FR2975554A1 - Method for adapting content e.g. Internet page, that is to be rendered on rendering unit of terminal, involves performing action of adaptation of contents as function of received contextual data - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves transmitting a request for contextual data (CTX) e.g. user profile, of a terminal (TRM1) toward another terminal (TRM2) that is capable of providing the contextual data. A response output is received from the latter terminal by the former terminal, where the response output includes the contextual data. An action of adaptation of contents e.g. multimedia content such as cinematographic film, is performed as a function of the received contextual data. An identifier is provided in the request for contextual data. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a terminal (2) a computer program product comprising instructions for performing a method for adapting a content that is to be rendered on a rendering unit of a terminal.

Description

A method of matching a content according to the content receiver. The invention relates to a method of adapting a content according to the recipient of the content.

A recipient indifferently includes a terminal or a pair comprising a terminal and its user. The terminal in question includes any data processing device, that is to say equipped with physical resources and / or software including at least one microprocessor, able to communicate through a communication network. The terminal in question is able to receive contents via a communication network. The network can be for example the Internet network, or any other network capable of carrying digital data. Content includes any digital data such as multimedia content, web page, etc. Content providers offer their customers access to content. If the content in question is multimedia content, for example a cinematographic film, subtitling may be provided; the choice of the subtitle language requires a user to select on the terminal a subtitling language. However, the terminal in question is not necessarily equipped with selection means; a solution could be to make available contextual data on all terminals, which can return content, belonging to the same user or a group of users. These contextual data would be stored or retrieved on the fly following an authentication. Then, the terminal spontaneously communicate the contextual data to the content provider for the content provider to adapt. Storage is not very comfortable because it requires contextual data storage on multiple devices, resulting in data redundancy. The on-the-fly recovery following an authentication is not possible on terminals not provided with means for the input of authentication data, particularly on terminals without a keyboard. Also, if the content is a page accessible on the Internet, and this page includes articles for sale, the price indicated may be in a currency unit other than that commonly used by the user viewing the page.

One observation is that delivered content is the same regardless of the user receiving the content. The invention improves the situation. For this purpose, according to a functional aspect, the invention relates to a method for adapting a content that can be restored on means for rendering a terminal, said first terminal, characterized in that the reproduction of the content is preceded by the following steps: - a step of transmitting a request for contextual data from the first terminal to a second terminal capable of providing contextual data, - a step reception by the first terminal of a response from the second terminal, including the contextual data, - a content adaptation step based on the received contextual data.

According to the invention, the context data that will be used to personalize the content are stored on a terminal other than the terminal on which the content is rendered. It is therefore no longer necessary for the first terminal to be equipped with input means for entering data, particularly context, in order to receive personalized content. It may be that the first terminal is not equipped with means for receiving data via the communication means that has been used for transmitting the request for contextual data. In this configuration, according to a particular mode of implementation of the invention, the first terminal includes in the request an identifier of a device. Thus, the second terminal, knowing the identifier of the device, transmits the contextual data to the device. Then, the device transmits the contextual data to the second terminal; this feature allows the first terminal to make a request via a communication means and to receive a response via another means of communication. According to another particular mode of implementation of the invention, which can be implemented alternatively or cumulatively with the previous one, the context data include a user profile such as a mother tongue, a nationality, an age. Such a profile makes it possible to adapt the content to be rendered so that it is comprehensible to the user associated with the profile and receiver of the content. According to yet another particular mode of implementation of the invention, which may be implemented alternatively or cumulatively with the previous ones, the context data includes a content identifier. Thus, the transfer concerns a particular content. With this feature, a user can transfer the visualization of content from one terminal to another.

