Systems and methods for facilitating selective interaction presentation

A system using user devices near the head to provide personalized dialogue tracks in different languages addresses the challenge of dialogue clarity in movie theaters with LED screens, ensuring synchronized audio and visual content delivery.

JP7736433B2Active Publication Date: 2025-09-09DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC
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Application Number
JP2021020419
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Patents
Current Assignee / Owner
Priority Date
2020-02-14
Filing Date
2021-02-12
Publication Date
2025-09-09
Estimated Expiration
2041-02-12

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

Traditional movie theater audio systems with LED screens cannot effectively position center audio channels behind the screen, leading to issues with dialogue clarity when different language tracks are presented, as headphones may not fully mask the original native language dialogue.

Method used

A system utilizing user devices closer to the user's head, such as headphones or seat-integrated speakers, to provide personalized dialogue tracks in different languages, synchronized with visual and sound effects, using servers and processors to manage audio content distribution.

Benefits of technology

Enables individual users to enjoy personalized dialogue tracks in their preferred language while maintaining the theatrical experience, with clear synchronization of audio and visual content.

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Abstract

To provide systems and methods to facilitate selective dialogue presentation for multimedia presentation.SOLUTION: A method comprises: acquiring media information for multimedia presentation; presenting visual content of the multimedia presentation on a display device; presenting, to individual user devices, individual dialogue audio content of the multimedia presentation in synchronization with effects audio content of the multimedia presentation on a set of audio presentation devices; and presenting, to the individual user devices, individual dialogue audio content in synchronization with the presentation of the visual content and / or the effects audio content, and / or other operations.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
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Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] SUMMARY The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for facilitating selective interactive presentations, particularly with respect to the consumption of multimedia presentations. [Background technology]

[0002] Movie theaters traditionally project movies onto large projection screens using projectors. Sound effects and music may be played through several wall-mounted surround sound speakers. Often, a center speaker(s) was positioned behind the projection screen and projected audio through it. The center speaker(s) primarily served as an audio channel presenting dialogue. More recently, projectors and projection screens have been replaced by light-emitting diode (LED) screens. These modern LED screens may allow for more vibrant color definition with improved clarity and resolution. However, LED screens may not allow a center audio channel speaker to be positioned behind the LED screen for audio projection through the LED screen. Instead, the audio channel may also be presented through one or more of the wall-mounted speakers.

[0003] Films are often produced for a target audience of one native language. When a film is presented in a foreign language, the film may be dubbed in its entirety with foreign-language voice actors, or the film may be modified to include foreign-language subtitles while retaining the native-language dialogue. Summary of the Invention

[0004] One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system configured to facilitate selective dialogue presentation. Some theater patrons benefit from having individualized audio tracks to have a better experience. For example, French speakers may prefer to listen to the French track, while patrons of another native language may want to hear the dialogue in their native language. In some current solutions, different users may use headphones to listen to their preferred language while the sound effects and native language dialogue are presented in a conventional manner. However, there may be an issue that the dialogue through the headphones cannot completely mask the original native language dialogue, so the dialogue through the headphones may not be as clear as possible.

[0005] One or more aspects of the present disclosure may describe techniques in which sound effects may be provided by audio presentation devices (e.g., wall-mounted surround sound speakers) typically deployed in theaters. Instead of relying on center channel speaker(s) traditionally placed behind a projection screen and / or one or more wall-mounted speakers for dialogue audio, one or more implementations of the system presented herein may use user devices closer to the user's head. Examples of user devices may include one or more of headphones, speakers integrated into seat headrests, bone conduction headphones, mobile computing platforms, and / or other devices. Individual user devices may be configured to selectively present dialogue audio in a given language. In this way, individual users may have their personalized dialogue tracks while still enjoying the benefits of a theatrical experience.

[0006] One or more implementations of a system configured to facilitate selective interaction presentation may include one or more servers, one or more user devices, one or more display devices, one or more audio presentation devices, and / or other components. Individual sets of display devices and / or audio presentation devices may be physically located and / or fixed in a movie theater, a home theater room, and / or other location. In some implementations, individual user devices may be one or more of: a movie theater, a mobile device associated with the movie theater, and / or a mobile device associated with an individual user.

