MEDIA CONTENT SELECTION AND PRESENTATION CONTROL

• US 20120278875A1
• Filed: 07/16/2012
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tamiras Per Pte Ltd LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Tamiras Per Pte Ltd LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: ANDRI, MICHAEL J., KISSINGER, MATTHEW R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,317,863 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/06 using polling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/00 Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices

Abstract

An identifier is received from each participant mobile device of a plurality of participant mobile devices within a participation region of a wireless network via a wireless access point. One or more attributes for each participant mobile device are retrieved based upon the identifier received from that participant mobile device. The one or more attributes indicate one or more media content items stored at that participant mobile device or previously accessed via that participant mobile device. An indication of the one or more attributes for each participant mobile device is output. Media content is selected based on the one or more attributes indicated for each participant mobile device. The media content is presented, for example, within the participation region.

Claims

1. A method for one or more computing devices of a computing network, the method comprising:

receiving an identifier from each participant mobile device of a plurality of participant mobile devices within a participation region of a wireless network via a wireless access point;

retrieving one or more attributes for each participant mobile device based upon the identifier received from that participant mobile device, the one or more attributes indicating one or more media content items stored at that participant mobile device or previously accessed via that participant mobile device; and

outputting an indication of the one or more attributes for each participant mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the identifier from each participant mobile device via the wireless access point includes receiving the identifier from each participant mobile device at a computing device over a wide area network between the wireless access point and the computing device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

selecting presentation media content responsive to or based on the one or more attributes for each participant mobile device output by the content polling module; and

transmitting the selected media content or an indication of the selected media content to a media player module over the wide area network for presentation of the selected media content, the media player module located at a computing device or one of the participant mobile devices.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the selected media content includes an audio advertisement or a video advertisement.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the selected media content includes audio and/or video media content selected from a similar category, genre, or author of media content items stored on or previously accessed by the plurality of participant mobile devices as indicated by the one or more attributes;

and

wherein the selected media content is presented within the participation region.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying the plurality of participant mobile devices within the participation region by comparing one or more geographic coordinates defining the participation region to a geographic location of each participant mobile device, each participant mobile device providing its respective geographic location over a wide area network via the wireless access point.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying the plurality of participant mobile devices within the participation region based on a wireless signal strength at the wireless access point of each participant mobile device exceeding a threshold wireless signal strength; and

excluding one or more mobile device from identification as a participant mobile device based on a wireless signal strength at the wireless access point of each mobile device having less than the threshold wireless signal strength.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving a user input via a graphical user interface defining the threshold wireless signal strength.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving an identifier from at least one additional participant mobile device of the plurality of participant mobile devices within the participation region of the wireless network via a different wireless access point.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more attributes for each participant mobile device are retrieved from a web service based upon the identifier received from that participant mobile device, each participant mobile device having previously registered the contents of its respective media library with the web service.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying the plurality of participant mobile devices;

storing a roster of the participant mobile devices in a data store; and

periodically updating the roster of the participant mobile devices by removing a first mobile device from the roster in response to the first mobile device leaving the participation region and/or by adding a second mobile device to the roster in response to the second mobile device entering the participation region.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

varying a frequency of updating the roster responsive to duration of selected media content and/or end time of presented media content.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the participation region of the wireless network is provided by the wireless access point and at least one additional wireless access point.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

for each participant mobile device, authenticating that participant mobile device based on a username and/or passcode supplied by a user of that participant mobile device prior to outputting an indication of the one or more attributes for that participant mobile device.

15. A computing system, comprising:

one or more computing devices configured to;

identify one or more participant mobile devices within a participation region by comparing one or more geographic coordinates defining the participation region to a geographic location of each mobile device, each mobile device providing its respective geographic location to the computing system via one or more wireless access points;

receive an identifier from each participant mobile device via the one or more wireless access points;

retrieve one or more attributes of a media library from a web service for each participant mobile device based upon the identifier received from that participant mobile device; and

select presentation media content responsive to or based on the attributes retrieved from the web service.

16. The computing system of claim 15, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to receive the identifier from each participant mobile device over a wide area network between the one or more wireless access points and the one or more computing device.

17. The computing system of claim 16, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to transmit the selected presentation media content or an indication of the selected presentation media content to another computing device over the wide area network for presentation by a media player module residing at said another computing device.

18. The computing system of claim 16, for each participant mobile device, authenticate that participant mobile device based on a username and/or passcode supplied by a user of that participant mobile device prior to selection of the presentation media content.

19. A storage device having instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by a logic-subsystem of a computing system to:

identify one or more participant mobile devices within a participation region by comparing geographic coordinates defining the participation region to a geographic location of each mobile device, each mobile device providing its respective geographic location to the computing system via one or more wireless access points;

receive an identifier from each participant mobile device via the one or more wireless access points, the identifier provided by each participant mobile device upon that participant mobile device establishing a trusted relationship with the content polling module upon a user of that participant mobile device entering a username and/or passcode via a graphical user interface of that participant mobile device;

retrieve one or more attributes of a media library from a web service for each participant mobile device based upon the identifier received from that participant mobile device; and

select presentation media content responsive to or based on the attributes retrieved from the web service.

20. The storage device of claim 19, the instructions further executable by the logic-subsystem of the computing system to:

transmit the selected presentation media content or an indication of the selected presentation media content to another computing device over the wide area network for presentation by a media player module residing at said another computing device.