US20210385515A1

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Publication number: US20210385515A1
Application number: US17/412,457
Authority: US
Inventors: Eric Zavesky; Lee Begeja; Behzad Shahraray; Bernard S. Renger
Original assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP
Current assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP
Priority date: 2018-12-14
Filing date: 2021-08-26
Publication date: 2021-12-09
Also published as: US11134288B2; US20200195988A1

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments include providing video streams of video content to displays, each video stream includes a portion of the video content, determining that a viewer reaction to a first portion of the video content in a first video stream satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display, and determining that a sub-portion of the first portion of the video content caused the viewer reaction to satisfy the viewer reaction threshold in response to analyzing the first portion of the video content. Further embodiments include generating a second video stream of the video content, the second video stream comprises the sub-portion without a remainder of the first portion, and providing the second video stream to a second display. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/220,522 filed Dec. 14, 2018. All sections of the aforementioned application are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The subject disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems for adjusting presentation of portions of video content on multiple displays based on viewer reaction.

BACKGROUND

The state of the art can present portions aspects of video content such as an online video game on different displays. Further, the different displays can include venue displays that are located at the venue of the video game as well as displays of viewer communication devices (e.g. mobile devices such as mobile phones). The venue of the video game comprises a venue for each player of the video game to play each other in front of an audience of viewers. One portion or aspect (e.g. perspectives) of the video content can be presented on venue displays and other portions or aspects (e.g. perspectives) of the video content can be presented on the display viewer communication devices.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary, non-limiting embodiment of a communications network in accordance with various aspects described herein.

FIGS. 2A-C is a block diagram illustrating an example, non-limiting embodiment of systems functioning within the communication network ofFIG. 1 in accordance with various aspects described herein.

FIG. 2D depicts an illustrative embodiment of a method in accordance with various aspects described herein.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example, non-limiting embodiment of a virtualized communication network in accordance with various aspects described herein.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an example, non-limiting embodiment of a computing environment in accordance with various aspects described herein.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an example, non-limiting embodiment of a mobile network platform in accordance with various aspects described herein.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an example, non-limiting embodiment of a communication device in accordance with various aspects described herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The subject disclosure describes, among other things, illustrative embodiments that can include providing a group of video streams of video content to a group of displays, each video stream of the group of video streams includes a portion of the video content resulting in a plurality of portions of video content. Further embodiments can include determining that a viewer reaction to a first portion of the plurality of portions of the video content in a first video stream of the group of video streams satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display of the group of displays, and determining that a sub-portion of the first portion of the video content caused the viewer reaction to satisfy the viewer reaction threshold in response to analyzing the first portion of the video content. Additional embodiments can include generating a second video stream of the video content, the second video stream comprises the sub-portion of the first portion of the video content without a remainder of the first portion, and providing the second video stream of the video content to a second display of the group of displays for presentation at the second display. Other embodiments are described in the subject disclosure.

One or more aspects of the subject disclosure include a device. The device can comprise a processing system including a processor, and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations. Operations can include providing a group of video streams of video content to a group of displays, each video stream of the group of video streams includes a portion of the video content resulting in a plurality of portions of video content. Further operations include determining that a viewer reaction to a first portion of the plurality of portions of the video content in a first video stream of the group of video streams satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display of the group of displays. Additional operations include determining that a sub-portion of the first portion of the video content caused the viewer reaction to satisfy the viewer reaction threshold in response to analyzing the first portion of the video content. Also, operations include generating a second video stream of the video content, the second video stream comprises the sub-portion of the first portion of the video content without a remainder of the first portion. Further operations include providing the second video stream of the video content to a second display of the group of displays for presentation at the second display.

One or more aspects of the subject disclosure include a machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include transmitting a group of video streams of video content to a group of displays, each video stream includes a portion of the video content resulting in a plurality of portions of video content, and the video content comprises a video game played by a group of players. Further operations comprise determining viewer reaction to a first portion of the plurality of portions of the video content in a first video stream of the group of video streams satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display of the group of displays. Additional operations comprise determining a sub-portion of the first portion of the video content that caused the viewer reaction to satisfies the viewer reaction threshold in response to determining that the sub-portion of the first portion is associated with a first player reaction to events of the video game presented in the first portion of the video content, the first player is one of group of players. Also, operations comprise adjusting the first video stream of the video content resulting in an adjusted first video stream, the adjusted first video stream comprises an adjusted sub-portion of the first portion of the video content. Further operations comprise providing the adjusted first video stream of the video content to a second display of the group of displays.

One or more aspects of the subject disclosure include a method. The method can comprise providing, by a processing system including a processor, a group of video streams of video content to a group of displays, each video stream includes a portion of the video content resulting in a plurality of portions of video content. Further, the method can comprise receiving, by the processing system, environment sensor information from an environment sensor. In addition, the method can comprise determining, by the processing system, viewer reaction to a first portion of the plurality of portions of the video content in a first video stream of the group of video streams satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display of the group of displays according to the environment sensor information. In addition, the method can comprise determining, by the processing system, a sub-portion of the first portion of the video content that caused the viewer reaction to satisfy the viewer reaction threshold in response to analyzing the first portion of the video content. Also, the method can comprise generating, by the processing system, a second video stream of the video content, the second video stream comprises an adjusted sub-portion of the first portion of the video content. Further, the method can comprise providing, by the processing system, the second video stream of the video content to a second display, wherein the group of displays comprises the second display.

Referring now toFIG. 1, a block diagram is shown illustrating an example, non-limiting embodiment of acommunications network100 in accordance with various aspects described herein. For example,communications network100 can facilitate in whole or in part providing a group of video streams of video content to a group of displays, determining that a viewer reaction to a first portion of the video content in a first video stream of the group of video streams satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display, determining that a sub-portion of the first portion of the video content caused the viewer reaction to satisfy the viewer reaction threshold in response to analyzing the first portion of the video content, generating/adjusting a video stream of the video content stream that comprises the sub-portion of the first portion of the video content without a remainder of the first portion, and providing the second video stream of the video content to a second display. In particular, acommunications network125 is presented for providingbroadband access110 to a plurality ofdata terminals114 viaaccess terminal112,wireless access120 to a plurality ofmobile devices124 andvehicle126 via base station oraccess point122,voice access130 to a plurality oftelephony devices134, viaswitching device132 and/ormedia access140 to a plurality of audio/video display devices144 viamedia terminal142. In addition,communication network125 is coupled to one ormore content sources175 of audio, video, graphics, text and/or other media. Whilebroadband access110,wireless access120,voice access130 andmedia access140 are shown separately, one or more of these forms of access can be combined to provide multiple access services to a single client device (e.g.,mobile devices124 can receive media content viamedia terminal142,data terminal114 can be provided voice access viaswitching device132, and so on).

Thecommunications network125 includes a plurality of network elements (NE)150,152,154,156, etc. for facilitating thebroadband access110,wireless access120,voice access130,media access140 and/or the distribution of content fromcontent sources175. Thecommunications network125 can include a circuit switched or packet switched network, a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) network, Internet protocol (IP) network, a cable network, a passive or active optical network, a 4G, 5G, or higher generation wireless access network, WIMAX network, UltraWideband network, personal area network or other wireless access network, a broadcast satellite network and/or other communications network.

In various embodiments, theaccess terminal112 can include a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM), cable modem termination system (CMTS), optical line terminal (OLT) and/or other access terminal. Thedata terminals114 can include personal computers, laptop computers, netbook computers, tablets or other computing devices along with digital subscriber line (DSL) modems, data over coax service interface specification (DOCSIS) modems or other cable modems, a wireless modem such as a 4G, 5G, or higher generation modem, an optical modem and/or other access devices.

In various embodiments, the base station oraccess point122 can include a 4G, 5G, or higher generation base station, an access point that operates via an 802.11 standard such as 802.11n, 802.11ac or other wireless access terminal. Themobile devices124 can include mobile phones, e-readers, tablets, phablets, wireless modems, and/or other mobile computing devices.

In various embodiments, theswitching device132 can include a private branch exchange or central office switch, a media services gateway, VoIP gateway or other gateway device and/or other switching device. Thetelephony devices134 can include traditional telephones (with or without a terminal adapter), VoIP telephones and/or other telephony devices.

In various embodiments, themedia terminal142 can include a cable head-end or other TV head-end, a satellite receiver, gateway orother media terminal142. Thedisplay devices144 can include televisions with or without a set top box, personal computers and/or other display devices.