[0007] The one or more servers may include one or more non-transitory electronic storage devices, one or more physical processors, and / or other components. The one or more servers may communicate with one or more user devices, one or more display devices, and / or one or more audio presentation devices via a client / server architecture and / or other communication schemes.

[0008] The non-transitory electronic storage device may store media information and / or other information for a multimedia presentation. The media information may include one or more of visual information, audio information, synchronization information, and / or other information. The visual information may define the visual content of the multimedia presentation. The visual content may be in the form of images, image sequences, lighting control sequences, and / or other content. The audio information may define one or more of audio effects content, a set of interactive audio content, and / or other forms of audio content for the multimedia presentation. The audio effects content may include sound effects and / or other audio effects. The set of interactive audio content may include separate and distinct interactive audio content in different languages. By way of non-limiting example, the set of interactive audio content may include one or more of first interactive audio content in a first language, second interactive audio content in a second language, and / or other interactive audio content. The synchronization information may include information facilitating synchronized playback of one or more of the visual content, the audio effects content, and the interactive audio content.

[0009] The one or more physical processors may be configured with machine-readable instructions. Execution of the machine-readable instructions may cause the one or more physical processors to facilitate selective interactive presentation. The machine-readable instructions may include one or more computer program components. The computer program components may include one or more of a visual component, an effects component, an interactive component, and / or other components.

[0010] The visual components may be configured to effectuate the presentation of visual content on the respective display devices. By way of non-limiting example, the visual components may communicate commands and / or instructions to the respective display devices to present the visual content.

[0011] The effects component may be configured to effect the presentation of effects audio content by a respective set of audio presentation devices. The presentation of the effects audio content may be synchronized with the presentation of corresponding visual content. By way of non-limiting example, the effects component may communicate commands and / or instructions to the respective audio presentation devices to play the effects audio content.

[0012] The interactive component may be configured to implement communication of audio information defining the respective interactive audio content to the respective user devices. The communication to the respective user devices may cause the respective user devices to present the respective interactive audio content in synchronization with the presentation of the visual content and / or audio effects content. The respective user devices may be configured to selectively present the respective interactive audio content in the respective languages. By way of non-limiting example, audio information defining first interactive audio content may be communicated to a first user device associated with a first user, causing the first user device to present the first interactive audio content in synchronization with the presentation of the visual content and / or audio effects content. By way of non-limiting example, audio information defining second interactive audio content may be communicated to a second user device associated with a second user, causing the second user device to present the second interactive audio content in synchronization with the presentation of the visual content and / or audio effects content.

[0013] These and other objects, features, and characteristics of the systems and / or methods disclosed herein, as well as the manner of operation and function of the associated elements of structure and combination of parts and economies of manufacture, will become more apparent from a consideration of the following description and the appended claims, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, all of which form a part of this specification, and in which like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in the various views. It is expressly understood, however, that the drawings are for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention. As used in this specification and claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" include plural referents unless the context expressly dictates otherwise. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0014] [Figure 1] 1 illustrates a system configured to facilitate selective interactive presentation, according to one or more implementations. [Figure 2] 1 illustrates a method for facilitating selective interactive presentation, according to one or more implementations. [Figure 3] 1 illustrates an implementation of a user device. [Figure 4] 1 illustrates an implementation of a user device. [Figure 5] 1 illustrates an implementation of a user device. [Figure 6] 1 illustrates an implementation of a user device. [Figure 7] 1 illustrates an exemplary environment utilizing a system configured to facilitate selective interaction presentation. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0015] FIG. 1 illustrates a system 100 configured to facilitate selective dialogue presentation, according to one or more implementations. Effects audio may be provided by audio presentation devices (e.g., wall-mounted surround sound speakers) typically deployed in theaters. For dialogue audio, user devices closer to the user's head may be utilized. Examples of user devices may include one or more of headphones, speakers integrated into seat headrests, bone conduction headphones, mobile computing platforms, and / or other devices. Individual user devices may be configured to selectively present dialogue audio in a given language. In this way, individual users may have their personalized dialogue tracks while still enjoying the benefits of a theater experience (e.g., surround sound audio for sound effects).

[0016] System 100 may include one or more servers 102, one or more user devices 122, one or more display devices 126, one or more audio presentation devices 127, and / or other components. One or more servers 102 may include one or more physical processors 104, non-transitory electronic storage 118, and / or one or more other components. Non-transitory electronic storage 118 may be configured to store information utilized by one or more servers 102, one or more user devices 122, one or more display devices 126, one or more audio presentation devices 127, and / or other components of system 100.

