CREATION AND PRESENTATION OF SELECTIVE DIGITAL CONTENT FEEDS

• US 20120278428A1
• Filed: 11/14/2011
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Frequency IP Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Frequency Networks, Inc.
• Inventors: Harrison, Blair R. R., Roston, Adrian K., Gordon, Michael M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,583,759 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/735 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23617 by inserting additional data into a data carousel, e.g. inserting software modules into a DVB carousel arrangements for broadcast or for distribution of identical information repeatedly in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2387 Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2407 Monitoring of transmitted content, e.g. distribution time, number of downloads arrangements for monitoring programmes for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• 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 21/26266 for determining content or additional data repetition rate, e.g. of a file in a DVB carousel according to its importance arrangements for broadcast or for distribution of identical information repeatedly in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• 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 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• 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 21/4532 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 21/4622 : Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 : Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 : for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 : using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 : for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 : e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• 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 21/482 : End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 : using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4886 : for displaying a ticker, e.g. scrolling banner for news, stock exchange, weather data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 : involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 : involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 : IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 : Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• 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 21/8586 : by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

Methods and systems for creating and presentation of selective digital content feeds are disclosed. A user can design a selective feed comprised of video feed items, for example. An aggregation system searches two or more Internet services specified by the user to gather feed items. Those feed items are filtered according to a media type, such as video, such that each feed item is a video or has a link to a video. The feed items are gathered for presentment with a user interface that allows playback of the video feed items organized in some way, such as ascending order. For one embodiment, Internet video content is gathered from various sources to provide a consistent interface to the video content without the need to navigate all over the web to manually locate each video item.

Claims

1. A content processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet, the content processing system comprising:

a first service feed that is acquired from a first Internet service, which is accessible from the Internet, wherein;

the first service feed comprises a plurality of first feed items arranged in the first service feed serially, and

the first service feed includes the plurality of first feed items that each include a first separately resolvable link to another content item available from the Internet;

a second service feed that is acquired from a second Internet service, which is accessible from the Internet, wherein;

the second service feed comprises a plurality of second feed items arranged in the second service feed serially, and

the second service feed includes the plurality of second feed items that each include a second separately resolvable link to another content item available from the Internet;

an aggregation system that is configured to;

receive the first service feed and reduce the first service feed to a first subset of the plurality of first feed items that link to video content items available from the Internet, and

receive the second service feed and reduce the second service feed to a second subset of the plurality of second feed items that link to video content items available from the Internet; and

a selective video feed comprising a plurality of feed items that each include a link to video object available from the Internet, the selective video feed including the first subset of the plurality of first feed items and the second subset of the plurality of second feed items.

2. The video processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 1, wherein the selective video feed is filtered by the aggregation system as a function of the capability of a rendering agent, which is used to render the video content.

3. The video processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 2, wherein the selective video feed is played serially to the user.

4. The video processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 1, wherein the selective video feed is presented through a web site coupled with the aggregation system.

5. The video processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 4, wherein the selective video feed is played serially to the user.

6. The video processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 1, wherein

the first Internet service requires credentials before allowing access to the first service feed.

7. The video processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the selective video feed is filtered by the aggregation system as a function of the capability of a rendering agent, which is used to render the video content,

the selective video feed is filtered by the aggregation system as a function of input associated with the first Internet service, and

the input specifies a rendering agent that is precluded from playing some of the plurality of first feed items.

8. The video processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 7, wherein the selective video feed is played serially to the user.

9. The video processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 1, wherein the selective video feed is filtered by the aggregation system include one or more possible rendering agents.

10. The video processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 1, wherein the selective video feed is filtered by the aggregation system to exclude one or more possible rendering agents.

11. The video processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the first service feed further includes a plurality of third feed times that are text without any link to content, and

the aggregation system prevents the third feed items from being included in the first subset of the plurality of first feed items.

12. A method for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet, the method comprising:

acquiring a first service feed, including a plurality of first feed items arranged serially that link to content objects, which are available from the Internet, from a first Internet service;

acquiring a second service feed, including a plurality of second feed items arranged serially that link to content objects, which are available from the Internet, from a second Internet service;

filtering the first service feed to a first subset of the plurality of first feed items such that the first subset is limited to those of the first service feed that link to video objects available over the Internet;

filtering the second service feed to a second subset of the plurality of second feed items such that the second subset is limited to those of the second service feed that link to video objects available over the Internet;

combining the first subset and the second subset into a video selective feed comprising a plurality of feed items that each include a link to a video object available using the Internet; and

delivering the video selective feed to a user.

13. The method for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 12, the method further comprising processing feed items in the video selective feed into a consistent user interface that serially plays the feed items.

14. The method for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 12, wherein the video selective feed is filtered as a function of the capability of a rendering agent associated with the user.

15. The method for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 12, wherein the video selective feed is played serially to the user.

16. The method for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 12, the method further comprising filtering the plurality of first feed items as a function of criteria specified by the user.

17. The method for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 12, wherein the acquiring of the first feed service includes presenting credentials of the user to the first Internet service that allows access to the plurality of first feed items.

18. A video processing system for providing personalized content feeds to users from the Internet, the video processing system comprising one or more hardware servers configured to:

acquire a first service feed, including a plurality of first feed items arranged serially that link to content objects, which are available from the Internet, from a first Internet service,

acquire a second service feed, including a plurality of second feed items arranged serially that link to content objects, which are available from the Internet, from a second Internet service,

filter the first service feed to a first subset of the plurality of first feed items such that the first subset is limited to those of the first service feed that link to video objects available over the Internet,

filter the second service feed to a second subset of the plurality of second feed items such that the second subset is limited to those of the second service feed that link to video objects available over the Internet,

combine the first subset and the second subset into a selective feed comprising a plurality of feed items that each include a link to a video object available using the Internet, and

deliver the selective feed to a user.

19. The video processing system for providing personalized content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 18, wherein the selective video feed is played serially to the user.

20. The video processing system for providing personalized content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 18, wherein:

the selective video feed comprises a feed item from one or both of the first service feed and/or second service feed, and

the feed item does not link to video content.