Systems, media, and methods for providing an algorithmically sorted watchlist or wishlist

• US 10,171,859 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2016
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BLAB Ventures LLC
• Original Assignee: BLAB Ventures LLC
• Inventors: Busey, Andrew Thomas, Chen, Anthony Dan, Jonas, Isao Uchida, Daniels, Jr., Douglas James, Lamm, Benjamin Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Mengesha, Mulugeta
• Application Number:
  US15/169,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20160360253A1
• Time in Patent Office: 945 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• 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 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• 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 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score

Abstract

Described are platforms, systems, applications, and methods for algorithmically updating a user configured watchlist or wishlist based on activity of social network connections including: adding an item to a watchlist, consuming or acquiring an item, rating an item, recommending an item, and discussing an item, as well as aggregated activity of a community or population of users within the social network.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system for maintaining an algorithmically sorted watchlist comprising:

a) a digital processing device comprising an operating system configured to perform executable instructions and a memory;

b) a computer program including instructions executable by the digital processing device to create an application, the application configured for;

i) presenting an interface allowing a first user to create a watchlist comprising a plurality of digital media items, the watchlist having an order indicating a priority for the first user to consume each item;

ii) presenting an interface allowing the first user to rate media items they have consumed;

iii) presenting an interface allowing the first user to recommend one or more consumed media items to a second user, the second user having a social connection to the first user within a social network;

iv) presenting an interface allowing the first user to ask the second user a question pertaining to a media item;

v) presenting an interface allowing the first user to discuss a media item with the second user; and

vi) algorithmically updating the watchlist, the update based on social graph distance between the first user and the second user and user activity including;

the second user adding a media item to a watchlist, the second user consuming a media item, the second user rating a media item, the second user recommending a media item, the second user discussing a media item, and aggregated activity of a community of users within the social network, wherein a scope of the community of users is customizable by the first user indicating a number of users, a distance between users on the social graph, one or more demographic characteristics, or one or more groups within the social network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the media items comprise one or more:

TV series, TV series seasons, TV episodes, movies, movie trailers, music videos, or user generated videos.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the watchlist excludes items previously consumed by the first user or previously rated by the first user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the update is performed at least once an hour, once a minute, or once a second.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the community of users within the social network has a scope configurable by the first user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the social media connection is formed within the application.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the social media connection is imported from one or more third-party social networks.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the update is based on a change in the availability of a media item.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the update comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of:

adding an item to the watchlist, removing an item from the watchlist, moving an item higher in the order, and moving an item lower in the order.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the aggregated activity of a community of users comprises an average rate of, or trend in:

adding a media item to a watchlist by users of the community, consuming a media item by users of the community, rating a media item by users of the community, recommending a media item by users of the community, or discussing a media item by users of the community.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein algorithmically updating the watchlist applies a weight to different types of user activity to algorithmically the watchlist.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein algorithmically updating the watchlist also updates a user interface of the application to indicate, for each media item the user activity used to algorithmically the watchlist.

13. Non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by a processor to create an application for maintaining an algorithmically sorted watchlist, the application configured for:

a) presenting an interface allowing a first user to create a watchlist comprising a plurality of digital media items, the watchlist having an order indicating a priority for the first user to consume each item;

b) presenting an interface allowing the first user to rate media items they have consumed;

c) presenting an interface allowing the first user to recommend one or more consumed media items to a second user, the second user having a social connection to the first user within a social network;

d) presenting an interface allowing the first user to ask the second user a question pertaining to a media item;

e) presenting an interface allowing the first user to discuss a media item with the second user; and

f) algorithmically updating the watchlist, the update based on social graph distance between the first user and the second user and user activity including;

the second user adding a media item to a watchlist, the second user consuming a media item, the second user rating a media item, the second user recommending a media item, the second user discussing a media item, and aggregated activity of a community of users within the social network, wherein a scope of the community of users is customizable by the first user indicating a number of users, a distance between users on the social graph, one or more demographic characteristics, or one or more groups within the social network.

14. A computer-implemented system for maintaining an algorithmically sorted wishlist comprising:

a) a digital processing device comprising an operating system configured to perform executable instructions and a memory;

b) a computer program including instructions executable by the digital processing device to create an application, the application configured for;

i) presenting an interface allowing a first user to create a wishlist comprising a plurality of items, the wishlist having an order indicating a priority for the first user to acquire each item;

ii) presenting an interface allowing the first user to rate items they have acquired;

iii) presenting an interface allowing the first user to recommend one or more acquired items to a second user, the second user having a social connection to the first user within a social network;

iv) presenting an interface allowing the first user to ask the second user a question pertaining to an item;

v) presenting an interface allowing the first user to discuss an item with the second user; and

vi) algorithmically updating the watchlist, the update based on social graph distance between the first user and the second user and user activity including;

the second user adding a media item to a watchlist, the second user consuming a media item, the second user rating a media item, the second user recommending a media item, the second user discussing a media item, and aggregated activity of a community of users within the social network, wherein a scope of the community of users is customizable by the first user indicating a number of users, a distance between users on the social graph, one or more demographic characteristics, or one or more groups within the social network.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the items comprise one or more:

goods, services, or experiences.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the wishlist excludes items previously acquired by the first user or previously rated by the first user.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the wishlist excludes items by the first user.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the update is performed at least once an hour, once a minute, or once a second.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the community of users within the social network has a scope configurable by the first user.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the social media connection is formed within the application.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein the social media connection is imported from one or more third-party social networks or a contact list of the first user.

22. The system of claim 14, wherein the update is based on a change in the availability of an item.

23. The system of claim 14, wherein the update comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of:

adding an item to the wishlist, removing an item from the wishlist, moving an item higher in the order, and moving an item lower in the order.

24. The system of claim 14, wherein the aggregated activity of a community of users comprises an average rate of, or trend in:

adding an item to a wishlist by users of the community, acquiring an item by users of the community, rating an item by users of the community, recommending an item by users of the community, or discussing an item by users of the community.

25. The system of claim 14, wherein algorithmically updating the wishlist applies a weight to different types of user activity to algorithmically update the wishlist.

26. The system of claim 14, wherein algorithmically updating the wishlist also updates a user interface of the application to indicate, for each item, the user activity used to algorithmically the wishlist.

27. Non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by a processor to create an application for maintaining an algorithmically sorted wishlist, the application configured for:

a) presenting an interface allowing a first user to create a wishlist comprising a plurality of items, the wishlist having an order indicating a priority for the first user to acquire each item;

b) presenting an interface allowing the first user to rate items they have acquired;

c) presenting an interface allowing the first user to recommend one or more acquired items to a second user, the second user having a social connection to the first user within a social network;

d) presenting an interface allowing the first user to ask the second user a question pertaining to an item;

e) presenting an interface allowing the first user to discuss an item with the second user; and

f) algorithmically updating the watchlist, the update based on social graph distance between the first user and the second user and user activity including;

the second user adding a media item to a watchlist, the second user consuming a media item, the second user rating a media item, the second user recommending a media item, the second user discussing a media item, and aggregated activity of a community of users within the social network, wherein a scope of the community of users is customizable by the first user indicating a number of users, a distance between users on the social graph, one or more demographic characteristics, or one or more groups within the social network.