[0017] Non-transitory electronic storage 118 may be configured to store media and / or other information for individual multimedia presentations. The media information for a given multimedia presentation may include one or more of visual information, audio information, synchronization information, and / or other information.

[0018] The visual information may define the visual content of the multimedia presentation, which may be in the form of images, image sequences, lighting control sequences, and / or other content.

[0019] The audio information may define one or more of effects audio content, a set of interactive audio content, and / or other forms of audio content for the multimedia presentation. The effects audio content may include sound effects and / or other audio effects. The set of interactive audio content may include separate and distinct interactive audio content in different languages. By way of non-limiting example, the set of interactive audio content for a given multimedia presentation may include one or more of first interactive audio content in a first language, second interactive audio content in a second language, and / or other interactive audio content.

[0020] The synchronization information may include information that facilitates synchronized playback of one or more of the individual ones of the visual content, the audio effects content, and the interactive audio content. The synchronization information may include one or more of one or more audio fingerprints and / or watermarks in the audio effects content, time codes associated with one or more of the visual content, the individual ones of the audio effects content and / or the interactive audio content, and / or other information.

[0021] Each audio presentation device of the one or more audio presentation devices 127 may include a device configured to present audio content. The audio presentation device may be configured to present audio content in the form of words, sounds, and / or other audio content. The audio presentation device may include, for example, a speaker. In some implementations, a set of audio presentation devices may be arranged to provide surround sound audio for a group of users. In some implementations, an individual audio presentation device may be wall-mounted.

[0022] The non-transitory electronic storage 118 may be configured to store profile information and / or other information. The profile information may include user profiles for users of the system. The individual user profiles may indicate language preferences for the individual users. By way of non-limiting example, a first user profile for a first user may indicate a language preference for a first language. By way of non-limiting example, a second user profile for a second user may indicate a language preference for a second language.

[0023] Each display device of the one or more display devices 126 may be configured to present visual content. The display device may include one or more of an LED screen, a touch screen, a monitor, a set of screens, and / or other displays.

[0024] Each of the one or more user devices 122 may include a device configured to present audio content. The user device may be configured to present interactive audio content. The user device may include one or more audio output devices and / or other components. Each of the one or more user devices 122 may include one or more of a mobile device, a stationary device, and / or other user device. The mobile device may include one or more of a mobile computing platform, a mobile headphone, and / or other device. The mobile computing platform may include one or more of a mobile phone, a smartphone, a laptop, a tablet computer, a virtual reality (and / or augmented reality) platform, and / or other user device. The mobile headphone may include one or more of an earbud headphone, a circumaural headphone, a bone conduction headphone, and / or other mobile headphone. The stationary device may include a headrest-mounted audio device. The headrest-mounted audio device may include one or more speakers and / or other components.

[0025] In some implementations, individual user devices may include components configured to facilitate wired and / or wireless communication with other components of system 100. For example, individual user devices may include one or more wireless communication components. The wireless communication components may include one or more of a radio frequency transceiver, a Bluetooth device, a Wi-Fi device, a near field communication device, and / or other wireless communication components. By way of non-limiting example, individual user devices may include a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip configured to emit and / or receive radio frequency electromagnetic signals. In some implementations, the RFID chip may be configured to emit detection information and / or other information. The detection information may include one or more of information communicating the presence of the user device, information communicating the identity of the user device, information communicating the identity of the user of the user device, and / or other information.

[0026] The one or more physical processors 104 may be configured with machine-readable instructions 106. Executing the machine-readable instructions 106 may cause the one or more physical processors 104 to facilitate selective interaction presentation. The machine-readable instructions 106 may include one or more computer program components. The one or more computer program components may include one or more of a visual component 108, an effects component 110, an interaction component 112, a detection component 114, and / or other components.

[0027] Visual component 108 may be configured to facilitate the presentation of visual content on a respective one of display devices 126. By way of non-limiting example, visual component 108 may facilitate the communication to a respective one of display devices 126 of one or more of visual information defining the visual content, synchronization information, commands and / or instructions for presenting the visual content, and / or other information.

