METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING RELATED CONTENT

• US 20150301693A1
• Filed: 04/17/2014
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Wheeler, Aaron Joseph, Ali, Sarah Hatem
• Application Number:
  US14/255,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20150301693A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history

Abstract

Methods, systems, and media for presenting related content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: causing a first media interface to be presented, wherein the first media interface represents a first plurality of media content items and wherein first metadata is associated with the first media interface; determining, using a hardware processor, that at least one media interface representing related content should be presented; in response to determining that at least one media interface representing related content should be presented, generating a plurality of media interfaces, wherein each of the plurality of media interfaces is associated with metadata related to the first metadata; and causing at least one of the plurality of media interfaces to be presented concurrently with the first media interface.

Claims

1. A method for presenting related content, comprising:

causing a first media interface to be presented, wherein the first media interface represents a first plurality of media content items and wherein a first metadata is associated with the first media interface;

determining, using a hardware processor, that at least one media interface representing related content should be presented;

in response to determining that at least one media interface representing related content should be presented, generating a plurality of media interfaces, wherein each of the plurality of media interfaces is associated with metadata related to the first metadata; and

causing at least one of the plurality of media interfaces to be presented concurrently with the first media interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of media interfaces represents a single media content item.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising causing the single media content item to be presented in response to selecting one of the plurality of media interfaces.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of media interfaces represents a plurality of media content items.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing an indicator associated with the first media interface to be presented, wherein a selection of the indicator causes related content represented by one or more of the plurality of media content to be presented.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that each of the media content items in the first plurality of media content items has been viewed, wherein the at least one of the plurality of media interfaces is presented adjacent to the first media interface in response to determining that each of the media content items in the first plurality of media content items has been viewed.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising, in response to receiving a first user input to navigate in a first direction, causing the at least one of the plurality of media interfaces to be selected, wherein a second plurality of media content items associated with the selected media interface is presented for browsing.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

in response to receiving a second user input to navigate in the first direction, determining whether each of the media content items in the second plurality of media content items has been viewed; and

in response to determining that each of the media content items in the second plurality of media content items has been viewed, causing the at least one of the plurality of media interfaces to be selected, wherein a third plurality of media content items associated with the selected media interfaces is presented for browsing.

9. A system for presenting related content, comprising:

a hardware processor that is configured to;

cause a first media interface to be presented, wherein the first media interface represents a first plurality of media content items and wherein a first metadata is associated with the first media interface;

determine that at least one media interface representing related content should be presented;

in response to determining that at least one media interface representing related content should be presented, generate a plurality of media interfaces, wherein each of the plurality of media interfaces is associated with metadata related to the first metadata; and

cause at least one of the plurality of media interfaces to be presented concurrently with the first media interface.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of media interfaces represents a single media content item.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to cause the single media content item to be presented in response to selecting one of the plurality of media interfaces.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of media interfaces represents a plurality of media content items.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the hardware process is further configured to cause an indicator associated with the first media interface to be presented, wherein a selection of the indicator causes related content represented by one or more of the plurality of media content to be presented.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

determine that each of the media content items in the first plurality of media content items has been viewed, wherein the at least one of the plurality of media interfaces is presented adjacent to the first media interface in response to determining that each of the media content items in the first plurality of media content items has been viewed.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to, in response to receiving a first user input to navigate in a first direction, cause the at least one of the plurality of media interfaces to be selected, wherein a second plurality of media content items associated with the selected media interface is presented for browsing.

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

in response to receiving a second user input to navigate in the first direction, determine whether each of the media content items in the second plurality of media content items has been viewed; and

in response to determining that each of the media content items in the second plurality of media content items has been viewed, cause the at least one of the plurality of media interfaces to be selected, wherein a third plurality of media content items associated with the selected media interfaces is presented for browsing.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for presenting related content, the method comprising:

causing a first media interface to be presented, wherein the first media interface represents a first plurality of media content items and wherein a first metadata is associated with the first media interface;

determining that at least one media interface representing related content should be presented;

in response to determining that at least one media interface representing related content should be presented, generating a plurality of media interfaces, wherein each of the plurality of media interfaces is associated with metadata related to the first metadata; and

causing at least one of the plurality of media interfaces to be presented concurrently with the first media interface.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of media interfaces represents a single media content item.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises causing the single media content item to be presented in response to selecting one of the plurality of media interfaces.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of media interfaces represents a plurality of media content items.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises causing an indicator associated with the first media interface to be presented, wherein a selection of the indicator causes related content represented by one or more of the plurality of media content to be presented.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

determining that each of the media content items in the first plurality of media content items has been viewed, wherein the at least one of the plurality of media interfaces is presented adjacent to the first media interface in response to determining that each of the media content items in the first plurality of media content items has been viewed.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the method further comprises, in response to receiving a first user input to navigate in a first direction, causing the at least one of the plurality of media interfaces to be selected, wherein a second plurality of media content items associated with the selected media interface is presented for browsing.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the method further comprises:

in response to receiving a second user input to navigate in the first direction, determining whether each of the media content items in the second plurality of media content items has been viewed; and

in response to determining that each of the media content items in the second plurality of media content items has been viewed, causing the at least one of the plurality of media interfaces to be selected, wherein a third plurality of media content items associated with the selected media interfaces is presented for browsing.