System and method for interfacing interactive systems with social networks and media playback devices

Abstract

A system and method for interfacing interactive systems with social networks and media playback devices is described. For example, a system for generating and interacting with media content is described. In one embodiment, the system includes an interactive system that displays media content, wherein the interactive system includes a first computer and sensors for recording a user's interaction with the displayed media content, and a kiosk that allows a user to share the interactive media content with social networks and media playback devices, wherein the interactive media content includes the media content and metadata representing the user's recorded interaction with the media content.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 - 68 . (canceled) 
     
     
         69 . A system for interacting with media content, the system including a processor and further comprising:
 an interactive media system that displays media content and records a social interaction of a plurality of users with the media content in a simulation;   a kiosk that distributes interactive media content using a communication network, wherein the interactive media content includes the media content and metadata representing the plurality of users' recorded time usage and recorded social interaction with the media content; and   wherein the social interaction of the plurality of users with each other and with the media content is captured as interactive media content that includes the media content and metadata representing the social interaction of the plurality of users with each other and with the media content.   
     
     
         70 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the interactive media system monitors, interprets, and responds to the social interaction of the plurality of users with the media content in the simulation. 
     
     
         71 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the interactive media system includes a first computer, a display, and a sensor for determining each of the plurality of users' unencumbered interaction with the displayed media content, including storing each of the plurality of users' unencumbered interaction with the media content as metadata associated with the media content based on one or more of the following: posture use, gesture use, position, and velocity; and wherein the user's unencumbered interaction is recorded to provide a modified version of the simulation that includes the social interaction of the plurality of users unencumbered interaction with the media content stored as the interactive media content. 
     
     
         72 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the interactive media system includes a first computer, a display, and a sensor for determining each of the plurality of users' unencumbered interaction with the displayed media content, including storing each of the plurality of users' unencumbered interaction with the media content as metadata associated with the media content based on one or more of the following: posture use, gesture use, position, and velocity; wherein the user's unencumbered interaction is recorded to provide a modified version of the simulation that includes the social interaction of the plurality of users unencumbered interaction with the media content stored as the interactive media content; and wherein the sensor is selected from one or more of the following: a camera, a microphone, a tactile sensor, a heat sensor, and a motion sensor. 
     
     
         73 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the interactive media content includes one or more of the following: recorded postures, gestures, position, and velocity of one or more of the plurality of users' unencumbered interaction with the media content. 
     
     
         74 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the metadata representing the social interaction of the plurality of users' unencumbered interaction with the media content is stored as the interactive media content that is searchable for sharing electronically the interactive media content with other users, and wherein one or more of the plurality of users can configure the kiosk to select the interactive media content to share electronically with others. 
     
     
         75 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the metadata associated with the interactive media content includes the plurality of users' time usage of unencumbered interaction with the media content. 
     
     
         76 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the interactive media system is implemented as a first programmed computer, and the kiosk is implemented as a second programmed computer, wherein the kiosk is in communication with the interactive media system. 
     
     
         77 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the interactive media content is accessible by the kiosk for electronic distribution and for remote storage. 
     
     
         78 . The system of  claim 69 , further comprising:
 a data reader connected to the interactive media system, wherein the data reader identifies information related to one or more of the plurality of users, wherein the data reader is selected from one or more of the following: a smart card reader, an RFID reader, a bar code reader, and a biometric reader, and wherein the system retrieves stored information related to one or more of the plurality of users.   
     
     
         79 . The system of  claim 69 , further comprising:
 a data reader in network communication with the interactive media system, wherein the data reader identifies information related to one or more of the plurality of users, and wherein the system retrieves stored information related to one or more of the plurality of users from a social network.   
     
     
         80 . The system of  claim 69 , further comprising:
 a data reader in network communication with the interactive media system, wherein the interactive media system tracks usage data by users of the system, wherein the tracked usage data is transmitted for displaying online, wherein the tracked usage data includes data selected from one or more of the following: number of users, time usage per user, total time usage, time usage with specific media content by a user, level of activity by user interacting with media content, choices and or user profiles selected by the user, interaction outcome, social interaction, posture use, gesture use, velocity, position, race, age, gender, user garment brand related data, user jewelry related data, and emotion of users interacting with media content, and wherein the tracked usage data is stored as metadata associated with the interactive media content.   
     
     
         81 . The system of  claim 69 , further comprising:
 a plurality of interactive media systems, wherein the kiosk interfaces the plurality of interactive media systems with each other and for electronic distribution of the interactive media content.   
     
     
         82 . The system of  claim 69 , further comprising:
 a plurality of kiosks, wherein the interactive media system interfaces with the plurality of kiosks.   
     
     
         83 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the distribution of interactive media content using the communication network includes electronic distribution via a plurality of communication networks selected from one or more of the following: a television network, a cable television, a satellite network, a public switched telephone network, a cellular telephone network, a wireless network, an online gaming network, a multiplayer virtual world network, a local area computer network, a wide area computer network, and the Internet. 
     
     
         84 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the interactive media content is accessible by the kiosk for electronic distribution, and wherein the electronic distribution includes one or more of the following: communication via electronic mail, multimedia message, uploading to a social network, and uploading to a media server. 
     
     
         85 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the kiosk transmits the interactive media content to a media server for storage and electronic distribution. 
     
     
         86 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the interactive media content includes sensed data related to the plurality of users and the plurality of users' environment. 
     
     
         87 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein interactive media content is selected from one or more of the following: interactive video, user created video with an audio mix, tactile data, a video game, a music video, computer graphic data, a digital photograph, a data visualization, environmental data, and recorded brain wave signals data. 
     
     
         88 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the interactive media content includes an advertisement. 
     
     
         89 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the metadata associated with the interactive media content includes information related to one or more of the plurality of users, the media content, and a geographical location where the interactive media content was generated, and wherein the metadata is used for placing advertisements with the interactive media content. 
     
     
         90 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the metadata associated with the interactive media content includes information based on automatically determined user or environment related information, and wherein the metadata is used for placing advertisements with the interactive media content. 
     
     
         91 . The system of  claim 69 , wherein the metadata associated with the interactive media content includes information related to a location of the creation of the interactive media content, and wherein the metadata is used for placing local advertisements with the interactive media content.