genre, style, artist, and so forth. The presentation profile may include equalizer settings, overall amplitude or volume, speaker configuration, and so forth.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions;

at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to;

receive a request to send content to a user device;

determine a first presentation profile associated with the content, wherein the first presentation profile comprises one or more audio equalizer settings configured for use by the user device to affect presentation of the content on the user device;

generate a content header associated with the content, the content header comprising the first presentation profile;

send the content header and at least a portion of the content to the user device;

receiving detected human speech from the user device and produced by a source other than the user device at a location and a time of the presentation of the content by the user device;

determine a second presentation profile based at least in part on the detection of the human speech;

generate a second content header comprising the second presentation profile; and

send the second content header to the user device.

2. The device of claim 1, the determination of the first presentation profile comprising instructions to:

determine one or more presentation profile determination characteristics descriptive of the content and comprising one or more of;

content metadata associated with the content,

frequency data of the content,

or amplitude data of the content; and

based at least in part on the one or more presentation profile determination characteristics, determine the first presentation profile.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more audio equalizer settings of the second presentation profile configure the user device to attenuate one or more audio frequencies of the content corresponding to those used for machine-based speech recognition.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the first presentation profile further comprises one or more of:

amplitude settings configured to set the at least one processor during processing to attenuate or amplify audio during presentation of the content,

gain control settings configured to set the at least one processor during processing to use feedback from the content to adjust amplification during presentation of the content, or

speaker configuration information configured to set an audio output device to use a particular set of one or more speakers during presentation of the content.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the second presentation profile comprises data configured to set the at least one processor to attenuate one or more audio frequencies of the audio content corresponding to those used for machine-based speech recognition during presentation of the content.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the second presentation profile comprises data configured to set the at least one processor to decrease overall amplitude of the audio content during presentation of the content.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the second presentation profile comprises data configured to set the at least one processor to selectively reduce amplitude at one or more particular speakers of the user device during presentation of the content.

8. A device, comprising:

at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions;

at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to;

access content comprising audio data;

access a content header associated with the content, the content header designating a first presentation profile;

determine the first presentation profile associated with the content from the content header, wherein the first presentation profile comprises one or more audio equalizer settings configured for use by the user device to affect presentation of the content on the device;

detect human speech produced by a source other than the device at a location and at a time of the presentation of the content by the device;

access a second content header associated with the content, the content header designating a second presentation profile, the second presentation profile based at least in part on the detection of the human speech.

9. The device of claim 8, further comprising an audio output device coupled to the at least one processor, and the instructions further configured to present at least a portion of the content using the audio output device.

10. The device of claim 8, further comprising a user input device coupled to the at least one processor, and further comprising instructions to:

receive user input from the user input device;

based at least in part on the user input, modify the first presentation profile or create a third presentation profile, in the at least one memory; and

associate the modified or third presentation profile with the content in the at least one memory.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein the first presentation profile further comprises one or more of:

amplitude settings configured to set the at least one processor during processing to attenuate or amplify audio during presentation of the content,

gain control settings configured to set the at least one processor during processing to use feedback from the content to adjust amplification during presentation of the content, or

speaker configuration information configured to set an audio output device to use a particular set of one or more speakers during presentation of the content.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, configure the at least one process to perform operations, comprising:

receive a request to send content to a user device;

determine a first presentation profile associated with the content, wherein the first presentation profile comprises one or more audio equalizer settings configured for use by the user device to affect presentation of the content on the user device;

generate a content header associated with the content, the content header comprising the first presentation profile;

send the content header and at least a portion of the content to the user device;

receive detected human speech from the user device and produced by a source other than the user device at a location and at a time of the presentation of the content by the user device;

determine a second presentation profile based at least in part on the detection of the human speech;

generate a second content header comprising the second presentation profile; and

send the second content header to the user device.