Augmented media
AssigneeString Limited
InventorAlan Maxwell
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Abstract
A method for sharing content comprising: at a data store: storing media; storing interaction data for a first user, wherein the interaction data indicates interactions of the first user with the media in relation to augmentation of the media at a first device; and in response to a request from a second device, sending the stored media and interaction data for the first user to the second device so as to enable the second device to playback the interactions of the first user with the media.
Claims36
A method for sharing content comprising:
- at a data store:
- storing media;
- storing interaction data for a first user, wherein the interaction data indicates interactions of the first user with the media in relation to augmentation of the media at a first device;
- and
- in response to a request from a second device, sending the stored media and interaction data for the first user to the second device so as to enable the second device to playback the interactions of the first user with the media.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the interaction data for the first user comprises input data indicating one or more inputs made by the first user at the first device.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim further comprising receiving the media and interaction data from the first device, the first device being remotely located from the data store.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the media is a stream of frames.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, further comprising storing sensor data comprising measurements from one or more sensors on the first device.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the second device is remotely located from the data store.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim further comprising analysing the stored interaction data so as to determine attributes for the user(s).
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, further comprising generating data indicating the sending of the stored media and interaction data to the second device.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim further comprising storing data for generating augmentations for the media.
A method for playing media comprising, at a first device:
- receiving media and data for generating augmentations for the media;
- combining the media and augmentations to form augmented media;
- presenting the augmented media by means of the first device;
- recording user interactions with the augmented media;
- and
- sending the recorded user interactions to a data store.
A method of playing media comprising:
- receiving media and interaction data indicating interactions of a first user, at a first device, with the media;
- at a second device, generating an augmentation for the media, the augmentation being generated in dependence on the interaction data;
- and
- combining the media and augmentation to form augmented media;
- presenting the augmented media by means of the second device.
A device for sharing content comprising:
- a data store configured to:
- store media;
- and
- store interaction data for a first user, wherein the interaction data indicates interactions of the first user with the media in relation to augmentation of the media at a first device;
- and
- a communications transceiver configured to, in response to a request from a second device, send the stored media and interaction data for the first user to the second device so as to enable the second device to playback the interactions of the first user with the media.
A device for playing media comprising:
- a communications transceiver configured to receive media and data for generating augmentations for the media;
- a processor configured to combine the media and augmentations to form augmented media;
- a display configured to present the augmented media;
- and
- memory configured to record user interactions with the augmented media, the communications transceiver being further configured to send the recorded user interactions to a data store.
A device for playing media comprising:
- a communications transceiver configured to receive media and interaction data indicating interactions of a first user, at a source device, with the media;
- a processor configured to:
- generate an augmentation for the media, the augmentation being generated in dependence on the interaction data;
- and
- combine the media and augmentation to form augmented media;
- and
- a display configured to present the augmented media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.