In various embodiments, thecontent sources175 include broadcast television and radio sources, video on demand platforms and streaming video and audio services platforms, one or more content data networks, data servers, web servers and other content servers, and/or other sources of media.

In various embodiments, thecommunications network125 can include wired, optical and/or wireless links and the

network elements

150,152,154,156, etc. can include service switching points, signal transfer points, service control points, network gateways, media distribution hubs, servers, firewalls, routers, edge devices, switches and other network nodes for routing and controlling communications traffic over wired, optical and wireless links as part of the Internet and other public networks as well as one or more private networks, for managing subscriber access, for billing and network management and for supporting other network functions.

FIGS. 2A-C is a block diagram illustrating an example, non-limiting embodiment of systems functioning within the communication network ofFIG. 1 in accordance with various aspects described herein. Referring toFIG. 2A, in one or more embodiments,system200 includes a venue hosting a live video game competition. The video game competition can comprise two

players

202,204 playing the video game on separate

video game systems

206,208. In some embodiments, one or more of the

players

202,204 can be remote from each other and/or in different venues with their respective

video game systems

206,208 communicatively coupled to each other and thevideo content server209 over acommunication network207. Avideo content server209 can implement the video game and provide/receive video game actions (e.g. display of video game graphics, input controls from

players

202,204, etc.) over acommunication network207. In addition, thevideo content server209 can provide portions video content of the live video game to multiple venue displays212,214. Also, onevenue display212 can present aportion211, of the video content with a sub-portion of thevideo content213 as well as anothervenue display214 can present anotherportion215 of the video content. Further, the venue can include an audience ofviewers216 that are viewing the two

players

202,204 playing in the video game competition. Some of theaudience viewers216 can havemobile devices217,219 (e.g. mobile phones) that displays portions of the video content from thevideo content server209 provided over a wireless communication. The functions of thevideo content server209 can also be performed by a group of video content servers. Further, the venue can host and the video content can be any sporting event, concert, or any live event.

In one or more embodiments, thevideo content server209 can provide a group of video streams of video content to a group of

displays

212,214, each video stream can include a portion of the video content resulting in a plurality of

portions

211,215 of video content. In further embodiments, thevideo content server209 can determine viewer reaction to afirst portion211 of the video content in a first video stream satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on afirst display212. Determining such viewer reaction can comprise receiving environment sensor information from an environment sensor, and determining viewer reaction to the first portion of the video content satisfies the viewer reaction threshold according to the environment sensor information. In some embodiments, the environments sensor can comprise a camera sensor that can track the gaze or viewer ofaudience viewers216. Environment sensor information can include the amount of time and the number of audience viewers gaze at one portion of the video content on a display. Viewer reaction can include the number ofaudience viewers216 are viewing a portion of the video content for an amount of time. A viewer reaction threshold can include one or more components that include a threshold number ofaudience viewers216 viewing a portion of the video content on a display and/or threshold amount of time the threshold number of audience viewers view the portion of video content. For example, a camera sensor can detect and record sensor information that includes four out of five audience viewers are viewingfirst display212 for at least 45 seconds. This sensor information can be provided to thevideo content server209. In such embodiments, the threshold number ofaudience viewers216 can be three and the threshold amount of time for a threshold number ofaudience viewers216 to view aportion211 of the video content can be 30 seconds. Thus the viewer reaction threshold can be one or both of the threshold number of audience viewers (three) or threshold amount of time (30 seconds). In this example, the viewer reaction threshold is satisfied as both the number of audience viewers and the amount of time for viewing is above the respective thresholds.

In other embodiments, the environment sensor can comprise a sound sensor that can detect a decibel level of applause from theaudience viewers216 and the environment sensor information can include the decibel level of applause, accordingly. The viewer reaction threshold can include a decibel level threshold. In further embodiments, once the decibel level threshold is satisfied, then the viewer reaction threshold can be satisfied. For example, the sound sensor can detect the decibel level of applause of theaudience viewers216 to be 80 decibels and the decibel level threshold is 70 decibels. Thus, in this example, the decibel level threshold is satisfied, and therefore the viewer reaction threshold is satisfied.

In one or more embodiments, a viewer reaction can be detected by determining an amount of social media interaction with the video game after an event within the video game competition. A viewer reaction threshold can comprise an interaction threshold that can include the amount of social media posts within a time period after a (timed) event in the video content/video game. In further embodiments,viewer216 attention can be measured by environment sensors that detect aggregate device network traffic on

devices

219,217. In one example, increased network traffic can indicate that viewers are disinterested in thecurrent user204 or

video streams

214,212. This traffic can be characterized by the destination networks being unrelated to the current game if that information is available. In another example, increased traffic detected by the environment from the

mobile devices

219,217 could indicate greater interest if theviewers216 are tuning into related video streams or content. In both of these examples,viewer216 interactions need not be related to social media and instead can be inferred from increased network traffic flows (or used bandwidth).

In one or more embodiments, a viewer reaction or player reaction can include detecting the biometrics of audience viewers or players, respectively. In addition, the viewer reaction threshold or the player reaction threshold can comprise a biometric threshold. Further, if the biometric measurements satisfy a biometric threshold, then the viewer reaction threshold or the player reaction threshold can be satisfied. For example, if a threshold number of audience viewers' heart rate exceeds a heart rate threshold, then the biometric threshold is satisfied. Further, if a threshold number of players' heart rate exceeds a heart rate threshold, then the biometric threshold is satisfied. Accordingly, the viewer reaction threshold or player reaction threshold is satisfied.

In one or more embodiments, the analyzing of thefirst portion211 of the video content comprises determining a player reaction (of one or bothplayers202,204) to events of the video game presented in the first portion of the video content. For example,player204 views aportion211 of video content and environments sensors described herein can determine that theplayer204 has viewed theportion211 above (satisfied) a threshold amount of time. Based on this, thevideo content server209 can adjust the presentation of the

different portions

211,213 of the video content presented on the

different displays

212,214, as well as displays of

mobile devices

217,219 according to this player reaction threshold being satisfied.

In one or more embodiments, once a viewer reaction threshold or player reaction threshold is satisfied and theportion211 of the video content is analyzed, the video content server can determine asub-portion213 of thefirst portion211 of the video content that caused the viewer reaction to satisfy the viewer reaction threshold (or in some embodiments, the player reaction to satisfy the player reaction threshold). In further embodiments, thevideo content server209 can generate a second video stream of the video content. The second video stream can comprise an adjusted sub-portion of thefirst portion211 of the video content without the remainder of the first portion. Further, thevideo content server209 can provide the second video stream to a second display214 (or the in some embodiments to the first display212). In additional embodiments, thevideo content server209 can adjust the first video stream of the video content. The adjusted first video stream comprises an adjusted sub-portion without the remainder of the first portion. In some embodiments, the adjusted sub-portion can be an enlargement of the sub-portion. In addition, thevideo content server209 can provide the adjusted first video stream of the video content to a second display214 (or in other embodiments to thefirst display212 or to the display ofmobile devices217,219).

For example, referring toFIGS. 2A and 2B, afirst portion211 of the video content can be a first scene in the video game competition with the sub-portion213 comprising social media posts regarding the first scene. Asecond portion215 of the video content can be a second scene in the video game competition. Environments sensors detect that audience viewers are viewing the social media posts in the sub-portion213 that satisfies the viewer reaction threshold described herein. Thus, thevideo content server209 generates a second video stream that comprises the social media posts sub-portion213 and displays them on the second display214 (SeeFIG. 2B). In other embodiments, thevideo content server209 can adjust the first video stream presented on thefirst display212 such that the adjusted first video stream presents only the social media posts withinsub-portion213.

In one or more embodiments, the generated second stream or the adjusted first video stream can be provided to one or more

mobile devices

217,219 of the audience viewers or mobile devices of viewers not located in the venue.

Referring toFIG. 2C,system220 comprises one or more cameras222 andenvironment cameras224 to track viewing or gaze of players (users) and audience viewers (also users). Further, thesystem220 comprises agame engine226, one ormore environment sensors228, and one or moresocial post engines230. In addition, thesystem220 comprises one or more venue displays232 and one or more second screens (e.g. mobile device screens). Also, thesystem220 can comprise aplayer understanding engine236, aviewership understanding engine238, and adisplay planning engine240. Further, thesystem220 comprises acontent analysis engine242, a timedevent correlation engine244, and arendering engine246, in which a cloud service includes thecontent analysis engine242, the timedevent correlation engine244, and therendering engine246, and a client service comprises therendering engine246. In addition, thesystem220 comprises aplayer display248,venue display250, and aviewer display252. Thevideo content server209 can comprise theplayer understanding engine236, theviewership understanding engine238, and thedisplay planning engine240 as well as thecontent analysis engine242, the timedevent correlation engine244, and therendering engine246.

