Notification delivery mechanism for present viewing users

• US 10,193,832 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2016
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Lewis, Justin, Cohen, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Application Number:
  US15/374,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20180167342A1
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/226 Delivery according to priorities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/764 at the destination reformatting of additional data in video clients H04N21/4355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

Implementations disclose a notification delivery mechanism for present viewing users. A method includes identifying a notification to be sent to a user having a plurality of user devices; determining presence of the user on a first user device of the plurality of user devices; determining whether a media player on the first user device is playing media content; and upon determining that the media player on the first user device is playing the media content, transmitting the notification to the first user device without transmitting the notification to other user devices of the plurality of user devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying a notification to be sent to a user having a plurality of user devices;

determining presence of the user on a first user device of the plurality of user devices;

determining whether a media player on the first user device is playing media content; and

upon determining that the media player on the first user device is playing the media content, transmitting the notification to the first user device without transmitting the notification to other user devices of the plurality of user devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the presence of the user on the first user device comprises:

extracting, from user device interaction history of the user, most recent user device interaction of the user for each of the plurality of user devices; and

determining the user most recently interacted with the first user device in response to the extracting.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the media player on the first user device is playing the media content comprises:

extracting, from user device interaction history of the user, most recent playback state of the media content for each of the plurality of user devices, the most recent playback state being playing, paused, completed, or duration of the media content viewed; and

determining the user most recently viewed the media content on the first user device in response to the extracting.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the media player on the first user device is playing the media content comprises periodically receiving a visibility status from the first user device comprising a quantity of time the media content was visible on the first user device and a percentage of visibility.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining the user is present on a first set and a second set of the plurality of user devices, wherein determining the user is present comprises identifying a user input on each of the first set and the second set of the plurality of user devices;

determining the first set of the plurality of user devices is playing the media content and the second set of the plurality of user devices is not playing the media content;

prioritizing transmission of the notification to the first set of the plurality of user devices prior to transmitting the notification to the second set of the plurality of user devices, wherein the determining whether the media player on the first user device is playing the media content comprises determining whether any of the first set of the plurality of user devices is capable of displaying the notification; and

upon determining that none of the first set of the plurality of user devices is capable of displaying the notification, transmitting the notification to a second user device of the second set of the plurality of user devices.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining a platform of the first user device; and

determining that the notification is accessible on the platform, wherein the transmitting of the notification to the first user device is further in response to the determining that the notification is accessible on the platform.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining the user is present on a first set of the plurality of user devices;

upon determining the user has not interacted with the notification within a first quantity of time after transmitting the notification to the first user device, transmitting the notification to the first set of the plurality of user devices;

determining the user has used a second set of the plurality of user devices within a threshold amount of time;

upon determining the user has not interacted with the notification within a second quantity of time after transmitting the notification to the first set of the plurality of user devices, transmitting the notification to the second set of the plurality of user devices;

determining the notification has not been transmitted to a third set of the plurality of devices; and

upon determining the user has not interacted with the notification within a third quantity of time after transmitting the notification to the second set of the plurality of user devices, transmitting the notification to the third set of the plurality of user devices.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the media player on the first user device is playing the media content comprises determining whether any of the plurality of user devices is both playing the media content and is capable of displaying the notification, the method, further comprising:

generating a plurality of notifications to be transmitted in a first format while the user is not currently playing the media content on any of the plurality of user devices that are capable of displaying the plurality of notifications;

upon determining that none of the plurality of user devices is both playing the media content and is capable of displaying the plurality of notifications;

storing the plurality of notifications in a queue while the user is not currently playing the media content on any of the plurality of user devices that are capable of displaying the plurality of notifications; and

invalidating one or more of the plurality of notifications that have not been transmitted prior to an expiration of a corresponding notification lifetime, wherein a subset of the plurality of notifications have not been invalidated; and

transmitting the invalidated one or more of the plurality of notifications in a second format to one or more of the plurality of user devices; and

transmitting one or more of the subset of the plurality of notifications to one or more of the plurality of user devices upon determining that the one or more of the plurality of user devices is both playing the media content and is capable of displaying the one or more of the subset of the plurality of notifications.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of user devices comprises the first user device of the user and a second user device of the user, wherein the user is present on the first user device and the second user device, wherein in response to the user watching the media content on the first user device and not watching the media content on the second user device, transmitting the notification to the first user device without transmitting the notification to the second user device.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising causing the first user device to display the notification during playing of the media content on the media player on the first user device.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising causing the first user device to delay displaying the notification on the first user device until the media player completes playback of the media content.

12. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is to;

identify a notification to be sent to a user having a plurality of user devices;

determine presence of the user on a first user device of the plurality of user devices;

determine whether a media player on the first user device is playing media content; and

upon determining that the media player on the first user device is playing the media content, transmit the notification to the first user device without transmitting the notification to other user devices of the plurality of user devices.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processing device to determine the presence of the user on the first user device comprises the processing device to:

extract, from user device interaction history of the user, most recent user device interaction of the user for each of the plurality of user devices; and

determine the user most recently interacted with the first user device in response to extracting.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the processing device to determine whether the media player on the first user device is playing the media content comprises the processing device to:

extract, from user device interaction history of the user, most recent playback state of the media content for each of the plurality of user devices, the most recent playback state being playing, paused, completed, or duration of the media content viewed; and

determine the user most recently viewed the media content on the first user device in response to extracting.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the processing device is further to:

determine the user is present on a first set and a second set of the plurality of user devices, wherein determining the user is present comprises identifying a user input on each of the first set and the second set of the plurality of user devices;

determine the first set of the plurality of user devices is playing the media content and the second set of the plurality of user devices is not playing the media content;

prioritize transmission of the notification to the first set of the plurality of user devices prior to transmitting the notification the second set of the plurality of user devices, wherein determining whether the media player on the first user device is playing the media content comprises determining whether any of the first set of the plurality of user devices is capable of displaying the notification; and

upon determining that none of the first set of the plurality of user devices is capable of displaying the notification, transmit the notification to a second user device of the second set of the plurality of user devices.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the processing device is further to:

determine the user is present on a first set of the plurality of user devices;

upon determining the user has not interacted with the notification within a first quantity of time after transmitting the notification to the first user device, transmit the notification to the first set of the plurality of user devices;

determine the user has used a second set of the plurality of user devices within a threshold amount of time;

upon determining the user has not interacted with the notification within a second quantity of time after transmitting the notification to the first set of the plurality of user devices, transmit the notification to the second set of the plurality of user devices;

determine the notification has not been transmitted to a third set of the plurality of devices; and

upon determining the user has not interacted with the notification within a third quantity of time after transmit the notification to the second set of the plurality of user devices, transmitting the notification to the third set of the plurality of user devices.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed cause a processing device to perform operations comprising:

identifying a notification to be sent to a user having a plurality of user devices;

determining presence of the user on a first user device of the plurality of user devices;

determining whether a media player on the first user device is playing media content; and

upon determining that the media player on the first user device is playing the media content, transmitting the notification to the first user device without transmitting the notification to other user devices of the plurality of user devices.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

extracting, from user device interaction history of the user, most recent user device interaction of the user for each of the plurality of user devices; and

determining the user most recently interacted with the first user device in response to the extracting.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

extracting, from user device interaction history of the user, most recent playback state of the media content for each of the plurality of user devices, the most recent playback state being playing, paused, completed, or duration of the media content viewed; and

determining the user most recently viewed the media content on the first user device in response to the extracting.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

determining the user is present on a first set and a second set of the plurality of user devices, wherein determining the user is present comprises identifying a user input on each of the first set and the second set of the plurality of user devices;

determining the first set of the plurality of user devices is playing the media content and the second set of the plurality of user devices is not playing the media content;

prioritizing transmission of the notification to the first set of the plurality of user devices prior to transmitting the notification to the second set of the plurality of user devices, wherein the determining whether the media player on the first user device is playing the media content comprises determining whether any of the first set of the plurality of user devices is capable of displaying the notification; and

upon determining that none of the first set of the plurality of user devices is capable of displaying the notification, transmitting the notification to a second user device of the second set of the plurality of user devices.