Application for Determining and Responding to User Sentiments During Viewed Media Content

• US 20140282651A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Baratz, Maya
• Granted Patent: US 10,070,192 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/13
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/222 Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

There is provided a system and method for a platform for determining and responding to user sentiments during viewed media content. The method comprises displaying on a display, a plurality of user selectable sentiment actions to a plurality of users during broadcast of a media content, receiving a first selection of at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions from each of the plurality of users, and determining a first threshold sentiment level based on the first selection of the at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions. The method may further comprise sharing the first selection of the at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions from each of the plurality of users using a social media platform. Additionally, the method may also further comprise triggering a sentiment soundtrack corresponding to the first threshold sentiment level.

Claims

1. A method for use by a system including a processor and a display, the method comprising:

displaying on the display, using the processor, a plurality of user selectable sentiment actions to a plurality of users during broadcast of a media content;

receiving a first selection of at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions from each of the plurality of users; and

determining a first threshold sentiment level based on the first selection of the at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying the media content, wherein the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions corresponds to a toolbar below the media content containing a plurality of user selectable icons including a smiling icon, a frowning icon, a sad icon, a surprised icon, and a laughing icon corresponding to the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sharing the first selection of the at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions from each of the plurality of users using a social networking platform.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

transmitting the first threshold sentiment level to a broadcast media studio corresponding to the media content.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

adjusting a feature of the media content based on the first threshold sentiment level.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying a user list containing names for each of the plurality of users.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying on the display corresponds to a mobile device application.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

triggering a sentiment soundtrack corresponding to the first threshold sentiment level.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

receiving a second selection of at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions from each of the plurality of users;

determining a second threshold sentiment level based on the second selection of the at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions; and

adjusting the sentiment soundtrack based on the second threshold sentiment level.

10. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a display;

wherein the processor is configured to;

display on the display a plurality of user selectable sentiment actions to a plurality of users during broadcast of a media content;

receive a first selection of at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions from each of the plurality of users, and the processor is further configured to determine first threshold sentiment level based on the first selection of the at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the media content;

and wherein the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions corresponds to a toolbar below the media content containing a plurality of user selectable icons including a smiling icon, a frowning icon, a sad icon, a surprised icon, and a laughing icon corresponding to the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

share the first selection of the at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions from each of the plurality of users using a social networking platform.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit the first threshold sentiment level to a broadcast media studio corresponding to the media content.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to:

adjust a feature of the media content based on the first threshold sentiment level.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display a user list containing names for each of the plurality of users.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display on the display using a mobile device application.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

trigger a sentiment soundtrack corresponding to the first threshold sentiment level.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a second selection of at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions from each of the plurality of users;

determine a second threshold sentiment level based on the second selection of the at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions; and

adjust the sentiment soundtrack based on the second threshold sentiment level.

19. A computer readable software stored in a non-transitory memory for execution by a processor, the computer readable software comprising:

code for displaying a plurality of user selectable sentiment actions to a plurality of users during broadcast of a media content;

code for receiving a first selection of at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions from each of the plurality of users;

code for determining a first threshold sentiment level based on the first selection of the at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions; and

code for triggering a sentiment soundtrack corresponding to the first threshold sentiment level.

20. The computer readable software of claim 19, further comprising:

code for receiving a second selection of at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions from each of the plurality of users;

code for determining a second threshold sentiment level based on the second selection of the at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions; and

code for adjusting the sentiment soundtrack based on the second threshold sentiment level.