Media device, application, and content management using sensory input

• US 9,069,380 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2011
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: JB IP Acquisitions LLC
• Original Assignee: AliphCom, Inc. (AliphCom Corp.)
• Inventors: Rahman, Hosain Sadequr, Drysdale, Richard Lee, Luna, Michael Edward Smith, Fullam, Scott, Bogard, Travis Austin, Robison, Jeremiah, Utter, Max Everett II, Donaldson, Thomas Alan, Martino, Raymond A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang, Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): SIEGEL, DAVID F
• Application Number:
  US13/181,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20120316661A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,449 Days
• Field of Search: 700/94, 340/5.1, 702/127, 702/141, 702/189
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• 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

Abstract

Techniques for media device, application, and content management using sensory input are described, including receiving input from one or more sensors coupled to a data-capable strapband, processing the input to determine a pattern, referencing a pattern library using the pattern, generating a control signal to a media application, the control signal being determined based on whether the pattern matches another pattern in the pattern library, and selecting a media file configured to be presented, the media file being selected using the control signal.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

capturing a media control pattern at a wearable device by receiving input from one or more sensors coupled to the wearable device, processing the input to determine the media control pattern, forming an association between the media control pattern and a media control, the media control comprising at least one of a media file selection, a playlist selection, and a player control;

communicating the association and the media control pattern to another wearable device, the wearable device and the another wearable device being worn by different individuals;

receiving data from the another wearable device, determining whether the received data matches the media control pattern, and if the received data matches the media control pattern, generating a control signal to a media application, the control signal comprising the media control associated with the media control pattern.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, if the data matches the media control pattern and the media control pattern comprises a media file selection, presenting the selected media file in the media application.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising capturing another media control pattern at the wearable device by:

receiving another input from the one or more sensors, the another input being used to generate another media control pattern, forming another association between the another media control pattern and another media control; and

storing the media control pattern, the association, the another media control pattern, and the another association in a pattern library.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises data generated from a physical activity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises data associated with at least one of a biological state, a physiological state, and a psychological state.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is at least one of an accelerometer, a motion detector, a clock, an ambient light sensor, a skin resistivity sensor, and a heart rate sensor.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is configured to detect a motion, the motion being configured to initiate generation of the control signal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is configured to detect another motion, the another motion being configured to stop presentation of the media file and to initiate generation of another control signal configured to select another media file.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the wearable device is a data-capable strapband, the data-capable strapband comprising a wearable housing containing the one or more sensors, a memory configured to store a pattern library, a communication interface configured to communicate with the another wearable device, an interface to the media application, and a processor configured to perform the capturing, the communicating, the receiving, and the generating.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the media control pattern comprises a set of sensor data outputs received from the one or more sensors.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the media file in the media application after being selected using the control signal.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the media control pattern comprises a sequence of motion sensor data outputs representing a hand movement.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the media file selection is configured to select one of a plurality of media files.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the player control comprises an instruction to the media application to perform at least one of:

playing the media file, changing to another media file, skipping the playing of the media file, playing a playlist, changing the playlist, and playing from a different spot in the media file.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising pressing a button on the wearable device to initiate the capturing of the media control pattern.

10. A system, comprising:

a memory configured to store data associated with an input received from one or more sensors coupled to a wearable device, data received from another wearable device, and a pattern library;

a communication facility configured to communicate with another wearable device; and

a processor configured to receive input from the one or more sensors, to process the input to determine a media control pattern, to associate the media control pattern with a media control, the media control comprising at least one of a media file selection, a playlist selection, and a player control, to store the association and the media control pattern in the pattern library, to communicate the association and the media control pattern to the another wearable device, the wearable device and the another wearable device being worn by different individuals, to receive data from the another wearable device, to determine whether the received data matches the media control pattern, and if the received data matches the media control pattern, generating a control signal to a media application, the control signal comprising the media control associated with the media control pattern.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the media application is disposed in a wireless speaker.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more sensors is disposed at a first location and the media application is disposed at a second location.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the second location comprises a mobile computing device.

14. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

capturing a media control pattern at a wearable device by;

receiving input from one or more sensors coupled to the wearable device, processing the input to determine the media control pattern, forming an association between the media control pattern and a media control, the media control comprising at least one of a media file selection, a playlist selection, and a player control;

communicating the association and the media control pattern to another wearable device, the wearable device and the another wearable device being worn by different individuals;

receiving data from the another wearable device, determining whether the received data matches the media control pattern, and if the received data matches the media control pattern, generating a control signal to a media application, the control signal comprising the media control associated with the media control pattern.