Method and apparatus to create intuitive favorites for users

• US 10,334,308 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2018
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nagravision SA (Kudelski SA)
• Original Assignee: Nagravision SA (Kudelski SA)
• Inventors: Kaliamoorthi, Amudha, Lakshmi Sharan Lal, Dharmveer
• Primary Examiner(s): Goodarzi, Nasser M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ocak, Adil
• Application Number:
  US15/895,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20180220184A1
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/442 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/29; arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information H04H60/35; monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; monitoring in wireless networks H04W24/00
• 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 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

Example embodiments provide systems and methods for dynamically creating intuitive favorites for a user. The system and methods include monitoring actions performed, by the user at a digital receiver, with respect to a plurality of content programs. The actions performed with respect to the plurality of content programs are analyzed. The analysis includes comparing a level of the actions with respect to a first content program of the plurality of content programs with a threshold. Based on the comparing indicating that the first content program is a favorites, an indication that the first content program is a favorites content program is stored to a data store.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

monitoring, using one or more hardware processors, one or more actions performed by a user with respect to one or more content programs;

automatically, without human intervention, analyzing, using one or more hardware processors, the one or more actions performed by the user with respect to the one or more content programs, the analyzing including determining whether a level of the one or more actions with respect to any of the one or more content programs satisfies a threshold;

based on determining that the level of the one or more actions with respect to a first content program of the one or more content programs satisfies the threshold, automatically updating a data store to indicate that the first content program is a favorites content program; and

based on determining that the level of the one or more actions with respect to a second content program of the one or more content programs does not satisfy the threshold, automatically updating the data store to indicate that the second content program is not a favorites content program.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first content program is the same as the second content program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the determining that the level of the one or more actions with respect to the second content program does not satisfy the threshold comprises detecting a reduction in the level of the one or more actions with respect to the second content program, previously indicated to be a favorites content program, that results in the level of the one or more actions with respect to the second content program no longer satisfying the threshold; and

based on the level of the one or more actions not satisfying the threshold, the updating the data store comprises automatically removing an indication that the second content program is a favorites content program from the data store.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the level of the one or more actions with respect to the one or more content programs comprises an amount of time that a particular command is in effect with respect to each of the one or more content programs.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the level of the one or more actions with respect to the one or more content programs comprises a number of times that a particular command is received with respect to each of the one or more content programs.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more actions comprise one or more view commands to view the one or more content programs; and

the threshold comprises an amount of time that the one or more view commands were in effect for a content program.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more actions comprises one or more recording commands to record the one or more content programs; and

the threshold comprises a number of times the one or more recording commands were received for a content program.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more actions comprises one or more commands to set a reminder to view the one or more content programs; and

the threshold comprises a number of times the one or more commands to set the reminder were received for a content program.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more actions comprises one or more commands to search or browse for a content program; and

the threshold comprise an amount of time a search result or browsing result for the content program is displayed for review by the user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more actions comprises one or more commands to purchase or subscribe to a content program; and

the threshold comprises a number of times the one or more commands to purchase or subscribe to the content program was received.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first content program is different than the second content program.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for a favorites list from the user;

retrieving, from the data store, indications of favorites content programs of the user;

using the indications of the favorites content programs, dynamically generating the favorites list; and

causing presentation of the favorites list on a viewing device to the user.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing the one or more actions comprises:

accessing a content viewing schedule from a schedule server;

using the content viewing schedule to identify the one or more content programs corresponding to the one or more actions; and

aggregating the one or more actions with respect to each of the one or more content programs for a predetermined period of time.

14. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

monitoring one or more actions performed by a user with respect to one or more content programs;

automatically analyzing the one or more actions performed by the user with respect to the one or more content programs, the analyzing including determining whether a level of the one or more actions with respect to any of the one or more content programs satisfies a threshold;

based on determining that the level of the one or more actions with respect to a first content program of the one or more content programs satisfies the threshold, automatically updating a data store to indicate that the first content program is a favorites content program; and

based on determining that the level of the one or more actions with respect to a second content program of the one or more content programs does not satisfy the threshold, automatically updating the data store to indicate that the second content program is not a favorites content program.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first content program is the same as the second content program.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein:

the determining that the level of the one or more actions with respect to the second content program does not satisfy the threshold comprises detecting a reduction in the level of the one or more actions with respect to the second content program, previously indicated to be a favorites content program, that results in the level of the one or more actions with respect to the second content program no longer satisfying the threshold; and

based on the level of the one or more actions not satisfying the threshold, the updating the data store comprises automatically removing an indication that the second content program is a favorites content program from the data store.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the level of the one or more actions with respect to the one or more content programs comprises an amount of time that a particular command is in effect with respect to each of the one or more content programs.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the level of the one or more actions with respect to the one or more content programs comprises a number of times that a particular command is received with respect to each of the one or more content programs.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the analyzing the one or more actions comprises:

accessing a content viewing schedule from a schedule server;

using the content viewing schedule to identify the one or more content programs corresponding to the one or more actions; and

aggregating the one or more actions with respect to each of the one or more content programs for a predetermined period of time.

20. A non-transitory machine-readable storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

monitoring one or more actions performed by a user with respect to one or more content programs;

automatically analyzing the one or more actions performed by the user with respect to the one or more content programs, the analyzing including determining whether a level of the one or more actions with respect to any of the one or more content programs satisfies a threshold;

based on determining that the level of the one or more actions with respect to a first content program of the one or more content programs satisfies the threshold, automatically updating a data store to indicate that the first content program is a favorites content program; and

based on determining that the level of the one or more actions with respect to a second content program of the one or more content programs does not satisfy the threshold, updating the data store to indicate that the second content program is not a favorites content program.