Live video stream with interactive shopping interface

• US 10,491,958 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2018
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Taylor, Amber Autrey, Campbell, Gary Alexander, Erdmann, David James Roy, Kotas, Paul Anthony, Mills, Brent Robert, Walsh, Liza Marie
• Primary Examiner(s): Rabovianski, Jivka A
• Application Number:
  US15/872,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20180152764A1
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• Field of Search: 725 51, 725 60, 725 61
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• 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 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for providing a live video stream with an interactive shopping interface. A live video stream and item information are obtained from another computing device. The item information indicates one or more items being featured in the live video stream. A user interface is rendered upon a display. The user interface includes the live video stream and a timeline interface indicating the items being featured during various segments in the live video stream.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one first computing device; and

at least one application executable in the at least one first computing device, wherein, when executed, the at least one application causes the at least one first computing device to at least;

receive a video segment manifest comprising a plurality of uniform resource locators, individual uniform resource locators corresponding to respective versions of a plurality of versions of at least one segment of a plurality of segments of a live video stream, the plurality of versions of the at least one segment being encoded using different bitrates or codecs;

receive the live video stream from at least one second computing device, the live video stream featuring a host verbally discussing a plurality of items in the plurality of segments;

receive information associated with the plurality of items;

generate a timeline user interface depicting a plurality of subsets of items discussed during the plurality of segments, individual subsets of items being grouped according to a respective segment of the plurality of segments such that a first subset of items are discussed during a first segment of the plurality of segments and a second subset of items are discussed during a second segment of the plurality of segments, the first subset of items and the second subset of items being selected from a personalized list of items associated with the at least one first computing device that is based at least in part on the at least one first computing device causing to be streamed the first segment of the plurality of segments and the second segment of the plurality of segments;

cause to be rendered the live video stream and an interactive overlay over the live video stream, the interactive overlay comprising the timeline user interface; and

update the timeline user interface by removing at least one selectable item component corresponding to an item based at least in part on an expiration time.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein, when executed, the at least one application causes the at least one first computing device to at least receive user interface code from the at least one second computing device, the user interface code being configured to generate the timeline user interface.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the timeline user interface further comprises at least one selectable item component associated with individual items in a respective subset of items for individual segments of the plurality of segments.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first segment is a prior segment and the second segment is a future segment.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein, when executed, the at least one application causes the at least one first computing device to at least:

receive an input in association with the timeline user interface; and

adjust a viewport of the timeline user interface to show a different portion of the timeline user interface corresponding to other segments of the live video stream.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the input comprises at least one of a scrolling input, a swiping input, or a selection input.

7. A method, comprising:

obtaining, via a first computing device, a video segment manifest comprising a plurality of uniform resource locators, individual uniform resource locators corresponding to respective versions of a plurality of versions of at least one segment of a plurality of segments of a live video stream, the plurality of versions of the at least one segment being encoded using different bitrates or codecs;

obtaining, via the first computing device, the live video stream from a second computing device, the live video stream featuring an individual discussing, in the plurality of segments, a plurality of items available for purchase via an electronic commerce system;

obtaining, via the first computing device, information detailing when individual items of the plurality of items are discussed by the individual;

generating, via the first computing device, a timeline user interface configured to depict a plurality of selectable item components corresponding to a plurality of subsets of items featured during the plurality of segments, individual subsets of items being grouped according to a respective segment of the plurality of segments such that a first subset of items are featured during a first segment of the plurality of segments and a second subset of items are featured during a second segment of the plurality of segments, the first subset of items and the second subset of items being selected from a personalized list of items associated with the first computing device that is based at least in part on the first computing device causing to be streamed the first segment of the plurality of segments and the second segment of the plurality of segments;

rendering, via the first computing device, a primary user interface upon a display, the primary user interface including the live video stream and an interactive overlay over the live video stream, the interactive overlay comprising the timeline user interface; and

updating, via the first computing device, the timeline user interface by removing at least one selectable item component corresponding to an item based at least in part on an expiration time.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising rendering, via the first computing device, an invitation to cast a vote in the primary user interface.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, via the first computing device, a user gesture relative to the timeline user interface; and

adjusting, via the first computing device, a viewport to show a different portion of the timeline user interface.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising updating, via the first computing device, the timeline user interface to include another selectable item component that corresponds to another item featured in a current segment of the live video stream.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, via the first computing device, a user selection of a particular selectable item component of the plurality of selectable item components; and

performing, via the first computing device, at least one interactive action relative to a corresponding item.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one interactive action comprises at least one of:

initiating an order of the corresponding item, adding the corresponding item to a shopping cart, or causing an item detail page to be rendered upon the display.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving, via the first computing device, user interface code from the second computing device, wherein the timeline user interface is generated via the user interface code.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in a first computing device, wherein, when executed, the program causes the first computing device to at least:

receive a video segment manifest comprising a plurality of uniform resource locators, individual uniform resource locators corresponding to respective versions of a plurality of versions corresponding to at least a portion of a period of time in a live video stream, the plurality of versions being encoded using different bitrates or codecs;

receive the live video stream from at least one second computing device, the live video stream featuring at least one individual discussing a plurality of items over the period of time;

generate a first user interface including a plurality of selectable item components corresponding to a plurality of subsets of items discussed by the at least one individual during a plurality of portions of the period of time, individual subsets items being grouped according to a respective portion of the period of time such that a first subset of items are discussed by the at least one individual during a first portion of the period of time and a second subset of items are discussed by the at least one individual during a second portion of the period of time, the first subset of items and the second subset of items being selected from a personalized list of items associated with the first computing device that is based at least in part on the first computing device causing to be streamed the first portion of the period of time and the second portion of the period of time;

cause to be rendered a second user interface upon a display of the first computing device, the second user interface including the live video stream and an interactive overlay over the live video stream, the interactive overlay comprising the first user interface; and

update the first user interface by removing at least one selectable item component corresponding to an item based at least in part on an expiration time.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the second user interface further comprises a third region including a chat interface configured to facilitate interactive communication among one or more viewers of the live video stream.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein, when executed, the program further causes the first computing device to at least:

receive a user selection of a particular selectable item component of the plurality of selectable item components; and

initiate performance of at least one interactive action relative to a corresponding item.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein, when executed, the program further causes the first computing device to at least:

receive a user input relative to the first user interface; and

adjust a viewport to show a different portion of the first user interface in response to the user input.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein, when executed, the program causes the first computing device to at least receive user interface code from the at least one second computing device, the user interface code being configured to generate the first user interface.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the first portion is a prior portion of the period of time and the second portion is a future portion of the period of time.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the chat interface is further configured to display at least one selectable item component corresponding to at least one item of the plurality of items, wherein the at least one item is discussed by the at least one individual during the plurality of portions of the period of time.