METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR AGGREGATING AND PRESENTING CONTENT RELEVANT TO A PARTICULAR VIDEO GAME

• US 20160366483A1
• Filed: 06/10/2016
• Published: 12/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Petterson, Frank, Sao Bento, Jason Robert, Chiao, Kristofer, Joyce, Alan, Bock, Marshall, Terleski, Jonathan
• Granted Patent: US 11,128,918 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/85 Providing additional services to players
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/735 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/738 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/743 a collection of video files or sequences
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82

Abstract

Methods, systems, and media for aggregating and presenting content relevant to a particular video game. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying videos related to a video game; selecting videos relevant to each of a plurality of categories; selecting videos based on popularity; receiving a request to present a user interface related to the video game; determining user subscription information for a user associated with the request; selecting videos based on user subscription information; causing the user interface to be presented including representations of: videos relevant to a first category in a first portion, videos selected based on popularity in a second portion, and videos selected based on the user subscription information in a third portion; receiving a request to present a video selected via the user interface; and causing the user device to present the requested video.

Claims

1. A method for presenting videos related to a common subject, the method comprising:

identifying, using a hardware processor, from a corpus of videos related to a variety of subjects that are available from a video sharing platform, a plurality of videos related to a video game;

selecting, for each of a plurality of categories, from the plurality of videos one or more videos relevant to that category;

selecting from the plurality of videos one or more videos based on popularity of each of the plurality of videos;

receiving a request from a user device to present a user interface including representations of videos related to the video game;

determining user subscription information for a user associated with the user device, wherein the user subscription information indicates that the user has subscribed to content from other users of the video sharing platform and which of the other users the user has subscribed to;

in response to receiving the request to present the user interface, selecting one or more of the plurality of videos based on the user subscription information;

causing the user device to present the user interface having a plurality of portions including at least a first portion that includes representations of videos relevant to a first of the plurality of categories, a second portion that includes representations of videos selected based on popularity, and a third portion that includes representations of videos selected based on the user subscription information;

receiving a request to present a video selected via the user interface; and

causing the user device to present the requested video.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of categories includes at least one of the following categories:

videos that include a review of the video game;

videos uploaded by a publisher of the game; and

videos that are currently being live streamed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes metadata related to the video game including a title of the game and one or more images related to the video game.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes a fourth portion that includes videos relevant to a second of the plurality of categories, and wherein the user interface includes a plurality of user interface elements each corresponding to one of the plurality of portions such that selection of the user interface element corresponding to a particular portion causes representations of videos included in that portion to be presented via the user interface.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the user interface includes a fifth portion that includes representations of at least one video from each of the first through fourth portions.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of user interface elements are presented as tabs over an area of the user interface in which representations of videos from a selected tab are presented.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein each video presented in the first portion that is associated with a category of the plurality of categories is presented in association with an icon identifying the category associated with that video.

8. A system for presenting videos related to a common subject, the system comprising:

a hardware processor that is programmed to;

identify, from a corpus of videos related to a variety of subjects that are available from a video sharing platform, a plurality of videos related to a video game;

select, for each of a plurality of categories, from the plurality of videos one or more videos relevant to that category;

select from the plurality of videos one or more videos based on popularity of each of the plurality of videos;

receive a request from a user device to present a user interface including representations of videos related to the video game;

determine user subscription information for a user associated with the user device, wherein the user subscription information indicates that the user has subscribed to content from other users of the video sharing platform and which of the other users the user has subscribed to;

in response to receiving the request to present the user interface, select one or more of the plurality of videos based on the user subscription information;

cause the user device to present the user interface having a plurality of portions including at least a first portion that includes representations of videos relevant to a first of the plurality of categories, a second portion that includes representations of videos selected based on popularity, and a third portion that includes representations of videos selected based on the user subscription information;

receive a request to present a video selected via the user interface; and

cause the user device to present the requested video.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of categories includes at least one of the following categories:

videos that include a review of the video game;

videos uploaded by a publisher of the game; and

videos that are currently being live streamed.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the user interface includes metadata related to the video game including a title of the game and one or more images related to the video game.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the user interface includes a fourth portion that includes videos relevant to a second of the plurality of categories, and wherein the user interface includes a plurality of user interface elements each corresponding to one of the plurality of portions such that selection of the user interface element corresponding to a particular portion causes representations of videos included in that portion to be presented via the user interface.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the user interface includes a fifth portion that includes representations of at least one video from each of the first through fourth portions.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the plurality of user interface elements are presented as tabs over an area of the user interface in which representations of videos from a selected tab are presented.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein each video presented in the first portion that is associated with a category of the plurality of categories is presented in association with an icon identifying the category associated with that video.

15. 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 videos related to a common subject, the method comprising:

identifying, from a corpus of videos related to a variety of subjects that are available from a video sharing platform, a plurality of videos related to a video game;

selecting, for each of a plurality of categories, from the plurality of videos one or more videos relevant to that category;

selecting from the plurality of videos one or more videos based on popularity of each of the plurality of videos;

receiving a request from a user device to present a user interface including representations of videos related to the video game;

determining user subscription information for a user associated with the user device, wherein the user subscription information indicates that the user has subscribed to content from other users of the video sharing platform and which of the other users the user has subscribed to;

in response to receiving the request to present the user interface, selecting one or more of the plurality of videos based on the user subscription information;

causing the user device to present the user interface having a plurality of portions including at least a first portion that includes representations of videos relevant to a first of the plurality of categories, a second portion that includes representations of videos selected based on popularity, and a third portion that includes representations of videos selected based on the user subscription information;

receiving a request to present a video selected via the user interface; and

causing the user device to present the requested video.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of categories includes at least one of the following categories:

videos that include a review of the video game;

videos uploaded by a publisher of the game; and

videos that are currently being live streamed.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the interface includes metadata related to the video game including a title of the game and one or more images related to the video game.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the user interface includes a fourth portion that includes videos relevant to a second of the plurality of categories, and wherein the user interface includes a plurality of user interface elements each corresponding to one of the plurality of portions such that selection of the user interface element corresponding to a particular portion causes representations of videos included in that portion to be presented via the user interface.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the user interface includes a fifth portion that includes representations of at least one video from each of the first through fourth portions.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the plurality of user interface elements are presented as tabs over an area of the user interface in which representations of videos from a selected tab are presented.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein each video presented in the first portion that is associated with a category of the plurality of categories is presented in association with an icon identifying the category associated with that video.