Virtual Scent
OwnerBetsy Bowers, Joey Horgeninventors
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Abstract
A system and method for providing olfactory sensory stimulation related to media data playback by a smart media device is disclosed. The smart media device includes a memory having instructions stored thereon and a processor configured to execute the instructions on the memory to cause the smart media device to receive streaming media data from a remote data server, output the streaming media data to a display device, detect a triggering signal within the streaming media data associated with one of a plurality of virtual scents, and disburse scented material corresponding to the virtual scent associated with the triggering signal.
Claims20
A system for providing olfactory sensory stimulation related to media data playback by a smart media device, the smart media device comprising:
- a memory having instructions stored thereon;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions on the memory to cause the electronic apparatus to:
- receive streaming media data from a remote data server;
- output the streaming media data to a display device;
- detect a triggering signal within the streaming media data associated with one of a plurality of virtual scents;
- and
- disburse scented material corresponding to the virtual scent associated with the triggering signal.
A method for providing olfactory sensory stimulation related to media data playback by a smart media device, the method comprising:
- receiving streaming media data from a remote data server;
- outputting the streaming media data to a display device;
- detecting a triggering signal within the streaming media data associated with one of a plurality of virtual scents;
- and
- disbursing scented material corresponding to the virtual scent associated with the triggering signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.