According to yet another particular embodiment of the invention, which may be implemented alternatively or cumulatively with the preceding, the content is a content having a given duration, the content identifier is accompanied by a point of temporal start of said content. Thus, if the content is restored on the first terminal and the transfer of restitution to the second terminal takes place, the user can continue the return of the content at a time position defined in the contextual data. According to a material aspect, the invention relates to a terminal comprising means for restoring a content and communication means, characterized in that it comprises: means for transmitting a request for contextual data via the means of communication, means for receiving a response including the contextual data, means for adapting the content according to the contextual data received. According to another material aspect, the invention relates to a computer program capable of being implemented on the terminal defined above, the program comprising code instructions which, when executed by a processor, realize the steps of the method of the invention defined above. The invention will be better understood on reading the description which follows, given by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings. The figures: FIG. 1 represents a computer system illustrating two embodiments of the invention, namely a first mode and a second mode. Figures 2 and 3 are schematic views of the exchanges taking place between the various components of the computer system with respect to a first embodiment and a second embodiment, respectively.

Figure 4 is a detailed view of a circuit of the second terminal with respect to the second embodiment.

Detailed description of an exemplary embodiment illustrating the invention. FIG. 1 represents a SYS system comprising an SRV server belonging to a content provider and a terminal TRM1, called the first terminal. The server and the first terminal TRM1 are connected to each other via a first means of communication RES1, such as a communication network, said first network thereafter. This first network RES1 is for example an Internet network. The system also includes a second terminal TRM2. In our example, this second terminal is also connected to the first network RES1.

In our example, the two terminals TRM1 and TRM2 belong to the same user UT but could very well belong to two different users. The terminals are equipped with a first microprocessor CPU1 and a second microprocessor CPU2, respectively.

In our example, the second terminal TRM2 is able to receive data from the first terminal via a second communication means, for example a second communication network, different from the first one in our example. In our example, the first terminal TRM1 further comprises: first communication means COM1a and COM1b making it possible to communicate with the first network RES1 and the second network RES2, respectively; A first memory MEM1 capable of storing data; - An ECR rendering means illustrated by a screen.

The means described above as well as the first microprocessor CPU1 are interconnected via a first bus BUS1 The second terminal TRM2 comprises, besides the second processor CPU2, second communication means COM2a and COM2b for communicating with each other. with the first means RES1 and the second network RES2, respectively; a second memory MEM2 able to store data including contextual data CTX. The means described above as well as the second CPU2 microprocessor are interconnected via a second bus BUS2.

Recall that a bus has the function of ensuring the transfer of digital data between the different circuits of a terminal. In our example, the bus in question includes a data bus and a control bus. Note also that, in our example, the memories described above are permanent memories type ROM (acronym for Read Only Memory). The first terminal TRM1 is able to use a first service S1. Use of this service requires the sending of contextual data in addition to the request to use the service. In our example, the first service S1 provides video on demand that a user can select via the first terminal TRM1 and a subtitle associated with the selected video. The following steps take place before sending a request for use of the first service S1 by the first terminal TRM1. It is considered here that the second terminal TRM2 stores contextual data. Two embodiments will illustrate the steps that preceded this request for use of the first service S1 by the first terminal TRM1. The steps relating to a first mode is illustrated in FIG. 2 and the steps relating to a second mode are illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4.

Note that, in these figures, are represented axes illustrating a data exchange. For this purpose, a time axis "t" indicates the direction of execution of the steps. In these same figures, an exchange of data is symbolized by an arrow having an origin and an end, the origin being associated with the sender of a message, the end being associated with the recipient of the message. Also, an arrow having an origin and an end on the same axis represents an internal processing. In a first embodiment, it is assumed that the second network allows bidirectional communication. In this first mode the steps will be referenced ET1n with n = 1, ..., 6. In a first step ET11, the first terminal TRM1 requires the second terminal CTX contextual data. In a second step ET12, the second terminal TRM2 receives the request.

In a third step ET13, the second terminal TRM2 transmits the contextual data CTX back to the first terminal TRM1. In a fourth step ET14, the first terminal receives the contextual data. In a fifth step ET15, the first terminal requires the use of the first service via a command including the contextual data. In a sixth step ET16, the first service S1 transmits multimedia content with a subtitle corresponding to the language transmitted in the contextual data.

In a second embodiment, the second network only allows unidirectional communication, namely from the first to the second terminal. This embodiment involves a device illustrated by an SRV server.

