Apparatus and methods for arranging media items in a physical space based on personal profiles

• US 9,189,984 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2010
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Geleijnse, Gijs, Mason, Jonathan, Braat, Bram
• Primary Examiner(s): DRAGOESCU, CLAUDIA B
• Application Number:
  US13/320,943
• Publication Number:
  US 20120066626A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,034 Days
• Field of Search: 715745-747
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 27/00 Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for arranging a set of media items based on user profiles are disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor in communication with user identification ports and a plurality of surfaces for displaying media items. The processor in accordance with the invention receives a user identifier from one of the user identification ports, retrieves a user profile associated with the user identifier, calculates a preference vector for the media items within the set based on the user profile, and directs the plurality of surfaces to change an arrangement of the display of the set of media items from a first configuration to a second configuration based on the preference vector. The processor thereby changes which of the first set of media items is displayed on at least one of the plurality of surfaces.

Claims

1. An apparatus for changing an arrangement of a display of media items based on a user profile, the apparatus comprising:

a plurality of devices arranged in a physical space for displaying distinct media items assigned to each of the plurality of devices in at least a default configuration, each media item is selected from an image, a video, and a selected light source radiation;

a plurality of ports configured to detect and identify a user present in the physical space or a plurality of users present in the physical space simultaneously; and

at least one processor in communication with the plurality of ports and the plurality of devices, the at least one processor being configured to;

retrieve a profile associated with an identified user,

calculate a preference vector for the media items based on the retrieved profile,

assign a media item to each one of the plurality of devices to form a non-default configuration based on the preference vector such that media items that are most preferred by each user are displayed on devices that are nearest a port that detects the identified user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of devices displays a different media item in the default configuration and in the non-default configuration.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the profile indicates preferences of the identified user for the media items.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein, in the non-default configuration, the media items are displayed in accordance to proximity of the plurality of devices to the port where each user is detected and identified.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein a speed at which the display changes from the default configuration to the non-default configuration corresponds to a strength of an indicator in the preference vector that the user prefers the non-default configuration over the default configuration.

6. An apparatus for arranging a display of media items based on user profiles, the apparatus comprising:

a plurality of devices arranged in a physical space for displaying distinct media items assigned to the plurality of devices in at least a default configuration, each media item is selected from an image, a video, and a selected light source radiation;

a plurality of ports configured to detect and identify a plurality of users present in the physical space simultaneously; and

at least one processor in communication with the plurality of ports and the plurality of devices, the at least one processor being configured to;

retrieve profiles associated with each of the plurality of identified users, calculate a preference vector for the media items for each of the plurality of identified users based on each user'"'"'s profile, and

for each of the plurality of identified users assign a media item to each one of the plurality of devices to form a non-default configuration based on the preference vector such that media items that are most preferred by each user are displayed on devices that are nearest a port that detects each user.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the device closest to the port where a first user was identified is an initial device for the non-default configuration, and the preference vector includes an indicator of preference for the media item.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to, for each of the identified users, identify an indicator in the profile that the user prefers a first media item over a second media item.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein for each of the plurality of identified users, in the non-default configuration the media items are displayed in accordance to proximity of the plurality of devices to the port where each user is detected and identified.

10. A method for changing an arrangement of a display of media items on a plurality of devices based on at least one user profile, the method comprising acts of:

providing a plurality of devices arranged in a physical space for displaying distinct media items assigned to the plurality of devices, and a plurality of ports configured to detect and identify a user present in the physical space or a plurality of users present in the physical space simultaneously, each media item is selected from an image, a video, a selected light source radiation, and a portion of a sound recording;

receiving from the port an indication that a user is detected and identified;

retrieving a profile associated with the identified user;

calculating a preference vector for the media items based on the retrieved profile; and

assigning a media item to each one of the plurality of devices based on the preference vector such that media items that are most preferred by each user are displayed on devices that are nearest a port that detects each user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the profile indicates preferences of the identified user for the media items.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the profile includes an indicator that the user prefers a first media item over a second media and further comprises an act of comparing a rating of the first media item with a rating of the second media item.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the profile indicates that the user prefers a first media item over a second media item and further comprises an act of determining that the first media item falls within a highly-rated category and the second media item does not.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising an act of directing the device displaying a first media item to display a second media item and the device displaying the second media item to display the first media item.

15. An apparatus for arranging a display of media items based on at least one user profile, the apparatus comprising:

a plurality of media output devices arranged in a physical space for producing distinct media items assigned to the plurality of output devices in at least a default configuration, each media item is selected from an image, a video, a selected light source radiation, and a portion of a sound recording;

a plurality of ports configured to detect and identify a user present in the physical space or a plurality of users present in the physical space simultaneously; and

at least one processor in communication with the plurality of ports and the plurality of media output devices, wherein the at least one processor is configured to, for each identified user

retrieve a profile associated with the user,

calculate a preference vector for the media items based on the retrieved profile, and

assign a media item to each one of the plurality of media output devices to produce a non-default configuration in accordance with the preference vector such that media items that are most preferred by each user are displayed on devices that are nearest a port that detects each user.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein in the non-default configuration the media output device displaying a first media item is directed to display a second media item and the media output device displaying the second media item is directed to display the first media item.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising at least one controllable lighting network, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a control signal directed to the at least one controllable lighting network based on a plurality of adjustments indicated in the non-default configuration.