Automatic selection of digital service feed

• US 8,706,841 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2012
• Issued: 04/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Frequency IP Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Frequency IP Holdings, LLC
• Inventors: Gordon, Michael M., Harrison, Blair R. R., Roston, Adrian K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong, Lan-Dai T
• Application Number:
  US13/717,597
• Publication Number:
  US 20130110978A1
• Time in Patent Office: 491 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/218, 709/219, 709/231, 709/201, 709/202, 709/203
• US Class Current: 709/218
• 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 presentation of content through an interface to provide personalized video feeds to a user. A user'"'"'s interaction with Internet services automatically generates services preferences indicating a media entity. That media entity is correlated to one or more feed items or feeds. A video feed is harvested from feed items or feeds gathered at various Internet services.

Claims

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

a user-specific characteristic associated with a user of a first Internet service, wherein;

the user-specific-characteristic is collected by the first Internet service;

the user-specific characteristic is accessed from the first Internet service, and

the first Internet service is accessible from the Internet;

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

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

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

an aggregation hardware system that is configured to;

gather the collected user-specific characteristic from the first Internet service,

receive the service feed from the second internet service, and

select from the service feed a plurality of video feed items that link to video content available from the Internet based on the user-specific characteristic from the first Internet service, wherein the selection is independent of input from the second Internet service; and

a selective video feed comprising some of the plurality of video feed items selected from the service feed.

2. The video processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 1, wherein the user-specific characteristic accessed from the first Internet service is an expressed content rating, a content interaction measure, a content favorability indicator, a content source, a content category, a content interest, a content item viewed, or another content-related characteristic associated with the user.

3. 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 further comprises feed items from a plurality of Internet service feeds.

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 played serially to the user,

a first video feed item of the plurality of video feed items in the selective video feed is played as a video excerpt, and

the video excerpt is only a portion of the first video feed item.

5. 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.

6. The video processing system for providing personalized video content feeds to users from the Internet as recited in claim 1, further comprising credentials associated with the user for accessing the first Internet service.

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 according to rendering capabilities of a device of the user.

8. A method for providing a personalized video content feed from the Internet to users, the method comprising:

recording a first characteristic related to a user of a first Internet service, wherein;

the characteristic is collected by the first Internet service, and

the first Internet service is accessible from the Internet;

acquiring a service feed from a second Internet service, wherein;

the second Internet service is accessible from the Internet,

the service feed comprises a first plurality of feed items, and

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

identifying a second plurality of feed items from the first plurality of feed items in the service feed, wherein the second plurality of feed items link to video content available from the internet;

creating a video feed comprising a third plurality of feed items, wherein;

the third plurality of feed items includes feed items from the first plurality of feed items,

the third plurality of feed items includes feed items from the second plurality of feed items, and

the third plurality of feed items includes a first feed item;

selecting the first feed item based on the first characteristic collected by the first Internet service related to the user, wherein the selecting is independent of input from the second Internet service; and

presenting the personalized video content feed to the user, wherein the personalized video content feed comprises the first feed item.

9. The method for providing a personalized video content feed as recited in claim 8, wherein the personalized video content feed further comprises the video feed.

10. The method for providing a personalized video content feed as recited in claim 8, wherein the selecting the first feed item includes referencing an index of correlations among user characteristics and correlated feed item characteristics.

11. The method for providing a personalized video content feed as recited in claim 8, further comprising providing credentials associated with the user that allow access to content made available by the first Internet service or the second Internet service.

12. The method for providing a personalized video content feed as recited in claim 8, wherein the recording the first characteristic related to the user includes receiving data about user interaction with the first Internet service from the first Internet service.

13. The method for providing a personalized video content feed as recited in claim 8, wherein the recording the first characteristic related to the user includes monitoring a user interaction with the first Internet service.

14. The method for providing a personalized video content feed as recited in claim 13, wherein the monitoring the user interaction is monitoring the user viewing a video.

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

recording a characteristic of a user of a first Internet service, wherein the characteristic is collected by the first Internet service;

acquiring a plurality of service feeds from a plurality of Internet services, wherein;

the plurality of Internet services are accessible from the Internet,

each service feed of the plurality of service feeds comprise a plurality of feed items, and

each feed item of the plurality of feed items comprise a separately resolvable link to another content item available from the Internet;

selecting a first video service feed from the plurality of service feeds based on the characteristic of the user collected by the first Internet service, wherein the selecting is independent of input from the second Internet service; and

presenting to the user a personalized video content feed, wherein the personalized video content feed comprises a plurality of video content items associated with a plurality of feed items of the first service feed.

16. The method for providing personalized video content feeds from the Internet to users as recited in claim 15, wherein the selecting the first service feed comprises:

referencing an index of pre-defined correlations between user interactions with Internet services and feed items, and

selecting a first feed item, the first feed item being a feed item in the first service feed, based on the characteristic of the user.

17. The method for providing personalized video content feeds from the Internet to users as recited in claim 15, further comprising providing to a second Internet service, of the plurality of Internet services, credentials associated with the user.

18. The method for providing personalized video content feeds from the Internet to users as recited in claim 15, further comprising:

providing to a third Internet service, of the plurality of Internet services, credentials associated with the user;

receiving from the third Internet service a second service feed;

presenting to the user the personalized video content feed, wherein the personalized video content feed further comprises a plurality of video content items associated with a plurality of feed items of the second service feed.

19. The method for providing personalized video content feeds from the Internet to users as recited in claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a criterion from the user that relates to feed items that the user would like to include or exclude from the personalized video content feed; and

removing feed items from the personalized video content feed according to the criterion from the user.

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