[0028] Effects component 110 may be configured to effect the presentation of effects audio content by a respective set of audio presentation devices of one or more audio presentation devices 127. The presentation of effects audio content may be synchronized with the presentation of corresponding visual content. By way of non-limiting example, effects component 110 may effect the communication of one or more of audio information defining effects audio content, synchronization information, commands and / or instructions for presenting effects audio content, and / or other information to a respective set of audio presentation devices of one or more audio presentation devices 127.

[0029] The interaction component 112 may be configured to communicate audio information defining respective interactive audio content to respective user devices of the one or more user devices 122. The communication of the audio information defining the respective user devices may cause the respective user devices to present the respective interactive audio content in synchronization with the presentation of visual content and / or effects audio content. The respective user devices may be configured to selectively present the respective interactive audio content in respective languages. By way of non-limiting example, the interaction component 112 may be configured to communicate audio information, synchronization information, and / or other information defining first interactive audio content to a first user device associated with a first user, causing the first user device to present the first interactive audio content in synchronization with the presentation of visual content and / or effects audio content. As a non-limiting example, the interaction component 112 may be configured to communicate audio information, synchronization information, and / or other information defining second interactive audio content to a second user device associated with the second user, and to cause the second user device to present the second interactive audio content in synchronization with the presentation of the visual content and / or effects audio content.

[0030] In some implementations, implementing communication of audio information defining the respective interactive audio content to the respective user devices may include streaming one or more of the audio information defining the respective interactive audio content, synchronization information, and / or other information to the respective user devices. Streaming may include communicating information continuously and incrementally.

[0031] In some implementations, implementing communication of audio information defining the respective interactive audio content to the respective user devices can include implementing communication of audio information defining the interactive audio content to the respective user devices, wherein the respective user devices can be configured to selectively present the respective interactive audio content in the respective languages.

[0032] In some implementations, selectively presenting individual interactive audio content from a set of interactive audio content may be based on individual user devices being tuned to particular frequencies of wireless communication. As a non-limiting example, audio information defining individual interactive audio content and individual user devices may be associated with individual frequencies of wireless communication. Implementing communication of audio information defining individual interactive audio content to individual user devices may include wirelessly transmitting the individual interactive audio content tuned to associated ones of the individual frequencies. Thus, individual user devices may only receive or "pick up" audio information defining the interactive audio content on the individual frequencies to which they may be tuned. In some implementations, individual user devices may be labeled and / or sorted based on their tuning and / or the corresponding language of the interactive audio content they can play.

[0033] In some implementations, selectively presenting individual interactive audio content from the set of interactive audio content may be based on user input to an individual user device. In some implementations, an individual user device may acquire audio information defining a set of interactive audio content in different languages. An individual user device may include one or more switches configured to select between audio information defining individual pieces of interactive audio content such that only one interactive audio content may be played by an individual user device for user consumption. The switches may include physical switches and / or virtual switches (e.g., presented on a graphical user interface).

[0034] In some implementations, the interaction component 112 may be configured to implement the presentation of a user interface on an individual user device. In some implementations, implementing the presentation of a user interface on an individual user device may include the individual user device communicating information necessary for compiling a user interface and / or access information from the server(s) 102. The user interface may be configured to obtain user input and / or a selection of an individual language. In some implementations, in response to the user input and / or a selection of an individual language, the individual user device may be configured to selectively present individual interactive audio content in an individual language corresponding to the user input and / or the selection of an individual language. In some implementations, the interaction component 112 may communicate audio information defining the interactive audio content to the individual user device via streaming and / or other techniques. In some implementations, the individual user device may download audio information and / or other information.

[0035] The detection component 114 may be configured to detect the presence of one or more user devices within one or more environments utilizing the system 100. The detection component 114 may be configured to obtain an output signal conveying detected information and / or other information. The output signal may be obtained from the individual user devices. In some implementations, the environment may include one or more readers. The one or more readers may be configured to obtain information from the individual user devices via one or more wireless communication components of the individual user devices. By way of non-limiting example, the environment may include one or more RFID readers configured to communicate with RFID chips of the individual user devices. The detected information may facilitate detection of the individual user devices near and / or within the environment. By way of non-limiting example, the detection component 114 may be configured to detect the presence of one or more of a first user device, a second user device, and / or other user devices.

