Systems and methods for acquiring, categorizing and delivering media in interactive media guidance applications

• US 9,615,138 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2016
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Rasanen, Kirsten, Bryant, Jay S.
• Primary Examiner(s): CORBO, NICHOLAS T
• Application Number:
  US15/260,494
• Publication Number:
  US 20160381428A1
• Time in Patent Office: 207 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• 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 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• 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 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Systems and methods are discussed for providing guidance for Internet-delivered media. In some embodiments, information on available media on the Internet is gathered. The information is associated with existing media guidance data. The associations enable a media guidance application to identify relevant online media and to display listings in a user-friendly way. A user interface for an online media guidance application is also provided. The user interface allows a user to narrow down the large amount of Internet-delivered media in a systematic way according to criteria that interests a user.

Claims

1. A method for linking Internet videos with broadcast videos by relying on third party metadata, the method comprising:

identifying Internet videos available from an Internet media provider over the Internet; and

for each respective Internet video of the identified Internet videos;

receiving metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video from a third-party source that is different from the Internet media provider and different from a broadcast media provider,

automatically comparing media guidance data corresponding to a broadcast video to the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video,

determining, based on the comparing, whether the respective Internet video is relevant to the broadcast video, and

based on determining that the respective Internet video is relevant to the broadcast video, linking the respective Internet video with the broadcast video by associating the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video with the media guidance data corresponding to the broadcast video; and

based on a user selection of an identifier corresponding to the media guidance data, generating for display, using the linking of the respective Internet video with the broadcast video, an option to view the respective Internet video.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating for display the option to view the respective Internet video comprises simultaneously generating for display an option to view the broadcast media asset with the option to view the respective Internet video.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, based on receiving the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video, storing the metadata in association with the respective Internet video.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video with the media guidance data corresponding to the broadcast video comprises generating and storing a tag that associates the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video with the media guidance data corresponding to the broadcast video.

5. A system for linking Internet videos with broadcast videos by relying on third party metadata, the system comprising:

communications circuitry configured to receive metadata for a set of Internet videos, wherein the metadata is from a third-party source that is different from an Internet media provider and different from a broadcast media provider; and

control circuitry configured to;

identify the set of Internet videos available from the Internet media provider over the Internet; and

for each respective Internet video of the identified Internet videos;

automatically compare media guidance data corresponding to a broadcast video to the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video,

determine, based on the comparing, whether the respective Internet video is relevant to the broadcast video, and

based on determining that the respective Internet video is relevant to the broadcast video, link the respective Internet video with the broadcast video by associating the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video with the media guidance data corresponding to the broadcast video; and

based on a user selection of an identifier corresponding to the media guidance data, generate for display, using the linking of the respective Internet video with the broadcast video, an option to view the respective Internet video.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein control circuitry configured to generate for display the option to view the respective Internet video is configured to simultaneously generate for display an option to view the broadcast media asset with the option to view the respective Internet video.

7. The system of claim 5, further comprising a memory configured to, based on receiving the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video, store the metadata in association with the respective Internet video.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein control circuitry configured to associate the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video with the media guidance data corresponding to the broadcast video is configured to generate and store a tag that associates the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video with the media guidance data corresponding to the broadcast video.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by control circuitry, link Internet videos with broadcast videos by relying on third party metadata, the instructions comprising:

an instruction for identifying Internet videos available from an Internet media provider over the Internet; and

for each respective Internet video of the identified Internet videos;

an instruction for receiving metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video from a third-party source that is different from the Internet media provider and different from a broadcast media provider,

an instruction for automatically comparing media guidance data corresponding to a broadcast video to the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video,

an instruction for determining, based on the comparing, whether the respective Internet video is relevant to the broadcast video, and

an instruction for, based on determining that the respective Internet video is relevant to the broadcast video, linking the respective Internet video with the broadcast video by associating the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video with the media guidance data corresponding to the broadcast video; and

an instruction for, based on a user selection of an identifier corresponding to the media guidance data, generating for display, using the linking of the respective Internet video with the broadcast video, an option to view the respective Internet video.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions for generating for display the option to view the respective Internet video further comprise an instruction for simultaneously generating for display an option to view the broadcast media asset with the option to view the respective Internet video.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions further comprise an instruction for, based on receiving the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video, storing the metadata in association with the respective Internet video.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions for associating the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video with the media guidance data corresponding to the broadcast video further comprise an instruction for generating and storing a tag that associates the metadata corresponding to the respective Internet video with the media guidance data corresponding to the broadcast video.