Method, Apparatus and System for Enabling the Recall of Content of Interest for Subsequent Review

• US 20140280686A1
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Herlein, Gregory Charles
• Application Number:
  US14/353,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20140280686A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/213
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41415 involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42684 Client identification by a unique number or address, e.g. serial number, MAC address, socket ID network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00
• 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 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/23 for mobile advertising

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for enabling the recall of content for subsequent review include communicating to a content provider an indication of interest in content displayed in proximity to a mobile communications device, wherein communication information of the mobile communications device is determined using information in the communicated indication of interest, in response to the communicated indication of interest, receiving at least one of the content of interest, content data of the content of interest and location information of the content of interest and storing the at least one of the content of interest, content data of the content of interest and location information of the content of interest in the mobile communications device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

communicating to a content provider an indication of interest in content displayed in proximity to a mobile communications device, wherein communication information of the mobile communications device is determined using information in the communicated indication of interest;

in response to the communicated indication of interest, receiving at least one of said content of interest, content data of said content of interest and location information of said content of interest; and

storing said at least one of said content of interest, content data of said content of interest and location information of said content of interest in the mobile communications device.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising scanning a quick response code using the mobile communications device as an indication of interest in content.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising communicating the quick response code scanned by the mobile communications device to the content provider.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising storing a uniform resource locator of said content of interest in a cache of the mobile communications device.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising using near field communication to indicate interest in said content.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein near field communication capabilities and functionality of the mobile communications device is used to determine communication information of the mobile communications device.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising providing a media access control address of the mobile communications device to the content provider as an indication of interest in content presented in proximity to the mobile communications device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a location of the mobile communications device is tracked to determine content to which the mobile communications device is exposed.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising using functionalities of the mobile communications device to identify content of interest presented in proximity of the mobile communications device.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising using at least one of said stored content of interest, said content data of said content of interest and said stored location information of said content of interest to review said content of interest at a time later than an original presentation time of said content of interest.

11. The method of claim 1, comprising playing said content of interest on the mobile communications device at a time later than an original presentation time of said content of interest using at least one of said stored content of interest, content data of said content of interest and said stored location information of said content of interest.

12. The method of claim 1, comprising arranging information regarding to what content the mobile communications device is exposed in the form of a list.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising presenting the list on the mobile communications device as a drop-down menu.

14. The method of claim 13, comprising enabling the selection of at least one of which content to store in said mobile communications device, for which content to store content data and for which content to store location information in said mobile communications device using said drop-down menu.

15. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving network beacons to identify to the mobile communications device content that is playing on a respective display and a location of the respective display.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the mobile communications device indicates to what content it has been exposed using the network beacons.

17. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory for storing program routines and data;

a processor for executing said program routines; and

a display for displaying at least one of content and content data;

said apparatus configured to;

communicate to a content provider an indication of interest in content displayed in proximity to a mobile communications device, wherein communication information of the mobile communications device is determined using information in the communicated indication of interest;

in response to the communicated indication of interest, receive at least one of said content of interest, content data of said content of interest and location information of said content of interest; and

store said at least one of said content of interest, content data of said content of interest and location information of said content of interest in the mobile communications device.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein said apparatus is further configured to review information regarding said content of interest at a time later than an original presentation time of said content of interest using at least one of said stored content of interest, content data of said content of interest and said stored location information of said content of interest

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein said apparatus comprises a mobile communications device.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein said mobile communications device comprises a mobile phone.

21. A system for enabling the recall of content for subsequent review, comprising:

at least one content provider for providing media content; and

an apparatus including a memory for storing program routines and data, a processor for executing said program routines and a display for displaying at least one of content and content data, said apparatus configured to;

communicate to a content provider an indication of interest in content displayed in proximity to a mobile communications device, wherein communication information of the mobile communications device is determined using information in the communicated indication of interest;

in response to the communicated indication of interest, receive at least one of said content of interest, content data of said content of interest and location information of said content of interest; and

store said at least one of said content of interest, content data of said content of interest and location information of said content of interest in the mobile communications device.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein said at least one content provider comprises a content server.