Methods and systems for compensating for disabilities when presenting a media asset

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9288531-B2
Application number	US-201414560956-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2014
Priority date	May 17, 2013
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed herein for supplementing media assets in order to compensate for a particular disability of a user. Specifically, a media guidance application determines whether or not a user can comprehend a media asset based on the particular disability of the user. Upon determining that the user cannot comprehend the media asset, the media guidance application supplements the media asset with supplemental data, which compensates for the particular disability of the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of compensating for disabilities of a user when presenting media assets through multiple sensory channels, the method comprising:
determining, by a user device, a measure of a sensory disability of a user;
receiving, by the user device, a media asset through one of the multiple sensory channels;
determining, the user device, based on the measure of the sensory disability of the user, whether the user can comprehend the media asset by:
prompting the user to input information, associated with media assets, to generate a user profile;
determining a user disability based on the input information; and
comparing the user profile with a database associated with measures for disabilities to determine the measure of the sensory disability of the user;

in response to determining the user cannot comprehend the media asset based on the measure of the sensory disability of the user, requesting supplemental data, wherein the supplemental data corresponds to the measure of the sensory disability of the user; and
supplementing, at the user device, the media asset with the supplemental data such that the user can comprehend the media asset.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a context of a portion of the media asset.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising identifying appropriate supplemental data for the portion of the media asset based on the context of the portion of the media asset.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising filtering a set of available supplemental data based on the measure of the sensory disability of the user.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the measure of the sensory disability of the user further comprises receiving a user selection of the measure of the sensory disability of the user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the measure of the sensory disability of the user further comprises generating a quantitative description of the measure of the sensory disability of the user based on at least one qualitative description of the measure of the sensory disability of the user.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising in response to determining that the supplemental data is not available, presenting an alternative media asset.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a measure of blindness of the user; and in response to the determining, supplementing the media asset with supplemental data in an audio format.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a measure of deafness of the user; and in response to the determining, supplementing the media asset with supplemental data in a video format.

10. A system for compensating for disabilities of a user when presenting media assets through multiple sensory channels, the system comprising control circuitry for:
determining a measure of a sensory disability of a user;
receiving a media asset through the one of the multiple sensory channels;
determining based on the measure of the sensory disability of the user, whether the user can comprehend the media asset by:
prompting the user to input information, associated with media assets, to generate a user profile;
determining a user disability based on the input information; and
comparing the user profile with a database associated with measures for disabilities to determine the measure of the sensory disability of the user;

in response to determining the user cannot comprehend the media asset based on the measure of the sensory disability of the user, requesting supplemental data, wherein the supplemental data corresponds to the measure of the sensory disability of the user; and
supplementing the media asset with the supplemental data such that the user can comprehend the media asset.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further for determining a context of a portion of the media asset.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further for identifying appropriate supplemental data for the portion of the media asset based on the context of the portion of the media asset.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further for filtering a set of available supplemental data based on the measure of the sensory disability of the user.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein determining the measure of the sensory disability of the user further comprises receiving a user selection of the measure of the sensory disability of the user.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein determining the measure of the sensory disability of the user further comprises generating a quantitative description of the measure of the sensory disability of the user based on at least one qualitative description of the measure of the sensory disability of the user.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further for presenting an alternative media asset in response to determining that the supplemental data is not available.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further for:
determining a measure of blindness of the user; and
in response to the determining, supplementing the media asset with supplemental data in an audio format.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further for:
determining a measure of deafness of the user; and
in response to the determining, supplement the media asset with supplemental data in a video format.

Assignees

• Rovi Guides Inc

Inventors

• Woods Thomas
• Mallardo Amanda
• Korbecki William
• Peterson Brian
• Wheatley David
• Conness Jason

Classifications

• H04N21/488

  Data services, e.g. news ticker {(systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71)} · CPC title

• H04N21/435 Primary

  Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream · CPC title

• H04N21/8146

  involving graphical data, e.g. 3D object, 2D graphics · CPC title

• H04N21/8106

  involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages · CPC title

• H04N21/8133

  specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video programme · CPC title