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

• US 20140295893A1
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Published: 10/02/2014
• 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:
  US14/353,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20140295893A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• 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 receiving an indication of interest in content displayed in proximity to a mobile communications device, identifying the mobile communications device using information in the received interest indication, and using determined communication information related to the identification of the mobile communications device to communicate, for storage in the mobile communications device, at least one of the content of interest, content data of the content of interest and location information of the content of interest.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving an indication of interest in content displayed in proximity to a mobile communications device;

identifying the mobile communications device using information in the received interest indication; and

using said identification of the mobile communications device to communicate for storage in the mobile communications device at least one of said content of interest, content data of said content of interest and location information of said content of interest.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a quick response code included with said content is scanned using the mobile communications device to indicate interest in said content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the quick response code scanned by the mobile communications device is communicated to a source of said content.

4. The method of claim 2, comprising identifying the mobile communications device using a least one of a cookie and javascript.

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

6. The method of claim 1, wherein near field communication is used by the mobile communications device to indicate interest in said content.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising identifying the mobile communications device using near field communication capability and functionality of the mobile communications device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a user of the mobile communications device provides a media access control address of the mobile communications device to a source of content to indicate interest in content presented in proximity to the mobile communications device.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising tracking a location of the mobile communications device using the provided media access control address to determine content to which the mobile communications device was exposed.

10. 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.

11. The method of claim 1, comprising using at least one of said stored content of interest and said stored location information of said content of interest to view said content of interest at a time later than the intended presentation time of said content.

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

13. The method of claim 1, comprising communicating information regarding to what content the mobile communications device was exposed in the form of a list.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the list is presented on the mobile communications device as a drop-down menu.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said drop-down menu is used to select at least one of which content to store in said mobile communications device and for which content to store location information in said mobile communications device.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein network beacons are used to identify to the mobile communications device what content is playing on a respective display and the location of the respective display.

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

18. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory for storing program routines and data; and

a processor for executing said program routines;

said apparatus configured to;

receive an indication of interest in content displayed in proximity to a mobile communications device;

identify the mobile communications device using information in the received interest indication; and

use said identification of the mobile communications device to communicate for storage in the mobile communications device at least one of said content of interest, content data of said content of interest and location information of said content of interest.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein said apparatus comprises a content server.

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

at least one content source for providing media content;

an apparatus including a memory for storing program routines and data, and a processor for executing said program routines, said processor, when executing said program routines, configured to;

receive an indication of interest in content displayed in proximity to a mobile communications device;

identify the mobile communications device using information in the received interest indication; and

use said identification of the mobile communications device to communicate for storage in the mobile communications device at least one of said content of interest, content data of said content of interest and location information of said content of interest; and

a display for displaying at least the content of interest.