Method and apparatus for determining supplementary parameters of electronic content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022014596-A1
Application number	US-202117484271-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 24, 2021
Priority date	Mar 2, 2020
Publication date	Jan 13, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods for determining parameters of devices that may have influenced generated content, and appending values of these parameters to the generated content for the benefit of other users. Devices near the location at which the content was generated may be selected, and parameters of these devices may be retrieved. These device parameters are often relevant to the generated content. Accordingly, the retrieved parameter values may be appended to the generated content for transmission along with the content. In this manner, other users may view both the content and the parameters of nearby devices that may have influenced the setting of the content, assisting users in, for example, recreating the content or its subject matter for themselves.

First claim

1 - 33 . (canceled)

34 . A method comprising:
capturing, by a content generation device, electronic digital content comprising one or more of image, video, or audio content; in response to capturing the electronic digital content, identifying one or more electronic devices proximate to the content generation device and determining one or more parameters of the one or more electronic devices; further in response to capturing the electronic digital content, storing the electronic digital content with metadata comprising the one or more parameters of the one or more electronic devices proximate to the content generation device.

35 . The method of claim 34 , further comprising transmitting the electronic digital content and the metadata comprising the one or more parameters of the one or more electronic devices proximate to the content generation device to one or more additional electronic devices.

36 . The method of claim 35 , wherein the transmitting further comprises sharing the electronic content and the associated one or more parameters of the one or more electronic devices as a social media post.

37 . The method of claim 34 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise power levels corresponding to one or more illumination sources.

38 . The method of claim 34 , wherein identifying the one or more electronic devices proximate to the content generation device comprises determining that the one or more electronic devices are a subject of the electronic digital content captured by the content generation device.

39 . The method of claim 34 , further comprising determining a context of the electronic digital content and selecting the one or more parameters of the one or more electronic devices to determine based, at least in part, on the context.

40 . The method of claim 39 , wherein determining the context comprises using one or more machine learning models.

41 . The method of claim 34 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise one or more environmental parameters measured by one or more sensors when the electronic digital content was captured.

42 . The method of claim 34 , further comprising storing the electronic digital content and the one or more parameters of the one or more electronic devices in a database.

43 . The method of claim 34 , wherein identifying the one or more electronic devices proximate to the content generation device comprises determining that the one or more electronic devices share a same network with the content generation device.

44 . A system comprising:
a storage device; control circuitry configured to
capture, by a content generation device, electronic digital content comprising one or more of image, video, or audio content;
in response to capturing the electronic digital content, identify one or more electronic devices proximate to the content generation device and determine one or more parameters of the one or more electronic devices;
further in response to capturing the electronic digital content, store the electronic digital content with metadata comprising the one or more parameters of the one or more electronic devices proximate to the content generation device.

45 . The system of claim 44 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to transmit the electronic digital content and the metadata comprising the one or more parameters of the one or more electronic devices proximate to the content generation device to one or more additional electronic devices.

46 . The system of claim 45 , wherein the transmitting further comprises sharing the electronic content and the associated one or more parameters of the one or more electronic devices as a social media post.

47 . The system of claim 44 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise power levels corresponding to one or more illumination sources.

48 . The system of claim 44 , wherein identifying the one or more electronic devices proximate to the content generation device comprises determining that the one or more electronic devices are a subject of the electronic digital content captured by the content generation device.

49 . The system of claim 44 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine a context of the electronic digital content and selecting the one or more parameters of the one or more electronic devices to determine based, at least in part, on the context.

50 . The system of claim 49 , wherein determining the context comprises using one or more machine learning models.

51 . The system of claim 44 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise one or more environmental parameters measured by one or more sensors when the electronic digital content was captured.

52 . The system of claim 44 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to store the electronic digital content and the one or more parameters of the one or more electronic devices in a database.

53 . The system of claim 44 , wherein identifying the one or more electronic devices proximate to the content generation device comprises determining that the one or more electronic devices share a same network with the content generation device.

Assignees

• Rovi Guides Inc

Inventors

• Kumar Alok
• Harijan Kuppappa Dandappa
• Srinivasan Madhusudhan

Classifications

• G06N3/045

  Combinations of networks · CPC title

• G06N3/0464

  Convolutional networks [CNN, ConvNet] · CPC title

• H04L51/10 Primary

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• H04L51/222

  using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area · CPC title