EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT TV AND MOVIE VIEWING AVAILABILITY REMINDERS

• US 20170201803A1
• Filed: 01/13/2016
• Published: 07/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Dureau, Vincent, Wald, Jonathan, Pandit, Salil, Lau, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US14/994,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20170201803A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; 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 21/262 Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895

Abstract

In one general aspect, a method can include determining, by a computer system, that a user is interested in receiving reminders about particular content, identifying, by the computer system, a particular entity from a plurality of entities, the particular entity being associated with the particular content and including criteria for use in creating a reminder to the user about availability of the particular content, automatically creating the reminder for the user based on the criteria, and scheduling the reminder for activation on a computing device when the computing device is determined to be in proximity to a physical location that includes a device that provides the particular content to the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a computer system, that a user is interested in receiving reminders about particular content;

determining, by the computer system, that a particular entity included in a plurality of entities is associated with the particular content, the particular entity including criteria for use in creating a reminder to the user about availability of the particular content;

based on determining that the particular entity is associated with the particular content, automatically creating the reminder for the user based on the criteria; and

scheduling the reminder for activation on a computing device when the computing device is determined to be in proximity to a physical location that includes a device that provides the particular content to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user is interested in receiving reminders about particular content includes identifying an intrinsic interest of the user in the particular content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the intrinsic interest of the user in the particular content is based on one or more search terms entered by the user in a web browser user interface (UI).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user is interested in receiving reminders about particular content includes determining that the user manually defined one or more contexts in which to create the reminder.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the criteria for use in automatically creating a reminder to the user about availability of the particular content includes at least one of a time, a time window, timeframe, and a repeat interval.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular content is one of a movie, a TV show, a TV episode, a TV season, a streaming media video clip, a video clip pertaining to a particular TV show, or a video clip pertaining to a particular movie.

7. A computing system comprising:

one or more processors configured to execute a content manager including a data model and a content reminder module, the data model including a plurality of entities, each entity included in the plurality of entities including criteria for use in creating reminders associated with content; and

a repository including the content,

the content manager being configured to;

determine that a particular content included in the content is associated with at least one particular entity included in the plurality of entities; and

determine that a user is interested in receiving at least one reminder about availability of the particular content, and

the content reminder module being configured to, based on determining, by the content manager, that the particular content is associated with the at least one particular entity;

automatically create a reminder for the user based on the criteria; and

automatically schedule the reminder for activation on a computing device when the computing device is determined to be in proximity to a physical location that includes a device that provides the particular content to the user.

8. The computing system of claim 7, wherein the content manager further includes a reminder provider module configured to provide a user experience on the computing device for receiving and engaging with the at least one reminder about the availability of the particular content.

9. The computing system of claim 7, wherein the at least one particular entity includes a context for reminder trigger specifying the physical location.

10. The computing system of claim 7, wherein the content manager further includes an offer availability type that specifies at least one platform for delivery of the particular content.

11. The computing system of claim 7, wherein the at least one particular entity includes a type of user interest indicating that the particular content associated with the particular entity is either of implicit interest to the user or of explicit interest to the user.

12. The computing system of claim 7, wherein the particular content is one of a movie, a TV show, a TV episode, a TV season, a streaming media video clip, a video clip pertaining to a particular TV show, or a video clip pertaining to a particular movie.

13. The computing system of claim 7, wherein the content manager interfaces with at least one of a search engine, a voice-based assistant, and a calendar application.

14. A method for managing content, the method comprising:

receiving, at a first time and by a computing device executing a search engine application, one or more search terms indicative of particular content of interest to a user;

identifying additional content related to the particular content based on the one or more search terms;

determining that the additional content is available for access by the user at a second time later than the first time;

providing, to a computer system, information indicative of an interest of the user to receive reminders about the particular content, the computer system creating a reminder for the user based on the one or more search terms being indicative of the particular content of interest to the user and based on the user not accessing the additional content at the first time, the reminder being scheduled to trigger at the second time;

receiving, by the computer device, the reminder indicating that the additional content related to the particular content is available for access by the user at the second time; and

providing, by the computing device, a user experience for engaging with the reminder when the reminder triggers at the second time.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving, by the computer device and at the second time, the reminder indicating that the additional content related to the particular content is available for access by the user includes receiving the reminder by at least one of a search engine, a voice-based assistant, and a calendar application.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the content is one of a movie, a TV show, a TV episode, a TV season, a streaming media video clip, a video clip pertaining to a particular TV show, or a video clip pertaining to a particular movie.

17. The method of claim 14,

wherein the reminder further includes information relevant to the user when accessing the available content;

and

wherein the user experience for engaging with the reminder includes interacting, by the user, with the information relevant to the user.

18. A non-transitory, machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause a computing device to:

execute a search engine application;

receive, at a first time and in a graphical user interface of the search engine application, one or more search terms indicative of particular content of interest to a user;

identify additional content related to the particular content based on the one or more search terms;

determine that the additional content is available for access by the user at a second time later than the first time;

provide, to a computer system, information indicative of an interest of the user to receive reminders about the particular content, the computer system creating a reminder for the user based on the one or more search terms indicative of the particular content of interest to the user and based on the user not accessing the additional content at the first time, the reminder being scheduled for the second time;

receive, at the second time, the reminder indicating that the additional content related to the particular content is available for access by the user; and

provide, by the computing device, a user experience for engaging with the content reminder.

19. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein receiving, by the computer device and at the second time, the reminder indicating that the additional content related to the particular content is available for access by the user includes receiving the reminder by at least one of a search engine, a voice-based assistant, and a calendar application.

20. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 18,

wherein the reminder further includes information relevant to the user when accessing the available content;

and

wherein the user experience for engaging with the content reminder includes interacting, by the user, with the information relevant to the user.