- Number
- 9609377
- Published
- 2017-03-28
- Filed
- 2015-06-02
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Hale; Greg B. et al.
- CPC
- H04N21/4755; H04N7/16; H04N21/488; H04N21/4222; H04N7/18
- Verdict
- Set aside streaming digital data to a portable device, plumbing
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
The present invention achieves wireless delivery of media streams to portable devices for providing media information related to a show or attraction for the purposes ofcaptioning, language translation, and assistive listening. As a person moves about a venue, the device receives infrared or radio signals from transmitters at venue locations. Thedevice decodes each signal as venue location, event time, or device trigger for presentation on the device. The device memory contains audio, text, graphics and device playback may contain one or many of these stored contents. The stored content is synchronized with the user's location, time of travel, time of day, time of a show, or an event in a show and may be in one or many languages. Presentation of stored content on the device may also be altered by user preference, stored logic constraints, automatic learning of user behavior,or user interaction with other devices.
Background
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS(1) FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a system of the invention utilizing IR signals.(2) FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a system of the invention utilizing RFsignals.(3) FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a portable display device receiving an IR signal.(4) FIG. 4 is a schematic view of an embodiment of the present invention utilizing radiofrequency (RF) signals.(5) FIG. 5 is an exemplary depiction of a data packet stream delivered by a high speed transmitter.(6) FIG. 6 is an exemplary embodiment of the portable device in accordance with the present invention.(7) FIGS. 7a-c is a flow diagram in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS(8) Reference will now be made in detail to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an example which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural and functional changes may be made without departing from the respective scope of the present invention.(9) The hardware requirements of the preferred embodiment of this system are depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2. A time code reader 10, which in this embodiment is an optical time code reader, is capable of reading time codes from a show device 12 such as a film projector, show control computer or another media source. The media source may include analog and/or digital content and could be audio, video, and other information (e.g., force
Claims
1. A method comprising: providing content data to a portable device such that the content data is accumulated in a memory of theportable device, the content data including video; and providing a code to the portable device to trigger the portable device to retrieve a portion of the content data from the memory and play the portion of the content data via the portable device simultaneously with a presentation of a corresponding portion of a media presentation at a media presentation device, the media presentation being distinct from the content data, the media presentation device being distinct from the portable device, the portion of the content data being accumulated in the memory prior to the presentation of the corresponding portion of the media presentation, the media presentation including audio.
7. A method comprising: providing content data to a portable device such that the content data is accumulated in a memory ofthe portable device, the content data including video; and providing a code to the portable device to trigger the portable device to retrieve a portion of the content data from the memory and play the portion of the content data via the portable device in substantial simultaneity with a presentation of a corresponding portion of a media presentation at a media presentation device such that the portion of the content data is synchronized with thecorresponding portion of the media presentation, the media presentation being distinct from the content data, the media presentation device being distinct from the portable device, the portion of the content data being accumulated in the memory prior to the presentation of the corresponding portion of the media presentation, the media presentation includingaudio.
12. A portable device comprising: a memory that receives and accumulates content data, the content data including video; and a processor that receives a code and triggers, based upon the code, the portable device to retrieve a portion of the content data from the memory and play the portion of the content data via the portable device simultaneously with a presentation of a corresponding portion of a media presentation at a media presentation device, the media presentation being distinct from the content data, the media presentation device being distinct from the portable device, the portion of the content data being accumulated in the memory prior to the presentation of the corresponding portion of the media presentation, the media presentation including audio.
17. A portable device comprising: a memory that receives and accumulates content data, the content data including video;and a processor that receives at least a code and triggers, based upon the code, the portable device to retrieve a portion of the content data from the memory and play the portionof the content data via the portable device in substantial simultaneity with a presentation of a corresponding portion of a media presentation at a media presentation device such that the portion of the content data is synchronized with the corresponding portion of themedia presentation, the media presentation being distinct from the content data, the media presentation device being distinct from the portable device, the portion of the content data being accumulated in the memory prior to the presentation of the corresponding portion of the media presentation, the media presentation including audio.