Method of selecting a second content based on a user's reaction to a first content of at least two instances of displayed content

• US 20090112813A1
• Filed: 10/29/2007
• 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 8,234,262 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/903 Querying for retrieval from the web G06F16/953

Abstract

Embodiments provide a device, a system, a computer program product, and a method. A provided method embodiment may be implemented in an environment that includes a person viewing at least two instances of content having a common contextual attribute and displayed by an electronic device. The method includes detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute. The method also includes determining a content attribute of the displayed first content. The method further includes initiating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute.

Claims

1. A method implemented in an environment that includes a person viewing at least two instances of content having a common contextual attribute and displayed by an electronic device, the method comprising:

detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute;

determining a content attribute of the displayed first content;

initiating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute; and

facilitating a display of the second content in a manner perceivable by the person.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the at least two instances of displayed content in a manner perceivable by the person.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the displaying at least two instances of displayed content in a manner perceivable by the person further includes:

displaying the at least two instances of displayed content in a manner perceivable by the person and in a manner designed to facilitate a detectable response from the person.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing a reaction by the person to the displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the second content from a result of the initiated search.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

providing an access to the selected second content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute further includes:

at least one of sensing, identifying, or recognizing a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute further includes:

detecting at least one of a positive or negative reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute content further includes:

sensing a gaze by a person at a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content and detecting a reaction by a person to the displayed first content.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute further includes:

detecting a physiological reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute further includes:

detecting a physiological response by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute further includes:

detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute, the common contextual attribute including the at least two instances of displayed content having been returned in response to a search request.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute further includes:

detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute, the common contextual attribute including being at least one of a displayed search result, an Internet search result, a sports result, a query result, a program list, a music list, a file list, or a directory search result.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute further includes:

detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute, the at least two instances of displayed content including at least one of displayed images, avatars, icons, names, titles, or descriptors.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute further includes:

detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute, the common contextual attribute of at least two instances of displayed content including at least one of a visual-based, image-based, text-based, or sound-based contextual attribute.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute further includes:

detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute, the at least two instances of displayed content including content displayed by at least one of a mobile communications device, handheld communications device, desktop computing device, limited resources computing device, thin computing device, or portable computing device.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute further includes:

detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content having a common contextual attribute, the displayed at least two instances of content including at least two instances of content displayed on a surface coupled with a computing device, or displayed on a surface separate from the computing device.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content further includes:

detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content of the at least two instances of displayed content, the at least two instances of displayed content including content displayed in at least one of a consecutive manner, or a simultaneous manner.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining a content attribute of the displayed first content further includes:

determining at least two content attributes of the displayed first content.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining a content attribute of the displayed content further includes:

determining a content attribute of the displayed first content, the determined content attribute including at least one of a category, tag, subject, color, texture, or theme of the displayed first content.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining a content attribute of the displayed first content further includes:

determining a content attribute of the displayed first content, the determined content attribute including at least one of a subset, drilldown, or a step down a hierarchy.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining a content attribute of the displayed first content further includes:

determining a content attribute of the displayed first content that is at least substantially absent from the other instances of the at least two instances of displayed content.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining a content attribute of the displayed first content further includes:

determining a content attribute of the displayed first content that is a sub-category of the common contextual attribute of the at least two instances of displayed content.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute further includes:

initiating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction, to the determined content attribute, and to the common contextual attribute.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute further includes:

initiating a search of a local data store using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute further includes:

initiating a search by a search engine for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and the to determined content attribute further includes:

initiating a search for a second content using a search algorithm responsive to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute.

29. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute further includes:

initiating a search for at least two instances of a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute.

30. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute further includes:

initiating a search for a second content based on at least one of a positive correlation, or a negative correlation between the detected reaction and on the determined content attribute.

31. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute further includes:

initiating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to a determined content attribute of the at least two instances of displayed content.

27. The method of 1, wherein the initiating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute further includes:

initiating a search by a third-party search engine for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the detected reaction and to the determined content attribute.