System and method for capturing, aggregating and presenting attention hotspots in shared media

• US 8,296,675 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2009
• Issued: 10/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telcordia Technologies Incorporated (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Original Assignee: Telcordia Technologies Incorporated (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Inventors: Falchuk, Benjamin
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow, Doon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Varga, Wilson
• Application Number:
  US12/612,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20100229121A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,083 Days
• Field of Search: 715/205, 715/241, 715/745, 715/760, 715/817, 715/787, 715/721
• US Class Current: 715/787
• 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 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26603 for automatically generating descriptors from content, e.g. when it is not made available by its provider, using content analysis techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• 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 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

A method and system for providing an attention hotspot in temporal media is provided and executes following explicit or implicit user actions. The method comprises identifying at least one event related to playback or browsing of the temporal media, deriving the significance of the identified event in accordance with one or more rules, assigning a signifier based on the derived significance of the event, and associating the signifier with a specific segment of the temporal media and user. The system comprises a server and a mobile device, wherein the server is operable to identify at least one event related to playback of the temporal media, derive the significance of the identified event in accordance with one or more rules, select a signifier based on the derived significance of the event, and associate the signifier with a specific segment of the temporal media. The server aggregates and averages the cumulative attention hotspots of a greater community for the purposes of improving user experience. The server provides the signifier(s) to the mobile device. A computer program product embodying the method is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for providing one or more attention hotspots in a temporal media, comprising:

identifying at least one event related to playback or browsing of the temporal media;

deriving a significance of the identified event in accordance with one or more rules;

assigning a signifier based on the derived significance of the event;

associating the signifier with the temporal media, further comprising;

segmenting the temporal media into one or more segments,

deriving for each segment one or more signifiers in accordance with the one or more rules, and

associating each of the signifiers with at least one of the segments such that;

when a user has shown interest in a sequence within one of the one or more segments by panning the sequence, automatically creating a pan event signifier and associating the pan event signifier with the one or more segments,

when a user has shown interest in a sequence within one of the one or more segments expressed through viewing the sequence for a time greater than a threshold period, automatically creating a gawk event signifier and associating the gawk event signifier with the one or more segments, and

when a user has shown interest in a sequence within one or more segments expressed through one or more zoom interactions, automatically creating a zoom event signifier and associating the zoom event signifier with the one or more segments;

presenting the signifier to a user visually on a timeline scroll bar for the temporal media; and

allowing the user to override the presented signifier by one of choosing another signifier to be associated with the temporal media and preventing the presented signifier to be associated with the temporal media.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

segmenting the temporal media into one or more segments based upon a category of media.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

aggregating a plurality of events associated with the temporal media from a plurality of users;

deriving a significance of the plurality of events in accordance with the one or more rules;

automatically assigning a signifier based on the derived significance of the plurality of events;

presenting the signifiers to a user visually on a timeline scroll bar for the temporal media; and

allowing the user to override the presented signifier by one of choosing another signifier to be associated with the temporal media and preventing the presented signifier to be associated with the temporal media.

4. A computer program product for providing an attention hotspot in temporal media, comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processor and storing instructions for execution by the processor for performing a method comprising;

identifying at least one event related to playback or browsing of the temporal media;

deriving a significance of the identified event in accordance with one or more rules;

assigning a signifier based on the derived significance of the event;

associating the signifier with the temporal media, further comprising;

segmenting the temporal media into one or more segments,

deriving for each segment one or more signifiers in accordance with the one or more rules, and

associating each of the signifiers with at least one of the segments such that;

when a user has shown interest in a sequence within one of the one or more segments by panning the sequence, automatically creating a pan event signifier and associating the pan event signifier with the one or more segments,

when a user has shown interest in a sequence within one of the one or more segments expressed through viewing the sequence for a time greater than a threshold period, automatically creating a gawk event signifier and associating the gawk event signifier with the one or more segments, and

when a user has shown interest in a sequence within one or more segments expressed through one or more zoom interactions, automatically creating a zoom event signifier and associating the zoom event signifier with the one or more segments;

presenting the signifier to a user visually on a timeline scroll bar for the temporal media; and

allowing the user to override the presented signifier by one of choosing another signifier to be associated with the temporal media and preventing the presented signifier to be associated with the temporal media.

5. The computer program product of claim 4, further comprising:

segmenting the temporal media into one or more segments based upon a category of media.

6. The computer program product of claim 4, further comprising:

aggregating a plurality of events associated with the temporal media from a plurality of users;

deriving a significance of the plurality of events in accordance with the one or more rules;

automatically assigning a signifier based on the derived significance of the plurality of events;

presenting the signifiers to a user visually on a timeline scroll bar for the temporal media; and

allowing the user to override the presented signifier by one of choosing another signifier to be associated with the temporal media and preventing the presented signifier to be associated with the temporal media.

7. A system for providing an attention hotspot in temporal media, comprising:

a mobile device comprising a first memory and a first processor coupled to a server comprising a second memory and a second processor, wherein the mobile device provides at least one event identifier to the server, and the server is operable;

to derive the significance of the identified event in accordance with one or more rules,

to select a signifier based on the derived significance of the event,

to associate the signifier with the temporal media, by determining;

when a user has shown interest in a sequence within one of the one or more segments by panning the sequence, automatically creating a pan event signifier and associating the pan event signifier with the one or more segments,

when a user has shown interest in a sequence within one of the one or more segments expressed through viewing the sequence for a time greater than a threshold period, automatically creating a gawk event signifier and associating the gawk event signifier with the one or more segments, and

when a user has shown interest in a sequence within one or more segments expressed through one or more zoom interactions, automatically creating a zoom event signifier and associating the zoom event signifier with the one or more segments;

to present the signifier to a user visually on a timeline scroll bar for the temporal media; and

to allow the user to override the presented signifier by one of choosing another signifier to be associated with the temporal media and to prevent the presented signifier to be associated with the temporal media.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the server is further operable to segment the temporal media into one or more segments based upon a category of media.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the server is further operable

to aggregate a plurality of events associated with the temporal media from a plurality of users,

to derive a significance of the plurality of events in accordance with one or more rules,

to select a signifier automatically based on the derived significance of the plurality of events, and

to provide the signifier to the mobile device for visual presentation on a timeline scroll bar for the temporal media, and

the mobile device is operable

to allow a user to override the selected signifier by one of choosing another signifier to be associated with the temporal media and preventing the selected signifier to be associated with the temporal media.