IDENTIFYING MEDIA CONTENT FOR SIMULTANEOUS PLAYBACK

• US 20180109820A1
• Filed: 10/13/2017
• Published: 04/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Spotify AB (Spotify Technology SA)
• Original Assignee: Spotify AB (Spotify Technology SA)
• Inventors: POMPA, Ronald, VIS, Jonas, SIMONSSON, Johan
• Granted Patent: US 10,506,268 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/25 Output arrangements for video game devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/73 Authorising game programs or game devices, e.g. checking authenticity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2387 Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• 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 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/643 Communication protocols network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP], H04L65/65
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods for identifying and providing media content to a media-playback device for playback with simultaneous media content are provided. An example system and method for providing media content to a media-playback device for playback with simultaneous media content receives at a computing device a request for media content from a media-playback device, the request including an identification of simultaneous content to be played on the media-playback device. The system and method extracts the identification of the simultaneous content from the request using the computing device. The system and method identifies media content based on the extracted identification of the simultaneous content and transmits data relating to the media content to the media-playback device. Some examples identify media content using indirect qualities.

Claims

1. A method of providing media content to a media-playback device for playback with simultaneous media content, the method comprising:

receiving at a computing device a request for media content from a media-playback device, the request including an identification of simultaneous content to be played on the media-playback device;

extracting the identification of the simultaneous content from the request using the computing device;

identifying media content based on the extracted identification of the simultaneous content; and

transmitting data relating to the identified media content to the media-playback device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for media content comprises an application program interface (API) call.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the identification of the simultaneous content is encoded as a signal parameter within the API call.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a server computing device of a network-based streaming service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is received in accordance with a hypertext transfer protocol.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the media-playback device is a video game system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the simultaneous content is a video game.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein extracting the identification comprises extracting a signal parameter from an application programming interface call.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying media content comprises conducting a search for the media content items using the identification of the simultaneous content.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the media content comprises:

conducting a search for playlists containing the identification of the simultaneous content; and

evaluating media content included in the playlists.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting data relating to the media content comprises transmitting a list of songs.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting data relating to the media content comprises streaming the identified media content.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the request further comprises at least one other signal parameter, and wherein identifying the media content is further based on the at least one other signal parameter.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one other signal parameter comprises contextual information for the playback of simultaneous content, the contextual information comprising one or more of:

a time of day for the playback of simultaneous content, a location of playback of the simultaneous content, and an ambiance at the location of playback of the simultaneous content.

15. A media-delivery system comprising:

a processing device;

a media data store for storing a plurality of media content items; and

a content identification engine executable by the processor to;

receive a request for media content from a media-playback device, the request including an identification of simultaneous content to be played on the media-playback device;

extract the identification of the simultaneous content from the request;

identify media content based on the extracted identification of the simultaneous content; and

transmit data relating to the media content to the media-playback device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the simultaneous content is a video game;

and wherein the identification of the simultaneous content comprises a name of the video game.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein identifying media content comprises conducting a search for the media content items using the identification of the simultaneous content;

and wherein identifying the media content further comprises identifying media content items that are tagged with the identification of the simultaneous content.

18. A method of playing back media content, the method comprising:

generating and sending from a media-playback device to a remote computing device a request for media content, the request including an identification of simultaneous content to be played on the media-playback device, wherein the request causes the remote computing device to extract the identification of the simultaneous content from the request and to identify media content based on the extracted identification of the simultaneous content; and

receiving data relating to the media content from the remote computing device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the simultaneous content is a video game;

and wherein the identification of the simultaneous content is a name of the video game playable on the media-playback device.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising generating a user interface displaying at least some of the data relating to the media content, wherein the user interface includes a menu, and the data relating to the media content includes an identification of one or more playlists, wherein the playlists are selectable by a user to select the media content for playback.