System and method for tagging content and delivering the tag to buddies of a given user

• US 9,686,590 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2015
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: O'Kane, Brenda, Jacoby, Ronald
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Ricky
• Application Number:
  US14/604,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20150172729A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/258 Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data arrangements for services using the result on the distributing side of broadcast systems H04H60/66; profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• 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 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• 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 21/4781 Games
• 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 21/63 Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing real-time session protocols H04L65/1101; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method comprises retrieving a profile of a given user, the given user having a given-user device; delivering a content item to the given-user device; receiving one or more user-specified tags associated with the content item; identifying one or more buddies of the user as indicated in the profile; and delivering the one or more tags to the one or more buddies.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

retrieving, by a processor, a user profile associated with a user logged into a content distribution application;

delivering, by the processor, media content to the user;

receiving, by the processor from the user, a tag for the media content;

associating, by the processor, the tag with the media content;

annotating, by the processor, the user profile with a rating for the media content;

determining, by the processor, a second media content based on the rating;

retrieving, by the processor, buddies of the user, the buddies determined from the user profile;

receiving, by the processor from the user, a selection of a buddy from the buddies;

determining, by the processor, whether the buddy is active, wherein the buddy is active when the buddy is logged into the content distribution application and logged into a third party messaging application;

wherein, when the buddy is active, delivering, by the processor, the tagged content to the buddy; and

wherein, when the buddy is not active, annotating, by the processor, the tagged content with delivery information identifying the buddy;

delivering, by the processor, the second media content to the user; and

delivering, by the processor, the second media content to the buddy.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tag comprises start and stop delimiters.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the tag comprises offsets or pointers identifying a location in the media content.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, by the processor, the buddies to the user.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the displaying of the buddies further comprises displaying the buddies with audio or visual context representations associated with each respective buddies'"'"' context.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the selection of the buddy further comprises performing, by the processor, a check to determine whether the selected buddy is active.

7. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising;

user profile retrieving logic executed by the processor for retrieving a user profile associated with a user logged into a content distribution application;

media content delivering logic executed by the processor for delivering media content to the user;

tag receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving, from the user, a tag for the media content;

tag associating logic executed by the processor for associating the tag with the media content;

user profile annotating logic executed by the processor for annotating the user profile with a rating for the media content;

second media content determining logic executed by the processor for determining a second media content based on the rating;

buddy retrieving logic executed by the processor for retrieving buddies of the user, the buddies determined from the user profile;

selection receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving, from the user, a selection of a buddy from the buddies;

buddy active determining logic executed by the processor for determining whether the buddy is active, wherein the buddy is active when the buddy is logged into the content distribution application and logged into a third party messaging application;

content delivering logic executed by the processor for, when the buddy is active, delivering the tagged content to the buddy;

annotating logic executed by the processor for, when the buddy is not active, annotating the tagged content with delivery information identifying the buddy;

second media content delivering logic executed by the processor for delivering the second media content to the user; and

buddy delivering logic executed by the processor for delivering the second media content to the buddy.

8. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the tag comprises start and stop delimiters.

9. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the tag comprises offsets or pointers identifying a location in the media content.

10. The computing device of claim 7, further comprising buddy displaying logic executed by the processor for displaying the buddies to the user.

11. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the buddy displaying logic for displaying the buddies further comprises context displaying logic executed by the processor for displaying the buddies with audio or visual context representations associated with each respective buddies'"'"' context.

12. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the selection receiving logic executed by the processor further comprises performing logic executed by the processor for performing a check to determine whether the selected buddy is active.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly storing computer program instructions capable of being executed by a computer processor, the computer program instructions defining the steps of:

retrieving, by the processor, a user profile associated with a user logged into a content distribution application;

delivering, by the processor, media content to the user;

receiving, by the processor from the user, a tag for the media content;

associating, by the processor, the tag with the media content;

annotating, by the processor, the user profile with a rating for the media content;

determining, by the processor, a second media content based on the rating;

retrieving, by the processor, buddies of the user, the buddies determined from the user profile;

receiving, by the processor from the user, a selection of a buddy from the buddies;

determining, by the processor, whether the buddy is active, wherein the buddy is active when the buddy is logged into the content distribution application and logged into a third party messaging application;

when the buddy is active, delivering, by the processor, the tagged content to the buddy;

when the buddy is not active, annotating, by the processor, the tagged content with delivery information identifying the buddy;

delivering, by the processor, the second media content to the user; and

delivering, by the processor, the second media content to the buddy.

14. The medium of claim 13, further comprising displaying, by the processor, the buddies to the user.

15. The medium of claim 13, wherein the displaying of the buddies further comprises displaying the buddies with audio or visual context representations associated with each respective buddies'"'"' context.

16. The medium of claim 13, wherein the receiving of the selection of the buddy further comprises performing, by the processor, a check to determine whether the selected buddy is active.

17. The medium of claim 13, wherein the tag comprises start and stop delimiters.