US 11,540,014 B2Granted

User based electronic media alteration

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsSharath Kumar Aithal, Parthasarthi Komperla, Srinivas Pusapati, Vamshidhar Cholleti

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Abstract

A first electronic media is received at a first display device. The first display device is located in a first environment. One or more metadata items may be identified based on the first electronic media. The one or more metadata items associated with at least one portion of the first electronic media. One or more users is detected, including a first user, in the first environment. A view permission of the first user is determined based on the one or more metadata items. The view permission indicates whether the first user is permitted to view the at least one portion of the first electronic media. An electronic media update to the first electronic media is performed based on the view permission of the first user. The updated first electronic media is displayed by the first display device after performing the electronic media update.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, at a first display device located in a first environment, an electronic media from a datastore of a service provider, wherein the datastore includes a set of metadata associated with the electronic media;
detecting one or more users including a first user in the first environment based on a first user profile, wherein the detecting includes identifying one or more physical characteristics of the first user;
determining a view permission of the first user, the view permission indicating that the first user is not permitted to view media associated with a first content classification;
determining, based on the set of metadata, that at least one portion of the electronic media is associated with the first content classification;
saving the at least one portion with the first user profile;
performing, based on the view permission of the first user, a first electronic media update to the electronic media by altering the at least one portion of the electronic media, wherein the first electronic media update includes at least one of:
removing, skipping, blocking, blurring, obscuring, or muting the at least one portion;
displaying, after performing the first electronic media update, the electronic media by the first display device;
detecting, after the altering the at least one portion, one or more second users in the first environment, wherein the one or more second users do not include the first user;
determining, based on the one or more second users, a second view permission, the second view permission indicating the at least one portion of the electronic media is viewable by the one or more second users;
and
displaying, on the first display device, only the at least one portion of the electronic media previously saved with the first user profile.

9 more elements

A system, the system comprising:

a memory, the memory containing one or more instructions;
and
a processor, the processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor, in response to reading the one or more instructions, configured to:
receive, at a first display device located in a first environment, an electronic media from a datastore of a service provider, wherein the datastore includes a set of metadata associated with the electronic media;
detect one or more users including a first user in the first environment based on a first user profile, wherein the detecting includes identifying one or more physical characteristics of the first user;
determine a view permission of the first user, the view permission indicating that the first user is not permitted to view media associated with a first content classification;
determine, based on the set of metadata, that at least one portion of the electronic media is associated with the first content classification;
save the at least one portion with the first user profile;
perform, based on the view permission of the first user, a first electronic media update to the electronic media by altering the at least one portion of the electronic media, wherein the first electronic media update includes at least one of:
removing, skipping, blocking, blurring, obscuring, or muting the at least one portion;
display, after the first electronic media update, the electronic media by the first display device;
detect, after the altering the at least one portion, one or more second users in the first environment, wherein the one or more second users do not include the first user;
determine, based on the one or more second users, a second view permission, the second view permission indicating the at least one portion of the electronic media is viewable by the one or more second users;
and
display, on the first display device, only the at least one portion of the electronic media previously saved with the first user profile.

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A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media;
and
program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions configured to:
receive, at a first display device located in a first environment, an electronic media from a datastore of a service provider, wherein the datastore includes a set of metadata associated with the electronic media;
detect one or more users including a first user in the first environment based on a first user profile, wherein the detecting includes identifying one or more physical characteristics of the first user;
determine a view permission of the first user, the view permission indicating that the first user is not permitted to view media associated with a first content classification;
determine, based on the set of metadata, that at least one portion of the electronic media is associated with the first content classification;
save the at least one portion with the first user profile;
perform, based on the view permission of the first user, a first electronic media update to the electronic media by altering the at least one portion of the electronic media, wherein the first electronic media update includes at least one of:
removing, skipping, blocking, blurring, obscuring, or muting the at least one portion;
and
display, after the first electronic media update, the electronic media by the first display device;
detect, after the altering the at least one portion, one or more second users in the first environment, wherein the one or more second users do not include the first user;
determine, based on the one or more second users, a second view permission, the second view permission indicating the at least one portion of the electronic media is viewable by the one or more second users;
and
display, on the first display device, only the at least one portion of the electronic media previously saved with the first user profile.

13 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/008,811Filed 1 Sep 2020
Published: US 2022/0070526 A13 Mar 2022
Granted: 27 Dec 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

H04N 21/4542
Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements: blocking scenes or portions of the received content, e.g. censoring scenes
H04N 21/23614
Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL…:…
H04N 21/42203
Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]: sound input…
H04N 21/4223
Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]: cameras