Abstract: An end-user system (10) for transforming real-time streams of content into an output presentation includes a user interface (30) that allows a user to interact with the streams. The user interface (30) includes sensors (32a-f) that monitor an interaction area (36) to detect movements and/or sounds made by a user. The sensors (32a-f) are distributed among the interaction area (36) such that the user interface (30) can determine a three-dimensional location within the interaction area (36) where the detected movement or sound occurred. Different streams of content can be activated in a presentation based on the type of movement or sound detected, as well as the determined location. The present invention allows a user to interact with and adapt the output presentation according to his/her own preferences, instead of merely being a spectator.

Abstract: An end-user system (10) for transforming real-time streams of content into an output presentation includes an input device (30) that allows a user to interact with the streams. The input device (30) includes sensors (330) for detecting manipulations of the input device (30) by the user, and a microprocessor (310) for determining how the user manipulated the input device (30). The microprocessor (310) indicates the detected manipulations to the end-user system (10). The end-user system (10) accordingly activates or deactivates certain streams of content in the output presentation. The input device (30) can have a simple form and the manipulations required can be quite simple, such as rolling, rotating, or bouncing the input device (30). The present invention allows a user to adapt the output presentation according to his/her own preferences, instead of merely being a spectator.

Abstract: An end-user system (10) for transforming real-time streams of content into an output presentation includes an input device (30) that allows a user to interact with the streams in order to adapt the presentation. The input device (30) includes representation objects (340), each of which represents a specific stream of content, and a transmission object (300). In order to activate a particular stream of content, the user connects the corresponding representation object (340) to the transmission object (300). The user can deactivate the stream of content by removing the corresponding representation object (340) from the transmission object (300). The transmission object (300) determines which representation objects (340) have been connected to it, and indicates these connections to the end-user system (10), which activates and deactivates the streams, accordingly.

Abstract: An end-user system (10) for transforming real-time streams of content into an output presentation includes a user interface (30) that allows a user to interact with the streams. The user interface includes a moveable object (32) and a fixed object (36), which is divided into a plurality of sections (38). A user operates the user interface (30) by causing the moveable object (32) to move onto the fixed object (36), and each section (38) of the fixed object (36) that is struck by the moveable object (32) produces a magnetic field. The combination of magnetic fields produced on the fixed object (36) determines which streams of contact are activated or deactivated. The present invention allows a user to adapt the presentation according to his/her own preferences, instead of merely being a spectator.