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20080263580 | AUDIENCE STATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AUDIENCE STATE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND AUDIENCE STATE ESTIMATION PROGRAM - Video signal relative to an imaged audience and audio signal according to voices from the audience are generated in an input unit. A characteristic amount detection unit detects information on a movement amount, movement periodicity, a volume, voice periodicity of the audience, and a frequency component of voices from the audience based on the video signal or the audio signal. An estimation unit estimates an audience state based on the detected result. An output unit outputs the estimated result of the audience state. The audience state can be easily estimated without observing the audience state by a person. | 10-23-2008 |
20090007168 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR MANAGING COMPUTER MESSAGES - An arrangement for determining those optimal times to permit an important pop-up message to be displayed by way of garnering a user's attention, while permitting less important messages to be displayed at times when a user's attention is unlikely to be garnered. In accordance with a particularly preferred embodiment, an arrangement is provided to recognize whether a user is looking towards a computer monitor and, at such times, to determine whether a blink rate of the user's eyes corresponds to a degree of focus and concentration that would ensure a strong likelihood of the user seeing or “catching” a message that may then appear. If such likelihood is thus determined to be strong, then a critical message may preferably thence be displayed. | 01-01-2009 |
20090025024 | AUDIENCE DETERMINATION FOR MONETIZING DISPLAYABLE CONTENT - The present disclosure relates to the measurement of the audience characteristics or demographics which is or can be exposed to displayed interactive content depicted on a screen. The audience can include persons who are engaged in interacting with the interactive content as well as persons who are observers of the interactive content and/or the active participants. The content can include one or more targeted advertisements contained in or associated with interactive content, and can be varied based on the audience characteristics or demographics. The audience characteristics or demographics can be used to accurately charge advertisers for the impressions created by the content displayed and can also or alternatively be used to determine and/or trigger what content is actually displayed. | 01-22-2009 |
20090094630 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING AUDIENCE REACTION TO A DATA STREAM - A computer readable medium is disclosed containing a computer program useful for performing a method for estimating an audience reaction to a data stream, the computer program comprising but not limited to instructions to send data containing a plurality of filter objects data to a plurality of filtered sensors associated with end user devices, instructions to receive response data from the filtered sensor in response to the data stream in accordance with the plurality of filter objects and instructions to estimate an audience reaction to the video data from the response data. A system is disclosed including a processor for performing a method for estimating an audience reaction to video data. A data structure is disclosed for containing data useful for performing the computer program and method. | 04-09-2009 |
20090158309 | Method and system for media audience measurement and spatial extrapolation based on site, display, crowd, and viewership characterization - The present invention provides a comprehensive method to design an automatic media viewership measurement system, from the problem of sensor placement for an effective sampling of the viewership to the method of extrapolating spatially sampled viewership data. The system elements that affect the viewership—site, display, crowd, and audience—are identified first. The site-viewership analysis derives some of the crucial elements in determining an effective data sampling plan: visibility, occupancy, and viewership relevancy. The viewership sampling map is computed based on the visibility map, the occupancy map, and the viewership relevancy map; the viewership measurement sensors are placed so that the sensor coverage maximizes the viewership sampling map. The crowd-viewership analysis derives a model of the viewership in relation to the system parameters so that the viewership extrapolation can effectively adapt to the time-changing spatial distribution of the viewership; the step identifies crowd dynamics, and its invariant features as the crucial elements that extract the influence of the site, display, and the crowd to the temporal changes of viewership. The extrapolation map is formulated around these quantities, so that the site-wide viewership can be effectively estimated from the sampled viewership measurement. | 06-18-2009 |
20090187933 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PICTURE OBJECTS - Proposed is a system ( | 07-23-2009 |
20090249382 | System and method for monitoring broadcast transmissions of commercials - A technique for determining whether a program transmitted in a programming signal by a signal source was perceived by audience members within a specified time period. The programming signal is combined with a code signal to form a broadcast signal, wherein occurrence of the code signal corresponds to an occurrence of the program, and wherein the code identifies the program. The broadcast signal is monitored at a central processing facility and each received code is stored with an adjacent segment of the programming signal to create a master data base. Using a device located in the vicinity of an audience member, code signals corresponding to a program as it is being performed by program reproduction equipment and perceived by the audience member are monitored, and each code signal is stored with its said adjacent segment of the programming signal to create audience monitoring data. Based on the master data base and the audience monitoring data, determining whether the audience member perceived the program within a specified time period. | 10-01-2009 |
20090328089 | AUDIENCE RESPONSE MEASUREMENT AND TRACKING SYSTEM - A system performs audience response measurement and tracking using neuro-response data such as central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data. Subjects are exposed to stimulus material such as marketing and entertainment materials and data is collected using mechanisms such as Electroencephalography (EEG), Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), Electrocardiograms (EKG), Electrooculography (EOG), eye tracking, and facial emotion encoding. Data collected is analyzed to measure and track audience response to the stimulus materials. | 12-31-2009 |
20100050201 | ADVERTISEMENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAYING APPARATUS, ADVERTISEMENT MANAGING APPARATUS, ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAYING METHOD, ADVERTISEMENT MANAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - An advertisement providing system includes a storage unit storing plural advertisements; a pull-type display managing unit that displays on a display, an advertisement designated by a viewer, from among the advertisements; a counting unit that counts, for each of the advertisements, frequency of display on the display; a generating unit that, based on the frequency of display for each of the advertisements, generates a display schedule for the advertisements; and a push-type display managing unit that displays the advertisements on the display, according to the display schedule. | 02-25-2010 |
20100122278 | METHOD AND AN AUTOMATED DIRECTION FOLLOWING SYSTEM - A method and further an automated direction following system invented according to the said method are disclosed. The system comprising a position tracking system composed of a signal-sending device and a positioning detecting device receiving the signals, or a body tracking device; a micro-processor that is capable of processing signals prior described and generating commands for a multi-directional driving mechanism; A multi-directional driving mechanism that is capable receiving commands and of producing horizontal, or and vertical movements is configured with the said micro-processor and is designed to drive the functional object (TV set, computer, game or equipment monitors, equipment mounting units, convenient life unit or other forms of functional units) is either installed or integrated with the functional object and enables the functional object directly facing the signaling-sending unit, or follows the signaling-sending device, or the body tracking target within desired distance. | 05-13-2010 |
20100162285 | Presence Detector and Method for Estimating an Audience - A presence detector for detecting and estimating an audience watching television comprising: one or more presence sensors adapted to capturing signals emitted by or reflected from the audience; and a translator connected to the one or more presence sensors adapted to translating output signals created by the one or more presence sensors to data signals representing the estimated number of people in the audience. Presence information captured is converted to television rating data and is very useful for pricing advertisements accurately. | 06-24-2010 |
20100325647 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INDIRECT ILLUMINATION IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA RATING SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method to detect an audience member includes reflecting non-visible light off of a room surface to indirectly illuminate a first portion of the room, receiving reflections of the indirect illumination, processing the received reflections to determine whether an audience member is present in the illuminated portion of the room, and when the audience member is not detected, adjusting a source of the non-visible light to illuminate a second portion of the room. | 12-23-2010 |
20110029997 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING RETAIL AUDIENCE TRAFFIC FLOW TO DETERMINE RETAIL AUDIENCE METRICS - A system and method for determining audience viewership of airtime segments substantially synchronously displayed on displays of an electronic display network in a retail environment may include determining zones through which a shopping cart being pushed by a customer traveled during a shopping trip. Times that the shopping carts spent in respective zones may be computed. A number of airtime segments that the customers had the opportunity to view while passing through the zones based on the times spent in the respective zones may also be computed. A report may be generated that includes the computed number of airtime segments that the customers had the opportunity to view while passing through the respective zones. Also, locations for the electronic displays to be positioned to enable the electronic display network to be viewed by at least a predetermined amount of customers that visit the retail environment may be determined and reported. | 02-03-2011 |
20110072449 | System and method for measuring and storing information pertaining to television viewer or user behavior - A system for monitoring television and video viewer behavior, which comprises a signal receiving device, which further comprises a monitoring device for monitoring an occurrence of a viewer or user action, which action being any event that generates an electronic signal. Actions can control the state of the television or can be interactions between the viewer and user with one or more remotely located computers, such as those connected to the Internet. The monitoring device generates a digital signal representative of viewer or user action. The signal receiving device also includes an event timing device for keeping a real-time record of event time occurrence and for generating a digital signal representative of event time occurrence. The signal receiving device also comprises a data latching device for one of latching and storing the digital signals generated by the monitoring and the event timing device. The signal receiving device also includes a database for storing the data latched or stored by the data latching device. | 03-24-2011 |
20110093876 | System and Method to Monitor a Person in a Residence - Systems and methods to monitor a person in a residence are provided. A particular method includes receiving data from a set-top box (STB) device at a monitoring service. The data includes location information from a location system in a residence that monitors a location of a person in the residence. The data includes usage information regarding usage of a plurality of devices in the residence. The data also includes a time stamp associated with the location information and the usage information. The method includes analyzing the data based on a profile of the person to determine whether one or more alert conditions are satisfied. The method also includes sending a notification when the one or more alert conditions are satisfied. | 04-21-2011 |
20110093877 | AUDIENCE DETERMINATION FOR MONETIZING DISPLAYABLE CONTENT - The present disclosure relates to the measurement of the audience characteristics or demographics which is or can be exposed to displayed interactive content depicted on a screen. The audience can include persons who are engaged in interacting with the interactive content as well as persons who are observers of the interactive content and/or the active participants. The content can include one or more targeted advertisements contained in or associated with interactive content, and can be varied based on the audience characteristics or demographics. The audience characteristics or demographics can be used to accurately charge advertisers for the impressions created by the content displayed and can also or alternatively be used to determine and/or trigger what content is actually displayed. | 04-21-2011 |
20110154385 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIEWER DETECTION AND ACTION - An application for a television has a detector capable of determining the identity and/or presence of at least one viewer in a viewing area of the television. In response to viewers entering and leaving the viewing area of the television, the television adjusts its operation based upon settings for the currently present viewers (e.g., enables channels, content, etc). | 06-23-2011 |