In one or more embodiments, the player understanding engine is provided information from the user cameras222,environment cameras224,game engine226, andenvironments sensors228. Further, the viewership understanding engine is provided information from theenvironment cameras224,game engine226,environments sensors228,social post engines230 and venue displays232. In addition, the display planning engine is provided information from thesocial post engines230, venue displays232, andsecond screens234. Also, thecontent analysis engine242 is provided from information theplayer understanding engine236 and theviewership understanding engine238. Further, the timedevent correlation engine244 is provided from information theplayer understanding engine236 and theviewership understanding engine238. In addition, therendering engine242 is provided information from theplayer understanding engine236, theviewership understanding engine238, and thedisplay planning engine240.Player display248 andvenue display250 are provided information from the cloud service comprising thecontent engine analysis242, timedevent correlation engine244 andrendering engine246. Theviewer display252 is provided information from the client service comprising therendering engine246.

In one or more embodiments, theplayer understanding engine236 can determine whether a player reaction threshold has been satisfied from the information provided. Further, theviewership understanding engine236 can determine whether a viewer reaction threshold has been satisfied from the information provided. Thedisplay planning engine240 can determine, at least in part, which portions of the video content and social media posts (or other information related to the video content) are to be presented on which displays.

In one or more embodiments, thecontent analysis engine242 can implement image and video analytics described herein on the information provided by theplayer understanding engine236 and theviewership understanding engine238. In further embodiments, the timedevent correlation engine242 can determine which events are correlated to increased viewer reaction or player reaction as described herein on the information provided by theplayer understanding engine236 and theviewership understanding engine238. Therendering engine246 can generate or adjust video content streams and the portions of video content therein according to the information provided by theplayer understanding engine236, theviewership understanding engine238, anddisplay planning engine238 as described herein.

In one or more embodiments, the cloud service comprising thecontent analysis engine242, timedevent correlation engine244 and rendering engine can provide, generate, or adjust video content streams, each including a portion of the video content, to theplayer display248 andvenue display250. Further, the client service comprising therendering engine246 can provide, generate, or adjust video content streams, each including a portion of the video content, to theviewer display252 as described herein.

FIG. 2D depicts an illustrative embodiment of amethod260 in accordance with various aspects described herein. In one or more embodiments,method260 can be implemented by a server or groups of servers as shownFIG. 2A. Themethod260 can include server, at262, providing or transmitting a group of video streams of video content to a group of displays. Each video stream of the group of video streams includes a portion of the video content resulting in a plurality of portions of video content. Further, themethod260 can include server, at264, determining that a viewer reaction to a first portion of the plurality of portions of the video content in a first video stream of the group of video streams satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display of the group of displays. In some embodiments, determining viewer reaction to the first portion of the video content comprises receiving environment sensor information from an environment sensor, and determining viewer reaction to the first portion of the video content satisfies the viewer reaction threshold according to the environment sensor information. The plurality of portions of video content comprises the first portion of the video content. The group of video streams comprises the first video stream. The group of displays comprises the first display.

Further, themethod260 can include a server, at270, generating a second video stream of the video content, the second video stream comprises the sub-portion of the first portion of the video content without a remainder of the first portion. The second video stream comprises an adjusted sub-portion of the first portion of the video content. In further embodiments, the generating of the second video stream can include adjusting or enlarging the sub-portion. In other embodiments, additional content or information (such as other sub-portions of the first portion, other portions of the video content, commentary from a player, commentary from a viewer, commentary by a commentator, statistical information of the game, player, etc.) can be added to the sub-portion and later presented with the sub-portion. Also, in further embodiments, the remainder can be the content within the first portion of the video content other than the sub-portion. In some embodiments, instead of generating a second video stream, the server can adjust the first video stream of the video content resulting in an adjusted first video stream, the adjusted first video stream comprises an adjusted sub-portion of the first portion of the video content. In addition, themethod260 can include a server, at272, providing the second video stream of the video content to a second display of the group of displays. In some embodiments, the server can provide the adjusted first video stream of the video content to the second display for presentation at the second display. In other embodiments, providing of the group of video streams of video content to the group of displays comprises providing the first video stream and a third video stream of the group of video streams to the first display, wherein the first video stream and the third video stream are presented simultaneously on the first display. In further embodiments, the first video stream and the third video stream can be presented side-by-side on the first display. In additional embodiments, the first video stream and the third video stream are presented picture-in-picture on the first display. In some embodiments, the sub-portion of the first portion of the video content comprises a social media post. In other embodiments, the video content comprises a live event. In further embodiments, the first display can comprise a venue display and the second display comprises a mobile communication device display.

While for purposes of simplicity of explanation, the respective processes are shown and described as a series of blocks inFIG. 2D, it is to be understood and appreciated that the claimed subject matter is not limited by the order of the blocks, as some blocks may occur in different orders and/or concurrently with other blocks from what is depicted and described herein. Moreover, not all illustrated blocks may be required to implement the methods described herein.

Further, a portion of one embodiments can be combined with a portion of another embodiment.

In one or more embodiments, capturing video content at venues hosting live events and competitions can comprise capturing multiple video content streams that can be created and of interest to an audience of viewers. Each video content stream can have different viewer significance, detail of content, and dynamic characteristics that may be preferred by audience viewers (in the venue or remotely located). Further, each video content stream can be presented on different displays can comprise one or more venue displays as well as displays on mobile devices of audience viewers (in the venue or remotely located). Switching video content streams that are presented on these different displays can be done using automation and audience (and to certain extent player) reaction.

In one or more embodiments, systems described herein can address video content management and display in venues hosting live events and competitions that include eSports capture and display. Further, an audience comprising of both live local audience viewers as well as remote audience viewers and in-game viewers (e.g. players), concurrent and predictive analysis of video content can guide automation, management, and compositions of multiple video content streams presented on the different displays. In further embodiments, the video content streams or the portions presented therein can include importance scoring, which can include live analysis of the video content stream for motion, similarity (or difference) from prior content, possible digital feedback from a connected game engine, biometrics for the players. In additional embodiments, management of the video content streams can include observation and adaptation by audience viewer reaction, which can include physical characteristics (e.g. biometrics and sentiment analysis of audience viewers), digital interaction operations (e.g. tune away, zooming, etc.) to determine interest levels, social media posting (e.g. tracking visual, audio, and textual posts from viewers and matching to current game play). Further embodiments collect and opportunistically use available displays that can include venue displays (billboards, jumbotron, etc.) and those that may be tuning in by audience viewers (e.g. second screen mobile devices, in-seat displays, or private displays of players). One or more embodiments, can select the most relevant video content stream(s) to display, personalize delivery of a video content stream to a display, and generate/adjust multiple video content streams, accordingly.

In one or more embodiments, the systems described herein reduce burden on video content editors for dynamic (real-time) composition of multiple video content streams from eSports (or other live, multiple video content stream sources) event with automatic analysis of video content and user preference guidance. Further embodiments opportunistically use both on-site (physically installed) and user provided displays to facilitate a high degree of personalization as well as locally aggregated audience viewers. Additional embodiments assist in capture and determination of live, varying user/viewer preferences through different venues including live interactions, audio or video feeds, viewer reaction or audio reaction, and digital interactions such as tune-in and review or zoom-in. Further embodiment marry on-site analytics (dwell, gaze, presence, preference) of audience viewers with video content consumption to optimally and opportunistically. Also, embodiments have natural inclusion of social media in viewership determination by content matching (fingerprinting, duplicate detection, etc.) to historical and live content. Further embodiments, can then provide predictions for future and current display of portions of video content. Additional embodiments can comprise methods for inclusion of video game engine mechanics to drive selection of display and content that include the power-ups, actions, significant level achievements, leaderboard information, etc. and act as cues or triggers for adjusting video content streams delivered to different displays.

One or more embodiments can scale manage and adjust video streams from a game engine as well as from audience viewers and players. Further embodiments can include automatic display or suggestion of audience viewer preferred portions of video content based on audience viewer reactions. Additional embodiments can include personalizing large display usage (both of which present and size of video content on display) for both perceived content excitement and audience preference (what is being watched). Also, embodiments can include the ability to join on-site and remote displays for live event consumption on second screen (e.g. mobile device screen). Further embodiments can include observations of social media content that can bias live video content display for prediction of interesting video content (from historical social media posts) or highlights (from current video content) through automatic analysis of audio, text, and video for an event. Additional embodiments can include delayed/just-in-time composition of video content for personalized display and advertising.

