Delivery of targeted media content

• US 10,244,434 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2017
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Oyman, Ozgur, Venkatachalam, Muthaiah, Siow, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Macilwinen, John M
• Application Number:
  US15/613,785
• Publication Number:
  US 20170272983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0016 Hand-off preparation specially adapted for end-to-end data sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0058 Transmission of hand-off measurement information, e.g. measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0079 in case of hand-off failure or rejection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

Abstract

Technology for a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The UE can receive a group filter element that includes group information for one or more files or sessions corresponding to targeted media content, which can be associated with a group identification (groupID) element. The UE can receive MPD information for streaming media content. The UE can identify a user profile associated with a user of the UE. The user profile can include groupID elements associated with the user. The UE can map targeted media content in a file or session having a groupID element that is a groupID element included in the user profile. The UE can insert media presentation description (MPD) information for the mapped targeted media content having the groupID element that is included in the user profile into the MPD information for the streaming media content to generate a unified MPD.

Claims

1. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) operable to receive targeted media content, the apparatus comprising one or more processors and memory configured to:

decode, at the UE, a group filter element received from a server, wherein the group filter element includes group information for one or more files or sessions corresponding to targeted media content and media presentation description (MPD) information associated with the files or sessions, wherein each file and session in the group filter element is associated with a group identification (groupID) element;

decode, at the UE, MPD information for streaming media content received from the server;

identify, at the UE, a user profile associated with a user of the UE, wherein the user profile includes groupID elements associated with the user;

map, at the UE, targeted media content in a file or session having a groupID element that is a groupID element included in the user profile; and

insert, at the UE, MPD information for the mapped targeted media content having the groupID element that is included in the user profile into the MPD information for the streaming media content to generate a unified MPD to enable the UE to playback the mapped targeted media content with the streaming media content.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a transceiver configured to:

receive the group filter element from the server; and

receive the MPD information from the server.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to decode the mapped targeted media content received from the server via a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) client included in the UE according to the unified MPD.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to decode the streaming media content received from the server via a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) client included in the UE according to the unified MPD.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to decode the mapped targeted media content and the streaming media content received from a broadcast multicast service center (BMSC).

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the group filter element received from the server is included in a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) user service description (USD) that describes the targeted media content and the groupID elements that are associated with the targeted media content files.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the groupID elements associated with the user in the user profile relate to viewing habits of the user.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the groupID elements associated with the user in the user profile relate to demographical information that describes the user.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the group filter element and the MPD information is included in metadata received from the server.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the playback occurs at a dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (DASH) client of the UE.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the UE includes an antenna, a touch sensitive display screen, a speaker, a microphone, a graphics processor, an application processor, an internal memory, or a non-volatile memory port.

12. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for receiving targeted media content at a user equipment (UE), the instructions when executed by one or more processors at the UE performs the following:

decoding, at the UE, a group filter element received from a server, wherein the group filter element includes group information for one or more files or sessions corresponding to targeted media content and media presentation description (MPD) information associated with the files or sessions, wherein each file and session in the group filter element is associated with a group identification (groupID) element;

decoding, at the UE, MPD information for streaming media content received from the server;

identifying, at the UE, a user profile associated with a user of the UE, wherein the user profile includes groupID elements associated with the user;

mapping, at the UE, targeted media content in a file or session having a groupID element that is a groupID element included in the user profile; and

inserting, at the UE, MPD information for the mapped targeted media content having the groupID element that is included in the user profile into the MPD information for the streaming media content to generate a unified MPD.

13. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors performs the following:

decoding the mapped targeted media content received from the server via a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) client included in the UE;

decoding the streaming media content received from the server via the MBMS client according to the unified MPD; and

performing playback at the UE using the mapped targeted media content and the streaming media content.

14. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors performs the following:

storing the mapped targeted media content in a cache at the UE.

15. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors performs the following:

decoding the mapped targeted media content and the streaming media content received from a broadcast multicast service center (BMSC).

16. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the files or sessions corresponding to the targeted media content include dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (DASH)-formatted files or sessions.

17. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the group filter element received from the server is included in a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) user service description (USD) that describes the targeted media content and the groupID elements that are associated with the targeted media content files.

18. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the targeted media content includes advertisements.

19. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the groupID elements associated with the user in the user profile relate to viewing habits of the user.

20. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the groupID elements associated with the user in the user profile relate to demographical information that describes the user.

21. A user equipment (UE) including a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) client operable to receive targeted media content, the UE comprising:

a transceiver configured to;

receive, from a server, a group filter element that includes group information for one or more files or sessions corresponding to targeted media content and media presentation description (MPD) information associated with the files or sessions, wherein each file and session in the group filter element is associated with a group identification (groupID) element; and

receive MPD information for streaming media content from the server; and

one or more processors and memory configured to;

identify a user profile associated with a user of the UE, wherein the user profile includes groupID elements associated with the user;

map targeted media content in a file or session having a groupID element that is a groupID element included in the user profile; and

insert MPD information for the mapped targeted media content having the groupID element that is included in the user profile into the MPD information for the streaming media content to generate a unified MPD to enable the UE to playback the mapped targeted media content with the streaming media content.

22. The UE of claim 21, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the mapped targeted media content from the server via a MBMS client included in the UE according to the unified MPD.

23. The UE of claim 21, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the streaming media content from the server via a MBMS client included in the UE according to the unified MPD.

24. The UE of claim 21, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the mapped targeted media content and the streaming media content from a broadcast multicast service center (BMSC).

25. The UE of claim 21, wherein the groupID elements associated with the user in the user profile relate to viewing habits of the user or demographical information that describes the user.

26. The UE of claim 21, wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to:

store the mapped targeted media content in a cache at the UE; and

perform playback of the mapped targeted media content that is stored in the cache at the UE.

27. The UE of claim 21, wherein the files or sessions correspond to advertisements.

28. The UE of claim 21, wherein the playback occurs at a dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (DASH) client of the UE.