20110214141 | CONTENT PLAYING DEVICE - A system for generating information on viewer emotional response to content is disclosed. The system may include a viewer response input unit configured to capture local data representing at least one of local viewer audio or local viewer video of a local viewer's response to content data, the content data representing at least one of content audio or content video. The system may also include a viewer emotion analysis unit configured to generate local viewer emotion information indicative of an emotional response of the local viewer to the content data, based on the local data. | 09-01-2011 |
20110225603 | Avatars in Social Interactive Television - Virtual environments are presented on displays along with multimedia programs to permit viewers to participate in a social interactive television environment. The virtual environments include avatars that are created and maintained in part using continually updated animation data that may be captured from cameras that monitor viewing areas in a plurality of sites. User input from the viewers may be processed in determining which viewers are presented in instances of the virtual environment. Continually updating the animation data results in avatars accurately depicting a viewer's facial expressions and other characteristics. Presence data may be collected and used to determine when to capture background images from a viewing area that may later be subtracted during the capture of animation data. Speech recognition technology may be employed to provide callouts within a virtual environment. | 09-15-2011 |
20110265110 | Audience Monitoring System Using Facial Recognition - A system for monitoring members of an audience watching a program broadcast by a programming signal source may include a audience monitoring unit positioned at a reception location with reproduction equipment to perform the broadcast program. The audience monitoring unit may include a camera, a facial recognition unit, and/or a component. The camera has a field of view of the reception location such that faces of the audience members at the reception location are within the field of view of the camera. The facial recognition unit is configured to recognize that faces of one or more persons are within the field of view of the camera and to determine if each of the one or more persons are watching the performance of the broadcast program. The component is configured to associate the broadcast program with the one or more recognized faces. | 10-27-2011 |
20120011528 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT CARRYING OF A PORTABLE AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Methods and apparatus to detect carrying of a portable audience measurement device are disclosed herein. An example portable audience measurement device includes a media detector carried by a housing to collect media exposure data; a distance comparator to compare a first distance to an object at a first time and a second distance to the object at a second time; and a compliance detector to validate the media exposure data based on the comparison of the distance comparator. | 01-12-2012 |
20120017231 | BEHAVIOR MONITORING SYSTEM - An electronic device that is configured to gather information from the environment surrounding the consumer. The information is passed along to a central computer facility that can evaluate the information to determine, for example, what television shows are being watched and the number of viewers watching the content. Additional features provide compensation methods rewarding viewers for particular content that is viewed. | 01-19-2012 |
20120023516 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING HOME TELEVISION AUDIENCE VIEWERSHIP VIA A SET-TOP BOX - A system method for determining audience size of home television may include receiving a plurality of viewer confirmation signals, each viewer confirmation signal being responsive to a visual verification signal being displayed and sensed by an optical sensor. Responsive to each viewer confirmation signal that includes an indication of a television channel of multiple television channels being viewed and time at which the visual verification signal was sensed, a data repository may be updated. Viewership of the television channels used during a timeslot may be calculated and reported. | 01-26-2012 |
20120060177 | PERSPECTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Exemplary perspective display systems and methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a perspective display system acquiring visual data representative of a camera view of a user space associated with a display screen, determining, based on the visual data, a position of a user within the user space, identifying, based on the position of the user, a viewable region of an image, and displaying, on the display screen, the viewable region of the image, the displayed viewable region of the image representing a perspective view of the image based on the position of the user. In certain examples, the method further includes the perspective display system detecting a movement of the user to another position within the user space and updating the display on the display screen in real time in accordance with the movement to display another viewable region of the image on the display screen. | 03-08-2012 |
20120066705 | CONTENT PLAYBACK APPARATUS, CONTENT PLAYBACK METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A content playback apparatus ( | 03-15-2012 |
20120072939 | System and Method for Measuring Audience Reaction to Media Content - A system and method of measuring audience reaction to media content includes obtaining images or other information of each individual of the audience as the individual views the content and analyzing the images or other information with software to generate emotional response source data for each individual. The emotional response source data identifies the emotion or emotions or change of emotions of the individual as interpreted by the software. The emotional response source data of the individuals is aggregated to identify a set of primary emotions of the audience, and thereafter, the emotional response source data is re-evaluated in view of the primary emotions to refine and more accurately classify the emotional responses of each individual of the audience. | 03-22-2012 |
20120096481 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an image analyzing unit performing a process of analyzing an image shot by a camera, a voice analyzing unit performing a process of analyzing voice input from a microphone, and a data processing unit receiving inputs of an analysis result of the image analyzing unit and an analysis result of the voice analyzing unit and controlling information to be output to a user. The data processing unit determines an output mode of the information to be provided to the user based on user information obtained from at least either one of the image analysis result and the voice analysis result, and system state information, and outputs the information to the user in the determined output mode. | 04-19-2012 |
20120117582 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PICTURE OBJECTS - A method for data communication is provided and may include transmitting picture objects and/or video objects from a media center for display on a communications terminal. The media center may receive, from an eye tracker at the communications terminal, direction of view information (DoV) of at least one eye of a user of the terminal with respect to the displayed objects. The DoV may be determined by detecting a position of a pupil based on light reflected off of the pupil. Subsequent picture objects and/or video objects may be transmitted for display by the communications terminal based on user interests determined from the received DoV information. The DoV information may be determined using: a beam splitter, a lens, and a position sensing diode which receives light from the lens which has been received from the beam splitter, wherein the position sensing diode outputs a signal to the eye tracker. | 05-10-2012 |
20120124604 | AUTOMATIC PASSIVE AND ANONYMOUS FEEDBACK SYSTEM - A system for generating passive and anonymous feedback of multimedia content viewed by users is disclosed. The multimedia content may include recorded video content, video-on-demand content, television content, television programs, advertisements, commercials, music, movies, video clips, and other on-demand media content. One or more of the users in a field of view of a capture device connected to the computing device are identified. An engagement level of the users to multimedia content being viewed by the users is determined by tracking movements, gestures, postures and facial expressions performed by the users. A report of the response to viewed multimedia content is generated based on the movements, gestures, postures and facial expressions performed by the users. The report is provided to rating agencies, content providers and advertisers. In one embodiment, preview content and personalized content related to the viewed multimedia content is received from the content providers and advertisers based on the report. The preview content and personalized content are displayed to the users. | 05-17-2012 |
20120185887 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEMORIALIZING A VIEWERS VIEWING EXPERIENCE WITH CAPTURED VIEWER IMAGES - Systems and methods of memorializing a viewer's viewing experience are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment presents a movie to the viewer, detects an occurrence of one of a plurality of event capture triggers, captures at least one image of the viewer in response to detecting the event capture trigger, and stores the image of the viewer. | 07-19-2012 |
20120204202 | PRESENTING CONTENT AND AUGMENTING A BROADCAST - A method and system augments a broadcast by detecting an event that occurs while viewing a broadcast data by at least one user; when the event is detected, automatically capturing feedback data with a human computer interaction (HCI) capturing device (HCICD) from the at least one user, the feedback data being indicative of a measurement of the user from viewing the event; generating a feature data as a function of the feedback data; including the feature data in the broadcast data to generate an augmented broadcast data; and transmitting the augmented broadcast data. | 08-09-2012 |
20120233633 | USING IMAGE OF VIDEO VIEWER TO ESTABLISH EMOTION RANK OF VIEWED VIDEO - A method whereby an actual image of a TV viewer as captured by a camera housed in the TV or an emotion rank, which is either an emoticon or descriptive words corresponding to the emoticon, generated by ranking engine software can be displayed on the viewer's display or uploaded to a social networking website on the Internet. The viewer may also vote in categorical manner on multiple images of friend's faces pertaining to the video currently being presented. | 09-13-2012 |
20120240141 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONSUMING MEDIA CONTENT AMONG A GROUP OF AT LEAST TWO ENTITIES - There are provided methods and systems for consuming media content among a group of at least two entities. The at least two entities may include a host entity. It is advantageous that the host entity is able to determine the at least one reaction of each of the entities other than the host entity in real-time during consumption of the media content. It is preferable that the host entity is able to ascertain a spontaneous perception of the media content by each of the entities other than the host entity by determining the at least one reaction of each of the entities other than the host entity. | 09-20-2012 |
20120254909 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PRESENTATION CHARACTERISTICS OF AUDIO/VIDEO CONTENT IN RESPONSE TO DETECTION OF USER SLEEPING PATTERNS - A method of controlling presentation of content to a user is provided. The method involves the operation of a set-top box device to present audio/video content to the user. The method collects sensor data at the set-top box device, and then determines, from the sensor data, that the user is likely to be asleep. The method continues by initiating, with the set-top box device, at least one change to presentation characteristics associated with the audio/video content. For example, the set-top box device could lower the volume of the presentation device and/or lower the brightness of the display. | 10-04-2012 |
20120304206 | Methods and Systems for Presenting an Advertisement Associated with an Ambient Action of a User - Exemplary targeted advertising systems and methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a media content presentation system presenting a media content program comprising an advertisement break, detecting an ambient action performed by a user during the presentation of the media content program, selecting an advertisement associated with the detected ambient action, and presenting the selected advertisement during the advertisement break. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 11-29-2012 |
20120324493 | INTEREST-BASED VIDEO STREAMS - Embodiments related to delivering a video stream to a requesting viewer are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a video stream is delivered by receiving a request for the video stream from a requesting device, the request including the requesting viewer's identity, assembling a list of selected video content items for display to the requesting viewer, the selected video items being selected from a plurality of video items based on the identity of the requesting viewer and a viewing interest profile comprising the requesting viewer's viewing interests, and sending the video stream for display, the video stream including one or more of the selected video items. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324494 | SELECTION OF ADVERTISEMENTS VIA VIEWER FEEDBACK - Embodiments related to selecting advertisements for display to targeted viewers are disclosed. In one example embodiment, an advertisement is selected by, for each of a plurality of advertisements, aggregating a plurality of emotional response profiles from a corresponding plurality of prior viewers of the advertisement to form an aggregated emotional response profile for the advertisement, wherein each of the emotional response profiles comprises a temporal record of a prior viewer's emotional response to the advertisement. The method further includes identifying a group of potentially positively correlated viewers for the targeted viewer, filtering the aggregated emotional response profiles based on the group of potentially positively correlated viewers, selecting a particular advertisement from the plurality of advertisements based on a correlation of the filtered aggregated emotional response profiles, and sending the particular advertisement for display to the targeted viewer. | 12-20-2012 |