Referring now toFIG. 3, a block diagram300 is shown illustrating an example, non-limiting embodiment of a virtualized communication network in accordance with various aspects described herein. In particular a virtualized communication network is presented that can be used to implement some or all of the subsystems and functions ofcommunication network100, the subsystems and functions ofsystem200, andmethod260 presented inFIGS. 1, 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D. For example,virtualized communication network300 can facilitate in whole or in part providing a group of video streams of video content to a group of displays, determining that a viewer reaction to a first portion of the video content in a first video stream of the group of video streams satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display, determining that a sub-portion of the first portion of the video content caused the viewer reaction to satisfy the viewer reaction threshold in response to analyzing the first portion of the video content, generating/adjusting a video stream of the video content stream that comprises the sub-portion of the first portion of the video content without a remainder of the first portion, and providing the second video stream of the video content to a second display. In particular, a cloud networking architecture is shown that leverages cloud technologies and supports rapid innovation and scalability via atransport layer350, a virtualizednetwork function cloud325 and/or one or morecloud computing environments375. In various embodiments, this cloud networking architecture is an open architecture that leverages application programming interfaces (APIs); reduces complexity from services and operations; supports more nimble business models; and rapidly and seamlessly scales to meet evolving customer requirements including traffic growth, diversity of traffic types, and diversity of performance and reliability expectations.

In contrast to traditional network elements—which are typically integrated to perform a single function, the virtualized communication network employs virtual network elements (VNEs)330,332,334, etc. that perform some or all of the functions of

network elements

150,152,154,156, etc. For example, the network architecture can provide a substrate of networking capability, often called Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) or simply infrastructure that is capable of being directed with software and Software Defined Networking (SDN) protocols to perform a broad variety of network functions and services. This infrastructure can include several types of substrates. The most typical type of substrate being servers that support Network Function Virtualization (NFV), followed by packet forwarding capabilities based on generic computing resources, with specialized network technologies brought to bear when general purpose processors or general purpose integrated circuit devices offered by merchants (referred to herein as merchant silicon) are not appropriate. In this case, communication services can be implemented as cloud-centric workloads.

As an example, a traditional network element150 (shown inFIG. 1), such as an edge router can be implemented via aVNE330 composed of NFV software modules, merchant silicon, and associated controllers. The software can be written so that increasing workload consumes incremental resources from a common resource pool, and moreover so that it's elastic: so the resources are only consumed when needed. In a similar fashion, other network elements such as other routers, switches, edge caches, and middle-boxes are instantiated from the common resource pool. Such sharing of infrastructure across a broad set of uses makes planning and growing infrastructure easier to manage.

In an embodiment, thetransport layer350 includes fiber, cable, wired and/or wireless transport elements, network elements and interfaces to providebroadband access110,wireless access120,voice access130,media access140 and/or access tocontent sources175 for distribution of content to any or all of the access technologies. In particular, in some cases a network element needs to be positioned at a specific place, and this allows for less sharing of common infrastructure. Other times, the network elements have specific physical layer adapters that cannot be abstracted or virtualized, and might require special DSP code and analog front-ends (AFEs) that do not lend themselves to implementation as

VNEs

330,332 or334. These network elements can be included intransport layer350.

The virtualizednetwork function cloud325 interfaces with thetransport layer350 to provide the

VNEs

330,332,334, etc. to provide specific NFVs. In particular, the virtualizednetwork function cloud325 leverages cloud operations, applications, and architectures to support networking workloads. The

virtualized network elements

330,332 and334 can employ network function software that provides either a one-for-one mapping of traditional network element function or alternately some combination of network functions designed for cloud computing. For example,

VNEs

330,332 and334 can include route reflectors, domain name system (DNS) servers, and dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) servers, system architecture evolution (SAE) and/or mobility management entity (MME) gateways, broadband network gateways, IP edge routers for IP-VPN, Ethernet and other services, load balancers, distributers and other network elements. Because these elements don't typically need to forward large amounts of traffic, their workload can be distributed across a number of servers—each of which adds a portion of the capability, and overall which creates an elastic function with higher availability than its former monolithic version. These

virtual network elements

330,332,334, etc. can be instantiated and managed using an orchestration approach similar to those used in cloud compute services.

Thecloud computing environments375 can interface with the virtualizednetwork function cloud325 via APIs that expose functional capabilities of the

VNEs

330,332,334, etc. to provide the flexible and expanded capabilities to the virtualizednetwork function cloud325. In particular, network workloads may have applications distributed across the virtualizednetwork function cloud325 andcloud computing environment375 and in the commercial cloud, or might simply orchestrate workloads supported entirely in NFV infrastructure from these third party locations.

Turning now toFIG. 4, there is illustrated a block diagram of a computing environment in accordance with various aspects described herein. In order to provide additional context for various embodiments of the embodiments described herein,FIG. 4 and the following discussion are intended to provide a brief, general description of asuitable computing environment400 in which the various embodiments of the subject disclosure can be implemented. In particular, computingenvironment400 can be used in the implementation of

network elements

150,152,154,156,access terminal112, base station oraccess point122, switchingdevice132,media terminal142, and/or

VNEs

330,332,334, etc. Each of these devices can be implemented via computer-executable instructions that can run on one or more computers, and/or in combination with other program modules and/or as a combination of hardware and software. For example,computing environment400 can facilitate in whole or in part providing a group of video streams of video content to a group of displays, determining that a viewer reaction to a first portion of the video content in a first video stream of the group of video streams satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display, determining that a sub-portion of the first portion of the video content caused the viewer reaction to satisfy the viewer reaction threshold in response to analyzing the first portion of the video content, generating/adjusting a video stream of the video content stream that comprises the sub-portion of the first portion of the video content without a remainder of the first portion, and providing the second video stream of the video content to a second display. Generally, program modules comprise routines, programs, components, data structures, etc., that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Moreover, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the inventive methods can be practiced with other computer system configurations, comprising single-processor or multiprocessor computer systems, minicomputers, mainframe computers, as well as personal computers, hand-held computing devices, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, and the like, each of which can be operatively coupled to one or more associated devices.

As used herein, a processing circuit includes one or more processors as well as other application specific circuits such as an application specific integrated circuit, digital logic circuit, state machine, programmable gate array or other circuit that processes input signals or data and that produces output signals or data in response thereto. It should be noted that while any functions and features described herein in association with the operation of a processor could likewise be performed by a processing circuit.

The illustrated embodiments of the embodiments herein can be also practiced in distributed computing environments where certain tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules can be located in both local and remote memory storage devices.

Computing devices typically comprise a variety of media, which can comprise computer-readable storage media and/or communications media, which two terms are used herein differently from one another as follows. Computer-readable storage media can be any available storage media that can be accessed by the computer and comprises both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. By way of example, and not limitation, computer-readable storage media can be implemented in connection with any method or technology for storage of information such as computer-readable instructions, program modules, structured data or unstructured data.

Computer-readable storage media can comprise, but are not limited to, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disk (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices or other tangible and/or non-transitory media which can be used to store desired information. In this regard, the terms “tangible” or “non-transitory” herein as applied to storage, memory or computer-readable media, are to be understood to exclude only propagating transitory signals per se as modifiers and do not relinquish rights to all standard storage, memory or computer-readable media that are not only propagating transitory signals per se.

Computer-readable storage media can be accessed by one or more local or remote computing devices, e.g., via access requests, queries or other data retrieval protocols, for a variety of operations with respect to the information stored by the medium.

Communications media typically embody computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other structured or unstructured data in a data signal such as a modulated data signal, e.g., a carrier wave or other transport mechanism, and comprises any information delivery or transport media. The term “modulated data signal” or signals refers to a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in one or more signals. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media comprise wired media, such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media.

With reference again toFIG. 4, the example environment can comprise acomputer402, thecomputer402 comprising aprocessing unit404, asystem memory406 and asystem bus408. Thesystem bus408 couples system components including, but not limited to, thesystem memory406 to theprocessing unit404. Theprocessing unit404 can be any of various commercially available processors. Dual microprocessors and other multiprocessor architectures can also be employed as theprocessing unit404.