[0036] The detection component 114 may be configured to identify individual users of individual user devices. In some implementations, the identity of the individual users may be included in the detection information and / or requested from the individual user devices. The user may provide input to the individual user device and provide permission to obtain the identity of the individual user. By way of non-limiting example, the detection component 114 may be configured to identify one or more of a first user of a first user device, a second user of a second user device, and / or other users.

[0037] The detection component 114 may be configured to obtain a user profile for an individual user. The user profile may be obtained from profile information stored by the electronic storage device 118 and / or other storage locations. In some implementations, individual user devices may store profile information for individual users of the individual user devices.

[0038] The interaction component 112 may be configured to select voice information defining individual voice content to communicate to individual user devices associated with individual users based on the user profiles of the users. By way of non-limiting example, in response to a first user profile indicating a language preference for a first language, the interaction component 112 may be configured to select voice information defining first interactive voice content to be communicated to the first user device. By way of non-limiting example, in response to a second user profile indicating a language preference for a second language, the interaction component 112 may be configured to select voice information defining second interactive voice content to be communicated to the second user device.

[0039] FIG. 3 illustrates an implementation of a user device 302. The user device 302 may include one or more audio output devices 304, one or more radio frequency (RF) transceivers 306, one or more switches 308, and / or one or more other components. The user device 302 may comprise a stationary device or a mobile device. By way of non-limiting example, a stationary device may include a component mounted within a seat. By way of non-limiting example, a mobile device may include headphones. The one or more audio output devices 304 may be configured to present audio content. By way of non-limiting example, each audio output device may include one or more of a speaker, a bone conduction element, and / or other device. The one or more radio frequency transceivers 306 may be configured to facilitate wireless communication with one or more servers (not shown in FIG. 3 ). Each interactive audio content may be associated with a respective frequency of wireless communication. In some implementations, a set of interactive audio content may be communicated indiscriminately. The user device 302 may be configured, via one or more switches 308, to selectively tune to individual frequencies for playing interactive audio content in a given language.

[0040] 4 illustrates an implementation of a user device 402. The user device 402 may include one or more audio output devices 404, one or more radio frequency transceivers 406, one or more switches 408, and / or one or more other components. The user device 402 may comprise a mobile device such as circumaural headphones. The one or more audio output devices 404 may be configured to present audio content. By way of non-limiting example, each audio output device may include one or more of a speaker, a bone conduction element, and / or other device. The one or more radio frequency transceivers 406 may be configured to facilitate wireless communication with one or more servers (not shown in FIG. 3). The user device 402 may be configured, via one or more switches 408, to selectively tune to individual frequencies for playing interactive audio content in a given language.

[0041] FIG. 5 illustrates an implementation of a user device 502. The user device 502 may include one or more physical processors 504, non-transitory electronic storage 510, one or more audio output devices 512, one or more RF transceivers 514, and / or other components. The one or more audio output devices 512 may be configured to present audio content. By way of non-limiting example, each audio output device may include one or more of a speaker, a bone conduction element, and / or other device. In some implementations, the one or more audio output devices 510 may be removably connectable to the user interface 502 via a port and / or other connector (wired and / or wireless). The one or more radio frequency transceivers 514 may be configured to facilitate wireless communication with one or more servers (not shown in FIG. 5). The one or more radio frequency transceivers 514 may be configured to facilitate detection of the user device 502.

[0042] The non-transitory electronic storage 510 may be configured to store information utilized by the user device 502. The non-transitory electronic storage 510 may be configured to store media information, profile information, and / or other information for individual multimedia presentations. The profile information may include one or more user profiles. The individual user profiles may indicate language preferences for individual users associated with the individual user profiles.

[0043] The one or more physical processors 504 may be configured with machine-readable instructions 506. Executing the machine-readable instructions 506 may cause the one or more physical processors 504 to facilitate selective interactive presentation. The machine-readable instructions 506 may include one or more computer program components. The one or more computer program components may include a user interface component 508 and / or other components.

[0044] The user interface component 508 may be configured to implement the presentation of a user interface on the user device 502. The user interface may be configured to obtain user input and / or a selection of an individual language. In response to the user input and / or the selection of an individual language, the user device 502 may be configured to selectively present individual interactive audio content in an individual language corresponding to the user input and / or the selection of an individual language. In some implementations, the selective presentation of the individual interactive audio content may be based on receiving information defining the individual interactive audio content being streamed from a server (not shown in FIG. 5 ). In some implementations, the selective presentation of the individual interactive audio content may be based on retrieving information defining the individual interactive audio content from the electronic storage device 510.

