IP Library Granted Patent US 9,390,757
Granted Patent B2
US 9,390,757 · App. 14/703,073 · Granted Jul 12, 2016

System and method for adaptive media playback based on destination

Inventors: Behzad Shahraray (Holmdel, NJ); Andrea Basso (Turin, IT); Lee Begeja (Gilette, NJ); David C. Gibbon (Lincroft, NJ); Zhu Liu (Marlboro, NJ); Bernard S. Renger (New Providence, NJ)
Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
G11B27/105G11B27/005G11B27/034
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Patent No.
US 9,390,757
App. No.
14/703,073
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for adaptive media playback based on destination. The method for adaptive media playback comprises determining one or more destinations, collecting media content that is relevant to or describes the one or more destinations, assembling the media content into a program, and outputting the program. In various embodiments, media content may be advertising, consumer-generated, based on real-time events, based on a schedule, or assembled to fit within an estimated available time. Media content may be assembled using an adaptation engine that selects a plurality of media segments that fit in the estimated available time, orders the plurality of media segments, alters at least one of the plurality of media segments to fit the estimated available time, if necessary, and creates a playlist of selected media content containing the plurality of media segments.

Claims (41)

1. A method comprising:

generating, from media content, a media presentation having a duration in accordance with an estimated time to travel to a destination, wherein the media presentation is altered so that a portion of the media presentation is contextually relevant to an anticipated location along a route to the destination when the portion of the media presentation is played to yield an altered media presentation;

detecting, while playing the altered media presentation, a travel path change;

generating an updated estimated time to travel to the destination based on the travel path change;

modifying the altered media presentation to conform to the updated estimated time; and

inserting an advertisement into the altered media presentation based on a direction of travel.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a current location associated with a device; and

wherein the estimated time is a time for the device to travel to the destination.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the device is a same device used to play the altered media presentation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the estimated time is determined based on one of an input, a route, a speed, and a trajectory between a current location and the destination.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the altered media presentation is presented using one of video, Internet content, text, sound files, odor, and Braille.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media content is retrieved via a wireless network.

7. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, result in the processor performing operations comprising:

generating, from media content, a media presentation having a duration in accordance with an estimated time to travel to a destination, wherein the media presentation is altered so that a portion of the media presentation is contextually relevant to an anticipated location along a route to the destination when the portion of the media presentation is played to yield an altered media presentation;

detecting, while playing the altered media presentation, a travel path change;

generating an updated estimated time to travel to the destination based on the travel path change;

modifying the altered media presentation to conform to the updated estimated time while playing the media presentation; and

inserting an advertisement into the altered media presentation based on a direction of travel.

8. The system of claim 7 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, result in the processor performing operations comprising:

determining a current location associated with a device; and

wherein the estimated time is a time for the device to travel to the destination.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the device is a same device used to play the altered media presentation.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the estimated time is determined based on one of an input, a route, a speed, and a trajectory between a current location and the destination.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the altered media presentation is presented using one of video, Internet content, text, sound files, odor, and Braille.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the media content is retrieved via a wireless network.

13. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, result in the computing device performing operations comprising:

generating, from media content, a media presentation having a duration in accordance with an estimated time to travel to a destination, wherein the media presentation is altered so that a portion of the media presentation is contextually relevant to an anticipated location along a route to the destination when the portion of the media presentation is played to yield an altered media presentation;

detecting, while playing the altered media presentation, a travel path change;

generating an updated estimated time to travel to the destination based on the travel path change;

modifying the altered media presentation to conform to the updated estimated time while playing the media presentation; and

inserting an advertisement into the altered media presentation based on a direction of travel.

14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , having additional instructions stored which, when executed by the computing device, result in the computing device performing operations comprising:

determining a current location associated with a device; and

wherein the estimated time is a time for the device to travel to the destination.

15. The computer-readable storage device of claim 14 , wherein the device is a same device used to play the altered media presentation.

16. The computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the estimated time is determined based on one of an input, a route, a speed, and a trajectory between a current location and the destination.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the altered media presentation is presented using one of video, Internet content, text, sound files, odor, and Braille.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the media content is retrieved via a wireless network.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2024
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066792/0645 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2015
From: GIBBON, DAVID C.; BASSO, ANDREA; BEGEJA, LEE; LIU, ZHU; RENGER, BERNARD S.; SHAHRARAY, BEHZAD
To: AT&T LABS, INC.
Reel/Frame 035575/0883 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 6, 2015
From: AT&T LABS, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 035575/0938 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 13567539 · Aug 6, 2012
Continuation 13204970 · Aug 8, 2011
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