Providing content related to a selected channel for presentation to a user via a client device

• US 9,948,998 B1
• Filed: 11/28/2016
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Cowan, Mathew, Pedregal, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Pankaj
• Assistant Examiner(s): Baig, Sahar
• Application Number:
  US15/362,459
• Time in Patent Office: 505 Days
• Field of Search: 725 45- 47
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44209 Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896
• 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 21/4722 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 21/8545 for generating interactive applications

Abstract

A system may receive an entity identifier for a user. The entity identifier may identify an entity that is associated with a category. The system may identify channel(s) for the category by obtaining data for the user, and analyzing the data to determine a score for each channel. The system may use the scores to select one or more of the channels. The system may provide content related to the selected channel(s) to a client device of the user, and the user may interact with the content via the client device.

Claims

1. A method implemented by one or more processors comprising:

receiving data generated by one or more client devices as a result of interactions of a user with the one or more client devices;

determining, based on the data, an entity of interest to the user and entity features for the entity of interest;

identifying a plurality of candidate channels based on the candidate channels each being a channel from which the entity of interest can be obtained;

selecting a particular channel from the plurality of candidate channels, wherein selecting the particular channel is based on a number of instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, other entities having the entity features, wherein selecting the particular channel based on the number of instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, other entities having the entity features comprises;

weighting more recent in time of the instances greater than less recent in time of the instances;

generating interactive content that identifies the particular channel and the entity of interest;

providing the interactive content for presentation to the user via a given client device of the user,

the given client device being one of the one or more client devices or an additional client device;

receiving an interaction with the interactive content, the interaction being via a user interface device of the given client device; and

in response to the interaction, performing one or more additional computer-based actions related to obtaining the entity of interest from the particular channel, wherein performing the one or more additional computer-based actions comprises;

causing the given client device to execute an application associated with the particular channel.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the interactive content includes a link that references the application and wherein the interaction with the interactive content is an interaction with the link.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the entity features for the entity of interest include a category of the entity of interests.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the category is a video category, the entity of interest is a video, and wherein the entity features for the entity of interest further include at least one of:

a genre of the video, a length of the video, and a price of the video.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the entity features include each of:

the genre of the video, the length of the video, and the price of the video.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the particular channel from the plurality of candidate channels comprises:

providing the entity features as input to a trained machine learning system;

generating, by the machine learning system based on the input, a score for the particular channel; and

selecting the particular channel based on the score.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the particular channel based on the number of instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, other entities having the entity features comprises:

determining a more recent in time quantity of the instances that occurred during a first time period;

determining a less recent in time quantity of the instances that occurred during a second time period,

the first time period being more recent in time than the second time period;

comparing the more recent in time quantity with the less recent in time quantity; and

selecting the particular channel based on the comparing.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the entity features for the entity of interest include a first category and a second category of the entity of interest, and wherein selecting the particular channel based on the number of instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, other entities having the entity features comprises:

determining a first category quantity of the instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, the other entities that have the first category;

determining a second category quantity of the instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, the other entities that have the second category; and

selecting the particular channel based on the first category quantity and the second category quantity.

9. A system, comprising:

memory storing instructions;

one or more processors executing the instructions stored in the memory to;

receive data generated by one or more client devices as a result of interactions of a user with the one or more client devices;

determine, based on the data, an entity of interest to the user and entity features for the entity of interest;

identify a plurality of candidate channels based on the candidate channels each being a channel from which the entity of interest can be obtained;

select a particular channel from the plurality of candidate channels, wherein when selecting the particular channel one or more of the processors are to select the particular channel based on a number of instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, other entities having the entity features, wherein one or more of the processors, when selecting the particular channel based on the number of instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, other entities having the entity features, are to;

weight more recent in time of the instances greater than less recent in time of the instances;

generate interactive content that identifies the particular channel and the entity of interest;

cause a graphical user interface, that includes the interactive content, to be presented on a display screen of a given client device of the user,

the given client device being one of the one or more client devices or an additional client device;

receive an interaction with the interactive content, the interaction being via a user interface device of the given client device; and

in response to the interaction, perform one or more additional computer-based actions related to obtaining the entity of interest from the particular channel, wherein one or more of the processors, when performing the one or more additional computer-based actions, are to;

cause the given client device to execute an application associated with the particular channel.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the interactive content includes a link that references the application and wherein the interaction with the interactive content is an interaction with the link.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the entity features for the entity of interest include a category of the entity of interest.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the category is a video category, the entity of interest is a video, and wherein the entity features for the entity of interest further include at least one of:

a genre of the video, a length of the video, and a price of the video.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein one or more of the processors, when selecting the particular channel from the plurality of candidate channels, are to:

provide the entity features as input to a trained machine learning system;

generate, based on the input, a score for the particular channel; and

select the particular channel based on the score.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein one or more of the processors, when selecting the particular channel based on the number of instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, other entities having the entity features, are to:

determine a more recent in time quantity of the instances that occurred during a first time period;

determine a less recent in time quantity of the instances that occurred during a second time period,

the first time period being more recent in time than the second time period;

compare the more recent in time quantity with the less recent in time quantity; and

select the particular channel based on the comparing.

15. The system of claim 9,

wherein the entity features for the entity of interest include a first category and a second category of the entity of interest, and

wherein one or more of the processors, when selecting the particular channel based on the number of instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, other entities having the entity feature, are to:

determine a first category quantity of the instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, the other entities that have the first category;

determine a second category quantity of the instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, the other entities that have the second category; and

select the particular channel based on the first category quantity and the second category quantity.

16. At least one non-transitory computer storage medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive data generated by one or more client devices as a result of interactions of a user with the one or more client devices;

determine, based on the data, an entity of interest to the user and entity features for the entity of interest;

identify a plurality of candidate channels based on the candidate channels each being a channel from which the entity of interest can be obtained;

select a particular channel from the plurality of candidate channels based on a number of instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, other entities having the entity features, wherein selecting the particular channel based on the number of instances in which the user obtained, from the particular channel, other entities having the entity features comprises;

weighting more recent in time of the instances greater than less recent in time of the instances;

generate interactive content that identifies the particular channel and the entity of interest;

provide the interactive content for presentation to the user via a given client device of the user,

the given client device being one of the one or more client devices or an additional client device;

receive an interaction with the interactive content, the interaction being via a user interface device of the given client device; and

in response to the interaction, cause the given client device to execute an application associated with the particular channel.