Xbox One to monitor TV viewing, content watched, number of viewers
Published Friday, May 24 2013, 3:04pm EDT | By Hugh Armitage |
Xbox One will monitor users' content viewing in a number of ways.
Microsoft's next-generation console has applied for a patent offering users Xbox 360-like achievements for watching specific content and adverts, reports Gamesindustry International.
The console's Kinect 2 will also employ DRM measures to prevent more people than the license allows viewing the content at one go, as per another patent filed last year.
If Kinect senses too many people in the room, it will prompt the users to upgrade the license.
"Television viewing tends to be a passive experience for a viewer, without many opportunities for the viewer to engage or have interactive experiences with the presented content," the application for the achievements reads.
"To increase interactive viewing and encourage a user to watch one or more particular items of video content, awards and achievements may be tied to those items of video content."
The company has said that not all the patents they apply for will necessarily be incorporated into Xbox One.
"Microsoft regularly applies for and receives patents as part of its business practice; not all patents applied for or received will be incorporated into a Microsoft product," it told MCV.
However, the trade said that its UK industry sources have confirmed that the DRM system will be implemented on Xbox One.
The company claimed earlier in the week that its policies for the next-generation console were still subject to change before its launch.
Announced this week, Xbox One - described as an all-in-one "ultimate home entertainment system" - will be launched later this year.
While the system won't require an always-on connection, it must be connected to the internet every 24 hours.
A report suggested the firm and publishers will profit from all second-hand sales.
Xbox One will see 15 exclusive games launch in its first year, including Forza Motorsport 5 on day one.
> Follow our on-going Xbox One coverage
> Xbox One's 11 biggest features: New Kinect, controller, used games
> Pre-order your Xbox One now from the Digital Spy Store
Microsoft's next-generation console has applied for a patent offering users Xbox 360-like achievements for watching specific content and adverts, reports Gamesindustry International.
© Microsoft
The Xbox One
The console's Kinect 2 will also employ DRM measures to prevent more people than the license allows viewing the content at one go, as per another patent filed last year.
If Kinect senses too many people in the room, it will prompt the users to upgrade the license.
"Television viewing tends to be a passive experience for a viewer, without many opportunities for the viewer to engage or have interactive experiences with the presented content," the application for the achievements reads.
"To increase interactive viewing and encourage a user to watch one or more particular items of video content, awards and achievements may be tied to those items of video content."
The company has said that not all the patents they apply for will necessarily be incorporated into Xbox One.
© Microsoft
The Xbox One's Kinect.
"Microsoft regularly applies for and receives patents as part of its business practice; not all patents applied for or received will be incorporated into a Microsoft product," it told MCV.
However, the trade said that its UK industry sources have confirmed that the DRM system will be implemented on Xbox One.
The company claimed earlier in the week that its policies for the next-generation console were still subject to change before its launch.
Announced this week, Xbox One - described as an all-in-one "ultimate home entertainment system" - will be launched later this year.
While the system won't require an always-on connection, it must be connected to the internet every 24 hours.
© Microsoft
The Xbox One controller.
A report suggested the firm and publishers will profit from all second-hand sales.
Xbox One will see 15 exclusive games launch in its first year, including Forza Motorsport 5 on day one.
> Follow our on-going Xbox One coverage
> Xbox One's 11 biggest features: New Kinect, controller, used games
> Pre-order your Xbox One now from the Digital Spy Store
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