Systems and Methods for Delivery of Personalized Audio

Number: 20170026769
Published: 2017-01-26
Filed: 2015-07-21
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Patel; Mehul
CPC: G10K11/175; H04R5/02
Verdict: Medium Hardware
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

The keeper's note

Continuation filing of #105 (personalized-audio delivery hardware).

Abstract

There is provided a system for delivery of personalized audio including a memory and a processor configures to receive a plurality of audio contents, receive a first playback request from a first user device for playing a first audio content of the plurality of audiocontents using the plurality of speakers, obtain a first position of a first user of the first user device with respect to each of the plurality of speakers, and play, using the plurality of speakers and object-based audio, the first audio content of the plurality of audio contents based on the first position of the first user of the first user device with respect to each of the plurality of speakers.

Background

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary system for delivery of personalized audio, according to one implementation of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary environmentutilizing the system of FIG. 1, according to one implementation of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 illustrates another exemplary environment utilizing the system of FIG. 1, according to one implementation of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary flowchart of a method for delivery of personalized audio, according to one implementation of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following description contains specific information pertaining to implementations in the present disclosure. The drawings in the present application and their accompanying detailed description are directed to merely exemplary implementations. Unless noted otherwise, like or corresponding elements among the figures may be indicated by like or corresponding reference numerals. Moreover, the drawings and illustrations in the present application are generally not to scale,and are not intended to correspond to actual relative dimensions.

FIG. 1 shows exemplary system 100 for delivery of personalized audio, according to one implementation of the present disclosure. As shown, system 100 includes user device 105, audio contents 107, media device 110, and speakers 197a, 197b, . . . , 197n. Media device 110 includes processor 120 and memory

Claims

1. A system comprising: a plurality of speakers; and a media device including: a memory configured to store an audio application; a processor configured to execute the audio application to: receive a plurality of audio contents; receive a first playback request from a first user device for playing a first audio content of the plurality of audio contents using the plurality of speakers; obtain, in response to the first playback request, a first position of a first user of the first user device with respect to each of the plurality of speakers; and play, using the plurality of speakers, the first audio content of the plurality of audio contents based on thefirst position of the first user of the first user device with respect to each of the plurality of speakers. 11. A method for use with a system including a plurality of speakers, a memory, and a processor, the method comprising: receiving, using the processor, a plurality of audio contents; receiving, using the processor, a first playback request from a first user device for playing a first audio content of the plurality of audio contents using the plurality of speakers; obtaining, using the processor and in response to the playback request, a position of a user of the user device with respect to each of the plurality of speakers; and playing, using the plurality of speakers, the first audio content of the plurality of audio contents based on the first position of the first user with respect to each of the plurality of speakers.