Intelligent replay of user specific interesting content during online video buffering

• US 10,063,939 B1
• Filed: 04/26/2017
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hegde, Santosh, Setty, Uttam
• Primary Examiner(s): Huerta, Alexander Q
• Application Number:
  US15/497,618
• Time in Patent Office: 489 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23406 involving management of server-side video buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• 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 21/26258 for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44004 involving video buffer management, e.g. video decoder buffer or video display buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; 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 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts

Abstract

User-specific interesting content is determined from already buffered video content, which can be replayed to the user while the user waits for additional video content to buffer.

Claims

1. A method of providing non-ad content to a user during buffering of requested video content for display to a user through a display of a computer, the computer comprising a browser with a video player and an interesting content engine in communication with a repository, the method comprising the steps of:

the computer requesting video content from a content server;

the computer receiving buffered video content, associated metadata of the buffered video content indicating a start stop in the video content indicating video content buffered, and user specific information;

the computer displaying the buffered video content when a quantity of the buffered video content is above a threshold until the quantity of buffered video content remaining is below the threshold and sending the associated metadata of the buffered video content to the content server;

the computer receiving metadata of interesting content specific to the user associated with the buffered video content determined from the associated metadata of the buffered video content and the user specific information when the quantity of buffered video content is below a threshold, the interesting content engine of the computer creating a user specific metadata of interesting video content including a plurality of previously viewed, buffered video content clips which feature user specific interesting content stored in the repository reflecting user specific interests based on the metadata of interesting content specific to the user and associated with the buffered video content stored in the repository; and

the computer replaying the previously viewed buffered content of the user specific metadata of interesting video content to the user during buffering of the video content requested by the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata of interesting content is received from the content server via a video analytics server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the repository stores specific information to the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the previously viewed buffered content of the user specific metadata of interesting video content is replayed to the user a set number of times during buffering of the video.

5. A computer program product for providing non-ad content to a user during buffering of requested video content for display to a user through a display of a computer, the computer comprising at least one processor, one or more memories, one or more computer readable storage media, a browser with a video player and an interesting content engine in communication with a repository, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the computer to perform a method comprising:

requesting, by the computer, video content from a content server;

receiving, by the computer, buffered video content, associated metadata of the buffered video content indicating a start stop in the video content indicating video content buffered, and user specific information;

displaying, by the computer, the buffered video content when a quantity of the buffered video content is above a threshold until the quantity of buffered video content remaining is below the threshold and sending the associated metadata of the buffered video content to the content server;

receiving, by the computer, metadata of interesting content specific to the user associated with the buffered video content determined from the associated metadata of the buffered video content and the user specific information;

when the quantity of buffered video content is below a threshold, the interesting content engine of the computer creating a user specific metadata of interesting video content including a plurality of previously viewed buffered video content clips which feature user specific interesting content stored in the repository reflecting user specific interests based on the metadata of interesting content specific to the user and associated with the buffered video content stored in the repository; and

replaying, by the computer, the previously viewed buffered content of the user specific metadata of interesting video content to the user during buffering of the video content requested by the user.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the metadata of interesting content is received from the content server via a video analytics server.

7. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the repository stores specific information to the user.

8. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the previously viewed buffered content of the user specific metadata of interesting video content is replayed to the user a set number of times during buffering of the video.

9. A computer system for providing non-ad content to a user during buffering of requested video content for display to a user through a display of a computer, the computer system comprising a computer comprising at least one processor, one or more memories, a browser with a video player and an interesting content engine in communication with a repository, one or more computer readable storage media having program instructions executable by the computer to perform the program instructions comprising:

requesting, by the computer, video content from a content server;

receiving, by the computer, buffered video content, associated metadata of the buffered video content indicating a start stop in the video content indicating video content buffered, and user specific information;

displaying, by the computer, the buffered video content when a quantity of the buffered video content is above a threshold until the quantity of buffered video content remaining is below the threshold and sending the associated metadata of the buffered video content to the content server;

receiving, by the computer, metadata of interesting content specific to the user associated with the buffered video content determined from the associated metadata of the buffered video content and the user specific information;

when the quantity of buffered video content is below a threshold, the interesting content engine of the computer creating a user specific metadata of interesting video content including a plurality of previously viewed buffered video content clips which feature user specific interesting content stored in the repository reflecting user specific interests based on the metadata of interesting content specific to the user and associated with the buffered video content stored in the repository; and

replaying, by the computer, the previously viewed buffered content of the user specific metadata of interesting video content to the user during buffering of the video content requested by the user.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the metadata of interesting content is received from the content server via a video analytics server.

11. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the repository stores specific information to the user.

12. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the previously viewed buffered content of the user specific metadata of interesting video content is replayed to the user a set number of times during buffering of the video.