Thesystem bus408 can be any of several types of bus structure that can further interconnect to a memory bus (with or without a memory controller), a peripheral bus, and a local bus using any of a variety of commercially available bus architectures. Thesystem memory406 comprisesROM410 andRAM412. A basic input/output system (BIOS) can be stored in a non-volatile memory such as ROM, erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), EEPROM, which BIOS contains the basic routines that help to transfer information between elements within thecomputer402, such as during startup. TheRAM412 can also comprise a high-speed RAM such as static RAM for caching data.

Thecomputer402 further comprises an internal hard disk drive (HDD)414 (e.g., EIDE, SATA), whichinternal HDD414 can also be configured for external use in a suitable chassis (not shown), a magnetic floppy disk drive (FDD)416, (e.g., to read from or write to a removable diskette418) and anoptical disk drive420, (e.g., reading a CD-ROM disk422 or, to read from or write to other high capacity optical media such as the DVD). TheHDD414,magnetic FDD416 andoptical disk drive420 can be connected to thesystem bus408 by a harddisk drive interface424, a magneticdisk drive interface426 and anoptical drive interface428, respectively. The harddisk drive interface424 for external drive implementations comprises at least one or both of Universal Serial Bus (USB) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1394 interface technologies. Other external drive connection technologies are within contemplation of the embodiments described herein.

The drives and their associated computer-readable storage media provide nonvolatile storage of data, data structures, computer-executable instructions, and so forth. For thecomputer402, the drives and storage media accommodate the storage of any data in a suitable digital format. Although the description of computer-readable storage media above refers to a hard disk drive (HDD), a removable magnetic diskette, and a removable optical media such as a CD or DVD, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other types of storage media which are readable by a computer, such as zip drives, magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, cartridges, and the like, can also be used in the example operating environment, and further, that any such storage media can contain computer-executable instructions for performing the methods described herein.

A number of program modules can be stored in the drives andRAM412, comprising anoperating system430, one ormore application programs432,other program modules434 andprogram data436. All or portions of the operating system, applications, modules, and/or data can also be cached in theRAM412. The systems and methods described herein can be implemented utilizing various commercially available operating systems or combinations of operating systems.

A user can enter commands and information into thecomputer402 through one or more wired/wireless input devices, e.g., akeyboard438 and a pointing device, such as amouse440. Other input devices (not shown) can comprise a microphone, an infrared (IR) remote control, a joystick, a game pad, a stylus pen, touch screen or the like. These and other input devices are often connected to theprocessing unit404 through aninput device interface442 that can be coupled to thesystem bus408, but can be connected by other interfaces, such as a parallel port, an IEEE 1394 serial port, a game port, a universal serial bus (USB) port, an IR interface, etc.

Amonitor444 or other type of display device can be also connected to thesystem bus408 via an interface, such as avideo adapter446. It will also be appreciated that in alternative embodiments, amonitor444 can also be any display device (e.g., another computer having a display, a smart phone, a tablet computer, etc.) for receiving display information associated withcomputer402 via any communication means, including via the Internet and cloud-based networks. In addition to themonitor444, a computer typically comprises other peripheral output devices (not shown), such as speakers, printers, etc.

Thecomputer402 can operate in a networked environment using logical connections via wired and/or wireless communications to one or more remote computers, such as a remote computer(s)448. The remote computer(s)448 can be a workstation, a server computer, a router, a personal computer, portable computer, microprocessor-based entertainment appliance, a peer device or other common network node, and typically comprises many or all of the elements described relative to thecomputer402, although, for purposes of brevity, only a remote memory/storage device450 is illustrated. The logical connections depicted comprise wired/wireless connectivity to a local area network (LAN)452 and/or larger networks, e.g., a wide area network (WAN)454. Such LAN and WAN networking environments are commonplace in offices and companies, and facilitate enterprise-wide computer networks, such as intranets, all of which can connect to a global communications network, e.g., the Internet.

When used in a LAN networking environment, thecomputer402 can be connected to theLAN452 through a wired and/or wireless communication network interface oradapter456. Theadapter456 can facilitate wired or wireless communication to theLAN452, which can also comprise a wireless AP disposed thereon for communicating with theadapter456.

When used in a WAN networking environment, thecomputer402 can comprise amodem458 or can be connected to a communications server on theWAN454 or has other means for establishing communications over theWAN454, such as by way of the Internet. Themodem458, which can be internal or external and a wired or wireless device, can be connected to thesystem bus408 via theinput device interface442. In a networked environment, program modules depicted relative to thecomputer402 or portions thereof, can be stored in the remote memory/storage device450. It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are example and other means of establishing a communications link between the computers can be used.

Thecomputer402 can be operable to communicate with any wireless devices or entities operatively disposed in wireless communication, e.g., a printer, scanner, desktop and/or portable computer, portable data assistant, communications satellite, any piece of equipment or location associated with a wirelessly detectable tag (e.g., a kiosk, news stand, restroom), and telephone. This can comprise Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) and BLUETOOTH® wireless technologies. Thus, the communication can be a predefined structure as with a conventional network or simply an ad hoc communication between at least two devices.

Wi-Fi can allow connection to the Internet from a couch at home, a bed in a hotel room or a conference room at work, without wires. Wi-Fi is a wireless technology similar to that used in a cell phone that enables such devices, e.g., computers, to send and receive data indoors and out; anywhere within the range of a base station. Wi-Fi networks use radio technologies called IEEE 802.11 (a, b, g, n, ac, ag, etc.) to provide secure, reliable, fast wireless connectivity. A Wi-Fi network can be used to connect computers to each other, to the Internet, and to wired networks (which can use IEEE 802.3 or Ethernet). Wi-Fi networks operate in the unlicensed 2.4 and 5 GHz radio bands for example or with products that contain both bands (dual band), so the networks can provide real-world performance similar to the basic 10BaseT wired Ethernet networks used in many offices.

Turning now toFIG. 5, an embodiment500 of amobile network platform510 is shown that is an example of

network elements

150,152,154,156, and/or

VNEs

330,332,334, etc. For example,platform510 can facilitate in whole or in part providing a group of video streams of video content to a group of displays, determining that a viewer reaction to a first portion of the video content in a first video stream of the group of video streams satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display, determining that a sub-portion of the first portion of the video content caused the viewer reaction to satisfy the viewer reaction threshold in response to analyzing the first portion of the video content, generating/adjusting a video stream of the video content stream that comprises the sub-portion of the first portion of the video content without a remainder of the first portion, and providing the second video stream of the video content to a second display. In one or more embodiments, themobile network platform510 can generate and receive signals transmitted and received by base stations or access points such as base station oraccess point122. Generally,mobile network platform510 can comprise components, e.g., nodes, gateways, interfaces, servers, or disparate platforms, that facilitate both packet-switched (PS) (e.g., internet protocol (IP), frame relay, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)) and circuit-switched (CS) traffic (e.g., voice and data), as well as control generation for networked wireless telecommunication. As a non-limiting example,mobile network platform510 can be included in telecommunications carrier networks, and can be considered carrier-side components as discussed elsewhere herein.Mobile network platform510 comprises CS gateway node(s)512 which can interface CS traffic received from legacy networks like telephony network(s)540 (e.g., public switched telephone network (PSTN), or public land mobile network (PLMN)) or a signaling system #7 (SS7)network560. CS gateway node(s)512 can authorize and authenticate traffic (e.g., voice) arising from such networks. Additionally, CS gateway node(s)512 can access mobility, or roaming, data generated throughSS7 network560; for instance, mobility data stored in a visited location register (VLR), which can reside inmemory530. Moreover, CS gateway node(s)512 interfaces CS-based traffic and signaling and PS gateway node(s)518. As an example, in a 3GPP UMTS network, CS gateway node(s)512 can be realized at least in part in gateway GPRS support node(s) (GGSN). It should be appreciated that functionality and specific operation of CS gateway node(s)512, PS gateway node(s)518, and serving node(s)516, is provided and dictated by radio technologies utilized bymobile network platform510 for telecommunication over aradio access network520 with other devices, such as aradiotelephone575.

In addition to receiving and processing CS-switched traffic and signaling, PS gateway node(s)518 can authorize and authenticate PS-based data sessions with served mobile devices. Data sessions can comprise traffic, or content(s), exchanged with networks external to themobile network platform510, like wide area network(s) (WANs)550, enterprise network(s)570, and service network(s)580, which can be embodied in local area network(s) (LANs), can also be interfaced withmobile network platform510 through PS gateway node(s)518. It is to be noted thatWANs550 and enterprise network(s)570 can embody, at least in part, a service network(s) like IP multimedia subsystem (IMS). Based on radio technology layer(s) available in technology resource(s) orradio access network520, PS gateway node(s)518 can generate packet data protocol contexts when a data session is established; other data structures that facilitate routing of packetized data also can be generated. To that end, in an aspect, PS gateway node(s)518 can comprise a tunnel interface (e.g., tunnel termination gateway (TTG) in 3GPP UMTS network(s) (not shown)) which can facilitate packetized communication with disparate wireless network(s), such as Wi-Fi networks.

