Interest profiles for audio and/or video streams

• US 20080306807A1
• Filed: 06/05/2007
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Stead, Larry, Amento, Brian, Harrison, Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 8,099,315 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0202 Market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0204 Market segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A user interest profile, which indicates a portion-varying level of user interest toward a first streaming media item, is determined. The user interest profile is based on a plurality of ratings inputted by a user for a plurality of respective portions of the first streaming media item. A second streaming media item is recommended to the user based on the user interest profile.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a user interest profile indicating a portion-varying level of user interest toward a first streaming media item, the user interest profile based on a plurality of ratings inputted by a user for a plurality of respective portions of the first streaming media item; and

recommending a second streaming media item to the user based on the user interest profile.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said recommending the second streaming media item is based on determining that the second streaming media item is positively rated by a group of users whose aggregate user interest profile for the first streaming media item is similar to the user interest profile.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

determining a portion of the second streaming media item for which the group of users have expressed disagreement in interest; and

indicating the portion to the user.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said determining the portion comprises:

determining a difference between two interest profiles for the portion of the second streaming media item; and

determining that the difference is beyond a threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of ratings is inputted by the user during a playing of its respective portion of the first streaming media item to the user.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of ratings is a respective indication selected from the group consisting of one positive indication and one negative indication.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the first streaming media item and the second streaming media item comprises at least one of audio content and video content.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said recommending is by an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service provider.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said recommending comprises advertising the second streaming media item to the user.

10. A system comprising:

an interest profile generator to determine a user interest profile indicating a portion-varying level of user interest toward a first streaming media item, the user interest profile based on a plurality of ratings inputted by a user for a plurality of respective portions of the first streaming media item; and

a recommender system to recommend a second streaming media item to the user based on the user interest profile.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the recommender system recommends the second streaming media based on determining that the second streaming media item is positively rated by a group of users whose aggregate user interest profile for the first streaming media item is similar to the user interest profile.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising:

a contention point detector to determine a portion of the second streaming media item for which the group of users have expressed disagreement in interest, and to indicate the portion to the user.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the contention point detector determines the portion by:

determining a difference between two interest profiles for the portion of the second streaming media item; and

determining that the difference is beyond a threshold.

14. The system of claim 10 wherein each of the plurality of ratings is inputted by the user during a playing of its respective portion of the first streaming media item to the user.

15. The system of claim 10 wherein each of the plurality of ratings is a respective indication selected from the group consisting of one positive indication and one negative indication.

16. The system of claim 10 wherein each of the first streaming media item and the second streaming media item comprises at least one of audio content and video content.

17. The system of claim 10 wherein the recommender system recommends the second streaming media item to the user via an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service.

18. The system of claim 10 wherein the recommender system recommends the second streaming media item in an advertisement of the second streaming media item to the user.

19. A computer-readable medium which encodes a computer program, the computer program to cause a computer system to perform acts comprising:

determining a user interest profile indicating a portion-varying level of user interest toward a first streaming media item, the user interest profile based on a plurality of ratings inputted by a user for a plurality of respective portions of the first streaming media item; and

recommending a second streaming media item to the user based on the user interest profile.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein said recommending the second streaming media item is based on determining that the second streaming media item is positively rated by a group of users whose aggregate user interest profile for the first streaming media item is similar to the user interest profile.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 20 wherein the acts further comprise:

determining a portion of the second streaming media item for which the group of users have expressed disagreement in interest; and

indicating the portion to the user.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 21 wherein said determining the portion comprises:

determining a difference between two interest profiles for the portion of the second streaming media item; and

determining that the difference is beyond a threshold.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein each of the plurality of ratings is inputted by the user during a playing of its respective portion of the first streaming media item to the user.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein each of the plurality of ratings is a respective indication selected from the group consisting of one positive indication and one negative indication.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein each of the first streaming media item and the second streaming media item comprises at least one of audio content and video content.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein said recommending is by an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service provider.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein said recommending comprises advertising the second streaming media item to the user.

28. A method comprising:

determining a plurality of group interest profiles for a respective plurality of streaming media items, each of the group interest profiles indicating a portion-varying level of group interest toward its respective streaming media item, each of the group interest profiles being based on a plurality of ratings inputted by a plurality of members of a group for a plurality of respective portions of its respective streaming media item;

determining a plurality of high-interest portions of the plurality of streaming media items based on the plurality of group interest profiles; and

creating a streaming media item that combines the plurality of high-interest portions.

29. The method of claim 28 wherein each of the high-interest portions has a respective level of group interest that is greater than a threshold.

30. The method of claim 28 further comprising:

providing the streaming media item to a user who has selected the group.

31. The method of claim 28 further comprising:

providing the streaming media item to a user having a user interest profile similar to an aggregate user interest profile for the group.

32. The method of claim 28 wherein the plurality of streaming media items are limited by at least one criterion selected by a user.

33. The method of claim 32 wherein the plurality of streaming media items are limited to those in a particular genre selected by a user.

34. The method of claim 32 wherein the plurality of streaming media items are limited to those in particular time period selected by the user.

35. A method comprising:

receiving a user interest profile indicating a portion-varying level of user interest toward a first streaming media item, the user interest profile based on a plurality of ratings inputted by a user for a plurality of respective portions of the first streaming media item; and

advertising a second streaming media item to the user based on the user interest profile.

36. The method of claim 35 wherein said receiving the user interest profile is from an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service provider by a third-party advertiser.