20130014142 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEMORIALIZING A VIEWERS VIEWING EXPERIENCE WITH CAPTURED VIEWER IMAGES - Systems and methods of memorializing a viewer's viewing experience are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment presents a movie to the viewer, detects an occurrence of one of a plurality of event capture triggers, captures at least one image of the viewer in response to detecting the event capture trigger, and stores the image of the viewer. | 01-10-2013 |
20130047175 | GROUP RECOGNITION AND PROFILING - A system can include storage for identification data for individuals; an interface configured to receive image data; recognition circuitry configured to recognize individuals using received image data and stored identification data; grouping circuitry configured to define groups based on recognized individuals; assignment circuitry configured to assign media consumption preferences to defined groups; and output circuitry configured to output preferred media information based on assigned media consumption preferences of a defined group of recognized individuals. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 02-21-2013 |
20130111509 | TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT BASED ON FACE CLUSTERING FOR TIME-VARYING VIDEO | 05-02-2013 |
20130145386 | System and Method to Monitor a Person in a Residence with Use of a Set-Top Box Device - A particular method includes receiving, at a set-top box device, an activation request from a monitoring service associated with activation of a video camera coupled to the set-top box device. The activation request is received when one or more alert conditions are satisfied. The method further includes activating the video camera based on a response to a prompt. | 06-06-2013 |
20130152113 | DETERMINING AUDIENCE STATE OR INTEREST USING PASSIVE SENSOR DATA - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining an audience's state or interest using passive sensor data. The techniques receive sensor data that measures an audience during presentation of a media program. The techniques, based on this sensor data, then determine a state or interest of the audience members during the media program. | 06-13-2013 |
20130167168 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOM MOVIE LISTS - Systems and methods for providing movie lists of available media content are provided. The movies included in the movie lists may be of particular interest to the user and may be derived from active user monitoring, editorial ratings information, user movie viewing preferences, network statistics, third-party activity ratings, and other user-derived or system-derived criteria. A user who is in need of media guidance may access a movie list and perform any suitable media guidance application function on any movie or movies in the movie list. The movie lists may be dynamically updated so that an up-to-date list is always available at any given moment. Movie recommendations, including movie gifts and the actual movie itself, may be sent to other users in the media system. | 06-27-2013 |
20130179911 | CONSUMPTION OF CONTENT WITH REACTIONS OF AN INDIVIDUAL - Techniques for obtaining a reaction of an individual to content and outputting the reaction of the individual with the content are described herein. The techniques may include obtaining the reaction of the individual as the content is displayed to the individual. The reaction may be obtained by capturing a video of the individual. The reaction of the individual and the content may be output at a same time to another individual. These techniques may also include obtaining the reaction of another individual as the content and the reaction of the individual are output to another individual. | 07-11-2013 |
20130198766 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE AND VIDEO RECEIVING APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for providing a user interface (UI) and a video receiving apparatus using the same are provided. According to the method for providing the UI, a video is received and displayed, one from among a plurality of persons appearing in the video is selected, user motion is photographed, a motion similarity is calculated between the photographed user motion and the motion of the selected person, and information relating to the calculated motion similarity is displayed on the UI. The user can watch the video, exercise without having to use the game terminal or the sensor, and can check his or her exercise information. | 08-01-2013 |
20130212606 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL INTERACTION WITH PROGRAMMING CONTENT - An approach is provided for providing social interactions with programming content. The tracking platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more images of one or more users watching programming content to cause, at least in part, an identification of the one or more users. Next, the tracking platform determines one or more social connections among the one or more users, one or more other users, or a combination thereof. Then, the tracking platform causes, at least in part, a transmission of status information associated with the one or more users, the one or more other users, the programming content, or a combination thereof. | 08-15-2013 |
20130219417 | Automated Personalization - System and methods for providing a user experience are described, including a method comprising identifying a user, determining a profile of the user, determining a parameter of a user experience, and automatically modifying the parameter of the user experience based upon the profile of the user. | 08-22-2013 |
20130232514 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COUNT PERSONS IN A MONITORED ENVIRONMENT - Methods and apparatus to count persons in a monitored environment are disclosed. An example apparatus to count the number of people in a monitored environment is described, which includes an image sensor to collect a plurality of pixels, a pseudorandom number generator to pseudorandomly select at least one of a row of the pixels or a column of the pixels, a reader to read first pixel data generated by first pixels of the image sensor at a first time, the first pixels located in at least one of the row of the pixels or the column of the pixels, a comparator to compare the first pixel data with second pixel data generated by the first pixels at a second time different than the first time to generate first change values, and a counter to generate a count of persons based on the first change values. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232515 | ESTIMATING ENGAGEMENT OF CONSUMERS OF PRESENTED CONTENT - Technologies described herein relate to estimating engagement of a person with respect to content being presented to the person. A sensor outputs a stream of data relating to the person as the person is consuming the content. At least one feature is extracted from the stream of data, and a level of engagement of the person is estimated based at least in part upon the at least one feature. A computing function is performed based upon the estimated level of engagement of the person. | 09-05-2013 |
20130268954 | CONTROLLING A MEDIA PROGRAM BASED ON A MEDIA REACTION - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for controlling a media program based on a media reaction. In some embodiments, the techniques pause, mute, or stop a media program when a user leaves the room, when a user in the room is talking or is otherwise not paying attention to the program, or when a child walks into the room. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268955 | HIGHLIGHTING OR AUGMENTING A MEDIA PROGRAM - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for highlighting or augmenting a media program. The techniques and apparatuses can build a media program highlighting another media program based on media reactions to portions of that other media program. The techniques and apparatuses may also or instead augment a media program based on media reactions to portions of that media program. | 10-10-2013 |
20130276006 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT USER ATTENTIVENESS TO HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICES - Methods and apparatus to detect user attentiveness to handheld computing devices are disclosed. An example method includes detecting a change of a handheld computing device from a first starting spatial condition to a first ending spatial condition, wherein the first starting spatial condition and the first ending spatial condition are angular orientations of the handheld computing device relative to a reference; and querying an index associating a plurality of spatial condition changes with respective likelihoods indicative of user attentiveness to determine if the index includes an entry having the first starting spatial condition and the first ending spatial condition of the detected change. | 10-17-2013 |
20130276007 | Facilitating Television Based Interaction with Social Networking Tools - Video analysis may be used to determine who is watching television and their level of interest in the current programming. Lists of favorite programs may be derived for each of a plurality of viewers of programming on the same television receiver. | 10-17-2013 |
20130290994 | SELECTION OF TARGETED CONTENT BASED ON USER REACTIONS TO CONTENT - Techniques for selecting a targeted content item for playback are described in various implementations. A method that implements the techniques may include receiving, from an image capture device, an image that includes a user who is viewing a first content item being displayed on a presentation device. The method may also include processing the image to identify a facial expression of the user, and determining an indication of user reaction to the first content item based on the identified facial expression of the user. The method may further include comparing the indication of user reaction to an indication of intended reaction associated with the first content item to determine an efficacy value of the first content item. The method may also include selecting a targeted content item for playback on the presentation device based on the efficacy value. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290995 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AUGMENTED BROADCAST CONTENT USING ANALYSIS ALGORITHM BASED ON REFERENCE SIGNAL - An apparatus and method for processing augmented broadcast content. The apparatus includes: a broadcast content receiving unit configured to receive broadcast content and a first reference signal from a broadcast content provider, the first reference signal including information used to recognize a target object in the broadcast content and composite the broadcast content and augmented content associated with the target object; an object identifying unit configured to identify the target object in the broadcast content by analyzing the broadcast content using an image or sound analysis algorithm with reference to the first reference signal; an augmented content acquiring unit configured to acquire the augmented content associated with the target object; and an augmented content compositing unit configured to composite the acquired augmented content into an augmentation region determined based on the first reference signal. | 10-31-2013 |
20130298146 | DETERMINING A FUTURE PORTION OF A CURRENTLY PRESENTED MEDIA PROGRAM - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining a future portion of a currently presented media program. The techniques and apparatuses can receive current media reactions of one or many people to a currently presented media program and determine later portions to present in the media program based on the media reactions. In some embodiments, for example, a program can be presented live, reactions can be received during the live presentation, and the program altered on-the-fly and in real time based on those reactions. Further, the alterations can be general or tailored to a group or a particular person. | 11-07-2013 |
20130312018 | PERSONALIZING SERVICES USING PRESENCE DETECTION - Presence detection having granularity sufficient to passively facilitate personalizing services according to particular individuals. Wireless signaling associated with individuals may be assessed to determine individual presence relative to a particular servicing device. The services accessed through the servicing device may be personalized according to an arrival and a departure of the individuals in order to vary services according to individual presence. | 11-21-2013 |
20130318546 | Method and System for Gathering and Computing an Audience's Neurologically-Based Reactions in a Distributed Framework Involving Remote Storage and Computing - Systems and methods for measuring biologically and behaviorally based responses to content in targeted demographics and locations by way of remote monitoring. Stimuli may be based on location, target demographics, and combinations thereof. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318547 | ADAPTIVE FEEDBACK LOOP BASED ON A SENSOR FOR STREAMING STATIC AND INTERACTIVE MEDIA CONTENT TO ANIMALS - A system or method for inferring and selective display of visual and sound media content based on a pet(s)'s level of engagement or reactions to content displayed on any number of content display devices including, but not limited to, television screens, computer monitors, tablets, and cell phones and measured by a sensor. A content selection algorithm takes as input the sensor measurements and historical or pre-computed data to infer the pet(s)'s preference for content. A content modification algorithm interposes algorithmically computed shapes and sounds overlaid on top of the existing content to attract the attention of the pet(s) observing the display. | 11-28-2013 |
