Performing action on active media content

• US 10,964,316 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2017
• Issued: 03/30/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Echols, Roderick, Knudson, Ryan Charles, Kingsbury, Timothy Winthrop, Knox, Jonathan Gaither
• Primary Examiner(s): Pullias, Jesse S
• Application Number:
  US15/673,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20190051296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,329 Days
• Field of Search: 704275
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command

Abstract

One non-limiting embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, from a user, user input comprising a trigger event; identifying, using at least one processor, active media content; and performing, based upon the trigger event, an action with respect to the active media content. This embodiment is intended to be non-limiting and other embodiments are contemplated, disclosed, and discussed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, from an identified user, user input comprising a trigger event, wherein the trigger event is selected by and unique to the identified user and, at the time of selection of the trigger event, the identified user identifies an action to correspond to and be performed upon receipt of the trigger event, wherein different trigger events of the identified user are associated with different actions to be performed, wherein the selected trigger event is associated with the identified user stopping consumption of active media content;

identifying, in response to the user input, the active media content and a time in the active media content the identified user stopped consuming the active media content, wherein the active media content is not in a library of the identified user at the time of receiving the trigger event;

performing, based upon the trigger event and the identified user, an action with respect to the active media content, wherein the action performed is the action corresponding to the trigger event and identified by the identified user based upon the trigger event, wherein the performing comprises associating the active media content with the identified user, and

notifying the user of an upcoming broadcast of the active media content, wherein an upcoming broadcast is determined based at least in part by a broadcast schedule.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the active media content comprises audio media content and wherein the identifying active media content comprises identifying a particular audio media file currently playing.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying active media content comprises accessing a schedule corresponding to the active media content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying active media content comprises identifying a channel of the active media content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing an action comprises associating the active media content with the user.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising providing a notification related to the active media content to the user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the providing a notification comprises providing a reminder to search for the active media content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing an action comprises recording the active media content.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the recording the active media content comprises recording a subsequent playing of the active media content.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving user input comprises receiving user input at a virtual assistant on an information handling device.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to;

receive, from an identified user, user input comprising a trigger event, wherein the trigger event is selected by and unique to the identified user and, at the time of selection of the trigger event, the identified user identifies an action to correspond to and be performed upon receipt of the trigger event, wherein different trigger events of the identified user are associated with different actions to be performed, wherein the selected trigger event is associated with the identified user stopping consumption of active media content;

identify, using at least one processor, the active media content and a time in the active media content the identified user stopped consuming the active media content, wherein the active media content is not in a library of the identified user at the time of receiving the trigger event;

perform, based upon the trigger event and the identified user, an action with respect to the active media content, wherein the action performed is the action corresponding to the trigger event and identified by the identified user based upon the trigger event, wherein the performing comprises associating the active media content with the identified user; and

notify the user of an upcoming broadcast of the active media content, wherein an upcoming broadcast is determined based at least in part by a broadcast schedule.

12. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the active media content comprises audio media content and wherein the identifying active media content comprises identifying a particular audio media file currently playing.

13. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the identifying active media content comprises accessing a schedule corresponding to the active media content.

14. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the identifying active media content comprises identifying a channel of the active media content.

15. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the performing an action comprises associating the active media content with the user.

16. The information handling device of claim 15, further comprising providing a notification related to the active media content to the user.

17. The information handling device of claim 16, wherein the providing a notification comprises providing a reminder to search for the active media content.

18. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the performing an action comprises recording the active media content.

19. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the receiving user input comprises receiving user input at a virtual assistant on an information handling device.

20. A product, comprising:

a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising;

code that receives, from an identified user, user input comprising a trigger event, wherein the trigger event is selected by and unique to the identified user and, at the time of selection of the trigger event, the identified user identifies an action to correspond to and be performed upon receipt of the trigger event, wherein different trigger events of the identified user are associated with different actions to be performed, wherein the selected trigger event is associated with the identified user stopping consumption of active media content;

code that identifies, using at least one processor, the active media content and a time in the active media content the identified user stopped consuming the active media content, wherein the active media content is not in a library of the identified user at the time of receiving the trigger event;

code that performs, based upon the trigger event and the identified user, an action with respect to the active media content, wherein the action performed is the action corresponding to the trigger event and identified by the identified user based upon the trigger event, wherein the performing comprises associating the active media content with the identified user; and

code that notifies the user of an upcoming broadcast of the active media content, wherein an upcoming broadcast is determined based at least in part by a broadcast schedule.