Creating customized programming content

• US 10,616,643 B1
• Filed: 03/21/2017
• Issued: 04/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Innovation Council LLC, Universal Innovation Counsel, LLC
• Original Assignee: Universal Innovation Counsel, LLC
• Inventors: Eldering, Charles A., Shield, Brian P., McClellen, Christopher Ryan
• Primary Examiner(s): Ekpo, Nnenna N
• Application Number:
  US15/465,027
• Time in Patent Office: 1,113 Days
• Field of Search: 725 10
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/106 Receiver-side switching
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/40 Arrangements for broadcast specially adapted for accumulation-type receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/00 Arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linking to broadcast information or broadcast space-time; Broadcast-related systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/42 for identifying broadcast areas
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/46 for recognising users' preferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/52 of users
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/65 for using the result on users' side
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/82 the transmission system being the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• 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 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• 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 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/814 comprising emergency warnings arrangements specially adapted for emergency or urgency in broadcast systems H04H20/59; arrangements for providing alarms, notifications, alerts to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895

Abstract

In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of creating customized programming content for a user of a video content system includes accessing a user interest profile for the user, the user interest profile comprising a ranked list of a plurality of interest categories; locating at least one video segment corresponding to each of the interest categories of the user interest profile; calculating the correlation between the user interest profile and data describing each of the located video segment, and ranking the video segments based on the correlation; assembling the video segments into a customized video programming stream based on the ranking; and displaying the customized video programming stream to the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of creating customized programming content for a user of a video content system, the method comprising:

accessing scheduling information of the user comprising user location information associated with a date;

accessing a user interest profile for the user, the user interest profile comprising a ranked list of a plurality of interest categories;

locating at least one video segment corresponding to each of the interest categories of the user interest profile;

selecting a video segment of the at least one video segments within each of the interest categories in the respective interest category;

assembling the selected video segments into a customized video programming stream based on the ranked list of the plurality of interest categories and the scheduling information of the user; and

displaying the customized video programming stream to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing interactions of the user with the video content system during the display of the customized video programming stream; and

updating the user interest profile based on the analyzing.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the video segment is retrieved via the Internet.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the video segment is retrieved by being recorded by a digital video recorder (DVR).

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining the current geographic location of the user, wherein the video segments include at least one geographically relevant video segment relevant to the current geographic location and wherein the customized programming stream includes the at least one geographically relevant video segment.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the video segment is retrieved via either the Internet or a digital video recorder (DVR).

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of interest categories includes a local news broadcast.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of interest categories includes a sports program.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of interest categories includes stock data.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of interest categories includes a situation comedy.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the date is a future date.

11. A customized programming content creation system comprising:

a video content search engine configured to locate and retrieve video segments from a plurality of video content sources;

a hardware storage device configured to store retrieved video segments;

a storage component to store at least one user interest profile, each user interest profile comprising a ranked list of a plurality of interest categories;

a remote user input interface;

a processor configured to;

access scheduling information of the user comprising user location information associated with a date;

access a user interest profile from the storage component;

direct the video content search engine to locate at least one video segment corresponding to each of the interest categories of the user interest profile;

select a video segment of the at least one video segments within each of the interest categories in the respective interest category; and

assemble the selected video segments into a customized video programming stream based on the ranked list of the plurality of interest categories and the scheduling information of the user; and

a display processor for displaying the customized video programming stream to the user.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a display processor for displaying the customized video programming stream to the user.

13. The system of claim 12, the processor further configured to analyze previous user interaction with the content creation system to determine the plurality of interest categories.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the video segment is retrieved via the Internet.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the video segment is retrieved from a digital video recorder (DVR).

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the video segment is retrieved via either the Internet or from a digital video recorder (DVR).

17. A non-transitory computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method of creating customized programming content for a user of a video content system, the method comprising:

accessing scheduling information of the user comprising user location information associated with a date;

accessing a user interest profile for the user, the user interest profile comprising a ranked list of a plurality of interest categories;

locating at least one video segment corresponding to each of the interest categories of the user interest profile;

selecting a video segment of the at least one video segments within each of the interest categories in the respective interest category;

assembling the selected video segments into a customized video programming stream based on the ranked list of the plurality of interest categories and the scheduling information of the user; and

displaying the customized video programming stream to the user.

18. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 17, wherein the video segment is retrieved via the Internet.