20130332947 | TELEVISION AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING TELEVISION PROGRAMS - A television includes an image capturing unit to capture images in front of the television. Faces in the captured images are recognized to generate a face recognition result. When a condition for switching television programs is determined to be met according to the face recognition result, one or more program tables are searched to find a currently aired television program that is suitable for the current audience. The television is switched to a channel playing the found television program. | 12-12-2013 |
20140007148 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE DATA PROCESSING | 01-02-2014 |
20140007149 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA EVALUATION | 01-02-2014 |
20140020003 | DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH REDUCTION OF TRANSMISSION STREAMS - A processor implemented method conserves bandwidth capacity by reducing the amount of bandwidth that is used in a communication channel between a content transmitting server and a content receiving client computer while streaming multimedia content. A content receiving client computer receives a multimedia streaming content from a content transmitting server. The multimedia streaming content has a video component and an audio component. In response to determining that a user of the content receiving client computer is no longer watching the video component of the multimedia streaming content, a processor generates and transmits an inattention alert to the content transmitting server. The inattention alert directs the content transmitting server to stream only the audio component of a remaining portion of the multimedia streaming content to the content receiving client computer. | 01-16-2014 |
20140026156 | Determining User Interest Through Detected Physical Indicia - In accordance with some implementations, a method for determining viewer interest is disclosed. The method is performed on a client system having one or more processors, a camera, and memory storing programs for execution. The electronic device captures analyzes captured visual data to detect physical indicia of interest associated with a user of the client system. The electronic device then determines a level of interest of the user with respect to media content being displayed in the proximity of the users based on the detected physical indicia of interest. The electronic device then sends the determined level of interest to a server system; the server system including an interest profile for the user of the client system. The electronic device then receives, from the server system, recommendations for additional media content for the user based, at least in part on, the determined level of interest. | 01-23-2014 |
20140026157 | FACE RECOGNITION CONTROL AND SOCIAL NETWORKING - Methods, apparatuses, and articles associated with face recognition login, social network and video chat are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, an apparatus may include a networking interface, and a face recognition based controller configured to determine whether a user is watching a television, based on image frames of a video signal generated by a camera. The controller may be further configured to transmit a login request, via the network interface, to a server associated with a social network, on determination that the user is watching the television, to log the user into the social network, and enabling video chat. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. | 01-23-2014 |
20140047464 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING TV OR OTHER MEDIA DELIVERY DEVICE VIEWER'S ATTENTION - A TV system with camera or any other media delivery device with camera comprising a screen and related electronics, comprises in combination: 1) Human detector suitable to determine whether one or more viewers are located in front of the screen; 2) A viewer's body pose tracker suitable to analyze a body pose and to determine whether a change has occurred in said pose; 3) An object detector suitable to detect the presence of a plurality of objects in the environment of the screen; 4) An object tracker suitable to detect a change in location of one or more objects; and 5) Logic circuitry suitable to obtain inputs from one or more detectors and trackers and to determine whether a specified condition has been reached on the basis of said inputs. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047465 | MULTI-MEDIA AD TARGETING AND CONTENT RECOMMENDATION WITH VIEWER IDENTITY DETECTION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for identifying a viewer and determining at least one of a plurality of media to display to the viewer on a display device are disclosed. The system comprises an input device, at least one sensor embedded in the input device, a first processor in electronic communication with the input device, and a second processor in electronic communication with the first processor. Software executing on the first processor obtains behaviometrics measurement data from the input device, determines the identity of the viewer, obtains viewer behavior data for the identified viewer, and exports the identity and viewer behavior data to the second processor. Software executing on the second processor receives the identity and viewer behavior data from the first processor, determines at least one of a plurality of media to display to the viewer, and renders the at least one media on the display device. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047466 | IMAGED IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, VIEWING INFORMATION CREATING APPARATUS, VIEWING INFORMATION CREATING SYSTEM, IMAGED IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND VIEWING INFORMATION CREATING METHOD - An imaged image data processing apparatus includes obtaining means for obtaining imaged image data, which is imaged by an imaging section that images the sight of a user, extracting means for extracting identification data for identifying a viewed program from the imaged image data obtained by the obtaining means, and transmitting means for transmitting the identification data extracted by the extracting means to an external viewing information creating apparatus. | 02-13-2014 |
20140053173 | ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUDIENCE RATING AND ADVERTISEMENT EFFECTS BASED ON VIEWING BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION - Provided are an analysis method and system for audience rating and advertisement effects based on viewing behavior recognition including a method of recognizing a viewer on the basis of image recognition through a camera and efficiently collecting data and a method of transmitting collected data on the basis of viewer recognition to an audience rating and advertisement effect measurement server. The present invention includes a viewing behavior measurement device configured to receive a viewer image obtained by imaging one or more viewers who are viewing broadcast content, recognize the one or more viewers from the received viewer image to generate viewing behavior information, and deliver the generated viewing behavior information, and an advertisement effect measurement server configured to analyze an advertisement effect for each viewer on the basis of the received viewing behavior information and generate and deliver an advertisement effect measurement result. | 02-20-2014 |
20140068645 | Sharing Television And Video Programming Through Social Networking - In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system receive information associated with one or more users in proximity to a display device and access user data of the social-networking system. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system determine, by comparing the user data with the received information associated with the one or more users, an identity of at least one of the users in proximity to the display device. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system send one or more instructions based on the determined identities. | 03-06-2014 |
20140089955 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COUNT PEOPLE IN IMAGES - Methods, articles of manufacture, and apparatus to count people in an image are disclosed. An example method includes estimating, based on a location of a face of a person in a first image frame, a portion of the image that corresponds to a body region of the person; and using image data corresponding to the portion to determine whether the person is present in a second image frame in which the face of the person is undetected. | 03-27-2014 |
20140096152 | TIMING ADVERTISEMENT BREAKS BASED ON VIEWER ATTENTION LEVEL - A device and method for timing advertisement breaks in video-on-demand applications based on viewer attention level includes a video device configured to display video content and receive biometric data indicative of the attention level of a viewer. The video device may notify a video-on-demand server that the attention level of the viewer has exceeded a threshold. In response to the notification, the video-on-demand server may determine a time to display advertisement content on the video device. The advertisement break time may be determined in relation to the video content. The advertisement content may be selected based on the video content. The video device may determine the viewer attention level during playback of the advertisement content and pause playback if the viewer attention level falls below the threshold. | 04-03-2014 |
20140109122 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS TO SYNCHRONIZE ACTIONS OF AUDIO SOURCE MONITORS - Systems, methods, articles of manufacture and apparatus are disclosed to align actions of audio source monitors. An example method disclosed herein includes invoking an audience monitor to transmit a radio frequency (RF) initialization packet to a base unit, receiving an indication that the base unit has received the RF initialization packet at a first time, and invoking the base unit to transmit an RF acknowledgement packet to the audience monitor. The example method also includes receiving an indication that the RF acknowledgement packet is received by the audience monitor and waiting for an end to a delay period having a first value, identifying whether the audience monitor has finished processing the RF acknowledgement packet when the delay period ends at a second time, and incrementing the delay period to a second value when the audience monitor is still processing the RF acknowledgement packet and the delay period has ended. | 04-17-2014 |
20140123162 | EYE TRACKING BASED DEFOCUSING - Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for eye tracking based defocusing. According to various embodiments, video content may be transmitted from a server for presentation at a remote computing device in communication with the server via a network. Eye tracking information identified via an optical sensor at the client machine may be received from the remote computing device. The eye tracking information may describe a state of one or both eyes of an individual located proximate to the remote computing device. A first portion of the video content on which the eyes are more focused relative to a second portion of the video content may be identified. The video content may be updated based on the received eye tracking information. The second portion of the video content may be defocused relative to the first portion of the video content in the updated video content. | 05-01-2014 |
20140130072 | VIEWING INFORMATION COLLECTING SYSTEM, BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND VIEWING INFORMATION COLLECTING METHOD - An IPTV terminal has viewer information acquiring unit for acquiring viewer information, information about a viewer watching video/audio TV outputs; channel information detecting unit for detecting channel information about an IPTV broadcast distributed by IPTV broadcast distribution server; TV connection detecting unit for detecting connection between IPTV terminal and TV to generate connection information; viewing information generation unit for generating viewing information from channel information the channel information detecting unit detects when a viewer watching video/audio output from TV is present and when IPTV terminal is connected to TV by referring to the viewer information the viewer information acquiring unit acquires and to the connection information the TV connection detecting unit generates; and viewing information transmitting unit for transmitting the viewing information the viewing information generation unit generates to viewing information collecting server. | 05-08-2014 |
20140189720 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE ENGAGEMENT LEVELS OF AUDIENCE MEMBERS - Methods and apparatus to determine engagement levels of audience members are disclosed. An example method includes detecting light information in image data representative of an environment including a primary media device; determining whether a secondary media device is in the environment based on the detected light information; and calculating, via a logic circuit, an engagement level for a person with respect to the primary media device based on the secondary media device determination. | 07-03-2014 |
20140201767 | Tracking and Responding to Distracting Events - A distraction monitoring system may monitor a user's consumption of content, such as video content, and identify times at which the user is distracted from the content. The identified times may then be presented with a timeline for the video program, and the user may be permitted to view the distractions that occurred during the viewing of the video program. The user may select a distraction, and the video content may be played back from a corresponding playback point. | 07-17-2014 |
20140223463 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER MONITORING AND INTENT DETERMINATION - Sensing interfaces associated with a home entertainment system are used to automate a system response to events which occur in a viewing area associated with the home entertainment system. Data derived from such sensing interfaces may also be used to enhance the response readiness of one or more system components. Still further, user presence data derived from such sensing interfaces may be used to capture and report user viewing habits and/or preferences. | 08-07-2014 |
