CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE AND ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY METHOD FOR CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE

• US 20160088362A1
• Filed: 03/18/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: KANEKO, Takashi, ITOH, Norio, SHIOI, Masahiro, NI, Chanbin, SHIMENO, Atsutoshi
• Application Number:
  US14/786,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20160088362A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25866 Management of end-user data customer care in data networks H04L41/5077
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/442 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/29; arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information H04H60/35; monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; monitoring in wireless networks H04W24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

While executing a television viewing APP, an engine (112) performs another application. A degree-of-concentration determination unit (131) determines the frequency of operations for the application, and calculates the degree of concentration for the program on the basis of the type of the application and the determination result. When the degree of concentration is high, the presentation controller (140) displays an advertisement relevant to the program, on a display unit (150).

Claims

1. A content playback device comprising:

circuitry that a video of program content;

detects operations for an application which is being executed, so as to determine a frequency of operations; and

displays one or more advertisements among a plurality of advertisements including a related advertisement which is an advertisement for which relevance to the program content is specified,

wherein the circuitry displays the related advertisement in the case where the frequency of operations is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.

2. The content playback device according to claim 1,

wherein, in the case where the frequency of operations is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, the circuitry displays the related advertisement on the video, or displays the related advertisement at a position closer to a display area of the video than a display area of the application which is being executed.

3. The content playback device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry

calculates a specific value which is made smaller as the frequency of operations is higher,

the specific value calculated in the case where operations, the number of which is N (N:

integer), are detected for an application which accesses data included in the program content being larger than the specific value calculated in the case where operations, the number of which is N, are detected for an application which does not access the data.

4. The content playback device according to claim 3,

wherein, the circuitry calculates the specific value, every time a certain period has elapsed on the basis of the frequency of operations in a certain period which is most recently obtained and which includes the period, and

selects an advertisement to be displayed after the period, every time the specific value calculated, on the basis of whether or not the specific value is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold.

5. An advertisement display method for a content playback device, the method comprising

playing back a video of program content;

detecting operations for an application which is being executed, so as to determine the frequency of operations; and

displaying one or more advertisements among a plurality of advertisements including a related advertisement which is an advertisement for which relevance to the program content is specified,

the related advertisement being displayed in the case where the frequency of operations is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.

6. (canceled)