PERSONALIZED, EVENT-DRIVEN, AND LOCATION-BASED CONSUMPTION OF MEDIA CONTENT

• US 20180192144A1
• Filed: 12/12/2017
• Published: 07/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Turner Broadcasting System Incorporated (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Turner Broadcasting System Incorporated (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Granted Patent: US 10,681,421 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• 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: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 Media network packet handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks 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 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44213 Monitoring of end-user related data arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• 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 21/4532 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 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• 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
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 : involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 : by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 : using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A personalized, location-based experience of consuming a media event is provided. A user computing entity comprising a processor, memory, network interface configured to communicate via at least one network, and location sensor identifies a media event that a user is expected to want to consume. The user computing entity determines a current location of the user computing entity. The user computing entity identifies a stream providing audio and/or video data corresponding to the media event available at the current location based at least in part on (a) event information corresponding to the media event and (b) the current location. The user computing entity identifies an audio/video device located within close proximity of the user computing entity; and provides a communication comprising a command to the audio/video device. The processing of the communication by the audio/video device causes the audio/video device to provide audio and/or video data of the stream.

Claims

1. A method for providing personalized, location-based consumption of a media event, the method comprising:

identifying, by a user computing entity comprising a processor, a memory, a network interface configured to communicate via at least one network, and a location sensor, a media event that a user is expected to want to consume;

determining, by the user computing entity, a current location of the user computing entity;

identifying, by the user computing entity and based at least in part on (a) event information corresponding to the media event and (b) the current location, a stream providing audio and/or video data corresponding to the media event available at the current location;

identifying, by the user computing entity, an audio/video device located within close proximity of the user computing entity; and

providing a communication comprising a command to the audio/video device, wherein the processing of the communication by the audio/video device causes the audio/video device to provide audio and/or video data of the stream.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the media event is identified based on (a) user input identifying the media event, (b) fan data corresponding to the user, (c) the event information, (d) a first stream providing the media event being displayed by a first audio/video device associated with the user, or (e) a combination thereof, wherein the first audio/video device is different from the audio/video device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication comprising the command is provided via an infrared protocol, Bluetooth protocol, or local Wi-Fi network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio/video device is identified based on the current location of the user computing entity and audio/video device location information stored in association with the profile information corresponding to the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing of the communication comprising the command causes the audio/video device to be turned on.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing of the communication comprising the command causes the audio/video device to acquire the stream and provide audio and/or video data of the stream.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein an audio/video device located within close proximity of the user is at least one of (a) the audio/video device located the least distance from the current location or (b) the audio/video device located in the same room as the user computing entity as determined based on the current location and the profile information corresponding to the user.

8. An apparatus comprising at least one processor, at least one memory storing computer program code, a network interface configured to communicate via at least one network, and a location sensor, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

identify a media event that a user is expected to want to consume;

determine, via the location sensor, a current location of the apparatus;

identify, based at least in part on (a) event information corresponding to the media event and (b) the current location, a stream providing audio and/or video data corresponding to the media event available at the current location;

identify an audio/video device located within close proximity of the apparatus; and

provide a communication comprising a command to the audio/video device, wherein the processing of the communication by the audio/video device causes the audio/video device to provide audio and/or video data of the stream.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the media event is identified based on (a) user input identifying the media event, (b) fan data corresponding to the user, (c) the event information, (d) a first stream providing the media event being displayed by a first audio/video device associated with the user, or (e) a combination thereof, wherein the first audio/video device is different from the audio/video device.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the communication comprising the command is provided via an infrared protocol, Bluetooth protocol, or local Wi-Fi network.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the audio/video device is identified based on the current location of the user computing entity and audio/video device location information stored in association with the profile information corresponding to the user.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processing of the communication comprising the command causes the audio/video device to be turned on.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processing of the communication comprising the command causes the audio/video device to acquire the stream and provide audio and/or video data of the stream.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein an audio/video device located within close proximity of the user is at least one of (a) the audio/video device located the least distance from the current location or (b) the audio/video device located in the same room as the user computing entity as determined based on the current location and the profile information corresponding to the user.

15. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein with the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions, wherein execution of the program code instructions by a processor of an apparatus causes the apparatus to at least:

identify a media event that a user is expected to want to consume;

cause a location sensor of the apparatus to determine a current location of the apparatus;

identify, based at least in part on (a) event information corresponding to the media event and (b) the current location, a stream providing audio and/or video data corresponding to the media event available at the current location;

identify an audio/video device located within close proximity of the apparatus; and

provide a communication comprising a command to the audio/video device, wherein the processing of the communication by the audio/video device causes the audio/video device to provide audio and/or video data of the stream.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the media event is identified based on (a) user input identifying the media event, (b) fan data corresponding to the user, (c) the event information, (d) a first stream providing the media event being displayed by a first audio/video device associated with the user, or (e) a combination thereof, wherein the first audio/video device is different from the audio/video device.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the communication comprising the command is provided via an infrared protocol, Bluetooth protocol, or local Wi-Fi network.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the audio/video device is identified based on the current location of the user computing entity and audio/video device location information stored in association with the profile information corresponding to the user.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the processing of the communication comprising the command causes the audio/video device to be turned on.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the processing of the communication comprising the command causes the audio/video device to acquire the stream and provide audio and/or video data of the stream.