An orientation based, aspect-ratio switching video playback system selects from multiple video streams having corresponding content to automatically match the orientation of the device and play a version of the video filmed, produced and formatted for that orientation. Orientation changes may occur at any time during playback. When an orientation change is detected, the video playback system stores the current playback time, switches to the video stream optimized for the new orientation, and resumes playback from the stored playback time. Switching may be performed automatically and seamlessly to enable the viewer to continue watching the video in the new orientation, at the optimal aspect ratio for such orientation, using the full screen area without clipping any video content, and without interruption.

A multimedia content management system includes a mobile computing device and a backend server. The mobile computing device includes a memory programmed with a mobile application, a processor module, a wireless communication module configured to communicate over a wireless communication link, and a first multimedia device configured to capture a first video and a second video. The mobile application is configured to transmit the first video and the second video over the wireless communication link via the wireless communication module. The backend server is communicably coupled to the mobile computing device via the wireless communications link and configured to execute a persistent internet accessible request protocol for receiving, updating, and storing transmitted videos. The multimedia content management system is useful for hosting and remotely managing multimedia content.

Methods and systems are described for recognizing an activity and providing content for consumption during the activity. The methods and systems use an activity engine to learn a duration of an activity by receiving input with a start cue indicating a start of an activity and receiving input with a stop cue indicating an end of the activity. The activity engine determines an average or estimated duration for the activity based on the time difference between the start cue and the stop cue so that when the activity engine receives a third input and identifies the start cue, a content curation engine identifies one or more content items with a total runtime substantially similar to the average or estimated duration for the activity and provides the content for consumption.

In a set-top-box system, messages from a service provider are stored and delayed until activity from a set-top-box remote is detected. Messages are then generated and provided to a television associated with the set-top-box. Delaying of the message display until set-top-box activity is detected allows short display times, thus preventing burn-in on some television screens, while providing a greater likelihood that messages will be viewed.

Sensing interfaces associated with a home entertainment system are used to automate a system response to events which occur in a viewing area associated with the home entertainment system. Data derived from such sensing interfaces may also be used to enhance the response readiness of one or more system components. Still further, user presence data derived from such sensing interfaces may be used to capture and report user viewing habits and/or preferences.

A method of presenting an audio signal to a user of a mixed reality environment is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of detecting a first audio signal in the mixed reality environment, where the first audio signal is a real audio signal; identifying a virtual object intersected by the first audio signal in the mixed reality environment; identifying a listener coordinate associated with the user; determining, using the virtual object and the listener coordinate, a transfer function; applying the transfer function to the first audio signal to produce a second audio signal; and presenting, to the user, the second audio signal.

Creative intent input describing emotion expectations and narrative information relating to media content is received. Expected physiologically observable states relating to the media content are generated based on the creative intent input. An audiovisual content signal with the media content and media metadata comprising the physiologically observable states is provided to a playback apparatus. The audiovisual content signal causes the playback device to use physiological monitoring signals to determine, with respect to a viewer, assessed physiologically observable states relating to the media content and generate, based on the expected physiologically observable states and the assessed physiologically observable states, modified media content to be rendered to the viewer.

Provided are a display apparatus and a process method for the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display; a communicator, communicating with the network; a remote controller; a memory; and a processor configured for executing instructions in the memory to cause the display apparatus to perform: obtaining video source information from a target video source currently played by the display, where the video source information includes signal source information and type information; determining picture modes corresponding to the target video source according to the signal source information and the type information; displaying the picture modes corresponding to the target video source in a picture mode list; in response to a selection instruction for selecting a target picture mode, obtaining image adjustment parameters corresponding to the target picture mode; and adjusting image quality of the target video source according to the image adjustment parameters.

A method for controlling a television device, is implemented using a processor and includes: detecting user operation associated with a control interface for controlling operations of the television device; when it is determined that the television device is powered on, and that the television device has been in an idle state and no user operation has been detected for a predetermined amount of time, controlling the television device to playa selected advertisement; and when user operation is detected, controlling the television device to resume to a state prior to the playing of the selected advertisement.

A display apparatus included in a modular display apparatus includes a first communication interface configured to communicate with a remote control device; a second communication interface configured to communicate with an external device; a display; and a processor configured to: based on a control signal for displaying a user interface (UI) screen being received through the first communication interface, identify whether another display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses is connected to the external device based on configuration information of the modular display apparatus received from the external device through the second communication interface, based on identifying that the other display apparatus is connected to the external device, transmit the control signal to the external device through the second communication interface, receive, from the external device through the second communication interface, the UI screen processed by the external device according to the control signal, and control the display to display at least a portion of the received UI screen.