20140223464 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING AND MANAGING MULTI PARTICIPANT SESSIONS - A method of creating a multi participant session among a plurality of viewers of media content. The method comprises automatically identifying which media content is currently presented on a plurality of client terminals of a plurality of subscribers, receiving, from a first subscriber, a first selection indicative of a template of a multi participant session object and a second selection indicative of a group from the plurality of subscribers, creating a multi participant session object adapted for simultaneous presentation with the media content according to first and second selections and establishing a multi participant session among at least one member of the group and the first subscriber using the multi participant session object. | 08-07-2014 |
20140237495 | METHOD OF PROVIDING USER SPECIFIC INTERACTION USING DEVICE AND DIGITAL TELEVISION(DTV), THE DTV, AND THE USER DEVICE - An interactive method includes displaying image content received through a television (TV) network, identifying an object of interest of a user among a plurality of regions or a plurality of objects included in the image content, and providing additional information corresponding to the object of interest. | 08-21-2014 |
20140245335 | Environment Object Recognition - Methods, systems, and devices for displaying additional or targeted content to a user are disclosed. An image or data capture device associated with a display device may capture an image of a space associated with the user or capture data related to what is being viewed by the viewer's eyes. Objects in the captured image or objects being viewed may be recognized, including any identifiable image, item, detail, or article and the like. A recognized object may then be compared to a target list to determine a match. If matched, and if there is additional content associated with the target object, the additional content may be presented to the user. | 08-28-2014 |
20140259033 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-PURPOSE METERING - Methods and apparatus for multi-purpose metering are disclosed. An example method includes transmitting a first discovery inquiry message in response to a wakeup timer expiration signal, disabling a media detection circuit of the portable device when a base unit responds to the discovery inquiry message, and enabling the media detection circuit of the portable device when the base unit response to the discovery inquiry message is absent. | 09-11-2014 |
20140259034 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE ENGAGEMENT LEVELS OF AUDIENCE MEMBERS - Methods and apparatus to determine engagement levels of audience members are disclosed. An example method includes analyzing image data corresponding to an environment in which an audience is exposed to media presented by a first media presentation device to determine whether the environment includes a glow emanating from a second media presentation device; and when the environment includes the glow, calculating an engagement for a person in the environment with respect to the first media presentation device based on a presence of the glow. | 09-11-2014 |
20140282644 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO DETECT SHAPES - Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to detect shapes are disclosed. An example method includes determining a depth value associated with an object outline detected in image data representative of an environment; and using the depth value to select a first group of reference shapes to be compared to the object outline from a collection of reference shapes, the first group representing a portion of the collection of reference shapes. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282645 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO USE SCENT TO IDENTIFY AUDIENCE MEMBERS - Methods and apparatus to use scent to collect audience information are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a media meter to collect media identification information to identify media presented by an information presentation device; a people meter to identify a person in an audience of the information presentation device. The people meter includes a scent detector to detect a first scent of the person; a scent database containing a set of reference scents; a scent comparer to determine a first likelihood that the person corresponds to a first panelist identifier by comparing the first scent to at least some of the reference scents in the set; and identification logic to identify the person as corresponding to the first panelist identifier based on the first likelihood. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282646 | DEVICE FOR ACQUISITION OF VIEWER INTEREST WHEN VIEWING CONTENT - In order to acquire a viewer's enjoyment and interest when viewing three-dimensional contents on a consumer electronic device, a viewer's eyes are monitored in real-time. Biometric data from the monitoring can be used for delivery of highly accurate and personalized viewing experiences for the viewer. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282647 | CUSTOMIZED COMMERCIAL METRICS AND PRESENTATION VIA INTEGRATED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT DEVICES - A method of providing customized commercial content to a user includes providing first commercial content to a user, determining, using an integrated virtual environment device, whether the user substantially viewed the first commercial content, and providing second commercial content to the user based on the first commercial content and whether the user substantially viewed the first commercial content. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282648 | SMART TELEVISION AND METHOD FOR BROADCASTING TV SHOW THEREFOR - A method for broadcasting TV show as used in a smart TV. The smart TV comprises a body, a facial image capturing unit and a storage unit. The storage unit stores facial images of registered users and a mapping relationship between a number of favorite TV show lists and a number of accounts. The method comprises following steps. Capturing the facial images in front of the facial image capturing unit, identifying whether the captured facial images contain one or more facial images of registered users of the smart TV and identify the number of the registered users contained in the captured facial images. In addition, controlling the smart TV to enter a broadcasting mode according to the identified users. Importing TV shows associated with the broadcasting mode of the smart TV and the favorite TV show lists. A smart TV is also provided by the present disclosure. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282649 | Apparatus, Method, and Program for Processing Information - An information processing apparatus includes: importance calculation means configured to calculate an experience importance degree of content for a user based the basis of a relationship among a reaction analysis result obtained by performing predetermined analysis on a reaction (attitude) of the user to the content at the time when the user experiences the content, an environment analysis result obtained by performing predetermined analysis on an external environment of the user at the time when the user experiences the content, a signal analysis result obtained by performing predetermined analysis on a video signal or voice signal of the content, and a language analysis result obtained by performing predetermined language analysis on language information described about the content; and determination means configured to, if the experience importance degree of the content calculated by the importance calculation means is high, determine the content as recommendation content to be recommended to the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140298365 | RECEIVING TERMINAL, AUDIENCE INFORMATION COLLECTING SYSTEM AND AUDIENCE INFORMATION COLLECTING METHOD - A receiving terminal includes: a content receiving unit | 10-02-2014 |
20140317646 | LINKED ADVERTISEMENTS - Embodiments of the present invention generate linked advertisements. Linked advertisements may include a preliminary advertisement and one or more subsequent advertisements. In one embodiment, the viewer is only shown the subsequent advertisement upon detecting a positive reaction to the preliminary advertisement. The subsequent advertisement is associated with presentation triggers that specify a context in which the subsequent advertisement should be presented. The context may be defined by a time of day, location, user activity, and/or other parameters. For example, the presentation trigger may specify a context in which the user is able to purchase an advertised good or service. For example, the context could be the user driving (activity context) near a coffee shop (location context) in the morning (time context). The reaction to the preliminary advertisement may be explicit or implicit. | 10-23-2014 |
20140325540 | MEDIA SYNCHRONIZED ADVERTISING OVERLAY - Embodiments of the present invention provide an overlay experience that is coordinated with both a present media presentation and the media presentation's current audience. Exemplary media presentations include television, movies, games, and music. An overlay is visible content displayed concurrently with primary content. The overlay may obscure part of the primary content, but not all of the primary content. Embodiments of the present invention use audience data to select an appropriate overlay from one of several overlays available. The audience data may be derived from image data generated by an image-capture device, such as a video camera, that has a view of the audience area. Automated image analysis may be used to generate audience data that is used to select the overlay. | 10-30-2014 |
20140331242 | MANAGEMENT OF USER MEDIA IMPRESSIONS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are described herein for aggregating viewing data for one or more types of media content. Image data depicting a viewing area of a display device are received. A type of media content being displayed on the display device when the images are captured is identified. Based on the image data, a number of persons may be determined, as well as characteristics about the persons, responses of the persons toward the media content, and levels of engagement of the persons in the media content, or a portion thereof. Each determined item of information may comprise a viewing record for the media content. The viewing records for the media content may then be aggregated to create viewing data for the content, and the viewing data may be distributed to a content provider. | 11-06-2014 |
20140337868 | AUDIENCE-AWARE ADVERTISING - Embodiments of the present invention provide an audience-aware advertising that are advertisements coordinated with both a present media presentation and the media presentation's current audience. An audience-aware advertising pod is a container for advertising content that is shown in association with a media presentation. The audience-aware advertising pod may include multiple advertisements shown during a commercial break in the primary content. The advertisements may be selected for display within a media presentation in real time based on audience members' attention level and response. Audience profiles may be generated and stored locally. The audience profile may be used to determine when an ad is displayed and what advertisement is displayed. | 11-13-2014 |
20140366049 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GATHERING AND PRESENTING EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO AN EVENT - Provided herein is a method, apparatus and computer program product for gathering and presenting emotional response to an event in the form of an emotional response timeline. In particular, the method may include generating a timeline of a collected emotional response of a user relative to an event, selecting, by a processor, a portion of the timeline of the emotional response that meets at least one predefined criterion, and generating an edited event based on the portion of the timeline of the emotional response that meets the at least one predetermined criterion. The emotional response may include one or more of a heart rate, a facial expression, a vocalization, or a facial flush. The at least one predetermined criterion may include an emotional response above a predefined threshold. | 12-11-2014 |
20140366050 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER MONITORING AND INTENT DETERMINATION - Sensing interfaces associated with a home entertainment system are used to automate a system response to events which occur in a viewing area associated with the home entertainment system. Data derived from such sensing interfaces may also be used to enhance the response readiness of one or more system components. Still further, user presence data derived from such sensing interfaces may be used to capture and report user viewing habits and/or preferences. | 12-11-2014 |
20140373036 | HYBRID VIDEO RECOGNITION SYSTEM BASED ON AUDIO AND SUBTITLE DATA - A system and method where a second screen app on a user device “listens” to audio clues from a video playback unit that is currently playing an audio-visual content. The audio clues include background audio and human speech content. The background audio is converted into Locality Sensitive Hashtag (LSH) values. The human speech content is converted into an array of text data. The LSH values are used by a server to find a ballpark estimate of where in the audio-visual content the captured background audio is from. This ballpark estimate identifies a specific video segment. The server then matches dialog text array with pre-stored subtitle information (for the identified video segment) to provide a more accurate estimate of the current play-through location within that video segment. A timer-based correction provides additional accuracy. The combination of LSH-based and subtitle-based searches provides fast and accurate estimates of an audio-visual program's play-through location. | 12-18-2014 |