[0045] FIG. 6 illustrates an implementation of a user device 602. The user device 602 may comprise a mobile device, such as a mobile computing platform. The user device 602 may present a user interface 604 configured to acquire user input and / or selection of an individual language. The user interface 604 may include one or more user interface elements configured to facilitate user interaction with the user interface 604. By way of non-limiting example, the user interface elements may include one or more of a text entry field, a drop-down menu, a check box, a display window, a virtual button, and / or other elements configured to facilitate user interaction. For example, a set of check boxes 606 may be configured to acquire user input and / or selection of an individual language corresponding to the individual check box. In response to the user input and / or selection of an individual language, the user device 602 may be configured to selectively present individual interactive audio content in the individual language corresponding to the user input and / or selection. In some implementations, the selective presentation of the individual interactive audio content may be based on receiving information defining the individual interactive audio content being streamed from a server (not shown in FIG. 5 ). In some implementations, selectively presenting the individual interactive voice content may be based on obtaining information defining the individual interactive voice content stored locally on the user device 602.

[0046] 7 illustrates an example environment 700 utilizing a system configured to facilitate selective interaction presentation, according to one or more implementations. The environment 700 may include, for example, a movie theater. The system 700 may include one or more servers 702, a display device 704, a set of audio presentation devices (706, 708, 710, and 712), a set of user devices (714, 716, 718, 720, and 722), and / or other components. The one or more servers 702 may include one or more physical processors, non-transitory electronic storage, and / or other components. The non-transitory electronic storage may be configured to store information utilized by the one or more servers 702, the set of user devices, the display device 704, the set of audio presentation devices, and / or other components.

[0047] 1 , server(s) 102, one or more user devices 122, one or more display devices 126, one or more audio presentation devices 127, external resource(s) 124, and / or other components may be operatively linked via one or more electronic communication links. For example, such electronic communication links may be established at least in part via one or more networks 120. One or more networks 120 may include the Internet, Bluetooth, and / or other networks. It is understood that this is not intended to be limiting, and that the scope of the present disclosure includes implementations in which the components of system 100 may be operatively linked via some other communication medium.

[0048] External resource(s) 124 may include sources of information, hosts and / or providers of information external to system 100, external entities participating in system 100, and / or other resources. In some implementations, some or all of the functionality attributed herein to external resource(s) 124 may be provided by resources included in system 100.

[0049] Server(s) 102 may include communication lines or ports that allow for the exchange of information with a network and / or computing platform(s) 122. The illustration of server(s) 102 in Figure 1 is not intended to be limiting. Server(s) 102 may include multiple hardware, software, and / or firmware components operating together to provide the functionality attributed to server(s) 102 herein. For example, server(s) 102 may be implemented by a cloud of computing platforms operating together as server(s) 102.

[0050] The electronic storage device 118 may include electronic storage media that electronically store information. The electronic storage media of the electronic storage device 118 may include one or both of a system storage device that is provided integrally with the server(s) 102 (i.e., substantially non-removable) and / or a removable storage device that is removably connectable to the server(s) 102, for example, via a port or drive. The port may include a USB port, a FireWire port, and / or other port. The drive may include a disk drive and / or other drive. The electronic storage device 118 may include one or more of an optically readable storage medium (e.g., optical disk, etc.), a magnetically readable storage medium (e.g., magnetic tape, hard drive, floppy disk, etc.), a charge-based storage medium (e.g., EEPROM, RAM, etc.), a solid-state storage medium (e.g., flash drive, etc.), and / or other electronically readable storage medium. The electronic storage device 118 may include one or more virtual storage resources (e.g., cloud storage, virtual private network, and / or other virtual storage resources). The electronic storage device 118 may store software algorithms, information determined by the processor(s) 104, information received from the computing platform(s) 122, and / or other information that enables the system 100 to function as described herein.

