US-20260126945-A1 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NFT MESSAGE AND PHOTO DELIVERY

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Abstract

A method and system for automated routing of pictures taken on mobile electronic devices to a second electronic device. A paper print of a selected digital photo is prepared, and the paper print including a near field communication (NFC) chip including a digital audio message. The paper print is delivered to a community member, whereby the community member plays the digital audio message via the second electronic device upon bringing the paper print in sufficient proximity to the second electronic device. Clustering photos by content is used to improve display and to respond to photo viewer desires or the NFC chip. The second electronic device includes a conversational intelligence that provides a verbal communication with a viewer, such as for determining an identity or preferences of the frame viewer, determining photos to display for the viewer, discussing displayed photos with the viewer, or telling stories to the viewer based upon photo content.

Inventors

Scott Milstein
Ophir Frieder
Abdur Chowdhury
Eric Jensen

Assignees

AURA HOME, INC.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260507
Application Date: 20251229

Claims (20)

1 . A digital media delivery system, comprising: a first interaction application downloaded on a first electronic device of a user, the first electronic device including a first digital photo collection; a server in combination with the first interaction application to receive a digital audio message and a digital photo from the user via the first interaction application, the server further configured to generate a paper print of the digital photo and deliver the paper print to a recipient, the paper print including a near field communication (NFC) chip including the digital audio message, and whereby the recipient plays the digital audio message via a second electronic device of the recipient upon bringing the paper print in sufficient proximity to the second electronic device; the second electronic device further including a conversational agent module configured to provide an automated verbal interaction with the recipient, wherein the conversational agent module determines a search parameter from the verbal interaction and initiates a search of a second digital photo collection of the recipient, for digital photos matching the search parameter; wherein the conversational agent module includes a story-telling module configured to receive a story request from the recipient, automatically search for and/or display one or more digital photos matching the story request, and automatically generate a unique fictitious narrative through the speaker corresponding to displayed image content of the one or more digital photos.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the second electronic device is a smartphone, and wherein the paper print further actuates a photo display upon the recipient bringing the paper print in sufficient proximity to a digital picture frame of the recipient.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the NFC chip is linked to a clustered collection of digital photos.
4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the NFC chip includes NFC data selected from a search term, a file pathway, a trigger for a photo slideshow and/or the story request, and/or a personalized recipient language preference or filter.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the second electronic device comprises a digital photo frame including a digital display, a network connection module adapted to connect to a user electronic device and to receive photos from a second digital photo collection stored within the second electronic device, an automated display module adapted to automatically display photos and change photos displayed on the digital display from the second electronic device, a microphone in combination with the automated display module and adapted to receive spoken communications, and a speaker in combination with the automated display module and adapted to produce audio communications.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the verbal interaction comprises a plurality of automated back-and-forth iterations of conversational vocal utterances via the microphone and speaker to establish the search parameter.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the search parameter includes a person, an activity, a location, or combinations thereof, identified from keywords detected in the verbal interaction.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conversational agent module is configured to annotate the one or more digital photos displayed with overlay images and/or sounds corresponding to the unique fictitious narrative.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conversational agent module receives the story request in response to a photo being displayed on the digital display.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conversational agent module instructs the automated display module to show a slideshow of photos related to the unique narrative.
11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the unique fictitious narrative is developed from content clustered photographs of a second digital photo collection, clustered according to a person, an activity, a location, or combinations thereof, and/or developed from metadata associated with photos in the second digital photo collection.
12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the search is performed on content clustered photographs of the digital photo clusters, clustered according to a person, an activity, a location, or combinations thereof, and/or performed on metadata associated with photos in the digital photo collection.
13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a second interaction application of the second electronic device stores extracted content features comprising locations, seasons, weather content, times of day, dates, activity content, and/or one or more attributes of persons within the photos.
14 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a second interaction application stored on the second electronic device of the recipient, the second electronic device including a second digital photo collection, and the second interaction application including a second plurality of automatically created digital photo clusters according to content from the second digital photo collection, wherein the search parameter from the verbal interaction is searched within digital photo clusters of the second digital photo collection for digital photos matching the search parameter.
15 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conversational agent module is configured to detect and analyze responsive vocal utterances or voice prompts from the viewer during the verbal interaction to automatically adjust the verbal interaction or change a displayed photo in response to the responsive vocal utterances or voice prompts.
