Systems and methods for delivery of personalized audio

Number: 9686625
Published: 2017-06-20
Filed: 2015-07-21
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Patel; Mehul
CPC: G10K11/175; H04R5/02; H04R3/12; H04R5/04; H04S7/303
Verdict: Medium Notable software
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

The keeper's note

Delivers personalized directional audio content to a specific user via a targeted playback request across multiple speakers.

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 audio contents using the plurality of speakers, obtain a first position ofa 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(1) FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary system for delivery of personalized audio, according to one implementation of the present disclosure;(2) FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary environment utilizing the system of FIG. 1, according to one implementation of the present disclosure;(3) FIG. 3 illustrates another exemplary environment utilizing the system of FIG. 1, according to one implementation of the present disclosure; and(4) FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary flowchart of a method for delivery of personalized audio, according to one implementation of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION(5) 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 correspondingreference 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.(6) 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 130. Processor 120

Claims

1. A system comprising: a plurality of speakers; and a media device for playing a movie having a firstaudio content for the movie in a first language and a second audio content for the movie in a second language different than the first language, the media device including: a memory configured to store an audio application; a processor configured to execute the audio application to: obtain a first position of a first user of a first user device with respectto each of the plurality of speakers; obtain a second position of a second user of a second user device with respect to each of the plurality of speakers; play, during the playingof the movie and using first one or more of the plurality of speakers, the first audio content for the movie in the first language, based on the first position of the first user of the first user device with respect to each of the plurality of speakers; and play, during the playing of the movie and using second one or more of the plurality of speakers, the second audio content for the movie in the second language, based on the second position ofthe second user of the second user device with respect to each of the plurality of speakers. 10. A method for use with a system including a plurality of speakers, a memory, and a processor, the method comprising: playing a movie having a first audio content for a moviein a first language and a second audio content for the movie in a second language different than the first language; obtaining, using the processor, a first position of a first user of a first user device with respect to each of the plurality of speakers; obtaining, using the processor, a second position of a second user of a second user device with respectto each of the plurality of speakers; playing, during the playing of the movie and using first one or more of the plurality of speakers, the first audio content for the movie in the first language, based on the first position of the first user of the first user device with respect to each of the plurality of speakers; and playing, during the playing of the movie and using second one or more of the plurality of speakers, the second audio content for the movie in the second language, based on the second position of the second user of the second user device with respect to each of the plurality of speakers.