Sony Corporation

Sony Electronics Inc

Other

Sidney Wang

Simon J Gibbs

Michael Hoch

Ravi Gauba

Jeff J Liu

Ippei Tambata

Philip McKay

Richter A Rafey

Himgan Wibisono

Andrew M Prohel

Elizabeth Coppinger

Michael S Harwayne

Rodger Lea

Peter G Broadwell

Hubert Andre Le Van Gong

A relationship initiation between devices in a network is described. According to one embodiment, persona information is exchanged between devices in a network. Based upon the persona information, a user of a device may initiate a relationship with another device.

Initializing relationships between devices in a network

A digital content file having user history information is received at a first device. The user history information includes an alias name of a previous user of the digital content file. A user may review the user history information of the digital content file for information of the previous user of the digital content.

Managing and sharing identities on a network

The invention illustrates a system and method of sharing content with multiple peer device while protecting the content from unauthorized use. In one embodiment, the system and method comprises: identifying a plurality of peer devices within a predetermined area wherein each of the plurality of peer devices includes an interface framework; directly transmitting content among the plurality of devices; and a selected plurality of peer devices requesting a license from a digital rights management server for the content, wherein the selected plurality of peer devices possess the content, wherein the interface framework is configured to allow the plurality of peer devices to directly communicate and utilize an application Other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, illustrated by way of example of the principles of the invention.

Method and apparatus for extending protected content access with peer to peer applications

A broadcast of an event is enhanced with synthetic scenes generated from audio visual and supplemental data received in the broadcast. A synthetic scene is integrated into the broadcast in accordance with a depth map that contains depth information for the synthetic scene. The supplemental data may be sensing data from various sensors placed at the event, position and orientation data of particular objects at the event, or environmental data on conditions at the event. The supplemental data may also be camera tracking data from a camera that is used to generate a virtual camera and viewpoints for the synthetic scene. The present invention describes systems, clients, servers, methods, and computer-readable media of varying scope. In addition to the aspects of the present invention described in this summary, further aspects of the invention will become apparent by reference to the drawings and by reading the detailed description that follows.

Enhancing broadcast of an event with synthetic scene using a depth map

A method of extracting a depth map from known camera and tracking data. The method includes the steps of positioning a virtual camera at the coordinates of the tracked camera, setting the field of view to that of the tracked camera, positioning and orienting a synthetic tracked object to the coordinates of the tracked object, clearing the depth buffer and rendering the tracked object as a depth map.

Extracting a depth map from known camera and model tracking data

The invention illustrates a system and method of searching for a specific segment within a stream of content data comprising: receiving a stream of sensory data corresponding with the stream of content data; comparing the stream of sensory data with a search criteria; identifying the specific segment of the stream of content data corresponding to a match between the stream sensory data and the search criteria; setting the search criteria based upon parameters of the stream of sensory data; and applying a threshold to determine the match between the stream of sensory data and the search criteria.

System and method for searching selected content using sensory data

A system and method for authoring and testing three-dimensional (3-D) content based on broadcast triggers using a standard VRML authoring tool. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method for authoring and testing three-dimensional (3-D) content based on broadcast triggers using a standard authoring tool of a 3-D graphics platform is provided. In this embodiment, the method comprises the step of defining a timelist comprising video triggers, wherein each of the video triggers represents a time at which an event is to occur within a 3-D graphics scene generated using the 3-D graphics platform, and wherein the timelist is stored in a data file that is an input format supported by the 3-D graphics platform. The method also comprises the step of periodically generating a simulation tick representing a simulated video frame from a simulated media stream. The method further comprises the step of generating time data for the simulation tick, wherein the time data is associated with the simulated video frame. The method also comprises the step of comparing the video triggers and the time data. The method further comprises the step of effectuating a behavior change for an object in the 3-D graphics scene in response to a match between one of the video triggers and the time data such that the behavior change is synchronized with the simulated video frame in real-time. In one embodiment, the present invention includes the above steps and wherein the 3-D graphics platform comprises a VRML platform and the data file comprises a VRML scene description file.

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