Methods, systems, and media for presenting suggestions of media content

• US 9,485,543 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2013
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Bayer, Jason, Liu, Eric H C, Lee, Calvin, Chau, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Dubasky, Gigi L
• Application Number:
  US14/095,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20150135225A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/735 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/738 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems
• 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 21/4524 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 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

Methods, systems, and media for presenting suggestions of media content are provided. In some implementations, the method comprises: determining an item of media content; determining a probability of the item of media content being watched at one or more times based on at least one of: a characteristic of a person; a characteristic of a group; and a characteristic of the item of media content; creating a user interface which suggests that the item of media content be watched at one or more times based on the determined probability; and presenting the user interface.

Claims

1. A method for presenting suggestions of media content, comprising:

determining an item of media content having a plurality of defined presentation start times;

determining, using a communication network, a current location of a user device and that a user is not at a predicted future location at which a user is to want to be presented with the item of media content;

determining, using a hardware processor, probabilities of the item of media content being watched at the plurality of defined presentation start times based on the current location, a preferred view time of the user, and at least one of a characteristic of the user;

a characteristic of a group; and

a characteristic of the item of media content;

creating a user interface which suggests that the item of media content be watched at one of the plurality of defined presentation start times based on a highest probability of the determined probabilities;

at a first point in time, determining a time at which the user interface is to be scheduled for presentation, wherein the time is later than the first point in time;

at a second point in time, determining whether the second point in time is the time at which the user interface is scheduled for presentation; and

in response to determining that the second point in time is the time at which the user interface is scheduled for presentation, presenting the user interface on the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic of the user is the person'"'"'s past choice of media content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the preferred view time of the user is a past choice of time to watch media content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic of the group is a popularity of the item of media content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic of the item of media content is a genre of the item of media content.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the highest probability exceeds a pre-determined threshold; and

suggesting the item of media content when the highest probability exceeds a pre-determined threshold.

7. A system for presenting suggestions of media content, the system comprising:

a hardware processor that is configured to;

determine an item of media content having a plurality of defined presentation start times;

determine, using a communication network, a current location of a user device and that a user is not at a predicted future location at which a user is to want to be presented with the item of media content;

determine probabilities of the item of media content being watched at the plurality of defined presentation start times based on the current location, a preferred view time of the user, and at least one of a characteristic of a person the user;

a characteristic of a group; and

a characteristic of the item of media content;

create a user interface which suggests that the item of media content be watched at one of the plurality of defined presentation start times based on a highest probability of the determined probabilities;

at a first point in time, determine a time at which the user interface is to be scheduled for presentation, wherein the time is later than the first point in time;

at a second point in time, determine whether the second point in time is the time at which the user interface is scheduled for presentation; and

in response to determining that the second point in time is the time at which the user interface is scheduled for presentation, presenting the user interface on the user device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the characteristic of the user is the person'"'"'s past choice of media content.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the preferred view time of the user is a past choice of time to watch media content.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the characteristic of the group is a popularity of the item of media content.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the characteristic of the item of media content is a genre of the item of media content.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

determining whether the highest probability exceeds a pre-determined threshold; and

suggesting the item of media content when the highest probability exceeds a pre-determined threshold.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for presenting suggestions of media content, the method comprising:

determining an item of media content having a plurality of defined presentation start times;

determining, using a communication network, a current location of a user device and that a user is not at a predicted future location at which a user is to want to be presented with the item of media content;

determining probabilities of the item of media content being watched at the plurality of defined presentation start times based on the current location, a preferred view time of the user, and at least one of;

a characteristic of a person the user;

a characteristic of a group; and

a characteristic of the item of media content;

creating a user interface which suggests that the item of media content be watched at one of the plurality of defined presentation start times based on a highest probability of the determined probabilities;

at a first point in time, determining a time at which the user interface is to be scheduled for presentation, wherein the time is later than the first point in time;

at a second point in time, determining whether the second point in time is the time at which the user interface is scheduled for presentation; and

in response to determining that the second point in time is the time at which the user interface is scheduled for presentation, presenting the user interface on the user device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the characteristic of the user is the person'"'"'s past choice of media content.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the preferred view time of the user is a past choice of time to watch media content.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the characteristic of the group is a popularity of the item of media content.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the characteristic of the item of media content is a genre of the item of media content.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the highest probability exceeds a pre-determined threshold; and

suggesting the item of media content when the highest probability exceeds a pre-determined threshold.