Methods and systems of providing a supplemental experience based on concurrently viewed content

• US 9,674,576 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2012
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Yankovich, Steve, Hosein, Marc Peter, Lam, Selina
• Primary Examiner(s): SHEPARD, JUSTIN E
• Application Number:
  US13/409,726
• Publication Number:
  US 20120227073A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,923 Days
• Field of Search: 725 86
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/24 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. monitoring of server load, available bandwidth, upstream requests monitoring of server performance or load G06F11/34; arrangements for observation, testing or troubleshooting for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2407 Monitoring of transmitted content, e.g. distribution time, number of downloads arrangements for monitoring programmes for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/40 Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41 Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43 Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/442 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/29; arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information H04H60/35; monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; monitoring in wireless networks H04W24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44226 on social networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/45 Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
• 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 21/466 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies services using the results of monitoring in broadcast systems H04H60/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 : Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot

Abstract

A method and a system to provide a supplemental experience based on concurrently viewed content is provided. The system comprises an identification module to identify, at a user device, concurrently viewed content assigned a content identifier via communication with one or more components of a home theatre. The system further comprises a curation module to identify one or more listings describing items for sale based on keywords mapped to the content identifier and provide a user interface including the listings to the user device.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

an identification module configured to receive, at a user device, a content identifier assigned to concurrently viewed content, the content identifier received via communication with one or more components of a home theatre and the content identifier being separate from the concurrently viewed content;

a curation module configured to, using one or more processors, identify one or more sale listings in an online marketplace describing items for sale based on at least a first keyword mapped to the received content identifier and associated with the concurrently viewed content, and provide a user interface including the sale listings to the user device separate from the home theatre; and

a show metadata module configured to;

access show metadata about the concurrently viewed content, identify at least a second keyword within the show metadata relating to the concurrently viewed content, and

retrieve additional sale listings from the online marketplace based on the identified at least second keyword within the show metadata relating to the concurrently viewed content, wherein the at least first keyword is different from the at least second keyword.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification module is further configured to display a notification on the user device to allow the user to navigate to the user interface.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification module is further configured to provide a second user interface on the user device indicating a broadcast schedule.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification module is further configured to provide a second user interface on the user device indicating content stored in a queue.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a curation database accessible by the curation module and storing the mapping of the at least a first keyword to the content identifier.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified listings are included with a category in the online marketplace associated with the content identifier.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified listings are associated with multiple merchants offering the described item for sale.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a real-time media module configured to access real-time media about the concurrently viewed content, the real-time media being different than the concurrently viewed content.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the real-time media is selected from the group consisting of blogs, micro-blogs, chat rooms;

message boards, and comments on a webpage.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the show metadata is selected from the group consisting of a description of a concurrently viewed scene of the concurrently viewed content, a scoreboard, a leader board, and a time on a game clock.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the show metadata module is to add the additional sale listings to the user interface.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a social aggregation module configured to retrieve information about real-world activities relating to the concurrently viewed content.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the real-world activities are selected based on the geographic location of the user and from the group consisting of:

clubs, meet-ups, organizations, volunteer programs, businesses, and classifieds.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising a transaction module configured to facilitate a transaction based on the one or more listings.

15. A system, comprising:

an identification module configured to identify, at a user device, concurrently viewed content assigned a content identifier via communication with one or more components of a home theatre;

a curation module configured to, using one or more processors, identify one or more listings describing items for sale based on keywords mapped to the content identifier and provide a user interface including the listings to the user device separate from the home theatre; and

a real-time media module configured to;

access real-time media about the concurrently viewed content,

identify a keyword within the real-time media relating to the concurrently viewed content, and

retrieve additional listings from the online marketplace based on the identified keyword.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the real-time media module is configured to add the additional listings to the user interface.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a user device, a content identifier of concurrently viewed content, via communication with one or more components of a home theatre, the content identifier being separate from the concurrently viewed content;

identifying, at the user device, the concurrently viewed content assigned the content identifier;

identifying, using one or more processors, one or more listings in an online marketplace describing items for sale based on at least a first keyword mapped to the content identifier;

providing a user interface including the listings to the user device separate from the home theatre;

accessing show metadata about the concurrently viewed content;

identifying at least a second keyword within the show metadata relating to the concurrently viewed content; and

retrieving additional listings from the online marketplace based on the identified at least second keyword within the show metadata relating to the concurrently viewed content, wherein the at least first keyword is different from the at least second keyword.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a user device, a content identifier of concurrently viewed content via communication with one or more components of a home theatre, the content identifier being separate from the concurrently viewed content;

identifying, at the user device, the concurrently viewed content assigned the content identifier;

identifying, using one or more processors, one or more listings in an online marketplace describing items for sale based on at least a first keyword mapped to the content identifier;

providing a user interface including the listings to the user device separate from the home theatre;

accessing show metadata about the concurrently viewed content;

identifying at least a second keyword within the show metadata relating to the concurrently viewed content; and

retrieving additional listings from the online marketplace based on the identified at least second keyword within the show metadata relating to the concurrently viewed content, wherein the at least first keyword is different from the at least second keyword.