[0051] The processor(s) 104 may be configured to provide information processing capabilities in the server(s) 102. Thus, the processor(s) 104 may include one or more of a digital processor, an analog processor, a digital circuit designed to process information, an analog circuit designed to process information, a state machine, and / or other mechanisms for electronically processing information. Although the processor(s) 104 are shown as a single entity in FIG. 1 , this is for illustrative purposes only. In some implementations, the processor(s) 104 may include one or more processing units. These processing units may be physically located within the same device, or the processor(s) 104 may represent the processing functions of multiple devices acting in conjunction. The processor(s) 104 may be configured to execute components 108, 110, 112, and / or 114. The processor(s) 104 may be configured to execute components 108, 110, 112, and / or 114 by software, hardware, firmware, some combination of software, hardware, and / or firmware, and / or other mechanisms for configuring processing power on the processor(s) 104.

[0052] While components 108, 110, 112, and / or 114 are illustrated in FIG. 1 as being co-located within a single processing unit, it should be understood that in implementations in which processor(s) 104 include multiple processing units, one or more of components 108, 110, 112, and / or 114 may be located remotely from the other components. While computer program components are described herein as being implemented via processor(s) 104 through machine-readable instructions 106, this is merely for ease of reference and is not meant to be limiting. In some implementations, one or more functions of the computer program components described herein may be implemented via hardware (e.g., dedicated chips, field programmable gate arrays). One or more functions of the computer program components described herein may be software implemented, hardware implemented, and / or one or more of software and hardware implemented. The description of the functionality provided by the different components 108, 110, 112, and / or 114 above is for purposes of illustration and not intended to be limiting, as any of the components 108, 110, 112, and / or 114 may provide more or less functionality than described. For example, one or more of the components 108, 110, 112, and / or 114 could be eliminated, and some or all of its functionality could be provided by other of the components 108, 110, 112, 114 and / or other components. As another example, the processor(s) 104 may be configured to execute one or more additional components that may perform some or all of the functionality attributed to one of the components 108, 110, 112, and / or 114.

[0053] 2 illustrates a method 200 for facilitating selective interactive presentation. The operations of method 200 presented below are intended to be exemplary. In some implementations, method 200 can be accomplished with one or more additional operations not described and / or without one or more of the operations discussed. Additionally, the order of operations of method 200 is illustrated in FIG. 2, and the following description is not intended to be limiting.

[0054] In some implementations, method 200 may be implemented in a system that includes one or more processing devices (e.g., digital processors, analog processors, digital circuits designed to process information, analog circuits designed to process information, state machines, and / or other mechanisms for electronically processing information), storage media storing machine-readable instructions, one or more display devices, one or more user devices, one or more audio presentation devices, and / or other components. The one or more processing devices may include one or more devices that perform some or all of the operations of method 200 in response to instructions electronically stored on an electronic storage medium. The one or more processing devices may include one or more devices configured, through hardware, firmware, and / or software, specifically designed to perform one or more of the operations of method 200.

[0055] At operation 202, media information for the multimedia presentation may be obtained. The media information may include one or more of visual information, audio information, and / or other information. The visual information may define the visual content of the multimedia presentation. The visual content may be in the form of images, image sequences, lighting control sequences, and / or other content. The audio information may define one or more of effects audio content, a set of interactive audio content, and / or other forms of audio content for the multimedia presentation. The effects audio content may include sound effects and / or other audio effects. The set of interactive audio content may include separate and distinct interactive audio content in different languages. By way of non-limiting example, the set of interactive audio content may include one or more of first interactive audio content in a first language, second interactive audio content in a second language, and / or other interactive audio content. In some implementations, operation 202 may be performed by one or more physical processors executing one or more components the same as or similar to one or more of visual component 108, effects component 110, and / or interactive component 112 (shown in FIG. 1 and described herein).

[0056] Presentation of the visual content on a display device may be performed in operation 204. In some implementations, operation 204 may be performed by one or more physical processors executing components the same as or similar to visual components 108 (shown in FIG. 1 and described herein).

[0057] In operation 206, the presentation of the effects audio content may be performed by a set of audio presentation devices. The presentation of the effects audio content may be synchronized with the presentation of the visual content. In some implementations, operation 206 may be performed by one or more physical processors executing components the same as or similar to effects component 110 (shown in FIG. 1 and described herein).

