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Granted Patent B2
US 11,843,820 · App. 17/145,183 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Group party view and post viewing digital content creation

Inventors: Kimberlee Smith (San Mateo, CA); Jennifer Sheldon (San Mateo, CA)
Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
H04N21/431H04N21/4858
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Patent No.
US 11,843,820
App. No.
17/145,183
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for group-watching video streams. In one aspect the disclosed systems and methods may generate a multi-panel display of the viewers during viewing of the video streams. In another aspect, the systems and methods may capture and create one or more digital asset from viewer-generated content, such as a physical reaction, captured during the to the video stream. The system may generate the digital assets for subsequent use on social media.

Claims (52)

1. A method for creating digital assets from one or more viewers of streaming media, the method comprising:

storing data regarding the streaming media;

receiving viewer-generated content captured by a tracking device during display of the streaming media, wherein the viewer-generated content comprises an image or video of a reaction from the one or more viewers during the display of the streaming media;

storing the viewer-generated content in association with the streaming media;

generating a preliminary digital asset from the viewer-generated content, wherein the preliminary digital asset comprises the stored image or video;

providing a display of the preliminary digital asset including the stored image or video of the reaction to the one or more viewers for feedback prior to publication;

polling the one or more viewers for the feedback regarding the preliminary digital asset;

automatically modifying the preliminary digital asset based on a predicted approval level for at least one of the one or more viewers; and

publishing the modified digital asset.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing the streaming media to a viewer client device of the one or more viewers.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the viewer reaction further comprises at least one of: audio, text recorded, or input at a viewer client device displaying the streaming media.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the viewer reaction is captured in real-time.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the viewer-generated content with the streaming media by:

identifying a timestamp associated with the display of the streaming media;

assigning the timestamp to the corresponding reaction within the viewer-generated content; and

storing data regarding the timestamp of the streaming media and the assigned timestamp for the viewer-generated content.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a viewer overlay during the display of the streaming media based on the viewer-generated content, wherein the viewer overlay displays the stored image or video of the reaction from the one or more viewers in real-time during the display of the streaming media.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the viewer overlay is a multi-panel display corresponding to a number of the viewers.

8. A host server system for creating digital assets from one or more viewers of streaming media, the system comprising: a communication interface that communicates over a communication network, wherein the communication interface receives viewer-generated content captured by a tracking device during display of the streaming media, wherein the viewer-generated content comprises an image or video of a reaction from the one or more viewers during the display of the streaming media;

a database in memory that stores the viewer-generated content in association with the streaming media; and

a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein the processor executes the instructions to:

generate a preliminary digital asset from the viewer-generated content, wherein the preliminary digital asset comprises the stored image or video of the reaction;

provide a display of the preliminary digital asset including the stored image or video of the reaction to the one or more viewers for feedback prior to publication;

poll the one or more viewers for the feedback regarding the preliminary digital asset;

automatically modify the preliminary digital asset based on a predicted approval level for at least one of the one or more viewers; and

publish the modified digital asset.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising providing the streaming media to a viewer client device of the one or more viewers through a host server interface.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the viewer reaction further comprises at least one of: audio, or text recorded or input at a viewer client device displaying the streaming media.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the viewer reaction is captured in real-time.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor executes further instructions to associate the viewer-generated content with the streaming media by:

identifying a timestamp associated with the display of the streaming media;

assigning the timestamp to the corresponding reaction within the viewer-generated content; and

storing data regarding the timestamp of the streaming media and the assigned timestamp for the viewer-generated content.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor executes further instructions to generate a viewer overlay during display of the streaming media based on the viewer-generated content, wherein the viewer overlay displays the stored image or video of the reaction from the one or more viewers in real-time during the display of the streaming media.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the viewer overlay is a multi-panel display corresponding to a number of the viewers.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for creating digital assets from one or more viewer of streaming media, the method comprising:

storing data regarding the streaming media;

receiving viewer-generated content captured by a tracking device during display of the streaming media, wherein the viewer-generated content comprises an image or video of a reaction from the one or more viewers during the display of the streaming media;

storing the viewer-generated content in association with the streaming media;

generating a preliminary digital asset from the viewer-generated content, wherein the preliminary digital asset comprises the stored image or video of the reaction;

providing a display of the preliminary digital asset including the stored image or video of the reaction to the one or more viewers for feedback prior to publication;

polling the one or more viewers for the feedback regarding the preliminary digital asset;

automatically modifying the preliminary digital asset based on a predicted approval level for at least one of the one or more viewers; and

publishing the modified digital asset.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprises instructions executable to provide the streaming media to a viewer client device of the one or more viewers.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions executable to associate the viewer-generated content with the streaming media by:

identifying a timestamp associated with the display of the streaming media;

assigning the timestamp to the corresponding reaction within the viewer-generated content; and

storing data regarding the timestamp of the streaming media and the assigned timestamp for the viewer-generated content.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions executable to generate a viewer overlay during display of the streaming media based on the viewer-generated content, wherein the viewer overlay displays the stored image or video of the reaction from the one or more viewers in real-time during the display of the streaming media.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the viewer-generated content includes images or video of a plurality of the viewers associated with different individual streams of the streaming media, and wherein generating the preliminary digital asset includes generating a composite of the images or video of the plurality of the viewers.

20. The method of claim 1 , further comprising predicting that a stored image or video in the preliminary digital asset should be rejected based on image analysis and machine learning, and modifying the preliminary digital asset based on the prediction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2022
From: SHELDON, JENNIFER
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 061120/0996 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2021
From: SMITH, KIMBERLEE
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 058450/0888 →
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