16 . The system of claim 15 wherein a further photo is obtained from the digital photo collection and the conversational agent module is configured to automatically continue the verbal interaction with a viewer of the second electronic device about the displayed second photo.
17 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the verbal interaction includes automatically generated questions to the viewer about a displayed photo.
18 . A method of delivering digital media data, the method comprising: downloading a first interaction application to a first electronic device of a user, the first electronic device including a first digital photo collection; receiving from the user a digital audio message and a digital photo via the first interaction application; preparing a paper print of the digital photo, the paper print including a near field communication (“NFC”) chip including the digital audio message; and delivering the paper print to a recipient identified by the user, whereby the recipient plays the digital audio message via a second electronic device of the recipient upon bringing the paper print in sufficient proximity to the second electronic device.
19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising: a conversational agent module of the second electronic device generating an automated verbal interaction with the recipient, wherein the conversational agent module determines a search parameter from the verbal interaction and initiates a search of a second digital photo collection of the recipient, for digital photos matching the search parameter.
20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the conversational agent module includes a story-telling module, and further comprising: receiving a story request from the recipient via the second electronic device; and automatically searching for and/or displaying one or more digital photos of the digital photo collection or a recipient digital photo collection matching the story request, and automatically generate a unique fictitious narrative through a speaker corresponding to displayed image content of the one or more digital photos.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application, Serial No. 18/921,513, filed on 21 October 2024, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application, Serial No. 18/676,781, filed on 29 May 2024, now U.S. Patent 12,216,960, which is a continuation of U.S. application, Serial No. 18/515,646, filed on 21 November 2023, now U.S. Patent 12,093,600, which is a continuation of U.S. application, Serial No. 18/117,737, filed on 06 March 2023, now U.S. Patent 11,861,259. The co-pending parent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety and is made a part hereof, including but not limited to those portions which specifically appear hereinafter. FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to a digital picture frame and, more particularly, to methods and systems for processing photos for a digital picture frame that is a Mobile Positional Social Media (MPSM) output device that automatically provides personalized photo viewing in automated combination with a proximate or remote electronic device and/or an MPSM account. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Existing digital picture frames synchronize with popular social media platforms, such as FacebookTM and InstagramTM, using, among other techniques, a WiFiTM interconnection. However, multiple steps may be required for such synchronization. These manual steps can be difficult to do if one wants to change to a different social media account or to directly retrieve from a picture capture or storage device, such as while entertaining guests. There is a continuing need for improvements for implementing displays such as home digital picture frames. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a digital picture frame that automatically detects viewers and/or viewers’ electronic devices, and automatically displays photos or videos relevant to the detected viewers. The relevant photos or videos are obtained upon detection from the electronic device and/or social media accounts of the detected viewers. The photos or videos can also be automatically obtained from devices, frames, stored photo collections, or social media accounts of one or more community members of the detected viewer(s), such as photos taken and posted by a friend or relative of the detected viewer. The device and method of this invention provides for improved and updated photo display based upon current photos and/or social media updates, and thus relevant to the viewer. The device of this invention can be used as an MPSM device to display any MPSM information, as desired, including but not limited to MPSM information obtained according to methods described herein. A general object of the invention can be attained, at least in part, through a digital picture frame including a digital display mounted within a frame, a camera connected to the frame, a network connection module adapted to connect to an electronic device, photo collection, and/or social media account of a viewer viewing the digital picture frame and to receive photos stored within the electronic device and/or the social media account, and an automated display module adapted to automatically change photos displayed on the digital display to photos from the electronic device and/or social media account of the viewer, upon automatic detection with the camera of the viewer. The invention includes a method of displaying photos on electronic devices with a network connection, including: automatically obtaining a digital photo from a first electronic device; automatically identifying a content of the digital photo; automatically identifying a target display electronic device as a function of the content; and automatically routing the digital photo over the network connection to the target display electronic device for display. The first electronic device is controlled by a first community member and the target display device, such as a mobile device or a digital picture frame, can be controlled by a second community member. The target display electronic device desirably includes predetermined content constraints, and the digital photo is routed and/or displayed if the photo meets the content constraints. The invention further includes a method of displaying photos on electronic devices with a network connection via: automatically obtaining digital photos on a first electronic device; automatically identifying a content of each of the digital photos; automatically matching the content of a first of the digital photos to a predetermined content constraint of a second electronic device; and automatically routing the first of the digital photos to the second electronic device over the network connection for display on the second electronic device. The method can further include automatically processing the digital photos by at least one of image enhancement, content filtering, and/or repetition filtering. The content filtering can include identifying the place, per