Media content migration based on user location

• US 10,057,640 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2015
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Oshima, Mitsuru, Kuscher, Alexander Friedrich
• Primary Examiner(s): Huerta, Alexander Q
• Application Number:
  US14/828,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20170055032A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,100 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45

Abstract

A system and method is disclosed for migrating media content between different devices based on user location. A display screen is configured to detect a presence of a user at the display screen. In response to the detecting the user, media content being provided for the user at a different display screen remote from the first display screen is determined. The determined media content is then provided for broadcast at the display screen starting at a content location associated with the different display screen.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

detecting a first user gesture at a first media broadcasting device;

in response to the detecting, identifying a user profile associated with a user based on the first user gesture, wherein identifying the user profile occurs without further user interaction;

determining media content provided for the user at a second media broadcasting device remote from the first media broadcasting device based on a content identifier stored in connection with the user profile;

identifying, within the determined media content, a time marker associated with the second media broadcasting device stored in connection with the user profile;

providing, for display, an interface comprising an option to choose between a currently broadcasting media content at the first media broadcasting device and the determined media content;

receiving a selection of one of the currently broadcasting media content or the determined media content based on a second user gesture, wherein the second user gesture is detected by the first media broadcasting device, and is independent of the second media broadcasting device; and

providing the selected one of the currently broadcasting media content or the determined media content for broadcast at the first media broadcasting device starting at the time marker.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the media content provided for the user and identifying the time marker comprises:

receiving, based on the user profile, the content identifier and the time marker of the media content.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

registering the first media broadcasting device with the user profile before the first user gesture is detected,

wherein the determined media content is provided at the first media broadcasting device based on a media data stream provided by one or more media servers remote from the first media broadcasting device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving bio-identification information associated with the user at the first media broadcasting device,

wherein the user profile is identified based on the received bio-identification information.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing, without user intervention, a wireless connection between the first media broadcasting device and a mobile device located in a geographic area associated with the first media broadcasting device; and

receiving a user credential associated with the user of the mobile device,

wherein the user profile is identified based on the received user credential.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determined media content is provided in a first portion of a display screen of the first media broadcasting device while the currently broadcast media content is provided in a second portion of the di splay screen.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first media broadcasting device is currently broadcasting media content when the first user gesture is detected, the method further comprising:

in response to the detecting and without user interaction, determining that the user is not authorized to consume the currently broadcasting media content, and stopping the broadcast of the currently broadcasting media content.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that one or more other users currently associated with consuming media at the first media broadcasting device are not authorized to consume the determined media content; and

receiving authorization for the one or more other users to consume the determined media content based on a third user gesture from the user.

9. A system, comprising:

one or more computing devices configured to;

receive an indication that a first user gesture is detected at a second media broadcasting device;

in response to receiving the indication, identify a user profile associated with a user based on the first user gesture, wherein identifying the user profile occurs without further user interaction;

determine media content provided for the user at a first media broadcasting device and a time marker, within the determined media content, associated with the first media broadcasting device based on a content identifier stored in connection with the user profile;

provide, for display, an interface comprising an option to choose between a currently broadcasting media content at the first media broadcasting device and the determined media content;

receive a selection of one of the currently broadcasting media content or the determined media content based on a second user gesture, wherein the second user gesture is detected by the first media broadcasting device, and is independent of the second media broadcasting device; and

provide the selected one of the currently broadcasting media content or the determined media content for broadcast to the second media broadcasting device starting at the time marker.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to:

determine, based on the user profile, when the indication is received, that the user is currently associated with consuming media at the first media broadcasting device.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to:

receive bio-identification information associated with the user at the second media broadcasting device, wherein the user profile is identified based on the received bio-identification information.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to:

receive, from the second media broadcasting device, a user credential associated with the user of a mobile device, wherein the user profile is identified based on the received user credential.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to:

register the first media broadcasting device and the second media broadcasting device with the user profile before detecting the first user gesture at the second media broadcasting device,

wherein the determined media content is provided to the second media broadcasting device based on a media data stream provided by one or more media servers remote from the first and second media broadcasting devices.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein one or more computing devices are further configured to:

stop the determined media content from being provided at a first media broadcasting device in connection with providing the determined media content for broadcast to the second media broadcasting device.

15. The system claim 9, the one or more computing devices further being configured to:

determine that the user is not authorized to consume the media content; and

stop the broadcast of the media content at the second media broadcasting device in response to determining that the user is not authorized.

16. A machine-readable media including instructions that, when executed, perform a method comprising:

detecting a first user gesture at a first media broadcasting device;

identifying a user profile associated with a user when the first user gesture is detected, wherein identifying the user profile occurs without further user interaction;

determining media content provided for the user at a second media broadcasting device based on a content identifier stored in connection with the user profile;

determining, within the determined media content, a time marker-associated with the second media broadcasting device in connection with the user profile;

providing, for display, an interface comprising an option to choose between a currently broadcasting media content at the first media broadcasting device and the determined media content;

receiving a selection of one of the currently broadcasting media content or the determined media content based on a second user gesture, wherein the second user gesture is detected by the first media broadcasting device, and is independent of the second media broadcasting device; and

providing the selected one of the currently broadcasting media content or the determined media content for broadcast at the first media broadcasting device starting at the time marker.

17. The machine-readable media of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

registering the first media broadcasting device with the user profile before the first user gesture is detected,

wherein the determined media content is provided based on a media data stream from one or more media servers remote from the first media broadcasting device.