Enhancing video content with personalized extrinsic data

• US 9,838,740 B1
• Filed: 03/18/2014
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gilbert, Stuart
• Primary Examiner(s): Telan, Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/218,408
• Time in Patent Office: 1,358 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 represented by keywords

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments that relate to enhancing video content with personalized extrinsic data. A video content feature is rendered on a display. A user interface is rendered on top of the video content feature on the display. The user interface presents cast member indicia, where the cast member indicia correspond to respective cast members in the video content feature. In response to receiving a selection of one of the cast member indicia from a user, the user interface is updated to present additional information about the corresponding cast member. The additional information is personalized based at least in part on profile data associated with the user.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, the program having instructions that when executed cause the at least one computing device to perform a method comprising:

causing a video content feature to be rendered on a display;

causing a user interface to be rendered on top of the video content feature on the display, the user interface configured to present a plurality of cast member images, a first count of scenes in which a particular cast member appears as a first character, and a second count of scenes in which the particular cast member appears as a second character, wherein individual ones of the plurality of cast member images correspond to a respective cast member in the video content feature;

determining at least one user to whom the video content feature is being presented; and

in response to receiving a selection of one of the plurality of cast member images, updating the user interface to present a ranked filmography for the respective cast member corresponding to the selection of the one of the plurality of cast member images, the ranked filmography being arranged in a ranked order based at least in part on whether the at least one user has expressed an interest in individual ones of a plurality of video content features in the ranked filmography.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, the method further comprising customizing a prominence of content within the user interface based at least in part on profile data associated with the at least one user.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first count of scenes is rendered in the user interface in response to a selection of one of the plurality of cast member images corresponding to the particular cast member as the first character, and the second count of scenes is rendered in the user interface in response to a selection of another one of the plurality of cast member images corresponding to the particular cast member as the second character.

4. A system, comprising:

a data store; and

at least one computing device in communication with the data store, the at least one computing device being configured to at least;

cause a video content feature to be rendered on a display;

cause a user interface to be rendered on top of the video content feature on the display, the user interface configured to present a plurality of cast member indicia, a first count of scenes in which a particular cast member appears as a first character, and a second count of scenes in which the particular cast member appears as a second character, wherein individual ones of the plurality of cast member indicia corresponding to a respective cast member in the video content feature; and

in response to receiving a selection of one of the plurality of cast member indicia from a user, update the user interface to present additional information regarding the respective cast member corresponding to the selection of the one of the plurality of cast member indicia, the additional information being personalized based at least in part on profile data associated with the user.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the additional information includes a listing of a plurality of other video content features in which the respective cast member performs.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one computing device is further configured to:

calculate a plurality of weights individually corresponding to the plurality of other video content features, individual ones of the plurality of weights being based at least in part on a first value when the user has purchased a corresponding other video content feature and a second value when the user has rented the corresponding other video content feature, the first value being greater than the second value; and

select the plurality of other video content features in which the respective cast member performs based at least in part on the plurality of weights.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one computing device is further configured to generate a respective ranking for individual ones of the plurality of other video content features in which the respective cast member performs based at least in part on the profile data associated with the user, wherein the listing is sorted based at least in part on the respective ranking.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the respective ranking for the individual ones of the plurality of other video content features in which the respective cast member performs is generated further based in part on a respective overall popularity of the individual ones of the plurality of other video content features in which the respective cast member performs.

9. The system of claim 4, wherein the profile data associated with the user includes a view history indicating a plurality of video content features that were previously viewed by the user.

10. The system of claim 4, wherein the profile data associated with the user includes a purchase history indicating a plurality of video content features that were previously purchased by the user.

11. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one computing device is further configured to select a category of additional information from a plurality of categories of additional information based at least in part on the profile data associated with the user.

12. The system of claim 4, wherein the additional information is personalized with respect to a relative prominence of the additional information upon the display.

13. The system of claim 4, wherein the plurality of cast members comprises a first plurality of cast members who perform in the video content feature and a second plurality of cast members who provide vocals for the video content feature, and the user interface is further configured to present a first subset of the plurality of cast member indicia corresponding to the first plurality of cast members and separately present a second subset of the plurality of cast member indicia corresponding to the second plurality of cast members.

14. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one computing device is further configured to cause the user interface to present a subset of scenes corresponding to one of the plurality of cast member indicia including a sequential play component, the sequential play component configured to cause a sequential play of the subset of scenes.

15. A method, comprising:

causing, via at least one of one or more computing devices, a video content feature to be rendered on a display;

causing, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, a user interface to be rendered on top of the video content feature on the display, the user interface configured to present a plurality of cast member indicia, a first count of scenes in which a particular cast member appears as a first character, and a second count of scenes in which the particular cast member appears as a second character, wherein individual ones of the plurality of cast member indicia corresponding to a respective cast member in the video content feature;

determining, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, a plurality of users who are in proximity to the display while the video content feature is being rendered; and

responsive to receiving a selection of one of the plurality of cast member indicia from one of the plurality of users, updating, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the user interface to present additional information regarding the respective cast member corresponding to the selection of the one of the plurality of cast member indicia, the additional information being personalized based at least in part on profile data associated with the plurality of users.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising arranging, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the plurality of cast member indicia in a ranked order based at least in part on the profile data associated with the plurality of users.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein determining the plurality of users who are in proximity to the display while the video content feature is being rendered further comprises discovering, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, a plurality of personal mobile devices in proximity to the display via a wireless data connection to the plurality of personal mobile devices, wherein individual ones of the plurality of personal mobile devices correspond to a respective one of the plurality of users.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising generating, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, a ranked filmography of the respective cast member based at least in part on the profile data of the plurality of users, wherein the additional information comprises the ranked filmography.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein generating the ranked filmography further comprises sequencing, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, individual ones of a plurality of video content features within the ranked filmography based at least in part on whether individual ones of the plurality of users have expressed an interest in the individual ones of the plurality of video content features.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising personalizing, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the additional information by selectively including or excluding categories of the additional information based at least in part on the profile data of the plurality of users.