RECOMMENDING A LOCATION BASED ON QUALITY OF SERVICE AT A LOCATION

• US 20170339457A1
• Filed: 05/18/2016
• Published: 11/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Patel, Milan, Khaliq, Imran
• Granted Patent: US 10,397,652 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44226 on social networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• 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 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64738 Monitoring network characteristics, e.g. bandwidth, congestion level data switched network analysis H04L41/14; monitoring functioning in data switched networks H04L43/0817; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10

Abstract

Systems and methods are described herein for a media guidance application that recommends a location to consume media content based on the quality of service at various locations.

Claims

1. A method for providing recommendations based on user trajectories, the method comprising:

determining, using control circuitry, that a user has stopped consuming a first media asset at a first location;

in response to determining that the user has stopped consuming the first media asset at the first location, determining, using the control circuitry, a trajectory of the user;

identifying, using the control circuitry, a plurality of available locations for the user to consume media content based on the trajectory;

searching, using the control circuitry, a database listing a quality of service level for a second location of the plurality of available locations and a quality of service level for a third location of the plurality of available locations;

determining that the quality of service level for the second location is higher than the quality of service level for the third location; and

recommending, using the control circuitry, the second location based on the quality of service level for the second location being higher than the quality of service level for the third location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the second location where the user will consume media content based on the trajectory, comprises:

inputting the trajectory into a database listing locations associated with different trajectories from the first location;

searching the database listing locations associated with different trajectories; and

receiving an output of the second location in response to searching the database listing locations associated with different trajectories.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user has stopped consuming the first media asset at the first location comprises detecting that the user has moved a threshold distance from the first location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user has stopped consuming the first media asset at the first location comprises detecting that the user has stopped interacting with a device at the first location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first location corresponds to a first viewing area for a first device and the second location corresponds to a second viewing area for a second device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the trajectory of the user, further comprises:

determining a current location of the user; and

comparing the first location to the current location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of available locations corresponds to a different device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a plurality of media assets available to the user at the second location; and

filtering the plurality of media assets available to the user at the second location based on a comparison of the first media asset and the plurality of media assets available to the user at the second location; and

recommending a second media asset from the plurality of media assets available to the user on the second device based on the comparison.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing media guidance data for receiving the second media asset at the second location.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the quality of service for the second location is measured based on an error rate, bit rate, throughput, transmission delay, availability, or jitter.

11. A system for providing recommendations based on user trajectories, the system comprising:

storage circuitry configured to store a database listing a quality of service level for a second location and a quality of service level for a third location; and

control circuitry configured to;

determine that a user has stopped consuming a first media asset at a first location;

in response to determining that the user has stopped consuming the first media asset at the first location, determine a trajectory of the user;

identify a plurality of available locations for the user to consume media content based on the trajectory;

search the database listing the quality of service level for the second location of the plurality of available locations and the quality of service level for the third location of the plurality of available locations;

determine that the quality of service level for the second location is higher than the quality of service level for the third location; and

recommend the second location based on the quality of service level for the second location being higher than the quality of service level for the third location.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry configured to identify the second location where the user will consume media content based on the trajectory, is further configured to:

input the trajectory into a database listing locations associated with different trajectories from the first location;

search the database listing locations associated with different trajectories; and

receive an output of the second location in response to searching the database listing locations associated with different trajectories.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry configured to determine that the user has stopped consuming the first media asset at the first location is further configured to detect that the user has moved a threshold distance from the first location.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry configured to determine that the user has stopped consuming the first media asset at the first location comprises detecting that the user has stopped interacting with a device at the first location.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the first location corresponds to a first viewing area for a first device and the second location corresponds to a second viewing area for a second device.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry configured to determine the trajectory of the user, further configured to:

determine a current location of the user; and

compare the first location to the current location.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of available locations corresponds to a different device.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry configured to:

identify a plurality of media assets available to the user at the second location; and

filter the plurality of media assets available to the user at the second location based on a comparison of the first media asset and the plurality of media assets available to the user at the second location; and

recommend a second media asset from the plurality of media assets available to the user on the second device based on the comparison.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the control circuitry configured to provide media guidance data for receiving the second media asset at the second location.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the quality of service for the second location is measured based on an error rate, bit rate, throughput, transmission delay, availability, or jitter.

21-50. -50. (canceled)