SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBSCRIBING TO EVENTS BASED ON TAG WORDS

• US 20120030292A1
• Filed: 07/30/2010
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arlington Technologies, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: JOHN, Ajita, Kelkar, Shreeharsh, Seligmann, Doree Duncan
• Granted Patent: US 9,402,104 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/37 via a different channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/46 for recognising users' preferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/73 using meta-information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• 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 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• 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 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for creating tag subscriptions and notifying users based on tag subscriptions. A system configured to create tag subscriptions receives from a user, as part of a tag subscription request, a tag, a selection of at least one media event to which the tag is to be applied, and a notification threshold. The system then establishes a tag subscription associated with the user based on the tag, the selection of at least one media event, and the notification threshold. A system configured to generate tag notifications based on a tag subscription retrieves a tag subscription including a tag, a selection of a media event, and a notification threshold. The system then monitors tags generated in association with the media event for matches with the tag, and sends a tag notification to a user when matches exceed the notification threshold.

Claims

1. A method of establishing a tag subscription, the method comprising:

receiving from a user, via a processor and as part of a tag subscription request, a tag, a selection of at least one media event to which the tag is to be applied, and a notification threshold; and

establishing, via the processor, a tag subscription associated with the user based on the tag, the selection of at least one media event, and the notification threshold.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving from the user, as part of the tag subscription request, additional parameters associated with the tag subscription.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein one of the additional parameters is a notification frequency.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein one of the additional parameters is a notification modality.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein one of the additional parameters is a third party to receive notifications based on the tag subscription.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the media event is one of real time and prerecorded.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the tag subscription is used to notify the user when enough tags associated with the at least one media event match the tag to satisfy the notification threshold.

8. A system for generating tag notifications, the system comprising:

a processor;

a first module configured to control the processor to retrieve a tag subscription comprising a tag, a selection of at least one media event, and a notification threshold;

a second module configured to control the processor to monitor tags generated in association with the at least one media event for matches with the tag; and

a third module configured to control the processor to send a tag notification to a user associated with the tag subscription when matches with the tag exceed the notification threshold.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the media event is in real time.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the tag subscription is created by the user associated with the tag subscription.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the tag subscription is created by a second user.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the tags generated in associated with the at least one media event originate from multiple sources.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the multiple sources comprise human taggers and automated taggers.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein matches with the tag are based on fuzzy matching.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the third module is further configured to control the processor to send the tag notification to the user in real time.

16. The system of claim 8, wherein the third module is further configured to control the processor to compile a list of tag notifications and send the list of tag notifications to the user on a periodic basis.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the third module is further configured to control the processor to send the list of tag notifications to the user based on a notification frequency preference in the tag subscription.

18. The system of claim 8, wherein the media event is a recorded media event.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the tag notification further comprises a timestamp indicating when, in relation to the recorded media event, the matches exceeded the notification threshold.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to generate tag notifications, the instructions comprising:

receiving from a user, as part of a tag subscription request, a tag, a selection of at least one media event to which the tag is to be applied, and a notification threshold;

establishing a tag subscription associated with the user based on the tag, the selection of at least one media event, and the notification threshold;

based on the tag subscription, monitoring tags generated in association with the at least one media event for matches with the tag; and

sending a tag notification according to the tag subscription.