Selecting a second content based on a user's reaction to a first content

• US 20090112810A1
• Filed: 10/26/2007
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rinaldo, John D. JR., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,112,407 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9032 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

Embodiments include a device, a system, a computer program product, and a method. A system embodiment includes: a display surface operable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by a person; a sensor apparatus operable to acquire data indicative of a response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the surface; an analytic circuit operable determine an indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content—the determination based on the data indicative of a response; a characterization circuit operable to determine an attribute of the displayed first electronic content; a query circuit operable to cause a search for a second electronic content corresponding to the indication of expression and to the attribute of the first electronic content; and a chooser circuit operable to select the second electronic content from a result of the search.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a display surface operable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by a person;

a sensor apparatus operable to acquire data indicative of a response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the display surface;

an analytic circuit operable determine an indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, the determination based on the data indicative of a response;

a characterization circuit operable to determine an attribute of the displayed first electronic content;

a query circuit operable to cause a search for a second electronic content corresponding to the indication of an expression and to the attribute of the first electronic content; and

a chooser circuit operable to select the second electronic content from a result of the search.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a digital storage device operable to save the selected second electronic content.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a broadcast circuit operable to facilitate a display of the first electronic content and the selected second electronic content.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiver circuit operable to receive a result of the initiated search.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the display surface operable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by a person further includes:

a display surface operable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by the person and in a manner designed to facilitate sensing a response by the person.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor apparatus operable to acquire data indicative of a response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the surface further includes:

a sensor apparatus operable to acquire data indicative of a physically manifested response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the surface.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the analytic circuit operable determine an indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, the determination based on the data indicative of a response further includes:

an analytic circuit operable determine an indication of an emotional expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, the determination based on the data indicative of a response.

8. A computer program product comprising:

(a) program instructions operable to perform a process in a computing device, the process comprising;

detect a reaction by a person to a displayed first content;

determine a content attribute of the displayed first content;

facilitate a search for a second content based on the detected reaction and on the determined content attribute;

select the second content from a result of the facilitated search; and

save data indicative of the selected second content; and

(b) a computer-readable computer storage medium bearing the program instructions.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the process further comprises facilitating a display of the selected second content.

10. An electronic device comprising;

means for detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content;

means for determining a content attribute of the displayed first content;

means for facilitating a search for a second content based on the detected reaction and on the determined content attribute; and

means for displaying the second content in a manner perceivable by the person.