Exchanging digital content

• US 9,641,577 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2015
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Media, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.), Yahoo Assets LLC
• Original Assignee: AOL Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bill, David S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Chuong A
• Application Number:
  US14/943,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20160072860A1
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks

Abstract

A first content selection stored on a portable media device is associated with a first tag. In addition, a second tag that is associated with a second content selection and that indicates that supplemental content related to the second content selection is stored on a peer device is accessed from a peer device. The first tag is compared to the second tag, and, if a commonality shared by the first content selection and the second content selection is identified, an exchange of the supplemental content from the peer device to the portable media device is initiated.

Claims

1. A method of exchanging information with mobile peer devices, the method comprising the following operations performed by one or more processors:

receiving, from a user operating a first mobile peer device, first supplemental information;

associating the first information with a media content displayed on the first mobile peer device, based on at least one of keywords and time after perception;

generating an association identifier between the first supplemental information and the media content;

detecting a second mobile peer device of a second user;

determining whether the second mobile peer device contains second supplemental information associated with the same media content; and

exchanging the first supplemental information and the second supplemental information between the first mobile peer device and the second mobile device, when it is determined that the second mobile peer device contains second supplemental information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the second mobile peer device comprises:

detecting the second mobile peer device by transmitting a request from the first mobile peer device and by receiving an acknowledgement from the second mobile peer device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting information that favors or disfavors the media content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the second mobile peer device comprises:

detecting the second mobile peer device that is in a predetermined geographic region.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the second mobile peer device comprises:

detecting the second mobile peer device by receiving a broadcast from the second mobile peer device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first or second supplemental information comprises at least one of text, symbols, audio, or video.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the second mobile peer device of the second user comprises:

determining that the second user is associated with the first user based on at least one of relatedness of the first user to the second user, demographics, profile information, or expressed knowledge of each other.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the first supplemental information and the second supplemental information together with the media content on the first mobile peer device.

9. A method of exchanging information with mobile peer devices, the method comprising the following steps performed by one or more processors:

receiving, from a user operating a first mobile peer device, first supplemental information;

associating the first information with a media content displayed on the first mobile peer device, based on at least one of keywords and time after perception;

detecting a second mobile peer device of a second user;

determining whether the second mobile peer device contains second supplemental information associated with the same media content; and

exchanging the first supplemental information and the second supplemental information between the first mobile peer device and the second mobile peer device, when it is determined that the second mobile peer device contains second supplemental information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein associating the first information with the media content comprises:

associating the first supplemental information with at least a part of the media content that is recently perceived.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein detecting the second mobile peer device comprises:

detecting the second mobile peer device by transmitting a request from the first mobile peer device and by receiving an acknowledgement from the second peer device.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

requesting information that favors or disfavors the media content.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein detecting the second mobile peer device comprises:

detecting the second mobile peer device that is in a predetermined geographic region.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein detecting the second mobile peer device comprises:

detecting the second mobile peer device by receiving a broadcast from the second mobile peer device.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying the first supplemental information and the second supplemental information together with the media content on the first mobile peer device.

16. A method of exchanging information for media content with mobile peer devices, the method comprising the following steps performed by one or more processors:

receiving, from a user operating a first mobile peer device, first supplemental information;

associating the first information with a media content displayed on the first mobile peer device, based on at least one of keywords and time after perception;

generating an association identifier between the first supplemental information and the media content;

detecting a second mobile peer device that is in a predetermined geographic region;

determining whether the second mobile peer device contains second supplemental information associated with the same the media content; and

exchanging the first supplemental information and the second supplemental information between the first mobile peer device and the second mobile device, when it is determined that the second mobile peer device contains second supplemental information.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein detecting the second mobile peer device comprises:

detecting the second mobile peer device by transmitting a request from the first mobile peer device and by receiving an acknowledgement from the second peer device.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

requesting the information that favors or disfavors the media content.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein detecting the second mobile peer device comprises:

detecting the second mobile peer device by receiving a broadcast from the second mobile peer device.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying the first supplemental information and the second supplemental information together with the media content on the first mobile peer device.