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US 2020/0349976 A1Published application
Movies with user defined alternate endings
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorElke Wiggeshoff
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Abstract
User engagement with movies is increased by enabling users to use their own vision, imagination, and creativity to generate user created alternate endings and/or sequences. In the context of movies presented through computer simulation consoles, the simulation community activity can be enhanced by providing the option of sharing user-customized creations as well as watching (and possibly rating) other user's creations.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor configured with instructions executable by the at least one processor to:
- receive, from a source of movies, at least one movie;
- receive input from at least one input device;
- and
- based at least in part on the input, generate an ending for at least one movie, the ending being unique to the input, wherein the ending is generated at least in part based on selecting, from at least one user interface, a first type of ending selector or a second type of ending selector, wherein selection of the first type of ending selector indicates a first type of ending to be generated and selection of the second type of ending selector indicates a second type of ending to be generated.
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An assembly comprising:
- at least one processor configured with instructions to:
- provide input regarding at least one movie to an interpretation model comprising at least a first neural network (NN) to recognize voice signals of the input;
- provide an output of the interpretation module to a sound module to recognize terms in the voice signals of the input;
- provide an output of the interpretation module to a building block module comprising at least a second NN to create scene elements for an ending of the movie;
- and
- provide an output of the interpretation module, an output of the building blocks module, and an output of the sound module to a composition module to generate the ending of the movie, wherein the ending is generated at least in part based on selecting, from at least one user interface, a cartoon ending selector or a movie style selector, wherein selection of the cartoon ending selector indicates a cartoon ending to be generated and selection of the movie style selector indicates a movie style ending to be generated.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving video and/or photographic input generated by at least one end user;
- presenting at least one user interface (UI) allowing a user to select between generating an ending in video format and an ending in cartoon format the UI comprising a cartoon ending selector and a movie style selector, wherein selection of the cartoon ending selector indicates a cartoon ending to be generated and selection of the movie style selector indicates a movie style ending to be generated;
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- based at least in part on the video and/or photographic input and selection from the UI, generating at least one ending to a movie provided by a movie producer other than an end user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.