In embodiment500,mobile network platform510 also comprises serving node(s)516 that, based upon available radio technology layer(s) within technology resource(s) in theradio access network520, convey the various packetized flows of data streams received through PS gateway node(s)518. It is to be noted that for technology resource(s) that rely primarily on CS communication, server node(s) can deliver traffic without reliance on PS gateway node(s)518; for example, server node(s) can embody at least in part a mobile switching center. As an example, in a 3GPP UMTS network, serving node(s)516 can be embodied in serving GPRS support node(s) (SGSN).

For radio technologies that exploit packetized communication, server(s)514 inmobile network platform510 can execute numerous applications that can generate multiple disparate packetized data streams or flows, and manage (e.g., schedule, queue, format . . . ) such flows. Such application(s) can comprise add-on features to standard services (for example, provisioning, billing, customer support . . . ) provided bymobile network platform510. Data streams (e.g., content(s) that are part of a voice call or data session) can be conveyed to PS gateway node(s)518 for authorization/authentication and initiation of a data session, and to serving node(s)516 for communication thereafter. In addition to application server, server(s)514 can comprise utility server(s), a utility server can comprise a provisioning server, an operations and maintenance server, a security server that can implement at least in part a certificate authority and firewalls as well as other security mechanisms, and the like. In an aspect, security server(s) secure communication served throughmobile network platform510 to ensure network's operation and data integrity in addition to authorization and authentication procedures that CS gateway node(s)512 and PS gateway node(s)518 can enact. Moreover, provisioning server(s) can provision services from external network(s) like networks operated by a disparate service provider; for instance,WAN550 or Global Positioning System (GPS) network(s) (not shown). Provisioning server(s) can also provision coverage through networks associated to mobile network platform510 (e.g., deployed and operated by the same service provider), such as the distributed antennas networks shown inFIG. 1(s) that enhance wireless service coverage by providing more network coverage.

It is to be noted that server(s)514 can comprise one or more processors configured to confer at least in part the functionality ofmobile network platform510. To that end, the one or more processor can execute code instructions stored inmemory530, for example. It is should be appreciated that server(s)514 can comprise a content manager, which operates in substantially the same manner as described hereinbefore.

In example embodiment500,memory530 can store information related to operation ofmobile network platform510. Other operational information can comprise provisioning information of mobile devices served throughmobile network platform510, subscriber databases; application intelligence, pricing schemes, e.g., promotional rates, flat-rate programs, couponing campaigns; technical specification(s) consistent with telecommunication protocols for operation of disparate radio, or wireless, technology layers; and so forth.Memory530 can also store information from at least one of telephony network(s)540,WAN550,SS7 network560, or enterprise network(s)570. In an aspect,memory530 can be, for example, accessed as part of a data store component or as a remotely connected memory store.

In order to provide a context for the various aspects of the disclosed subject matter,FIG. 5, and the following discussion, are intended to provide a brief, general description of a suitable environment in which the various aspects of the disclosed subject matter can be implemented. While the subject matter has been described above in the general context of computer-executable instructions of a computer program that runs on a computer and/or computers, those skilled in the art will recognize that the disclosed subject matter also can be implemented in combination with other program modules. Generally, program modules comprise routines, programs, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks and/or implement particular abstract data types.

Turning now toFIG. 6, an illustrative embodiment of acommunication device600 is shown. Thecommunication device600 can serve as an illustrative embodiment of devices such asdata terminals114,mobile devices124,vehicle126,display devices144 or other client devices for communication via eithercommunications network125. For example,computing device600 can facilitate in whole or in part providing a group of video streams of video content to a group of displays, determining that a viewer reaction to a first portion of the video content in a first video stream of the group of video streams satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display, determining that a sub-portion of the first portion of the video content caused the viewer reaction to satisfy the viewer reaction threshold in response to analyzing the first portion of the video content, generating/adjusting a video stream of the video content stream that comprises the sub-portion of the first portion of the video content without a remainder of the first portion, and providing the second video stream of the video content to a second display. Thecommunication device600 can comprise a wireline and/or wireless transceiver602 (herein transceiver602), a user interface (UI)604, apower supply614, alocation receiver616, amotion sensor618, an orientation sensor620, and acontroller606 for managing operations thereof. Thetransceiver602 can support short-range or long-range wireless access technologies such as Bluetooth®, ZigBee®, Wi-Fi, DECT, or cellular communication technologies, just to mention a few (Bluetooth® and ZigBee® are trademarks registered by the Bluetooth® Special Interest Group and the ZigBee® Alliance, respectively). Cellular technologies can include, for example, CDMA-1×, UMTS/HSDPA, GSM/GPRS, TDMA/EDGE, EV/DO, WiMAX, SDR, LTE, as well as other next generation wireless communication technologies as they arise. Thetransceiver602 can also be adapted to support circuit-switched wireline access technologies (such as PSTN), packet-switched wireline access technologies (such as TCP/IP, VoIP, etc.), and combinations thereof.

TheUI604 can include a depressible or touch-sensitive keypad608 with a navigation mechanism such as a roller ball, a joystick, a mouse, or a navigation disk for manipulating operations of thecommunication device600. Thekeypad608 can be an integral part of a housing assembly of thecommunication device600 or an independent device operably coupled thereto by a tethered wireline interface (such as a USB cable) or a wireless interface supporting for example Bluetooth®. Thekeypad608 can represent a numeric keypad commonly used by phones, and/or a QWERTY keypad with alphanumeric keys. TheUI604 can further include adisplay610 such as monochrome or color LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) or other suitable display technology for conveying images to an end user of thecommunication device600. In an embodiment where thedisplay610 is touch-sensitive, a portion or all of thekeypad608 can be presented by way of thedisplay610 with navigation features.

Thedisplay610 can use touch screen technology to also serve as a user interface for detecting user input. As a touch screen display, thecommunication device600 can be adapted to present a user interface having graphical user interface (GUI) elements that can be selected by a user with a touch of a finger. Thedisplay610 can be equipped with capacitive, resistive or other forms of sensing technology to detect how much surface area of a user's finger has been placed on a portion of the touch screen display. This sensing information can be used to control the manipulation of the GUI elements or other functions of the user interface. Thedisplay610 can be an integral part of the housing assembly of thecommunication device600 or an independent device communicatively coupled thereto by a tethered wireline interface (such as a cable) or a wireless interface.

TheUI604 can also include anaudio system612 that utilizes audio technology for conveying low volume audio (such as audio heard in proximity of a human ear) and high volume audio (such as speakerphone for hands free operation). Theaudio system612 can further include a microphone for receiving audible signals of an end user. Theaudio system612 can also be used for voice recognition applications. TheUI604 can further include animage sensor613 such as a charged coupled device (CCD) camera for capturing still or moving images.

Thepower supply614 can utilize common power management technologies such as replaceable and rechargeable batteries, supply regulation technologies, and/or charging system technologies for supplying energy to the components of thecommunication device600 to facilitate long-range or short-range portable communications. Alternatively, or in combination, the charging system can utilize external power sources such as DC power supplied over a physical interface such as a USB port or other suitable tethering technologies.

Thelocation receiver616 can utilize location technology such as a global positioning system (GPS) receiver capable of assisted GPS for identifying a location of thecommunication device600 based on signals generated by a constellation of GPS satellites, which can be used for facilitating location services such as navigation. Themotion sensor618 can utilize motion sensing technology such as an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or other suitable motion sensing technology to detect motion of thecommunication device600 in three-dimensional space. The orientation sensor620 can utilize orientation sensing technology such as a magnetometer to detect the orientation of the communication device600 (north, south, west, and east, as well as combined orientations in degrees, minutes, or other suitable orientation metrics).

Thecommunication device600 can use thetransceiver602 to also determine a proximity to a cellular, Wi-Fi33, Bluetooth®, or other wireless access points by sensing techniques such as utilizing a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and/or signal time of arrival (TOA) or time of flight (TOF) measurements. Thecontroller606 can utilize computing technologies such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), programmable gate arrays, application specific integrated circuits, and/or a video processor with associated storage memory such as Flash, ROM, RAM, SRAM, DRAM or other storage technologies for executing computer instructions, controlling, and processing data supplied by the aforementioned components of thecommunication device600.

