Identifying and/or recommending relevant media content

• US 9,471,671 B1
• Filed: 12/18/2013
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Juang, Philo, Crouzen, Pepijn, Gaw, Shirley Connie, Dasilva, Tim, de Boursetty, Benoit
• Primary Examiner(s): Cao, Phuong Thao
• Application Number:
  US14/132,628
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• Field of Search: 707/738
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

A system for identifying and/or recommending relevant media content is provided. The system includes a relevancy component, a classification component and a notification component. The relevancy component determines a topic or an event related to media content and associates the media content with a group of media content based on the topic or the event. The classification component assigns a classifier value to the media content based on data associated with the media content and the group of media content. The notification component generates a notification message associated with the media content for a user based on the classifier value and a temporal-based relevancy value generated as a function of user context.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory storing computer executable instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the computer executable instructions stored in the memory to implement operations comprising;

determining that a media content item is related to an event;

associating the media content item with a group of media content items associated with the event;

determining a geographic region associated with the event;

determining a period of time associated with the event;

determining a number of media content items in the group of media content items;

determining a first threshold number of media content items based on the geographic region associated with the event;

in response to determining that the number of media content items in the group of media content items is above the first threshold number, assigning a first classifier value to the media content item, wherein the first classifier value is associated with a first interest level classification;

determining that a first user is associated with the geographic region associated with the event; and

in response to determining that the first user is associated with the geographic region associated with the event, generating a first notification message associated with the media content item for the first user based on the first classifier value and the period of time relative to a current time.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a second threshold number of media content items, wherein the second threshold number is greater than the first threshold number;

in response to determining that the number of media content items is above the second threshold number, assign a second classifier value to the media content item, wherein the second classifier value is associated with a second interest level classification;

determine that a second user is not associated with the geographic region associated with the event; and

in response to determining that the second user is not associated with the geographic region associated with the event, generate a second notification message associated with the media content item for the second user based on the second classifier value and the period of time relative to the current time.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein determining that the first user is associated with the geographic region associated with the event is based on media content consumed by the first user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein determining that the first user is associated with the geographic region associated with the event is based on data associated with an account of the first user.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein assigning the first classifier value to the media content item is further based on a distribution of the media content item to one or more network data stores within a certain time interval.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein assigning the first classifier value to the media content item is further based on a rate of consumption of the media content item.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first notification message is a notification for a user device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first notification message is an email notification.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the first notification message associated with the media content item is based on a user profile of the first user.

10. A method, comprising:

employing a processor that facilitates execution of computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium to implement operations, comprising;

determining that a media content item is related to an event;

associating the media content item with a group of media content items associated with the event;

determining a geographic region associated with the event;

determining a period of time associated with the event;

determining a number of media content items in the group of media content items;

determining a first threshold number of media content items based on the geographic region associated with the event;

in response to determining that the number of media content items in the group of media content items is above the first threshold number, assigning a first classifier value to the media content item, wherein the first classifier value is associated with a first interest level classification;

determining that a first user is associated with the geographic region associated with the event; and

in response to determining that the first user is associated with the geographic region associated with the event, generating a first notification message associated with the media content item for the first user based on the first classifier value and the period of time relative to a current time.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining a second threshold number of media content items, wherein the second threshold number is greater than the first threshold number;

in response to determining that the number of media content items is above the second threshold number, assigning a second classifier value to the media content item, wherein the second classifier value is associated with a second interest level classification;

determining that a second user is not associated with the geographic region associated with the event; and

in response to determining that the second user is not associated with the geographic region associated with the event, generating a second notification message associated with the media content item for the second user based on the second classifier value and the period of time relative to the current time.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein determining that the first user is associated with the geographic region associated with the event is based on media content consumed by the first user.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein determining that the first user is associated with the geographic region associated with the event is based on data associated with an account of the first user.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein assigning the first classifier value to the media content item is further based on a sharing rate of the media content item.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein assigning the first classifier value to the media content item is further based on a consumption of the media content item.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions, that in response to execution, cause a computing system to perform operations, comprising:

determining that a media content item is related to an event;

associating the media content item with a group of media content items associated with the event;

determining a geographic region associated with the event;

determining a period of time associated with the event;

determining a number of media content items in the group of media content items;

determining a first threshold number of media content items based on the geographic region associated with the event;

in response to determining that the number of media content items in the group of media content items is above the first threshold number, assigning a first classifier value to the media content item, wherein the first classifier value is associated with a first interest level classification;

determining that a first user is associated with the geographic region associated with the event; and

in response to determining that the first user is associated with the geographic region associated with the event, generating a first notification message associated with the media content item for the first user based on the first classifier value and the period of time relative to a current time.