Event pop-ups for video selection

• US 9,565,481 B1
• Filed: 09/04/2015
• Issued: 02/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bostick, James E., Ganci, John M. Jr., Keen, Martin G., Rakshit, Sarbajit K., Trim, Craig M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hance, Robert
• Application Number:
  US14/845,479
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/44 Event detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/251 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies details of learning user preferences for the retrieval of video data in a video database G06F16/739; computer systems using learning methods G06N3/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; 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 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44226 on social networks
• 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 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• 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 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• 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 21/4882 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 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• 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

Abstract

A method for notifying a viewer of content relevant to the viewer'"'"'s interests is provided. A computer identifies an identity of a viewer of a display device, wherein the display device is displaying a first video feed. A computer retrieves a profile of the viewer, wherein the profile includes a plurality of preferences of the viewer. A computer, in response to a determination that a content of a second video feed that is available for viewing on the display device matches at least one of the plurality of preferences of the viewer, generates a notification of the second video feed. A computer, in response to receiving an acceptance of the notification, sends a command to the display device to display the second video feed.

Claims

1. A method of comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, an image of a viewer of a display device;

identifying, by the one or more processors, an identity of the viewer of the display device based, at least in part, on the image of the viewer, wherein the display device is displaying a first video feed;

retrieving, by the one or more processors, a profile of the viewer, wherein the profile includes a plurality of preferences of the viewer;

determining, by the one or more processors, a content of a second video feed based, at least in part, on at least one image of the second video feed;

in response to a determination that the content of the second video feed that is available for viewing on the display device matches at least one of the plurality of preferences of the viewer, generating, by the one or more processors, a notification of the second video feed, wherein the notification indicates an upcoming event in the content of the second video feed that matches at least one of the plurality of preferences of the viewer; and

in response to receiving an acceptance of the notification, sending, by the one or more processors, a command to the display device to display the second video feed.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, the plurality of preferences of the viewer, wherein the plurality of preferences is based, at least in part, on one or more of the following;

(i) a profile of the viewer on a social network;

(ii) one or more messages posted by the viewer to the social network;

(iii) a profile of a friend of the viewer on the social network;

or (iv) one or more messages posted by the friend to the social network.

3. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, the plurality of preferences of the viewer, wherein the plurality of preferences is based, at least in part, on one or more of the following;

(i) one or more prior viewing habits of the viewer;

or (ii) one or more prior responses to previous notifications.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the content of the second video includes at least one of the following:

(i) a genre of the second video;

(ii) a game being played during the second video;

(iii) an actor captured in the second video;

or (iv) a sports team or player captured in the second video.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content of the second video includes a timing of the upcoming event captured by the second video.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification includes the content of the second video feed that matches the at least one of the plurality of preferences of the viewer.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the notification includes the content of the second video feed that matches the at least one of the plurality of preferences of the viewer.

8. A computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive an image of a viewer of a display device;

program instructions to identify an identity of the viewer of the display device based, at least in part, on the image of the viewer, wherein the display device is displaying a first video feed;

program instructions to retrieve a profile of the viewer, wherein the profile includes a plurality of preferences of the viewer;

program instruction to determine a content of a second video feed based, at least in part, on at least one image of the second video feed;

in response to a determination that the content of the second video feed that is available for viewing on the display device matches at least one of the plurality of preferences of the viewer, program instructions to generate a notification of the second video feed, wherein the notification indicates an upcoming event in the content of the second video feed that matches at least one of the plurality of preferences of the viewer; and

in response to receiving an acceptance of the notification, program instructions to send a command to the display device to display the second video feed.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, the program instructions further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, the plurality of preferences of the viewer, wherein the plurality of preferences is based, at least in part, on one or more of the following;

(i) a profile of the viewer on a social network;

(ii) one or more messages posted by the viewer to the social network;

(iii) a profile of a friend of the viewer on the social network;

or (iv) one or more messages posted by the friend to the social network.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, the program instructions further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, the plurality of preferences of the viewer, wherein the plurality of preferences is based, at least in part, on one or more of the following;

(i) one or more prior viewing habits of the viewer;

or (ii) one or more prior responses to previous notifications.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the content of the second video includes at least one of the following:

(i) a genre of the second video;

(ii) a game being played during the second video;

(iii) an actor captured in the second video;

or (iv) a sports team or player captured in the second video.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the content of the second video includes a timing of the upcoming event captured by the second video.

13. A computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive an image of a viewer of a display device;

program instructions to identify an identity of the viewer of the display device based, at least in part, on the image of the viewer, wherein the display device is displaying a first video feed;

program instructions to retrieve a profile of the viewer, wherein the profile includes a plurality of preferences of the viewer;

program instruction to determine a content of a second video feed based, at least in part, on at least one image of the second video feed;

in response to a determination that the content of the second video feed that is available for viewing on the display device matches at least one of the plurality of preferences of the viewer, program instructions to generate a notification of the second video feed, wherein the notification indicates an upcoming event in the content of the second video feed that matches at least one of the plurality of preferences of the viewer; and

in response to receiving an acceptance of the notification, program instructions to send a command to the display device to display the second video feed.

14. The computer system of claim 13, the program instructions further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, the plurality of preferences of the viewer, wherein the plurality of preferences is based, at least in part, on one or more of the following;

(i) a profile of the viewer on a social network;

(ii) one or more messages posted by the viewer to the social network;

(iii) a profile of a friend of the viewer on the social network;

or (iv) one or more messages posted by the friend to the social network.

15. The computer system of claim 13, the program instructions further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, the plurality of preferences of the viewer, wherein the plurality of preferences is based, at least in part, on one or more of the following;

(i) one or more prior viewing habits of the viewer;

or (ii) one or more prior responses to previous notifications.

16. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the content of the second video includes at least one of the following:

(i) a genre of the second video;

(ii) a game being played during the second video;

(iii) an actor captured in the second video;

or (iv) a sports team or player captured in the second video.

17. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the content of the second video includes a timing of the upcoming event captured by the second video.