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`PRIET02011-01
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`Yolanda Prieto
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`Buchenhorner Patent Law
`7700 N. Kendall Drive, Suite 804
`Miami, Florida 33156
`Telephone: (305) 273-8007
`michael@buchenhorner.com
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`N on-Provisional
`Application
`for
`United States
`Letters Patent
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`filed on behalf of
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`Applicants: Yolanda Prieto
`For: Video enabled digital devices for embedding user data in interactive
`applications
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`VIDEO ENABLED DIGITAL DEVICES FOR EMBEDDING USER
`DATA IN INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS
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`CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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`[0001]
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`This application claims priority from Provisional Patent Application No.
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`61/311892, which is incorporated by reference herein.
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`STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALL Y SPONSORED-RESEARCH OR
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`DEVELOPMENT
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`[0002]
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`None.
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`INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A
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`COMP ACT DISC
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`[0003]
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`None.
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`[0004]
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`The invention disclosed broadly relates to the field of data base
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`administration and more particularly relates to the field of altering index objects in
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`tables.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`[0005]
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`Vast research and implementation are currently underway to connect
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`content from the Internet with active broadcast services. For example, by the use of
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`widgets, content may be connected to services, thus synchronizing to programs selected
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`by the user or viewer. Additionally, current technology provides viable means of
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`searching, within a data stream and metadata, objects of interest which further allows
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`the capability of editing, substituting, and enhancing the identified data in the original.
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`data stream or metadata.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`[0006]
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`Briefly, according to an embodiment of the invention a method
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`for generating an edited video data stream from an original video stream wherein
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`generation of said edited video stream comprises a step of: substituting at least one
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`object in a plurality of objects in said original video stream by at least a different
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`object.
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`According to another embodiment, an interactive broadcast TV system
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`enhances the user experience by allowing said user the capability of providing his/her
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`object data for use in the substitution of an object data in a broadcast video by said user
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`object data.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRA WINGS
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`[0007]
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`To describe the foregoing and other exemplary purposes, aspects, and
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`advantages, we use the following detailed description of an exemplary embodiment of
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`the invention with reference to the drawings, in which:
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`[0008]
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`FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a digital system, according to an
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`embodiment of the present invention;
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`[0009]
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`FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a television and gammg device,
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`according to an embodiment of the invention; and
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`[0010]
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`FIG. 3 shows a simplified illustration of a video image substitution on a
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`gaming device, according to an embodiment of the invention.
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`[0011]
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`While the invention as claimed can be modified into alternative forms,
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`specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will
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`herein be described in detail. lt should be understood, however, that the drawings and
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`detailed description thereto are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form
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`disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents
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`and alternatives falling within the scope of the present invention.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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`[0012]
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`Referring to FIG. 1, we discuss a video enabled input digital device such
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`as an interactive television ("i TV") 102, camcorder 104, camera-enabled personal
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`device 106, gaming device 108, and the like, which is operable for taking a captured
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`video to be uploaded, or inputted by a user, for the purpose of inserting the video
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`content into another video, graphics, image sequence selected by the user. This
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`produces a new video sequence 190 which is subsequently broadcasted or played by the
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`digital device. In addition to video, the user may insert any digital data such as text,
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`audio, or images, to personalize the metadata 116 that has been created resulting from
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`the synchronization of Internet content with broadcast data.
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`In this embodiment the
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`internet network is capable of editing the metadata 116 in order to insert the user input
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`data to generate a synchronized converged data 190.
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`[0013]
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`For example, the user may have a video sequence which he/she desires
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`to insert in place of an actress or particular avatar in a game or broadcast for the purpose
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`of having a participative experience in the game or broadcast program. The user will
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`have the capability of choosing and informing the video enabled digital device which
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`actor, avatar, background, or region of the viewing data to be displayed he or she
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`desires to edit, enhance or substitute with the user provided data.
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`[0014]
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`In one embodiment of this invention, the digital device is enabled with a
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`camera input which may be hardware connected to the device or wirelessly connected
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`to said digital device. The digital device may be at least a digital TV, a gaming
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`console, a digital media player/recorder, or set top box, which may co-exist as part of a
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`network with the capability of all being connected to a network via the Internet. The
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`connections may be wired, wireless, further managed by an in-home broadcast network
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`or a home data network. The digital device is capable of receiving image, video, or text
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`data from a user wirelessly, or the device itself is image enabled with a mounted
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`imaging device.
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`[0015]
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`Once the digital device receives the user input signal, which may be in
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`the form of an image, video, graphics, text, or any other digital data form, the digital
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`device may further process the image to enhance it, compress it, or otherwise modify it
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`to make it compatible with the digital device's data requirements. The digital device's
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`processed input data is then sent through shared connections to a system that supports
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`intemet services, TV broadcast services, gaming services, e-book services, in-home data
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`net leading to a converged IP network solution where content and services provided by
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`these services may be unified and synchronized to provide a converged interfaced data
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`such that the user input is also merged.
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`[0016]
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`An application of this embodiment is to provide the user with the
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`enhanced experience of viewing himself as part of a broadcast show which he may
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`subsequently desire to record via the digital media recorder. Such a network system
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`allows the digital device to transmit the user's request and data to a network where his
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`request is processed and his data inserted per the instruction provided by the user into
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`the video data that is tobe broadcast. Referring now to FIG. 3 we show a user input
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`150 of a photo image of the user used to replace the face of the image shown on the
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`device 108. The user transmits the photo image 150 by wired or wireless means to the
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`device 108. The image substitution is performed and the device 108 shows the
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`substituted image 190.
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`[0017]
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`Another embodiment of this invention allows for a stand-alone digital
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`device to receive input digital data from a user or from a wired or wireless imaging
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`device for the purpose of creating a modified converged data stream processed by the
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`input device such that said converged data stream is the result of the input device's
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`original stream modified by the user inputted or imaging device inputted data. One
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`application of this embodiment can be a gaming device where the user enters a video or
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`image of himself for its immersion into a game or graphics data stream that has been
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`created by the imaging device. Said imaging device is capable of receiving the user's
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`data wirelessly or through a camera or video device that may be part of the digital
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`device.
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`[0018]
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`The resulting converged data stream will then contain the user's image
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`data in the game data. This will allow the user to become part of the game with his or
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`her data image. The user' s input data, which may be an image or video of himself, is
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`added to a particular structure that is denoted by the user. The user inputted data will
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`contain, in addition to the user image data, instructions to indicate which actor, avatar,
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`or structure the user will like to have his data incorporated into. In this example, the
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`resulting graphics or video game is one in which the viewer will see his image as part of
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`the game.
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`[0019]
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`The received digital data form is additionally formatted such that an
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`instruction is conveyed in the message data to explain how and where the digital data is
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`to be inserted into the converged interface data. This process requires the input device
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`to perform video, image analysis and processing in order to recognize the actor or
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`structure the user requests to have substituted by his inputted data. The process further
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`requires the steps of background analysis, face detection and recognition, image and
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`video motion detection and analysis to follow through the input device 's motion
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`sequence with the user's inputted data to produce a resulting stream where the user
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`inputted data becomes part of the input device' s stream as if it were originally its own.
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`[0020]
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`In FIG. 1 the User Data Device (UDD) 106 is an image capable digital
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`device enabled with wired and wireless communication capability. Further, the UDD
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`106 is capable of performing at least the following functions: image and video capture,
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`graphics processing,
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`image and video processing such as
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`image and video
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`enhancements, data compress1on, data storage, data displaying, receiving and
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`transmitting digital data from other and to other devices respectively. An example of
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`UDD's input c