Sony Patent: convert TV commercials into interactive PlayStation Move games & More.

[ONQ]

http://gamenmotion.blogspot.com/2012...onvert-tv.html

new Sony patent that will allow television commercials to be played as online social games using the PS3 & other devices some games are shown using the PlayStation Move.


Patent


"System for converting television commercials into interactive networked video games

AbstractMethods, systems, and computer programs for converting television commercials into interactive network video games are presented. In one method, a broadcast or streamed commercial is accompanied by an interactive segment. A media player coupled to the broadcast or streaming media source identifies the existence of the interactive segment and presents the user with an enhanced and interactive mini-game commercial that can be played with other "viewers" in a common or disperse demographic. Multiple methods for content delivery are provided, including a model where television commercial is inserted within consecutive frames of the television program, and a model where the commercial is overlaid on frames of the television program allowing the user to play the game while the television program is displayed. In a preferred embodiment, the termination of the interactive mini-game commercial is set within a fixed time period commensurate with traditional spot television advertising. "

[Ghost-Rhayne]

Sony is creating a NEW IP with each and every commercial...It's fucking genius! lol

[ONQ]

Sony is creating a NEW IP with each and every commercial...It's fucking genius! lol

you want to know what's crazy? I dreamed about something like this & I posted about it on NeoGaf about 2 or 3 weeks ago now this patent pops up lol

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=485332

[Bio]

Strange idea. Not sure if it's gonna have legs.

[ONQ]

Strange idea. Not sure if it's gonna have legs.

if it bring in ad money I'm sure it will stay around.

[davin_g]

I couldn't understand how it works through all that info but does it work as your watching live tv or something? It wouldn't just be commercials but you could run it through movies and stuff too if you wanted right? Is interesting lol.