# US 2014/0153906 A1 · Video enabled digital devices for embedding user data in interactive applications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153906 A1 - Document ID: US20140153906A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/177,185 - Filed: 2014-02-10 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2010-03-09 - Inventors: Yolanda Prieto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153906A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/234: Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs - G11B 27/036: Insert-editing - H04N 7/173: with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal - H04N 21/234345: {the reformatting operation being performed only on part of the stream, e.g. a region of the image or a time segment} - H04N 21/4223: Cameras (H04N23/00 takes precedence) - H04N 21/4781: {Games} - H04N 21/6582: {Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number (arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38)} - A63F 13/213: comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells (A63F13/219 takes precedence) - A63F 13/54: involving acoustic signals, e.g. for simulating revolutions per minute [RPM] dependent engine sounds in a driving game or reverberation against a virtual wall - A63F 13/655: by importing photos, e.g. of the player - A63F 2300/695: Imported photos, e.g. of the player - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An apparatus connects viewers in the broadcasting and gaming experience for the purpose of enhancing the entertainment experience of a user. The apparatus engages the viewer in a media that is visually rich which consequently provides a new and unique form of enhancing the user experience. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An interactive media apparatus for generating a displayable edited video data stream from an original video data stream, said interactive media apparatus comprising: an image capture device capturing a user input video data stream; an image display device displaying the original video stream; a data entry device, operably coupled with the image capture device and the image display device, operated by a user to select at least one pixel in the frame of the user input video data stream to use as a second image, and further operated by the user to select at least one pixel in a frame of the original video data stream to use as the first image; a digital processing unit operably coupled with the data entry device, said digital processing unit performing: identifying the selected at least one pixel in the frame of the user input video data stream; digitally extracting the identified at least one pixel as the second image; storing the second image in a memory device operably coupled with the interactive media apparatus; receiving a selection of the first image from the original video data stream; digitally extracting the first image; spatially matching an area of the second image to an area of the first image in the original video data stream, wherein spatially matching the areas results in equal spatial lengths and widths between said two spatially matched areas; and performing a substitution of the spatially matched first image with the spatially matched second image to generate the displayable edited video data stream from the original video data stream. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The interactive media apparatus of claim 1 wherein the data entry device is selected from a group of devices consisting of: a keyboard, a display, a wireless communication capability device, and an external memory device; ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The interactive media apparatus of claim 1 wherein the digital processing unit is further capable of extracting the at least one pixel from the user pointing to a spatial location in a displayed video frame. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The interactive media apparatus of claim 1 wherein the digital processing unit is further capable of extracting the at least one pixel from the user selecting from a displayed list of items identifying content in the video. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The interactive media apparatus of claim 1, wherein the substitution performed by the digital processing device replaces at least a face of a first person from the original video data stream by at least a face of a second person from the user input video data stream. ### Claim 6 An interactive media apparatus in an internet enabled broadcast network system for generating a displayable edited video data stream from an original broadcast video data stream, wherein at least one pixel in a frame of the original broadcast video data stream is digitally extracted to form a first image, said first image is substituted by a second image resulting from a digital extraction of at least one pixel in a frame of a user input video data stream, said apparatus comprising: an image capture device capturing a user input video data stream; an imaging processing device, operably coupled with the image capture device, digitally processing the captured user input video data stream; a signal processing device receiving an original broadcast video data stream from a broadcast station; a data entry device, operably coupled with the image capture device and the image processing device, wirelessly transmitting to the signal processing device in the interactive media apparatus user embedded instructions, wherein said user embedded instructions are used by said signal processing device for: identifying the first image in the original broadcast video data stream; and identifying the second image in the user input video data stream; a digital processing unit performing: detecting the second image from the user input video data stream, as identified by the user, according to the wirelessly received user embedded instructions; extracting the second image from the user input video data stream; storing the second image in a memory device operably coupled with the interactive media apparatus; detecting the first image from the original broadcast video data stream, as identified by the user, according to the wirelessly received embedded instructions; extracting the first image from the original broadcast video data stream; spatially matching an area of the second image in the user input video data stream with an area of the first image in the original broadcast video data stream, wherein spatially matching results in equal spatial lengths and widths between the spatially matched areas; and substituting the spatially matched first image with the spatially matched second image to generate the displayable edited video data stream from the original broadcast video data stream. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The interactive media apparatus of claim 6, wherein the user input video data stream is captured by an imaging capture device internal to the apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The interactive media apparatus of claim 6 comprising an audio processing unit, wherein the audio processing unit performs audio processing to replace audio corresponding to the first image in the original broadcast video stream with audio corresponding to the second image in the user input video data stream. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The interactive media apparatus of claim 6, wherein the signal processing device for receiving an original broadcast video data stream receives the data stream by means of a user specific internet address.