Other components not shown inFIG. 6 can be used in one or more embodiments of the subject disclosure. For instance, thecommunication device600 can include a slot for adding or removing an identity module such as a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card or Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC). SIM or UICC cards can be used for identifying subscriber services, executing programs, storing subscriber data, and so on.

The terms “first,” “second,” “third,” and so forth, as used in the claims, unless otherwise clear by context, is for clarity only and doesn't otherwise indicate or imply any order in time. For instance, “a first determination,” “a second determination,” and “a third determination,” does not indicate or imply that the first determination is to be made before the second determination, or vice versa, etc.

In the subject specification, terms such as “store,” “storage,” “data store,” data storage,” “database,” and substantially any other information storage component relevant to operation and functionality of a component, refer to “memory components,” or entities embodied in a “memory” or components comprising the memory. It will be appreciated that the memory components described herein can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can comprise both volatile and nonvolatile memory, by way of illustration, and not limitation, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, disk storage, and memory storage. Further, nonvolatile memory can be included in read only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can comprise random access memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in many forms such as synchronous RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct Rambus RAM (DRRAM). Additionally, the disclosed memory components of systems or methods herein are intended to comprise, without being limited to comprising, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Moreover, it will be noted that the disclosed subject matter can be practiced with other computer system configurations, comprising single-processor or multiprocessor computer systems, mini-computing devices, mainframe computers, as well as personal computers, hand-held computing devices (e.g., PDA, phone, smartphone, watch, tablet computers, netbook computers, etc.), microprocessor-based or programmable consumer or industrial electronics, and the like. The illustrated aspects can also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network; however, some if not all aspects of the subject disclosure can be practiced on stand-alone computers. In a distributed computing environment, program modules can be located in both local and remote memory storage devices.

In one or more embodiments, information regarding use of services can be generated including services being accessed, media consumption history, user preferences, and so forth. This information can be obtained by various methods including user input, detecting types of communications (e.g., video content vs. audio content), analysis of content streams, sampling, and so forth. The generating, obtaining and/or monitoring of this information can be responsive to an authorization provided by the user. In one or more embodiments, an analysis of data can be subject to authorization from user(s) associated with the data, such as an opt-in, an opt-out, acknowledgement requirements, notifications, selective authorization based on types of data, and so forth.

Some of the embodiments described herein can also employ artificial intelligence (AI) to facilitate automating one or more features described herein. The embodiments (e.g., in connection with automatically identifying acquired cell sites that provide a maximum value/benefit after addition to an existing communication network) can employ various AI-based schemes for carrying out various embodiments thereof. Moreover, the classifier can be employed to determine a ranking or priority of each cell site of the acquired network. A classifier is a function that maps an input attribute vector, x=(x1, x2, x3, x4, . . . , xn), to a confidence that the input belongs to a class, that is, f(x)=confidence (class). Such classification can employ a probabilistic and/or statistical-based analysis (e.g., factoring into the analysis utilities and costs) to determine or infer an action that a user desires to be automatically performed. A support vector machine (SVM) is an example of a classifier that can be employed. The SVM operates by finding a hypersurface in the space of possible inputs, which the hypersurface attempts to split the triggering criteria from the non-triggering events. Intuitively, this makes the classification correct for testing data that is near, but not identical to training data. Other directed and undirected model classification approaches comprise, e.g., naïve Bayes, Bayesian networks, decision trees, neural networks, fuzzy logic models, and probabilistic classification models providing different patterns of independence can be employed. Classification as used herein also is inclusive of statistical regression that is utilized to develop models of priority.

As will be readily appreciated, one or more of the embodiments can employ classifiers that are explicitly trained (e.g., via a generic training data) as well as implicitly trained (e.g., via observing UE behavior, operator preferences, historical information, receiving extrinsic information). For example, SVMs can be configured via a learning or training phase within a classifier constructor and feature selection module. Thus, the classifier(s) can be used to automatically learn and perform a number of functions, including but not limited to determining according to predetermined criteria which of the acquired cell sites will benefit a maximum number of subscribers and/or which of the acquired cell sites will add minimum value to the existing communication network coverage, etc.

As used in some contexts in this application, in some embodiments, the terms “component,” “system” and the like are intended to refer to, or comprise, a computer-related entity or an entity related to an operational apparatus with one or more specific functionalities, wherein the entity can be either hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. As an example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, computer-executable instructions, a program, and/or a computer. By way of illustration and not limitation, both an application running on a server and the server can be a component. One or more components may reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers. In addition, these components can execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored

thereon. The components may communicate via local and/or remote processes such as in accordance with a signal having one or more data packets (e.g., data from one component interacting with another component in a local system, distributed system, and/or across a network such as the Internet with other systems via the signal). As another example, a component can be an apparatus with specific functionality provided by mechanical parts operated by electric or electronic circuitry, which is operated by a software or firmware application executed by a processor, wherein the processor can be internal or external to the apparatus and executes at least a part of the software or firmware application. As yet another example, a component can be an apparatus that provides specific functionality through electronic components without mechanical parts, the electronic components can comprise a processor therein to execute software or firmware that confers at least in part the functionality of the electronic components. While various components have been illustrated as separate components, it will be appreciated that multiple components can be implemented as a single component, or a single component can be implemented as multiple components, without departing from example embodiments.

Further, the various embodiments can be implemented as a method, apparatus or article of manufacture using standard programming and/or engineering techniques to produce software, firmware, hardware or any combination thereof to control a computer to implement the disclosed subject matter. The term “article of manufacture” as used herein is intended to encompass a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device or computer-readable storage/communications media. For example, computer readable storage media can include, but are not limited to, magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic strips), optical disks (e.g., compact disk (CD), digital versatile disk (DVD)), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., card, stick, key drive). Of course, those skilled in the art will recognize many modifications can be made to this configuration without departing from the scope or spirit of the various embodiments.

In addition, the words “example” and “exemplary” are used herein to mean serving as an instance or illustration. Any embodiment or design described herein as “example” or “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word example or exemplary is intended to present concepts in a concrete fashion. As used in this application, the term “or” is intended to mean an inclusive “or” rather than an exclusive “or”. That is, unless specified otherwise or clear from context, “X employs A or B” is intended to mean any of the natural inclusive permutations. That is, if X employs A; X employs B; or X employs both A and B, then “X employs A or B” is satisfied under any of the foregoing instances. In addition, the articles “a” and “an” as used in this application and the appended claims should generally be construed to mean “one or more” unless specified otherwise or clear from context to be directed to a singular form.

Moreover, terms such as “user equipment,” “mobile station,” “mobile,” subscriber station,” “access terminal,” “terminal,” “handset,” “mobile device” (and/or terms representing similar terminology) can refer to a wireless device utilized by a subscriber or user of a wireless communication service to receive or convey data, control, voice, video, sound, gaming or substantially any data-stream or signaling-stream. The foregoing terms are utilized interchangeably herein and with reference to the related drawings.

Furthermore, the terms “user,” “subscriber,” “customer,” “consumer” and the like are employed interchangeably throughout, unless context warrants particular distinctions among the terms. It should be appreciated that such terms can refer to human entities or automated components supported through artificial intelligence (e.g., a capacity to make inference based, at least, on complex mathematical formalisms), which can provide simulated vision, sound recognition and so forth.

As employed herein, the term “processor” can refer to substantially any computing processing unit or device comprising, but not limited to comprising, single-core processors; single-processors with software multithread execution capability; multi-core processors; multi-core processors with software multithread execution capability; multi-core processors with hardware multithread technology; parallel platforms; and parallel platforms with distributed shared memory. Additionally, a processor can refer to an integrated circuit, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a digital signal processor (DSP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a programmable logic controller (PLC), a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), a discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. Processors can exploit nano-scale architectures such as, but not limited to, molecular and quantum-dot based transistors, switches and gates, in order to optimize space usage or enhance performance of user equipment. A processor can also be implemented as a combination of computing processing units.

As used herein, terms such as “data storage,” data storage,” “database,” and substantially any other information storage component relevant to operation and functionality of a component, refer to “memory components,” or entities embodied in a “memory” or components comprising the memory. It will be appreciated that the memory components or computer-readable storage media, described herein can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory or can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory.

