Method and device for personalizing a multimedia application

• US 9,491,256 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2008
• Issued: 11/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Eggink, Jana, Kemp, Thomas, Hagg, Wilhelm, Giron, Franck, Garcia, Javier Alonso
• Primary Examiner(s): Pan, Yongjia
• Application Number:
  US12/340,085
• Publication Number:
  US 20090228796A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,881 Days
• Field of Search: 715/200, 715/700, 715/705, 715/706, 715/716, 715719-722, 715727-729, 715/747, 715/764, 715/789
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8064 Quiz
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38

Abstract

A method for personalizing a multimedia application includes receiving, from a module of the multimedia application, a request for a multimedia output, wherein the request is of a type; providing user data of a user of the multimedia application, the user data being representative of a personal taste of the user; and determining a multimedia output depending on the type and the user data.

Claims

1. A content providing apparatus connected to a client device over a communication network, the content providing apparatus comprising:

circuitry that

receives a request for multimedia output from the client device over the communication network, the request being for multimedia output indicating a meaning corresponding to an event occurring within a multimedia application of the client device, the multimedia application being executed by a user of the client device and including a gaming application, the event being a result occurring in the execution by the user of the multimedia application, the result including at least one of a high or low score, win or loss, and failure or success, and the meaning to be conveyed to the user upon reproduction of the multimedia output;

receives user data from the client device over the communication network, the user data collected from the user of the multimedia application, and the user data including information regarding a personal taste of the user;

determines at least one multimedia output depending on the request and the user data by matching a collection of multimedia data to the meaning indicated in the request and by matching the collection of multimedia data to the user data, the matching being based on meta-data of the collection of multimedia data; and

transmits the at least one multimedia output to the client device over the communication network, wherein

the multimedia output produces a sound or an image or both, and

the at least one multimedia output includes meta-data identifying the meaning associated therewith.

2. The content providing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the request depends on a situation, a state or an event occurring in the multimedia application.

3. The content providing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the meaning is negative or positive.

4. The content providing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the meaning is selected from a group including success, failure, gain, loss, danger and security.

5. The content providing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the meaning is selected from a group including calm, dramatic, relaxed, excited, happy, depressed, proud, timid and expectant.

6. The content providing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the meaning is selected from a group including joy, sorrow, tear and hate.

7. The content providing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multimedia output comprises at least one of audio data and video data to convey the meaning to the user.

8. The content providing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multimedia output is determined by matching the meta-data thereof to the request.

9. The content providing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multimedia output is determined by matching the meta-data thereof to the personal taste of the user.

10. The content providing apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least a part of the meta-data are comprised within the multimedia collection.

11. The content providing apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least a part of the meta-data are requested and received from a remote server.

12. A client device connected to a content providing apparatus over a communication network, the client device comprising:

a storage configured to store user data collected from a user of a multimedia application of the client device, said user data including information regarding a personal taste of the user; and

a data processor configured to execute the multimedia application, said multimedia application comprising at least one module configured to;

send a request for at least one multimedia output to the content providing apparatus over the communication network, the request being for multimedia output indicating a meaning corresponding to an event occurring within said multimedia application of the client device, said multimedia application being executed by the user and including a gaming application, the event being a result occurring in the execution by the user of said multimedia application, the result including at least one of a high or low score, win or loss, and failure or success, and the meaning to be conveyed to the user upon reproduction of the multimedia output,

send the user data to the content providing apparatus over the communication network, and

receive the at least one multimedia output from the content providing apparatus over the communication network, wherein

the at least one multimedia output is determined in accordance with the request and the user data by matching a collection of multimedia data to the meaning indicated in the request and by matching the collection of multimedia data to the user data, the matching being based on meta-data of the collection of multimedia,

the multimedia output produces a sound or an image or both, and

the at least one multimedia output includes meta-data identifying the meaning associated therewith.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by a content providing apparatus including circuitry for personalizing a multimedia application of a client device, the content providing apparatus connected to the client device over a communication network, cause the circuitry to:

receive a request for multimedia output from the client device over the communication network, the request being for multimedia output indicating a meaning corresponding to an event occurring within the multimedia application of the client device, the multimedia application being executed by a user of the client device and including a gaming application, the event being a result occurring in the execution by the user of the multimedia application, the result including at least one of a high or low score, win or loss, and failure or success, and the meaning to be conveyed to the user upon reproduction of the multimedia output;

receive user data from the client device over the communication network, the user data collected from the user of the multimedia application, and the user data including information regarding a personal taste of the user;

determine at least one multimedia output depending on the request and the user data by matching a collection of multimedia data to the meaning indicated in the request and by matching the collection of multimedia data to the user data, the matching being based on meta-data of the collection of multimedia data; and

transmit the at least one multimedia output to the client device over the communication network, wherein

the multimedia output produces a sound or an image or both, and

the at least one multimedia output includes meta-data identifying the meaning associated therewith.