METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING VIDEO ASSETS

• US 20110099488A1
• Filed: 10/26/2009
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Jin, Zhiying, Liu, Wenjie, Zhou, Haiyan, Liu, Juhong, Guo, Haosheng
• Application Number:
  US12/605,551
• Publication Number:
  US 20110099488A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/735 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/738 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/743 a collection of video files or sequences
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; 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 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• 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 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/466 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies services using the results of monitoring in broadcast systems H04H60/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

An approach is provided for presenting video assets. An asset manager determines a plurality of factors for positioning of video assets represented on a graphical user interface. The asset manager then determines weighting of the factors using one or more rules that are based on a search operation or a browse operation relating to the assets. From the determined plurality of factors and weighting of the factors, the asset manager computes a score for ranking of a particular one of the assets with respect to the positioning of other ones of the assets.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a plurality of factors for positioning of video assets represented on a graphical user interface;

determining weighting of the factors using one or more rules that are based on a search operation or a browse operation relating to the assets; and

computing a score for ranking of a particular one of the assets with respect to the positioning of other ones of the assets based on the determined weighting of the factors.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting the particular asset on the graphical user interface based on the computed score.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein the factors include pricing, relevancy, active date, popularity, or a combination thereof.

4. A method of claim 3, wherein the rule is based on the search operation, the method further comprising:

assigning high to low weight values according to the relevance, the popularity, the pricing, and the active date,

wherein the score is computed based on the assigned weight values.

5. A method of claim 3, wherein the rule is based on the browsing operation, the method further comprising:

assigning high to low weight values according to the relevance, the pricing, the popularity, and the active date,

wherein the score is computed based on the assigned weight values.

6. A method of claim 3, wherein a user specifies weight values for the factors.

7. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting the graphical user interface on a display.

8. A method of claim 1, wherein the video assets include video-on-demand assets.

9. A set-top box apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to determine a plurality of factors for positioning of video assets represented on a graphical user interface, determine weighting of the factors using one or more rules that are based on a search operation or a browse operation relating to the assets, and compute a score for ranking of a particular one of the assets with respect to the positioning of other ones of the assets based on the determined weighting of the factors.

10. An apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a presentation module configured to present the particular asset on the graphical user interface based on the computed score.

11. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the factors include pricing, relevancy, active date, popularity, or a combination thereof.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the rule is based on the search operation, and the controller is further configured to assign high to low weight values according to the relevance, the popularity, the pricing, and the active date,

the score being computed based on the assigned weight values.

13. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the rule is based on the browsing operation, and the controller is further configured to assign high to low weight values according to the relevance, the popularity, the pricing, and the active date,

the score being computed based on the assigned weight values.

14. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein a user specifies weight values for the factors.

15. An apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a presentation module configured to present the graphical user interface on a display.

16. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the video assets include video-on-demand assets.

17. A system comprising:

an asset manager configured to determine a plurality of factors for positioning of video assets represented on a graphical user interface, determine weighting of the factors using one or more rules that are based on a search operation or a browse operation relating to the assets, and compute a score for ranking of a particular one of the assets with respect to the positioning of other ones of the assets,

wherein the asset manager is coupled to a multimedia system with connectivity to a plurality of sources of the video assets and to a plurality of set-top boxes, and

wherein the factors include pricing, relevancy, active date, popularity, or a combination thereof.

18. A system of claim 17, wherein the asset manager is further configured to initiate presentation of the particular asset on the graphical user interface based on the computed score.

19. A system of claim 17, wherein the rule is based on the search operation, and the asset manager is further configured to assign high to low weight values according to the relevance, the popularity, the pricing, and the active date,

the score being computed based on the assigned weight values.

20. A system of claim 17, wherein the rule is based on the browsing operation, and the asset manager is further configured to assign high to low weight values according to the relevance, the popularity, the pricing, and the active date,

the score being computed based on the assigned weight values.