20140380345 | PASSING CONTROL OF GESTURE-CONTROLLED APPARATUS FROM PERSON TO PERSON - A television (TV) includes a display and a processor controlling the display and receiving signals representing human gestures. The processor is programmed to respond to gestures from a first viewer to control the display. Also the processor is programmed to respond to gestures from a second viewer to control the display only responsive to a determination that the first viewer has both looked toward the second viewer, and that the first viewer has confirmed, as a separate act from looking toward the second viewer, a desire to transfer control of the TV to the second viewer. | 12-25-2014 |
20150020086 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING USER FEEDBACK TO MEDIA CONTENT - Techniques for obtaining user feedback related to media content are provided. Sensor data including motion data captured by a motion sensor while media content is played on a media content terminal device may be received. The sensor data may be analyzed for an indication of one or more personal states of one or more users. The indication of a first personal state may be determined based on the motion data. User preferences may be derived from the user feedback. For example, parts of the media content (e.g., specific video frames or scenes) may be analyzed and various entities or features extracted. The entities or features may be matched against user feedback to derive user preferences at a more granular level. | 01-15-2015 |
20150026708 | Physical Presence and Advertising - Novel tools and techniques are provided for enabling or implementing presence detection and/or advertising based on detected presence and/or based on monitored media content or monitored users. In some embodiments, media content—including, without limitation, movies, television programs, music, video games, and/or the like—may be presented to a user(s) via a presence detection device (“PDD”), and information regarding such presented media content may be monitored and sent to a server for analysis. The user(s) (and the user(s)'s reactions) may be monitored, and such monitored data may also be sent to the server for analysis. The server might determine (and present to the user(s)) at least one advertisement, based at least in part on each of one or more of the monitored media content, the monitored user(s), presence information of the user(s), user profile of the user(s), demographic group(s) of each user, and/or the like. | 01-22-2015 |
20150033245 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING ATTENTIVENESS OF A USER BASED ON BRAIN ACTIVITY - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application configured to monitor attentiveness of a user based on the brain activity of the user. For example, a media guidance application may monitor brain activity associated with an attentiveness level of the user and in response to determining the attentiveness level of the user does not correspond to the threshold attentiveness level, perform an operation associated with a low attentiveness level of the user (e.g., performing a scan operation through various content providers). | 01-29-2015 |
20150033246 | PASSIVE DEMOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A passive demographic measurement apparatus, comprising an interface for coupling to a Microsoft Kinect®-type sensor, a network interface for sending information to remote device via a network, storage for storing information characteristic of sensed individuals and information sensed by the Kinect sensor, a clock for providing the time and duration of the sensed information, a messaging instruction storage storing instructions for use by the local device in sending data and messages to remote devices, an analysis engine for analyzing at least a portion of the sensed data, and a processor for processing raw and analyzed data for sending to a remote device and/or for sending a message to another device responsive to received sensed data. | 01-29-2015 |
20150052541 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE LOCATIONS OF AUDIENCE MEMBERS - A disclosed example method involves determining, using a neural network at a stationary unit, a first distance of a first portable audio detector from the stationary unit, the first portable audio detector associated with a first panelist, the stationary unit located in proximity to the media presentation device. The example method also involves determining, using the neural network, a second distance of a second portable audio detector from the stationary unit, the second portable audio detector associated with a second panelist. In response to the first distance being less than a threshold distance, the media is credited as exposed to the first panelist. In response to the second distance being more than the threshold distance, the media is not credited as exposed to the second panelist. | 02-19-2015 |
20150067709 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VIEWING OF MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, generating parental control information for each of a plurality of users according to options selected from a plurality of media program tags retrieved from a library, detecting a first user of the plurality of users according to biometric information of the first user, identifying the parental control information associated with the first user, tuning to a first media channel responsive to receiving a first request, receiving in the first media channel a first media program tag associated with a first media program, and enabling presentation of the first media program at a presentation device responsive to detecting from the parental control information associated with the first user that the first media program tag is included in a first list of unrestricted media program presentations. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-05-2015 |
20150074696 | MEDIA STREAM GENERATION BASED ON A CATEGORY OF USER EXPRESSION - A method includes creating, at a media server, a media stream that includes a group of segments of media content associated with a user-selected category. The group of segments includes a first segment corresponding to a portion of a first program and a second segment corresponding to a portion of a second program. The method also includes sending at least a portion of the media stream to a user device. The method further includes, during playback of the media stream, receiving a user input indicating the first segment, and sending a modified stream to the user device based on the user input. The first segment is replaced by an entirety of the first program in the modified stream. | 03-12-2015 |
20150089519 | AUDIO-VISUAL TERMINAL, VIEWING AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An audio-visual terminal and a viewing authentication system and control programs therefor are provided. The audio-visual terminal includes a reproducing part for reproducing the audio-visual program, a motion instructing part for instructing, a motion sensor for detecting a response motion of the viewer made by the viewer for transmission to a viewing authenticating principal, a sending part for sending information output from the audio-visual terminal to a viewing authentication system of the viewing authenticating principal, and a coding part for coding information about the response motion of the viewer obtained from a detection result detected by the motion sensor into a signal sendable by the sending part. | 03-26-2015 |
20150106828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING POINT OF INTEREST AND INSERTING ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION INTO A MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL - An apparatus arranged to insert accompanying information into a multimedia signal, the apparatus constituted of: a multimedia receiver; a point of interest (POI) identifier arranged to identify a POI in the received multimedia signal responsive to content of the received multimedia signal; an inserter arranged to insert accompanying information into the received multimedia signal responsive to an output of the POI identifier; an output device arranged to transmit the output of the inserter to a display device, the identification, insertion and output being contemporaneous with the receiving; a server; a user gesture signal receiver arranged to receive a signal responsive to a user gesture; and a communication device, wherein the inserted accompanying information encourages a user to perform a gesture with a device in communication with the user gesture signal receiver, and wherein the communication device is arranged to transmit the received signal responsive to the user gesture. | 04-16-2015 |
20150128158 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDING CONTENT - Systems and methods for recommending content to a user are described. A user equipment device may be equipped with a built-in or separately connected image capturing device which may be used to pinpoint the location of the remote control when it is activated, thereby defining the specific location of the remote and the user. The relative location of the user in the room where the television is located may be associated with that particular user and used to automatically log in and access their user profile. This information may be used to enhance the television experience for the user by, e.g., recommending content. | 05-07-2015 |
20150128159 | Testing Effectiveness Of TV Commercials To Account for Second Screen Distractions - A method for measuring viewer attentiveness to an audio-visual presentation on one display in the presence of a visual distraction on another display simulating a “second screen”, comprising: reproducing the audio-visual presentation for viewing by a viewer on a first display; while the audio-visual presentation is being reproduced for viewing by the viewer, providing the visual distraction to the viewer on a second display; and determining whether the viewer switches from viewing the audio-visual presentation to the visual distraction and, if so, continuing to reproduce at least the audio of the audio-visual presentation. | 05-07-2015 |
20150128160 | AUTOMATIC TRANSITION OF CONTENT BASED ON FACIAL RECOGNITION - Methods and systems for automatically transitioning content based on facial recognition, wherein the method may include receiving a signal from a camera, identifying a face of a viewer within an area, retrieving a user identifier associated with the face of the viewer, selecting a program, and displaying the program. | 05-07-2015 |
20150128161 | Determining a Future Portion of a Currently Presented Media Program - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining a future portion of a currently presented media program. The techniques and apparatuses can receive current media reactions of one or many people to a currently presented media program and determine later portions to present in the media program based on the media reactions. In some embodiments, for example, a program can be presented live, reactions can be received during the live presentation, and the program altered on-the-fly and in real time based on those reactions. Further, the alterations can be general or tailored to a group or a particular person. | 05-07-2015 |
20150135203 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a communication unit for receiving, from an external device, degree-of-attention information including information on a degree of attention, for each part of first content, calculated based on a state of viewing of a user, and a priority information generation unit for generating, using the degree-of-attention information, priority information including information on a priority for viewing for each part of second content. The communication unit transmits the priority information to the external device. | 05-14-2015 |
20150143393 | WATER DISPENSING AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An apparatus for dispensing liquid, such as water, with the dispensing of the liquid associated with a media presentation, for example, a video presentation, viewable on a monitor of the apparatus by consumers proximate to the apparatus, including the consumer to whom the water is being dispensed, is disclosed. The media presentation begins upon the dispensing of the water, and continues until it is stopped or completes (ends). | 05-21-2015 |
20150150031 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS OF SENSORY INFORMATION TO ESTIMATE AUDIENCE REACTION - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, operations including identifying a presentation of a first media item. From sensing data, a behavior of an audience member and a characteristic of an environment in a vicinity of the audience member are determined. A tuning status is monitored by which the media processor remains tuned to a first media item or tunes away to a second media item. A first correlation value is determined between the characteristic of the first audience member and subject matter of the first media item, and a second correlation value is determined between the characteristic of the first audience member and the characteristic of the environment. Responsive to the second correlation value exceeding the first, a determination is made that the environment, not the subject matter being presented in the first media item, is responsible for the tuning status. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-28-2015 |
20150150032 | COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC "LIKE" TAGGING - A consumer electronics (CE) device receives, from an imager and/or a microphone, an emotion signal representing an expression of a user of the CE device. Also, a biometric sensor generates a biometric signal representing a biometric parameter of the user of the CE device. Based on the emotion signal and biometric signal, a rating is determined that is related to content presented on the CE device at or near the time the emotion signal and biometric signal were generated. | 05-28-2015 |
20150296239 | SELECTION OF ADVERTISEMENTS VIA VIEWER FEEDBACK - Embodiments related to selecting advertisements for display to targeted viewers are disclosed. In one example embodiment, an advertisement is selected by, for each of a plurality of advertisements, aggregating a plurality of emotional response profiles from a corresponding plurality of prior viewers of the advertisement to form an aggregated emotional response profile for the advertisement, wherein each of the emotional response profiles comprises a temporal record of a prior viewer's emotional response to the advertisement. The method further includes identifying a group of potentially positively correlated viewers for the targeted viewer, filtering the aggregated emotional response profiles based on the group of potentially positively correlated viewers, selecting a particular advertisement from the plurality of advertisements based on a correlation of the filtered aggregated emotional response profiles, and sending the particular advertisement for display to the targeted viewer. | 10-15-2015 |