What has been described above includes mere examples of various embodiments. It is, of course, not possible to describe every conceivable combination of components or methodologies for purposes of describing these examples, but one of ordinary skill in the art can recognize that many further combinations and permutations of the present embodiments are possible. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed and/or claimed herein are intended to embrace all such alterations, modifications and variations that fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Furthermore, to the extent that the term “includes” is used in either the detailed description or the claims, such term is intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term “comprising” as “comprising” is interpreted when employed as a transitional word in a claim.

In addition, a flow diagram may include a “start” and/or “continue” indication. The “start” and “continue” indications reflect that the steps presented can optionally be incorporated in or otherwise used in conjunction with other routines. In this context, “start” indicates the beginning of the first step presented and may be preceded by other activities not specifically shown. Further, the “continue” indication reflects that the steps presented may be performed multiple times and/or may be succeeded by other activities not specifically shown. Further, while a flow diagram indicates a particular ordering of steps, other orderings are likewise possible provided that the principles of causality are maintained.

As may also be used herein, the term(s) “operably coupled to”, “coupled to”, and/or “coupling” includes direct coupling between items and/or indirect coupling between items via one or more intervening items. Such items and intervening items include, but are not limited to, junctions, communication paths, components, circuit elements, circuits, functional blocks, and/or devices. As an example of indirect coupling, a signal conveyed from a first item to a second item may be modified by one or more intervening items by modifying the form, nature or format of information in a signal, while one or more elements of the information in the signal are nevertheless conveyed in a manner than can be recognized by the second item. In a further example of indirect coupling, an action in a first item can cause a reaction on the second item, as a result of actions and/or reactions in one or more intervening items.

Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, it should be appreciated that any arrangement which achieves the same or similar purpose may be substituted for the embodiments described or shown by the subject disclosure. The subject disclosure is intended to cover any and all adaptations or variations of various embodiments. Combinations of the above embodiments, and other embodiments not specifically described herein, can be used in the subject disclosure. For instance, one or more features from one or more embodiments can be combined with one or more features of one or more other embodiments. In one or more embodiments, features that are positively recited can also be negatively recited and excluded from the embodiment with or without replacement by another structural and/or functional feature. The steps or functions described with respect to the embodiments of the subject disclosure can be performed in any order. The steps or functions described with respect to the embodiments of the subject disclosure can be performed alone or in combination with other steps or functions of the subject disclosure, as well as from other embodiments or from other steps that have not been described in the subject disclosure. Further, more than or less than all of the features described with respect to an embodiment can also be utilized.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

providing a group of video streams of live video game content to a group of displays, wherein each video stream of the group of video streams includes a portion of the live video game content resulting in a plurality of portions of live video game content;

determining an audience reaction from a plurality of viewers to a first portion of the plurality of portions of the live video game content in a first video stream of the group of video streams, wherein the audience reaction satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display of the group of displays, the first portion of the plurality of portions of the live video game content comprising a first scene of the live video game content;

analyzing the first portion of the live video game content to determine a sub-portion of the first portion that is associated with a reaction of a first player to events of the video game presented in the first portion of the live video game content, wherein the sub-portion of the first portion of the live video game content caused the audience reaction to satisfy the viewer reaction threshold;

presenting, on a second display of the group of displays, a second portion of the plurality of portions of the live video game content, the second portion of the plurality of portions of the live video game content comprising a second scene of the live video game content;

generating a second video stream of the live video game content, wherein the second video stream comprises the sub-portion of the first portion of the live video game content without a remainder of the first portion; and

providing the second video stream of the live video game content to the second display of the group of displays.

2. The device ofclaim 1, wherein the analyzing of the first portion of the live video game content comprises:

analyzing the first portion of the live video game content using image and video analytics.

3. The device ofclaim 1, wherein the analyzing of the first portion of the live video game content comprises:

detecting a correlation in increased viewer reaction with an event presented in the first portion of the live video game content.

4. The device ofclaim 1, wherein the viewer reaction threshold comprises a threshold number of viewers in the plurality of viewers that are viewing the first portion of the live video game content and wherein the determining an audience reaction comprises comparing a number of audience members with the threshold number of viewers.

5. The device ofclaim 4, wherein the viewer reaction threshold comprises a threshold amount of time that the threshold number of viewers in the plurality of viewers are viewing the first portion of the live video game content.

6. The device ofclaim 1, wherein the determining of the audience reaction to the first portion of the live video game content comprises:

receiving environment sensor information from a sound sensor; and

determining the audience reaction to the first portion of the live video game content satisfies the viewer reaction threshold according to the environment sensor information, wherein the viewer reaction threshold comprises a decibel level of applause.

7. The device ofclaim 1, wherein the providing of the group of video streams of live video game content to the group of displays comprises providing the first video stream and a third video stream of the group of video streams simultaneously to the first display.

8. The device ofclaim 7, wherein the first video stream and the third video stream are presented side-by-side on the first display.

9. The device ofclaim 7, wherein the first video stream and the third video stream are presented picture-in-picture on the first display.

10. The device ofclaim 1, the sub-portion of the first portion of the live video game content comprises a social media post.

11. The device ofclaim 1, wherein the first display comprises a venue display and the second display comprises a mobile communication device display.

12. A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

transmitting a group of video streams of video content to a group of displays, wherein each video stream includes a portion of the video content resulting in a plurality of portions of video content;

determining that an audience reaction of viewers to a first portion of the plurality of portions of the video content in a first video stream of the group of video streams satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display of the group of displays, the first portion of the plurality of portions of the video content comprising a first scene of the video content;

identifying a sub-portion of the first portion that is associated with a first player reaction to events presented in the first portion of the video content, wherein the sub-portion of the first portion comprises social media posts regarding the first scene of the video content;

presenting, on a second display of the group of displays, a second scene of the video content;

adjusting the first video stream of the video content resulting in an adjusted first video stream, wherein the adjusted first video stream comprises an adjusted sub-portion of the first portion of the video content, wherein the adjusting is performed in accordance with the social media posts satisfying the viewer reaction threshold; and

providing the adjusted first video stream of the video content to the second display of the group of displays, to present on the second display the social media posts regarding the first scene of the video content.

13. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium ofclaim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

analyzing the first portion of the video content using image and video analytics, and wherein the identifying the sub-portion of the first portion of the video content comprises the identifying the sub-portion of the first portion of the video content in response to the analyzing the first portion of the video content.

14. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium ofclaim 13, wherein the analyzing the first portion of the video content comprises:

detecting a correlation in increased viewer reaction with an event presented in the first portion of the video content.

15. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium ofclaim 12, further comprising:

receiving environment sensor information; and

determining the audience reaction of viewers to the first portion of the video content satisfies the viewer reaction threshold according to the environment sensor information.

16. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium ofclaim 12, wherein the presenting the group of video streams of video content to the group of displays comprises providing the first video stream and a second video stream simultaneously to the first display.

17. A method, comprising:

providing, by a processing system including a processor, a group of video streams of video content to a group of displays in a venue, wherein each video stream includes a portion of the video content resulting in a plurality of portions of video content;

receiving, by the processing system, environment sensor information from an environment sensor in the venue;

determining, by the processing system, an audience reaction of viewers to a first portion of the plurality of portions of the video content in a first video stream of the group of video streams, wherein the audience reaction of viewers satisfies a viewer reaction threshold when the first video stream is presented on a first display of the group of displays in the venue according to the environment sensor information;

determining, by the processing system, a sub-portion of the first portion of the video content that caused the audience reaction of viewers to satisfy the viewer reaction threshold in response to analyzing the first portion of the video content, wherein the sub-portion of the first portion of the video content comprises social media posts regarding the first portion of the video content;

presenting, by the processing system on a second display of the group of displays, a second portion of the plurality of portions of the video content;

generating, by the processing system, a second video stream of the video content, wherein the second video stream comprises an adjusted sub-portion of the first portion of the video content, wherein the generating is performed in accordance with the social media posts satisfying the viewer reaction threshold; and

providing, by the processing system, the second video stream of the video content to the second display, to present on the second display the social media posts regarding the first portion of the video content.

18. The method ofclaim 17, wherein the analyzing the first portion of the video content comprises:

analyzing, by the processing system, the first portion of the video content using image and video analytics.

19. The method ofclaim 17, wherein the analyzing the first portion of the video content comprises

detecting, by the processing system, a correlation in increased viewer reaction with an event presented in the first portion of the video content.

20. The method ofclaim 17, wherein the video content comprises a video game played by one or more players, wherein analyzing the first portion of the video content comprises determining, by the processing system, that the sub-portion of the first portion is associated with a first player reaction to events of the video game presented in the first portion of the video content, wherein the first player reaction is from one player of a group of players.