# US 2015/0149902 A1 · Manipulation of media content to overcome user impairments > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0149902 A1 - Document ID: US20150149902A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/090,055 - Filed: 2013-11-26 - Published: 2015-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2013-11-26 - Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP - Inventors: Eric Zavesky; Amy Ruth Reibman; David Crawford Gibbon; Bernard S. Renger; Zhu Liu; Behzad Shahraray - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150149902A1 ## CPC - G09B 21/001: {Teaching or communicating with blind persons (G09B21/02 - G09B21/06 take precedence)} - G09B 21/008: {using visual presentation of the information for the partially sighted} - H04N 21/23439: {for generating different versions} - H04N 21/251: {Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies (details of learning user preferences for the retrieval of video data in a video database G06F16/739; computer systems using learning methods G06N3/08)} - H04N 21/25883: {being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address (arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52)} - H04N 21/64322: {IP} - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A system, process and software that incorporate the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a condition that causes an impaired perception of an original media content item during a presentation. A media content modification is determined, wherein application of the media content modification to the original media content item results in a modified media content item. The modified media content item, when presented to the media presentation device, ameliorates the impaired perception of the media content item. The media content modification is applied to the original media content item resulting in the modified media content item. The modified media content item is presented at the media presentation device contemporaneously with the original media content item, allowing different viewers to observe the modified media content item simultaneously with the original. Other embodiments are disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: identifying, by a system comprising a processor, a human impairment, wherein the human impairment causes an impaired perception of an original media content item during a presentation of the original media content item at a media presentation device; determining, by the system, a media content modification, wherein application of the media content modification to the original media content item results in a modified media content item that when presented to the media presentation device ameliorates the impaired perception of the media content item; applying, by the system, the media content modification to the original media content item resulting in the modified media content item; and presenting, by the system, at the media presentation device the modified media content item contemporaneously with the original media content item, wherein the original media content item is observable at the media presentation device by a first user without the first user being able to observe the modified media content item, wherein the modified media content item is observable at the media presentation device by a second user experiencing the human impairment without the second user being able to observe the original media content item. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: generating, by the system, a first media stream comprising the original media content item; generating, by the system, a second media stream comprising the modified media content item; and combining, by the system, the first and second media streams, wherein presenting of the original media content item and presenting of the modified media content item comprises presenting, by the system, the first and second media streams to the media presentation device to cause simultaneous presentation of the original media content item and the modified media content item within a common display area of the media presentation device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the first media stream and the second media stream have overlapping presentations within the common display area, such that the original media content item is independently discernible by the first user and the modified media content item is independently discernible by the second user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the combining of the first and second media streams comprises multiplexing the first media stream and the second media stream, wherein a de-multiplexing of the first media stream and the second media stream causes presentation of the original content item at the common display area to be discernible from simultaneous presentation of the modified media content item at the common display area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the de-multiplexing of the first media stream and the second media stream comprises applying one of a temporal filter, a spatial filter or a polarization filter. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an indication of one of a context of the presentation of the modified media content item to the media presentation device, a subject matter of the original media content item, an identity of the second user, or the media presentation device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying of the human impairment comprises: identifying, by the system, the second user; and determining, by the system, the human impairment according to an association between the second user and the human impairment. ### Claim 8 A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: identifying a condition, wherein the condition causes an impaired perception of an original media content item during a presentation of the original media content item at a media presentation device; determining a media content modification, wherein application of the media content modification to the original media content item results in a modified media content item that when presented to the media presentation device ameliorates the impaired perception of the media content item; applying the media content modification to the original media content item resulting in the modified media content item; and presenting at the media presentation device the modified media content item contemporaneously with the original media content item, wherein the original media content item is viewable at the media presentation device by a first user without the first user being able to view the modified media content item, wherein the modified media content item is viewable at the media presentation device by a second user experiencing the condition without the second user being able to view the original media content item. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise: generating a first media stream comprising the original media content item; generating a second media stream comprising the modified media content item; and combining the first and second media streams, wherein presenting of the original media content item and presenting of the modified media content item comprises presenting the first and second media streams to the media presentation device to cause simultaneous display of the original media content item and the modified media content item within a common display area of the media presentation device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the first media stream and the second media stream have overlapping presentations within the common display area, such that the original media content item is independently discernible by the first user and the modified media content item is independently discernible by the second user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the combining the first and second media streams comprises multiplexing the first media stream and the second media stream, wherein a de-multiplexing of the first media stream and the second media stream causes presentation of the original content item at the common display area to be discernible from simultaneous presentation of the modified media content item at the common display area. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the de-multiplexing of the first media stream and the second media stream comprises applying one of a temporal filter, a spatial filter or a polarization filter. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving an indication of one of a context of the presentation of the modified media content item to the media presentation device, a subject matter of the original media content item, an identity of the second user, or the media presentation device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the identifying the condition comprises: identifying the second user; and determining the condition according to an association between the second user and the condition. ### Claim 15 A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: identifying a condition, wherein the condition causes an impaired perception of an original media content item during a presentation of the original media content item at a media presentation device; determining a media content modification, wherein application of the media content modification to the original media content item results in a modified media content item that when presented to the media presentation device ameliorates the impaired perception of the media content item; applying, the media content modification to the original media content item resulting in the modified media content item; and presenting at the media presentation device the modified media content item contemporaneously with the original media content item, wherein the original media content item is viewable at the media presentation device by a first user without the first user being able to view the modified media content item, wherein the modified media content item is viewable at the media presentation device by a second user experiencing the condition without the second user being able to view the original media content item. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: generating a first media stream comprising the original media content item; and generating a second media stream comprising the modified media content item; and presenting the first and second media streams to the media presentation device to cause simultaneous display of the original media content item and the modified media content item within a common display area of the media presentation device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the first media stream and the second media stream have overlapping presentations within the common display area, such that the original media content item is independently discernible by a second user and the modified media content item is independently discernible by the first user experiencing the condition. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the presenting the first and second media streams to the media presentation device comprises multiplexing the first media stream and the second media stream, wherein a de-multiplexing of the first media stream and the second media stream causes presentation of the original content item at the common display area to be discernible from simultaneous presentation of the modified media content item at the common display area. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the de-multiplexing of the first media stream and the second media stream comprises applying one of a temporal filter, a spatial filter or a polarization filter. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise receiving an indication of one of a context of the presentation of the modified media content item to the media presentation device, a subject matter of the original media content item, an identity of the first user, or the media presentation device.