20150312626 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREVENTING USERS FROM TERMINATING SERVICES - Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that generates for display content associated with preventing a user from terminating a service in response to determining, based on a biometric state of the user, that a user is likely to terminate the service. For example, in response to determining that a user is unhappy, not attentive, or bored when accessing content provided by the service, the media guidance application may generate for display discounts or other promotions for the service. | 10-29-2015 |
20150319471 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTABLISHING A MODE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARTICULAR USERS BASED ON PERCEIVED LULLS IN MEDIA ASSETS - Methods and systems are also provided herein for establishing a mode of communication between a first user and a second user when a media asset is in a lull. Control circuitry may determine that a first user perceives a segment of the media asset as a lull based on a first user profile. The control circuitry may retrieve a second user profile associated with a second user, and may determine that the second user also perceives the segment of the media asset to be a lull based on the second user profile. The control circuitry may responsively establish a mode of communication (e.g., a chat window) between the first user and the second user. | 11-05-2015 |
20150334457 | TV Mode Change in Accordance with Number of Viewers Present - Systems and methods for changing TV operating mode in accordance with number of viewers present. In some implementations, a method includes: obtaining a total number of viewers of a connected TV, the connected TV having a plurality of operating modes and the total number is one or more; in accordance with a determination that the total number of viewers is within a first predefined range of a plurality of predefined ranges; placing or maintaining the connected TV in or into a first operating mode unrelated to media content being displayed on the connected TV; and in accordance with a determination that the total number of viewers is within a second predefined range of the plurality of predefined ranges: placing or maintaining the connected TV in or into a second operating mode unrelated to the media content, the second operating mode is different from the first operating mode. | 11-19-2015 |
20150341692 | Determining Audience State or Interest Using Passive Sensor Data - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining an audience's state or interest using passive sensor data. The techniques receive sensor data that measures an audience during presentation of a media program. The techniques, based on this sensor data, then determine a state or interest of the audience members during the media program. | 11-26-2015 |
20150350727 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS OF SENSORY INFORMATION TO ESTIMATE AUDIENCE REACTION - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform operations, for example, including determining a first correlation value between a behavior of a first audience member and a subject matter being presented at a display processor, wherein the subject matter being presented at the display is observable by the first audience member. A second correlation value is determined between the behavior of the first audience member and a characteristic of an environment in a vicinity of the display and the first audience member. Responsive to the second correlation value exceeding the first correlation value, a determination is made as to whether a present channel selection resulting from user input initiated by the first audience member is responsive to the characteristic of the environment influencing the audience member more than the subject matter being presented at the display. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350730 | VIDEO RECOMMENDATION USING AFFECT - Analysis of mental states is provided to enable data analysis pertaining to video recommendation based on affect. Analysis and recommendation can be for socially shared livestream video. Video response may be evaluated based on viewing and sampling various videos. Data is captured for viewers of a video where the data includes facial information and/or physiological data. Facial and physiological information may be gathered for a group of viewers. In some embodiments, demographics information is collected and used as a criterion for visualization of affect responses to videos. In some embodiments, data captured from an individual viewer or group of viewers is used to rank videos. | 12-03-2015 |
20150365714 | PERSONAL MEASUREMENT DEVICES FOR MEDIA CONSUMPTION STUDIES - A method for conducting a media consumption study, includes at a processor of a position marker placed in a study site in a vicinity of a fixed media device; receiving a signal broadcast from a personal measurement device; determining signal information of the received broadcast signal, the signal information including identification information of the personal measurement device, and one or more signal characteristics; comparing the one or more signal characteristics to threshold values; and based on the comparison, determining the personal measurement device is in proximity to the fixed media device. | 12-17-2015 |
20150373408 | COMMAND SOURCE USER IDENTIFICATION - A sensor-based system may detect users in a space who are consuming content, such as watching a television program. The system may capture images of the users, recognize features such as their faces and bodies to identify them, and capture a control signal, such as an infrared flash from a remote control device. The system may determine which user was manipulating the remote control, and may then associate the remote control command with the identified user. In this manner, users may be provided with a customized interactive experience. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373409 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AN AUDIENCE, AND A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for identifying an audience includes receiving, by an identification server, a device identifier corresponding exclusively to an AV device, in combination with personal identity information of the audience transmitted by a mobile device that is possessed by the audience, and comparing, by the identification server, the device identifier thus received with the device identifier stored in the identification server so as to ascertain the AV device corresponding to the device identifier thus received, and so as to determine the identity of the audience who is nearby the AV device based on the personal identity information. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373412 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A method for operating a display device according to an embodiment includes acquiring an image of a plurality of users, recognizing a plurality of faces respectively corresponding to the plurality of users from the acquired image, checking a viewing state of media content for each user, when the plurality of users respectively corresponding to the plurality of recognized faces are registered users, acquiring viewing information corresponding to at least one of the plurality of registered users of which the viewing state has been changed from a viewing maintaining state in which the media content is viewed to a not-viewing state in which the media content is not viewed, and performing a re-viewing function on the basis of the acquired viewing information when a face of the user of which the viewing state has been changed is re-recognized. | 12-24-2015 |
20160044355 | PASSIVE DEMOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A passive demographic measurement apparatus, comprising an interface for coupling to a Microsoft Kinect®-type sensor, a network interface for sending information to remote device via a network, storage for storing information characteristic of sensed individuals and information sensed by the Kinect sensor, a clock for providing the time and duration of the sensed information, a messaging instruction storage storing instructions for use by the local device in sending data and messages to remote devices, an analysis engine for analyzing at least a portion of the sensed data, and a processor for processing raw and analyzed data for sending to a remote device and/or for sending a message to another device responsive to received sensed data. | 02-11-2016 |
20160044376 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PICTURE OBJECTS - A method and system for data communication is provided and may include, at a communications terminal, displaying picture objects and/or video objects received from a media center via a communications network. The communications terminal may transmit direction of view information (DoV) of at least one eye of a user of the terminal with respect to the displayed objects from an eye tracker at the communications terminal. The DoV may be determined by detecting a position of a pupil based on light reflected off of the pupil. Subsequent picture objects and/or video objects may be displayed by the communications terminal based on user interests determined from the transmitted DoV information. | 02-11-2016 |
20160057493 | AUTOMATIC TRANSITION OF CONTENT BASED ON FACIAL RECOGNITION - Methods and systems for automatically transitioning content based on facial recognition, wherein the method may include receiving a signal from a camera, identifying a face of a viewer within an area, retrieving a user identifier associated with the face of the viewer, selecting a program, and displaying the program. | 02-25-2016 |
20160066034 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT PEOPLE - Methods and apparatus to detect people are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a receiver to obtain respective light information for a plurality of segments of an image, each of the segments corresponding to a portion of a media exposure environment; a pulse identifier to detect a first human pulse pattern in the light information associated with a first one of the segments; and a grouper to determine whether the light information associated with a threshold amount of the segments proximate the first one of the segments includes the first human pulse pattern identified in the first one of the segments, and to generate a presence indication when the light information associated with the threshold amount of the segments proximate the first segment includes the first human pulse pattern. | 03-03-2016 |
20160066046 | IN-RESIDENCE TRACK AND ALERT - Monitoring, via a network of sensors each communicatively coupled to a home gateway system, movement and location of one or more individuals within their own residence. The hone gateway system may also respond to inquiries as to a potential or probable or possible status of the one or more individuals within the residence. | 03-03-2016 |
20160066060 | Audio System - Methods and systems for providing audio information based on gaze information are described. In an example, a computing device may be configured to receive gaze information indicative of a wearer-view associated with the computing device. Based on the gaze information, the computing device may be configured to determine content displayed in the wearer-view. Further, the computing device may be configured to determine audio information relating to the content and cause an audio stream associated with the audio information to be played at the computing device. | 03-03-2016 |
20160088326 | DISTRIBUTED RECORDING, MANAGING, AND ACCESSING OF SURVEILLANCE DATA WITHIN A NETWORKED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A method for recording and distributing surveillance data within a networked video surveillance system includes dynamically allocating one or more virtual application servers executing within a server pool on one or more physical host systems to a plurality of local surveillance domains, establishing a respective connection between a corresponding network node within each local surveillance domain and the virtual application server allocated to the local surveillance domain over a network, and receiving one or more live video streams captured by one or more video sources within each local surveillance domain and transmitted from the corresponding network node of the local surveillance domain via the respective connection to the virtual application server allocated to the local surveillance domain. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088350 | System and Method to Monitor a Person in a Residence - A method includes receiving, at a device configured to receive media content from equipment of a service provider, an activation request from a monitoring service. The activation request is associated with activation of a video camera coupled to the device. The activation request is received based on satisfaction of an alert condition. The method also includes activating the video camera based on data responsive to a prompt. The prompt is presented by the device in response to reception of the activation request. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088352 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING USER PROFILES - Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that improves the reliability of data collected about a user, particularly when the user is consuming media content in a group. For example, in addition to monitoring content that a user (or a group of users) consumes (e.g., what television shows are viewed), the media guidance application may monitor the interactions the user (and/or each user in the group) has with the content. The media guidance application may then update a user profile based on the monitored interactions. | 03-24-2016 |
