Media suggestions based on presence

• US 10,200,456 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2015
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: DeLuca, Lisa Seacat
• Primary Examiner(s): Weng, Pei Yong
• Application Number:
  US14/729,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20160357773A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,343 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/566 Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for suggesting media content to a group of users. The method includes identifying more than one device at a location and pairing the devices. The method further includes receiving at least one media content preference from the users of the devices, and performing a search of the media content, based on the received preferences. A suggestion from the searched media content is provided to the users of the devices.

Claims

1. A method for suggesting media content, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, a request for media content from a first device associated with a first user;

identifying, by one or more processors, one or more other devices at a location associated with the first device by pairing the first device with each of the one or more other devices, wherein the location comprises a vehicle;

receiving, by one or more processors, a user identification of one or more other users associated with the one or more other devices;

assigning, by one or more processors, one or more weight values to the one or more users, wherein the first user is assigned a higher weight value than the one or more other users based on the received request originating from the first user;

receiving, by one or more processors, in response to the identification of the first device and the one or more other devices being present at the location, at least one media content preference from each of the first device and the one or more other devices, wherein the at least one media content preference received from each device has not previously been consumed by the user associated with each respective device;

identifying, by one or more processors, a list of media content preferences from among the at least one received media content preference associated with the first user and the one or more other users based on the assigned weight values, wherein the identified media content preferences have not been consumed by any of the first user and the one or more other users; and

receiving, by one or more processors, one or more media content selections from among the identified list of media content preferences based on a determination that the one or more received media content selections corresponds to media which has not been previously consumed by any of the first user and the one or more users.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to receiving the media content selection from among the identified list of media content preferences, causing the user selection to be played.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user selection based on the identified list of media content preferences is an aggregation of watch lists from a plurality of services available to the first user and the one or more other users.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one media content preference comprises at least one of:

an audio content preference, a video content preference, and a text content preference.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the first device and the one or more other devices are located at a same location.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one suggestion, based on more than one user, wherein the at least one suggestion comprises a preference of each of the more than one users.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

a request for media content, wherein the request for media content is based, at least in part, on a preference associated with each of the first user and the one or more other users.

8. A computer program product for suggesting media content comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive, by one or more processors, a request for media content from a first device associated with a first user;

program instructions to identify one or more other devices at a location associated with the first device by pairing the first device with each of the one or more other devices, wherein the location comprises a vehicle;

program instructions to receive a user identification of one or more other users associated with the one or more other devices;

program instructions to assign one or more weight values to the one or more users, wherein the first user is assigned a higher weight value than the one or more other users based on the received request originating from the first user;

program instructions to receive at least one media content preference from each of the first device and the one or more other devices in response to the identification of the first device and the one or more other devices being present at the location, wherein the at least one media content preference has not previously been consumed by the user associated with each device;

program instructions to identify a list of media content preferences from among the at least one received media content preference associated with the first user and the one or more other users based on the assigned weight values, wherein the identified media content preferences have not been consumed by any of the first user and the one or more other users; and

program instructions to receive one or more media content selections from among the identified list of media content preferences based on a determination that the one or more received media content selections corresponds to media which has not been previously consumed by any of the first user and the one or more users.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to, responsive to receiving the media content selection from among the identified list of media content preferences, cause the user selection to be played.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the user selection based on the identified list of media content preferences is an aggregation of watch lists from a plurality of services available to the first user and the one or more other users.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the at least one media content preference comprises at least one of:

an audio content preference, a video content preference, and a text content preference.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein each of the first device and the one or more other devices are located at a same location.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

at least one suggestion, based on more than one user, wherein the at least one suggestion comprises a preference of each of the more than one users.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

a request for media content, wherein the request for media content is based, at least in part, on a preference associated with each of the first user and the one or more other users.

15. A computer system for suggesting media content comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media;

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive, by one or more processors, a request for media content from a first device associated with a first user;

program instructions to identify one or more other devices at a location associated with the first device by pairing the first device with each of the one or more other devices, wherein the location comprises a vehicle;

program instructions to receive a user identification of one or more other users associated with the one or more other devices;

program instructions to assign one or more weight values to the one or more users, wherein the first user is assigned a higher weight value than the one or more other users based on the received request originating from the first user;

program instructions to receive at least one media content preference from each of the first device and the one or more other devices in response to the identification of the first device and the one or more other devices being present at the location, wherein the at least one media content preference has not previously been consumed by the user associated with each device;

program instructions to identify a list of media content preferences from among the at least one received media content preference associated with the first user and the one or more other users based on the assigned weight values, wherein the identified media content preferences have not been consumed by any of the first user and the one or more other users; and

program instructions to receive one or more media content selections from among the identified list of media content preferences based on a determination that the one or more received media content selections corresponds to media which has not been previously consumed by any of the first user and the one or more users.

16. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to, responsive to receiving the media content selection from among the identified list of media content preferences, cause the user selection to be played.

17. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the user selection based on the identified list of media content preferences is an aggregation of watch lists from a plurality of services available to the first user and the one or more other users.

18. The computer system of claim 15, wherein each of the first device and the one or more other devices are located at a same location.

19. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

at least one suggestion, based on more than one user, wherein the at least one suggestion comprises a preference of each of the more than one users.

20. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

a request for media content, wherein the request for media content is based, at least in part, on a preference associated with each of the first user and the one or more other users.