In this first mode the steps will be referenced ET2k with k = 1, ..., 9. In a first step ET21, the first terminal requires an identifier from the server SRV. At this stage, the server SRV stores the identifier and an address of the first terminal in order to communicate data, namely contextual data, later if necessary. In a second step ET22, the first terminal receives an identifier ID from the server SRV. In a third step ET23, the first terminal TRM1 requires the second terminal TRM2 CTX contextual data. In our example, the first communication means COM1b are able to display the identifier ID and an ADR network address of the server SRV on the screen ECR for example in the form of 2D code. In this configuration, the communication means are a screen. This third step is optional because the first terminal TRM1 may not be equipped with means capable of requesting data from another terminal. In a fourth step ET24, the second COM2b communication means capture the code. In this configuration, with reference to FIG. 4, the second communication means COM2b are means of CPT means such as a camera connected to processing means TRT themselves connected to the second processor CPU2 by means of intermediate of the second bus BUS2. The function of the processing means TRT is to decode the captured signals received from the second network RES2. In a fifth step ET25, the second terminal TRM2 decodes the received 2D code and extracts the identifier ID and ADR address of the server SRV. In a sixth step ET26, the second terminal transmits to the server the identifier ID and the contextual data CTX stored in the second memory MEM2.

In a seventh step ET27, the server SRV receives the identifier and makes a correspondence with the identifier received by the first terminal during the second step ET22. In an eighth step ET28, the server SRV transmits the context data CTX to the first terminal TRM1. In a ninth step ET29, the first terminal requires use of the first service. The request in question includes the CTX context data. During a tenth step ET210, the first terminal receives a content taking into account the contextual data, for example a film and a subtitling in French if the French language is indicated in the contextual data. The embodiments described above may be subject to variants including the following.

According to this variant, the contextual data CTX are obtained by the second terminal as follows: During a step, the second terminal requires the second service S2 to receive contextual data. In a next step, the second terminal receives the contextual data and stores it in the second memory MEM 2 to be used in the second step ET13 relative to the first mode or in the sixth step ET26 relative to the second embodiment. These two steps are performed - before the third step ET13 relative to the first embodiment. and before the sixth step ET26 relative to the second embodiment.

In the examples, contextual data is the language spoken by the user of the first terminal. This allows, as we have seen, the first service to transmit a film accompanied by a subtitle whose language will be the language included in the contextual data.

Other contextual data can of course be used. Among these data we find - a user profile (last name, first name, language, nationality, etc.) - a content identifier (transfer of the restitution of a content from the first to the second). Also when the content is a content having a given duration, the content identifier may be accompanied by a temporal start point of said content. In this way, if the content is rendered on the first terminal TRM1, and a transfer of restitution to the second terminal takes place, the user can continue the playback of the content at a time position defined in the contextual data.

Claims (7)

REVENDICATIONS1. A method of adapting a content (CNT) that can be restored on rendering means (ECR) of a terminal (TRM1), said first terminal, characterized in that the restitution of the content is preceded by the following steps: a step of transmitting (ET11, ET23) a request for contextual data (CTX) from the first terminal (TRM1) to a second terminal (TRM2) capable of providing contextual data, - a receiving step (ET13, ET28) by the first terminal (TRM1) of a response from the second terminal (TRM2), including the contextual data (CTX), - a content adaptation step (CNT) function of the received contextual data (CTX). 2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the first terminal includes in the request an identifier of a device, in that the second terminal transmits the contextual data to the device and in that the device transmits to the second terminal the data. contextual. 3. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the context data includes a user profile. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the context data includes a content identifier. 5. Method according to claim 5, characterized in that the content is a content having a given duration, and in that the content identifier is accompanied by a temporal start point of said content. 11 6. Terminal (TRM1) comprising means for restoring a content and communication means (COM1a, COM1b), characterized in that it comprises: means for transmitting a request for contextual data via the communication means (RES2) - means for receiving a response including the contextual data, - means for adapting the content according to the received contextual data. 10 7. Computer program capable of being implemented on a terminal (TRM1) as defined in claim 6, the program comprising code instructions which, when executed by a processor (CPU1), performs the steps defined in claim 1. 15