# US 2025/0147716 A1 · Systems and methods for content provision > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0147716 A1 - Document ID: US20250147716A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/922,160 - Filed: 2024-10-21 - Published: 2025-05-08 - Earliest claimed: 2023-11-02 - Assignees: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Inventors: Lewis Thresh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250147716A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path} - H04N 21/4436: {Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver (power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418)} - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - H04N 21/4126: {The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones} - H04N 21/4341: {Demultiplexing of audio and video streams} - H04N 21/439: Processing of audio elementary streams - H04N 21/44: Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs - H04N 21/44231: {Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device (configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817)} - H04N 21/4518: {involving characteristics of one or more peripherals, e.g. peripheral type, software version, amount of memory available or display capabilities} - H04N 21/4532: {involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)} - H04N 21/454: Content {or additional data} filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements - H04N 21/4621: {Controlling the complexity of the content stream or additional data, e.g. lowering the resolution or bit-rate of the video stream for a mobile client with a small screen (arrangements for using the results of monitoring on user's side in broadcast systems H04H60/65; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A system for providing content for output to a user device, the system comprising: an identification unit configured to identify a user device preference indicative of a reduction of an output property of the user device for one or more components of the content; a reduction unit configured to reduce a contribution, to the content, of the components to obtain reduced content; and a provision unit configured to provide the reduced content to the user device for output. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for providing content for output to a user device, the system comprising: an identification unit configured to identify a user device preference indicative of a reduction of an output property of the user device for one or more components of the content; a reduction unit configured to reduce a contribution, to the content, of the components to obtain reduced content; and a provision unit configured to provide the reduced content to the user device for output. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, in which the user device preference is indicative of a reduction in an audio output volume of the user device, and at least one of the components is an audio component; and the reduction unit is configured to reduce the contribution of the audio component. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system according to claim 2, in which the identification unit is configured to identify the reduction in the audio output volume of the user device by using one or more microphones. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, in which the identification unit is configured to deconvolve an audio volume detected by the one or more microphones with a corresponding audio volume in the content to identify the reduction in the audio output volume of the user device by using the one or more microphones. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The system according to claim 2, in which the reduction unit is configured to reduce the contribution of the audio component by lowering a quality of the audio component. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The system according to claim 2, in which the reduction unit is configured to reduce the contribution of the audio component by removing the audio component from the content. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, in which the user device preference is indicative of a reduction in a display output for one or more colours, and at least one of the components is a colour component; and the reduction unit is configured to reduce the contribution of the colour component. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, in which the reduction unit is configured to reduce the contribution of the colour component by lowering a texture quality for textures where a proportion of the one or more colours in a respective texture is above a predetermined threshold. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system according to claim 8, in which the predetermined threshold is proportional to the degree in the reduction in the display output for the one or more colours. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, in which the reduction unit is configured to reduce the contribution of the colour component by reducing an amount of rendering time for at least one of the one or more colours. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system according to claims 1, in which the provision unit is configured to provide the reduced content to the user device by streaming the content to the user device; and the reduction unit is configured to reduce the contribution of the components by reducing an encoding quality for at least one of the components and/or by not encoding at least one of the components. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, in which the reduction unit is configured to reduce the contribution of the components by reducing a decoding quality for at least one of the components and/or by not decoding at least one of the components. ### Claim 13 A method for providing content for output to a user device, the method comprising the steps of: identifying a user device preference indicative of a reduction of an output property of the user device for one or more components of the content; reducing a contribution, to the content, of the components to obtain reduced content; and providing the reduced content to the user device for output. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein: the user device preference is indicative of a reduction in an audio output volume of the user device; at least one of the components is an audio component; and reducing the contribution, to the content, of the components comprises: deconvolving an audio volume detected by one or more microphones with a corresponding audio volume in the content to identify the reduction in the audio output volume of the user device; and reducing the contribution, to the content, of the audio component. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein reducing the contribution, to the content, of the audio component comprises: lowering a quality of the audio component; or removing the audio component from the content. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein: the user device preference is indicative of a reduction in a display output for one or more colours; at least one of the components is a colour component; and reducing the contribution, to the content, of the components comprises: reducing the contribution of the colour component by lowering a texture quality for textures where a proportion of the one or more colours in a respective texture is above a predetermined threshold that is proportional to the degree in the reduction in the display output for the one or more colours. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein: the user device preference is indicative of a reduction in a display output for one or more colours; at least one of the components is a colour component; and reducing the contribution, to the content, of the components comprises: reducing the contribution of the colour component by reducing an amount of rendering time for at least one of the one or more colours. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein: providing the reduced content to the user device for output comprises streaming the reduced content to the user device; and reducing the contribution, to the content, of the components comprises reducing an encoding quality for at least one of the components and/or not encoding at least one of the components. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein reducing the contribution, to the content, of the components comprises reducing a decoding quality for at least one of the components and/or not decoding at least one of the components. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to carry out a method for providing content for output to a user device, the method comprising the steps of: identifying a user device preference indicative of a reduction of an output property of the user device for one or more components of the content; reducing a contribution, to the content, of the components to obtain reduced content; and providing the reduced content to the user device for output.