Returning a second content based on a user's reaction to a first content

• US 8,126,867 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2007
• Issued: 02/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phong
• Application Number:
  US11/978,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20090112914A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,585 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3, 707/104.1, 707/706, 707/758, 705/10, 705/14.4
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9032 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

Embodiments include a device, a system, a computer program product, and a method. A method embodiment includes receiving from a requester sensor data indicative of a response by a person to a first content displayed to the person. The method also includes analyzing the received sensor data for an indication of an expression by the person corresponding to the first content. The method further includes facilitating a search for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the indication of an expression by the person and to a content attribute of the displayed first content. The method also includes returning to the requester an indication of the second content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving from a requestor electronic device, sensor data indicative of a response by a person to a first content displayed to the person, the received sensor data being acquired by a wearable/mountable sensor that includes data indicative of the response and the received sensor data not being acquired by a user input device;

analyzing the received sensor data for an indication of an expression by the person corresponding to the first content;

facilitating a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the indication of the expression by the person and to a content attribute of the displayed first content;

selecting the second content from a result of the facilitated search;

returning to the requestor electronic device, an indication of the second content; and

saving the indication of the second content in a storage device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a content attribute of the displayed first content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving from a requester electronic device, sensor data indicative of a response by a person to a first content displayed to the person, the received sensor data being acquired by a wearable/mountable sensor that includes data indicative of the response and the received sensor data not being acquired by a user input device, further includes:

receiving from a requestor electronic device, at least one of raw sensor data, partially processed sensor data, or processed sensor data indicative of a response by the person to a first content displayed to the person, the received sensor data being acquired by a wearable/mountable sensor that includes data indicative of the response and the received sensor data not being acquired by a user input device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving from a requestor electronic device, sensor data indicative of a response by a person to a first content displayed to the person, the received sensor data being acquired by a wearable/mountable sensor that includes data indicative of the response and the received sensor data not being acquired by a user input device, further includes:

receiving data indicative of a content attribute of the displayed first content, the received data being acquired by a wearable/mountable sensor that includes data indicative of the content attribute of the displayed first content and the received data not being acquired by a user input device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing the received sensor data for an indication of an expression by the person corresponding to the first content further includes:

analyzing the received sensor data for an indication of an expression of at least one of interest, disinterest, like, dislike, excitement, boredom, happy, or anger by the person corresponding to the first content.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving from a requestor electronic device, sensor data indicative of a response by a person to a first content displayed to the person, the received sensor data being acquired by a wearable/mountable sensor that includes data indicative of the response and the received sensor data not being acquired by a user input device, comprises:

at a receiver, receiving from a requestor electronic device via at least one of a local area network, a wide area network, or the Internet, both sensor data indicative of a response by a person to a first content displayed to the person, the received sensor data being acquired by a wearable/mountable sensor that includes data indicative of the response and the received sensor data not being acquired by a user input device, and content attribute data indicative of a content attribute of the displayed first content, the content attribute being at least one of a category, a tag, a subject, a color, a texture, or a theme attribute of the displayed first content.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein facilitating a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web Index for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the indication of the expression by the person and to a content attribute of the displayed first content comprises:

facilitating a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web Index for a second content that shares a content attribute of the displayed first content, using at least one search parameter corresponding to;

the indication of the expression by the person that corresponds to the first content; and

the content attribute of the displayed first content; and

wherein the content attribute is at least one of a category, a tag, a subject, a color, a texture, or a theme attribute of the displayed first content.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein facilitating a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web Index for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the indication of the expression by the person and to a content attribute of the displayed first content comprises:

with a transmitter of a client device, addressing a request for a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web Index for second content to a server and transmitting the search request and at least one search parameter via at least one of a local area network, a wide area network or the Internet to the server, wherein the at least one search parameter corresponds to;

the indication of the expression by the person that corresponds to the first content; and

a content attribute of the displayed first content, wherein the content attribute is at least one of a category, a tag, a subject, a color, a texture, or a theme attribute of the displayed first content; and

wherein the search request for second content is a search request for second content that shares the content attribute of the displayed first content.

9. An electronic device comprising:

a receiver circuit operable to receive from a requester electronic device, sensor data acquired from a person and indicative of a response by the person to a display of a first electronic content, the acquired sensor data having been acquired by a wearable/mountable sensor that includes data indicative of the response and the acquired data not having been acquired by a user input device;

a processing circuit operable to analyze received sensor data for an indication of an expression by the person corresponding to the first displayed electronic content;

a query circuit operable to cause a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second electronic content based on the indication of the expression and on an attribute of the displayed first electronic content;

a chooser circuit operable to select the second electronic content from a result of the search for a second electronic content; and

a storage device operable to save an indication of the selected second electronic content.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, further comprising:

a characterization circuit operable to determine the attribute of the displayed first electronic content.

11. The electronic device of claim 9, further comprising:

a transmitter circuit operable to send an indication of the selected second electronic content addressed to the requestor electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the receiver circuit operable to receive from a the requestor electronic device, sensor data acquired from the person and indicative of a response by the person to a display of a first electronic content, the acquired sensor data having been acquired by a wearable/mountable sensor that includes data indicative of the response and the acquired data not having been acquired by a user input device, further includes:

a receiver circuit operable to receive from the requestor electronic device, sensor data acquired from the person and indicative of a response by the person to a display of a first electronic content, the acquired sensor data having been acquired by a wearable/mountable sensor that includes data indicative of the response and the acquired data not having been acquired by a user input device, and to receive data that is indicative of the displayed first electronic content.

13. A computer program product comprising:

(a) program instructions operable to perform a process in a computing device, the process comprising;

receive sensor data from a requestor electronic device, indicative of a response by a person to a viewed first content, the received sensor data having been acquired by a wearable/mountable sensor that includes data indicative of the response and the received sensor data not having been acquired by a user input device;

analyze the received sensor data for an indication of an expression by the person corresponding to the viewed first content;

facilitate a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the indicated expression and to a content attribute of the viewed first content;

select the second content from a result of the facilitated search;

return to the requestor electronic device, an indication of the second content; and

saving the indication of the second content in a storage device; and

(b) a computer-readable medium bearing the program instructions.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer-readable medium includes a computer storage medium.

15. An electronic device comprising:

means for receiving data from a requestor electronic device indicative of a sensed response by a person to a first content displayed to the person, the received sensor data having been acquired by a wearable/mountable sensor that includes data indicative of the response and the received sensor data not having been acquired by a user input device;

means for analyzing the received data for an indication of an expression by the person corresponding to the first content;

means for facilitating a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to the indication of an expression by the person and to a content attribute of the displayed first content;

means for selecting the second content from a result of the facilitated search;

means for returning to the requestor electronic device an indication of the second content; and

means for saving the indication of the second content in a storage device.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

means for receiving an indication of a content attribute of the displayed first content.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

means for determining a content attribute of the displayed first content.