EYE TRACKING

• US 20150106386A1
• Filed: 02/10/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: LEE, Bongshin, HINCKLEY, Kenneth P., BATHICHE, Steven N.
• Application Number:
  US14/177,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106386A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/748
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence

Abstract

The description relates to eye tracking. One example can identify a location that a user is looking. The example can also identify content at the location.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

displaying digital content;

determining that a user is looking at a sub-set of the digital content;

relating the user and the sub-set of the digital content; and

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causing the sub-set of the digital content to be added to a memory-mimicking user profile associated with the user, wherein the memory-mimicking user profile contains searchable data relating to what the user has previously viewed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the digital content comprises displaying video on a display device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the digital content comprises displaying an image and text on a display device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining comprises determining a location on the display device that the user is looking at and mapping the location to the sub-set of the digital content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining further comprises analyzing eye movements of the user while the user is looking at the location to determine whether the user is reading.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining further comprises detecting that multiple users including the user are able to view the content.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining further comprises identifying individual users of the multiple users.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising assigning a confidence score to each identified individual user.

9. The method of claim 8, further relating the identified individual users and the assigned confidence scores to the sub-set of the digital content as metadata that is added to the memory-mimicking user profile.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the relating the user and the sub-set of the digital content comprises associating information about the user and other information about the sub-set of the digital content to the sub-set of the digital content as metadata.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the relating the user and the sub-set of the digital content comprises adding information about the user and the sub-set of the digital content to the memory-mimicking user profile, and wherein the memory-mimicking user profile is stored on a computing device that performs the displaying.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the relating the user and the sub-set of the digital content comprises adding information about the user and the sub-set of the digital content to the memory-mimicking user profile, and wherein the memory-mimicking user profile is stored on a computing device that is remote from the displaying, and wherein a portion of the memory-mimicking user profile is stored locally on another computing device that performs the displaying and that is in communication with the computing device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the relating the user and the sub-set of the digital content comprises sending the sub-set of the content as searchable text and information about the user and the sub-set of the content to a service that maintains the memory-mimicking user profile for the user.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the memory-mimicking user profile contains searchable data relating to digital content that the user has previously viewed and physical content that the user has previously viewed.

15. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

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computer-readable instructions stored on a hardware computer-readable storage media for execution by the hardware processor, the instructions comprising;

receiving information relating to content that was viewed by a user as well as other content that was visible to the user but not viewed by the user,

augmenting a memory-mimicking user profile of the user with the information, and,

allowing the information of the memory-mimicking user profile to be utilized to customize a response to a user input.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the content or receiving a link to a source of the content.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the content comprises digital content or physical content or wherein the content comprises digital content and physical content.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising a display device configured to display the digital content.

19. One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer cause the computer to perform a method, comprising:

receiving an input command from a user;

accessing a memory-mimicking user profile that relates to content that the user has previously viewed; and

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accomplishing the input command utilizing information from the memory-mimicking user profile.

20. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 19, wherein the input command comprises a web search query.