20160094864 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-EXPERIENCE TRANSLATION OF MEDIA CONTENT WITH SENSOR SHARING - A method and apparatus incorporates teachings of the present disclosure and may include, for example, a method including detecting at least one of a plurality of sensor data sources for capturing sensory data from a physical environment of the source device, receiving from the at least one of the plurality of sensor data sources sensory information representing the sensory data from the physical environment of the source device, identifying a plurality of characteristics of the physical environment of the source device from the received sensory information, sending to a second device media content and the sensory information representing the plurality of characteristics of the physical environment of the source device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094880 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING CONTENT TO A USER BASED ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE USER - Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that selects media content for consumption by a user while the user is moving from one location to another. For example, the media guidance application may present advertisements or recommend content to a user that is contextually relevant to the destination of the user. Additionally or alternatively, the advertisements or recommended content may be selected based on the potential destinations of the user, how quickly a user is traveling, a direction the user is traveling, etc. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094894 | DIGITAL CONTENT AUDIENCE MATCHING AND TARGETING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Digital content is indexed and available to be provided to a target audience based upon possible interest. Components and/or sensors detect audience-related data indicative of the target audience, possible audience interest, audience behavior, and other audience-related factors. Components and/or sensors detect device-related data indicative of available devices to which available content may be sent, transmission paths for the content, and related factors. An analysis and matching engine matches the available content to the target audience and one or more of the devices and selects content, devices, and transmission paths for directing the selected content for an enhanced audience experience. | 03-31-2016 |
20160105702 | DETECTING AND PREVENTING FALSE TELEVISION VIEWERSHIP - A device receives instructions to record particular content and repeatedly play the recorded particular content. The device records the particular content based on the instructions, and repeatedly plays the recorded particular content based on the instructions. The device performs fraud checks based on the instructions, and determines whether the instructions are fraudulent based on the fraud checks. The device selectively provides, based on whether the instructions are fraudulent, viewership information for the particular content to a ratings device associated with a ratings entity. The viewership information for the particular content is provided to the ratings device when the instructions are not fraudulent, and is discarded when the instructions are fraudulent. | 04-14-2016 |
20160105706 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REALIZING DISTRIBUTED REMOTE CONTROL, TELEVISION AND MOBILE TERMINAL OF THE DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a method for realizing distributed remote control, including: a television sending real-time content signals to the mobile terminal; the mobile terminal receiving the real-time content signals sent from the television to obtain a real-time video program from the television, and sending a remote control request signal to the television; the television receiving the remote control request signal sent from the mobile terminal and sending a corresponding responding signal according to a user response from the mobile terminal and according to whether there is any user in front of the television, wherein the responding signal comprises a refuse signal, a free signal, and a busy signal; and the mobile terminal receiving the responding signal from the television and performing a corresponding following step according to the type of the responding signal. | 04-14-2016 |
20160112740 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL CONTENT SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A digital content distribution scheme allows for monitoring of a wide range of data, such as system and behavior events of audiences and playback devices, as well as environmental factors, such as those present at the playback venue. More “static” data may be considered, such as subscriptions, settings, bandwidth, and the like. Based upon the data considered, real or near-real time changes in the content provided to audiences may be made. The changes may be based upon predictions of audience interest made by prediction engine. The techniques may also allow for time-shifting and adaptation of content based upon playback times. | 04-21-2016 |
20160127765 | PAUSING PLAYBACK OF MEDIA CONTENT BASED ON USER PRESENCE - Systems and methods for managing presentation of media content based on a viewer status. A system may include a television receiver that manages output of the media content for presentation through a display device based on a status data detected by a status sensor. The status data is indicative of a presence of a viewer in an environment containing the display device. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127767 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION FOR MULTI-SCREEN VIEWING - A method of receiving a video program and information related to the video program by a first device registered in a user account of a user as a standalone device at a server is disclosed. The method comprises sending location information of the first device to the server; sending a request to the server for the video program; receiving the video program; and receiving information related to the video program according the location information. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127784 | Context-Based Media Program Presentation Methods and Systems - An exemplary computer-implemented media service system detects an input command provided by a user to initiate a viewing session by way of a display screen in communication with a media content processing device that operates in accordance with a media service, identifies a context within which the input command is provided by the user, selects, based on the identified context, a media program available by way of the media service and that is potentially of interest to the user, and directs the media content processing device to present the media program by way of the display screen when the viewing session begins in response to the input command. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 05-05-2016 |
20160142741 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR LIVE VIDEO/AUDIO BROADCASTING - One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a system for live video/audio broadcasting (e.g., game broadcasting). Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for live video/audio broadcasting (e.g., game broadcasting). Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to computer software for live video/audio broadcasting (e.g., game broadcasting). | 05-19-2016 |
20160142767 | CLIENT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - [Object] To provide a client apparatus, control method, system and program capable of presenting emotion expression data showing viewing reactions of other users or a user himself or herself. | 05-19-2016 |
20160150260 | System And Method For Creating Individualized Mobile and Visual Advertisments Using Facial Recognition - A computer implemented advertisement method for matching a user with a computer generated advertisement that is compatible to a users of the methods preferred aesthetic. In one example the method comprises: receiving a profile generated by recording user choices from a field of images displayed to the user; applying a logistics regression model to the image choices to create a baseline aesthetic template used to determine the most appropriate model or actor to be inserted into the background of a still or video advertisement. Any results within a desired confidence level are returned to the user as and advertisement with the appropriate model or actor inserted by means of current and available technology into the ad to be displayed on the user's mobile or video device | 05-26-2016 |
20160150276 | ASYNCHRONOUS VIDEO INTERVIEW SYSTEM - Aspects of an asynchronous video interview system and related techniques include a server that receives a plurality of pre-recorded video prompts, generates an interview script, transmits a video prompt from the interview script to be displayed at a client computing device, and receives a streamed video response from the client computing device. The server can perform algorithmic analysis on content of the video response. In another aspect, a server obtains response preference data indicating a timing parameter for a response. In another aspect, a video prompt and an information supplement (e.g., a news item) that relates to the content of the video prompt are transmitted. In another aspect, a server automatically selects a video prompt (e.g., a follow-up question) to be displayed at the client computing device (e.g., based on a response or information about an interviewee). | 05-26-2016 |
20160150277 | MEDIA STREAM GENERATION BASED ON A CATEGORY OF USER EXPRESSION - A method includes receiving, at a user device from a media server, a media stream that includes a group of segments of media content associated with a user-selected category. The group of segments includes a first segment corresponding to a portion of a first program and a second segment corresponding to a portion of a second program. The method also includes receiving, at the user device, user input during playback of the media stream, the user input indicating the first segment. The method also includes sending data based on the user input to the media server. The method further includes receiving, at the user device from the media server, a modified stream based on the user input. The first segment is replaced by an entirety of the first program in the modified stream. | 05-26-2016 |
20160156956 | DISPLAY DEVICE | 06-02-2016 |
20160165284 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PRESENT CONTENT - A content presentation system in which a set of content items, which may include static stored content documents and/or live content streaming from computing devices, is provided by a web channel engine to a web channel. A rules engine (e.g., of a web channel server or a web channel presenter) is configured to sequentially present some of the contents to a user in a video form in an automated way, based on real-time sensor data of user devices and/or interactions of the users with the web channel, including users who are provided with permissions to edit the content, look and feel of the web channel, and users who watch the web channel without editing privileges. | 06-09-2016 |
20160173944 | PROCESSING TECHNIQUES IN AUDIO-VISUAL STREAMING SYSTEMS | 06-16-2016 |
20160191995 | IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR ATTENDANCE QUERY EVALUATION - Facial evaluation is performed on one or more videos captured from an individual viewing a display. The images are evaluated to determine whether the display was viewed by the individual. The individual views a media presentation that includes incorporated tags and is rendered on the display. Based on the tags, video of the individual is captured and evaluated using a classifier. The evaluating includes determining whether the individual is in front of the screen, facing the screen, and gazing at the screen. An engagement score and emotional responses are determined for media and images provided on the display. | 06-30-2016 |
20160192032 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTEXTUAL ADVERTISEMENT REPLACEMENT UTILIZING AUTOMATIC CONTENT RECOGNITION - An automatic content recognition (ACR)-enabled connected TV device may be operable to identify, utilizing ACR, viewer interaction and/or viewer information. The ACR-enabled connected TV device may present, utilizing the ACR, a variant of an advertisement in a next ad pod during presentation of content, based on the identified viewer interaction and/or the identified viewer information. The viewer information may comprise customized preferences profile, default preferences setting, viewing habits, time of day and/or location. The viewer information may also comprise objects and/or events captured by an associated camera. When an identified stored episode of a show is presented via DVR playback, the ACR-enabled connected TV device may present, in a next ad pod, a new version of an advertisement, where the new version of the advertisement may be associated with a new episode of the show and presentation of the new version may result in a C3 rating credit. | 06-30-2016 |
20160198225 | VIEWING CONDITIONS ESTIMATION FOR ADAPTIVE DELIVERY OF VISUAL INFORMATION IN A VIEWING ENVIRONMENT | 07-07-2016 |
20160198229 | DISTRACTION BOOKMARKS FOR LIVE AND RECORDED VIDEO | 07-07-2016 |
20160198238 | METHOD IN SUPPORT OF VIDEO IMPRESSION ANALYSIS INCLUDING INTERACTIVE COLLECTION OF COMPUTER USER DATA | 07-07-2016 |
20160205432 | METHODS OF DISPLAYING AN ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE | 07-14-2016 |
20160255384 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING AUDIENCE VIEWING BEHAVIOR | 09-01-2016 |
20160255401 | PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED UPON ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING | 09-01-2016 |
20160381415 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR STIMULATING SENSES OF USERS OF A MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Methods and systems for a media guidance application that may stimulate the senses of users. The media guidance application may determine a preferred biometric state associated with a media asset, determine a current biometric measurement of a user, cross-reference the preferred biometric state in a database to determine a difference in sensory stimulation between the current biometric state of the user and the preferred biometric state, and cause the user to be stimulated to account for the difference. | 12-29-2016 |
20180027302 | SERVING A LIVE STREAM AS AN ADVERTISEMENT | 01-25-2018 |