[0058] At operation 208, communication of the respective interactive voice content to respective user devices included in the set of user devices associated with the user may be performed. Communication to the respective user devices may cause the respective user devices to present the respective interactive voice content in synchronization with the presentation of the visual content and / or sound effects content. The respective user devices may be configured to selectively present the respective interactive voice content in respective languages. As a non-limiting example, first interactive voice content may be communicated to a first user device associated with a first user, causing the first user device to present the first interactive voice content in synchronization with the presentation of the visual content and / or sound effects content. As a non-limiting example, second interactive voice content may be communicated to a second user device associated with a second user, causing the second user device to present the second interactive voice content in synchronization with the presentation of the visual content and / or sound effects content. In some implementations, operation 208 may be performed by one or more physical processors executing components the same as or similar to interactive component 112 (shown in FIG. 1 and described herein).

[0059] While the present technology has been described in detail for purposes of illustration, based on what are presently considered to be the most practical and preferred implementations, it will be understood that such detail is for that purpose only and that the technology is not limited to the disclosed implementations, but on the contrary, is intended to cover modifications and equivalent arrangements within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. For example, it will be understood that the present technology contemplates that, to the extent possible, one or more features of any implementation can be combined with one or more features of any other implementation.

Claims

1. 1. A system configured to facilitate selective dialogue presentation, the system comprising: a first user device that stores a set of interactive voice content for a multimedia presentation, the set of interactive voice content including a plurality of interactive voice contents, the set of interactive voice content including a first interactive voice content and a second interactive voice content, the first interactive voice content and the second interactive voice content being separate and distinct; a second user device that stores the set of interactive voice content including the first interactive voice content and the second interactive voice content; one or more physical processors, Detecting the presence of the first user device and the second user device using one or more readers; Obtaining a first user profile for a first user of the first user device and a second user profile for a second user of the second user device. one or more physical processors configured with machine-readable instructions, such as Equipped with the first user profile and the second user profile indicating language preferences for the first user and the second user, respectively; In response to the first user profile indicating a first language preference, the first user device is configured to select the first interactive voice content stored by the first user device and perform presentation of the first interactive voice content; In response to the second user profile indicating a second language preference, the second user device is configured to select the second interactive voice content stored by the second user device and perform presentation of the second interactive voice content.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first interactive voice content is in a first language and the second interactive voice content is in a second language.

3. the first user device is configured to implement presentation of a user interface, the user interface being configured to obtain user input and / or selection of individual language preferences; 3. The system of claim 2, wherein in response to the user input and / or selection of the individual language preference different from the first language preference, the first user device is configured to cease presenting the first interactive voice content and selectively present individual interactive voice content corresponding to the individual language preference.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first user device is mobile.

5. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first user device further stores synchronization information, the synchronization information facilitating synchronized playback of the first interactive audio content with effects audio content, the effects audio content including surround sound effects.

6. 1. A method for facilitating selective dialogue presentation, the method comprising: storing, by a first user device, a set of interactive voice content for a multimedia presentation, the set of interactive voice content including a plurality of interactive voice contents, the set of interactive voice content including a first interactive voice content and a second interactive voice content, the first interactive voice content and the second interactive voice content being separate and distinct; storing, by a second user device, the set of interactive voice content including the first interactive voice content and the second interactive voice content; Detecting the presence of the first user device and the second user device using one or more readers; obtaining a first user profile for a first user of the first user device and a second user profile for a second user of the second user device, the first user profile and the second user profile indicating language preferences for the first user and the second user, respectively; selecting, by the first user device, the first interactive voice content stored by the first user device in response to the first user profile indicating a first language preference, and performing presentation of the first interactive voice content by the first user device; selecting, by the second user device, the second interactive voice content stored by the second user device in response to the second user profile indicating a second language preference; and performing, by the second user device, presentation of the second interactive voice content. A method comprising:

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first interactive voice content is in a first language and the second interactive voice content is in a second language.

8. performing, by the first user device, the presentation of a user interface, the user interface configured to obtain user input and / or selection of an individual language preference; in response to the user input and / or selection of the individual language preference different from the first language preference, ceasing presentation of the first interactive voice content by the first user device and selectively presenting individual interactive voice content corresponding to the individual language preference; The method of claim 7 further comprising:

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first user device is mobile.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising storing, by the first user device, synchronization information, the synchronization information facilitating synchronized playback of the first interactive audio content with effect audio content, the effect audio content including surround sound effects.

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