Retargeting content segments to multiple devices

• US 9,588,969 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2014
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Balasubramanian, Swaminathan, Bansal, Ravi P., O'Connell, Brian M., Walker, Keith R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin, Jean B
• Application Number:
  US14/281,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20150331874A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,023 Days
• Field of Search: 707/756, 707/758
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/119 Details of migration of file systems migration mechanisms in storage systems G06F3/0647
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/156 Query results presentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A tool for retargeting content from a web page to one or more devices. The tool issues, by one or more computer processors, a request to configure preferences for retargeting content from the web page. The tool receives, by one or more computer processors, a file from a first device. The tool determines, by one or more computer processors, at least one characteristic of the file. The tool matches, by one or more computer processors, the at least one characteristic of the file to an additional device. The tool outputs, by one or more computer processors, the file to the additional device.

Claims

1. A method for improving content handling and consumption by retargeting content from a web page to one or more devices, the method comprising:

issuing, by one or more computer processors, a request to configure preferences for retargeting content from the web page;

receiving, by one or more computer processors, a file from a first device;

determining at least one additional device to receive the file;

associating one or more of at least one characteristics associated to the file to the at least one additional device;

ranking the at least one additional device in a ranked hierarchy among a plurality of additional device;

applying one or more environmental factors to establish the at least one additional device as a preferred device;

associating one or more specific augmentations to the at least one additional device;

determining, by one or more computer processors, the at least one characteristic of the file;

matching, by one or more computer processors, the at least one characteristic of the file to the at least one additional device; and

outputting, by one or more computer processors, the file to the at least one additional device.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the at least one characteristic includes one or more of:

a file type, a file size, a resolution, a playback duration, a bit rate, a codec requirement, a digital rights management requirement, a defined semantic tag, a defined query method, a defined keyword, a file location, and a defined rendering tag.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining at least one characteristic of the file, further comprises decomposing a plurality of information contained in the file to isolate at least one characteristic in the file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein matching at least one characteristic previously determined in the file to an additional device, further comprises determining a common characteristic shared between the file and the at least one additional device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining a common characteristic shared between the file and the at least one additional device, further comprising one or more of:

searching for an additional device in a plurality of devices that shares at least one characteristic in common with the at least one characteristic of the file;

targeting the at least one additional device that shares at least one characteristic in common with the at least one characteristic of the file; and

determining a preferred device from among the plurality of devices, based, at least in part on, configurable preferences.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprises determining, by one or more computer processors, one or more specific augmentations associated with the at least one additional device to receive the file,

wherein determining one or more specific augmentations associated with the at least one additional device to receive the file, further comprises locating one or more specific augmentations associated with the at least one additional device, wherein locating one or more specific augmentations includes referencing configurable preferences for at least one specific augmentation associated with the at least one additional device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprises performing the one or more specific augmentations associated with the at least one additional device, wherein performing the one or more specific augmentations is based, at least in part on, augmentation instructions associated with the one or more specific augmentations.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the file to the at least one additional device, further comprising:

removing the file sharing at least one characteristic with the at least one additional device from incoming content on the first device; and

outputting the file directly to the at least one additional device.

9. A computer program product for improving content handling and consumption by retargeting content from a web page to one or more devices, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable hardware storage device and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable hardware storage device, the program instructions comprising

program instructions to issue, by one or more computer processors, a request to configure preferences for retargeting content from the web page;

program instructions to receive, by one or more computer processors, a file from a first device;

program instructions to determine at least one additional device to receive the file;

program instructions to associate one or more of at least one characteristic associated to the file to the at least one additional device;

program instructions to rank the at least one additional device in a ranked hierarchy among a plurality of additional device;

program instructions to apply one or more environmental factors to establish the at least one additional device as a preferred device;

program instructions to associate one or more specific augmentations to the at least one additional device;

program instructions to determine, by one or more computer processors, at least one characteristic of the file;

program instructions to match, by one or more computer processors, the at least one characteristic of the file to the at least one additional device; and

program instructions to output, by one or more computer processors, the file to the at least one additional device.

10. The computer program product of claim 9,

wherein the at least one characteristic includes one or more of:

a file type, a file size, a resolution, a playback duration, a bit rate, a codec requirement, a digital rights management requirement, a defined semantic tag, a defined query method, a defined keyword, a file location, and a defined rendering tag.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein program instructions to determine at least one characteristic of the file, further comprising program instructions to decompose a plurality of information contained in the file to isolate at least one characteristic in the file.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein program instructions to match at least one characteristic previously determined in the file to the at least one additional device, further comprising program instructions to determine a common characteristic shared between the file and the at least one additional device.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein program instructions to determine a common characteristic shared between the file and the at least one additional device, further comprising one or more of:

program instructions to search for the at least one additional device in a plurality of devices that shares at least one characteristic in common with the at least one characteristic of the file;

program instructions to target the at least one additional device that shares at least one characteristic in common with the at least one characteristic of the file; and

program instructions to determine a preferred device from among the plurality of devices, based, at least in part on, configurable preferences.

14. The computer program product of claim 9 further comprises program instructions to determine, by one or more computer processors, one or more specific augmentations associated with the at least one additional device to receive the file,

wherein program instructions to determine one or more specific augmentations associated with the at least one additional device to receive the file, further comprises program instructions to locate one or more specific augmentations associated with the at least one additional device, wherein locating one or more specific augmentations includes referencing configurable preferences for at least one specific augmentation associated with the at least one additional device.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprises program instructions to perform the one or more specific augmentations associated with the at least one additional device, wherein performing the one or more specific augmentations is based, at least in part on, augmentation instructions associated with the one or more specific augmentations.

16. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein program instructions to output the file to the at least one additional device, further comprising:

program instructions to remove the file sharing at least one characteristic with the at least one additional device from incoming content on the first device; and

program instructions to output the file directly to the at least one additional device.

17. A computer system for improving content handling and consumption by retargeting content from a web page to one or more devices, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable hardware storage device;

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

program instructions to issue, by one or more computer processors, a request to configure preferences for retargeting content from the web page;

program instructions to receive, by one or more computer processors, a file from a first device;

program instructions to determine at least one additional device to receive the file;

program instructions to associate one or more of at least one characteristic associated to the file to the at least one additional device;

program instructions to rank the at least one additional device in a ranked hierarchy among a plurality of additional device;

program instructions to apply one or more environmental factors to establish the at least one additional device as a preferred device;

program instructions to associate one or more specific augmentations to the at least one additional device;

program instructions to determine, by one or more computer processors, at least one characteristic of the file;

program instructions to match, by one or more computer processors, the at least one characteristic of the file to the at least one additional device; and

program instructions to output, by one or more computer processors, the file to the at least one additional device.

18. The computer system of claim 17 further comprises program instructions to determine, by one or more computer processors, one or more specific augmentations associated with the at least one additional device to receive the file,

wherein program instructions to determine one or more specific augmentations associated with the at least one additional device to receive the file, further comprises program instructions to locate one or more specific augmentations associated with the at least one additional device, wherein locating one or more specific augmentations includes referencing configurable preferences for at least one specific augmentation associated with the at least one additional device.