User device with access behavior tracking and favorite passage identifying functionality

• US 9,747,947 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2015
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cabanero, Christian R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hwa, Shyue Jiunn
• Application Number:
  US14/691,485
• Publication Number:
  US 20150228307A1
• Time in Patent Office: 862 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• 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 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/87 Regeneration of colour television signals H04N9/80 takes precedence

Abstract

A user device presents passages of an electronic publication. The user device tracks a user'"'"'s access behavior for the passages of the electronic publication. The user device identifies the user'"'"'s favorite passages of the electronic publication based on the user'"'"'s access behavior and stores an identification of the user'"'"'s favorite passages.

Claims

1. A method, implemented by a user device, comprising:

presenting a plurality of portions of a video, wherein a first portion of the plurality of portions is associated with a location identifier identifying a location of the first portion of the video;

identifying an event at the location of the first portion of the video;

determining access behavior for the first portion of the video based at least in part on the event;

determining that one or more portions of the plurality of portions of the video satisfy a filtering criterion, wherein the one or more portions include the first portion;

generating a score for the first portion based at least in part on the access behavior;

ranking, based at least in part on the score, the first portion among the one or more portions;

identifying the first portion as a favorite portion of the video based on the first portion being ranked highest of the one or more portions;

determining that the first portion is associated with a sequence of location identifiers, a first location identifier of the sequence of location identifiers identifying a location of a frame of the video in the first portion; and

generating a first marker that is usable to navigate to the frame of the video.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the location identifier corresponds to the first location identifier, the method further comprising:

navigating to the frame of the video associated with the first location identifier using the first marker.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtering criterion comprises a threshold, and wherein the method further comprises:

computing the threshold based on an additional access behavior over the plurality of portions of the video.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the access behavior further comprises:

using data from at least one of a motion sensor or a proximity sensor to determine that the user device was held while the first portion was presented.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the access behavior is access behavior of a user and that the favorite portion of the video is the favorite portion of the user; and

sending data associated with the favorite portion to a server.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

sending data associated with the favorite portion to other users.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the user device, information identifying additional access behavior of one or more additional portions of at least one of the video or an additional video on an additional user device; and

identifying a second portion of the plurality of portions as an additional favorite portion based on the access behavior and the additional access behavior, wherein the additional access behavior is based on at least one of an amount of time that the one or more additional portions are presented or a number of times that the one or more additional portions are presented.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the first portion comprises a sequence of frames and that the location identifier comprises an address based on a byte offset from a beginning of the video.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the first marker for the first portion comprises generating a data structure that comprises contextual information about the first portion.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the event comprises receiving an indication of a rewind command, a fast forward command, or a pause command.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a memory to store instructions for an access behavior tracking module; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, to execute the instructions for the access behavior tracking module, wherein the processor is to;

identify an event at a location of a first portion of a video, wherein the first portion of a plurality of portions of the video is associated with a location identifier identifying a location of the first portion of the video;

determine access behavior for the first portion of the plurality of portions of the video presented by the apparatus based at least in part on the event;

determine that one or more portions of the plurality of portions fails to satisfy a filtering criterion to result in one or more remaining portions that satisfy the filtering criterion, wherein the one or more remaining portions include the first portion;

generate a score for the first portion based at least in part on the access behavior;

rank, based at least in part on the score, the first portion among the one or more remaining portions of the plurality of portions that satisfy the filtering criterion;

identify the first portion as a favorite portion of the video based on the first portion being ranked highest of the one or more remaining portions;

determine that the first portion is associated with a sequence of location identifiers, a first location identifier of the sequence of location identifiers identifying a location of a frame of the video in the first portion; and

generate a first marker that is usable to navigate to the frame of the video.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the location corresponds to the first location identifier, and wherein the processor is further to:

navigate to the frame of the video associated with the first location identifier using the first marker.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the filtering criterion comprises a threshold, and wherein the processor is further to:

compute the threshold based on an additional access behavior of a user over the plurality of portions of the video.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

at least one of a motion sensor or a proximity sensor to generate sensor data;

wherein to determine the access behavior the processor is further to use the sensor data from at least one of the motion sensor or the proximity sensor to determine that the apparatus was held while the first portion was presented.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further to:

store the favorite portion of the video; and

report the favorite portion of the video to a server.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further to:

receive information identifying additional access behavior of one or more additional portions of at least one of the video or an additional video on an additional apparatus; and

identify a second portion of the plurality of portions as an additional favorite portion based on the access behavior and the additional access behavior, wherein the additional access behavior is based on at least one of an amount of time that the additional portions are presented or a number of times that the additional portions are presented.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further to:

generate a data structure that comprises contextual information about the favorite portion; and

present the contextual information in association with presentation of the marker.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein to identify the event, the processor is to receive an indication of a rewind command, a fast forward command, or a pause command.