Product availability notifications

• US 9,071,855 B1
• Filed: 01/03/2014
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Casey, Matthew Ryan
• Primary Examiner(s): Goodarzi, Nasser
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hong, Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/147,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20150195591A1
• Time in Patent Office: 543 Days
• Field of Search: 725/10, 725/34, 725/13, 725/9
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 21/251 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies details of learning user preferences for the retrieval of video data in a video database G06F16/739; computer systems using learning methods G06N3/08
• 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 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739

Abstract

In one example, a method includes determining a first video being viewed by a user of a computing device and one or more pieces of preview video associated with one or more videos different from the first video. The method further includes outputting for transmission to the computing device, identifying information for a particular video from the one or more videos, and receiving, from the computing device, an indication of user interest in the particular video. The method further includes responsive to determining at a second time, later than the first time, that the particular video is available for public viewing, outputting, for transmission to the computing device, a notification that the particular video is available for public viewing.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a computing system, a first video being viewed by a user of a computing device;

determining, by the computing system and at a first time, one or more pieces of preview video associated with one or more videos different from the first video, wherein the one or more videos are not available for public viewing at the first time;

outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, identifying information for a particular video from the one or more videos, to cause the computing device to output information about the particular video and a prompt for the user of the computing device to provide user input indicating whether the user is interested in the particular video after the user has left a display location of the first video;

receiving, after outputting the identifying information for the particular video, by the computing system and from the computing device, information expressly indicating that the user of the computing device is interested in the particular video; and

responsive to determining at a second time, later than the first time, that the particular video is available for public viewing, outputting, by the computing system and for transmission to the computing device, a notification that the particular video is available for public viewing.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the computing system and from a database, information indicating user interest in one or more other videos;

comparing, by the computing system, one or more attributes of the one or more other videos with one or more attributes of the one or more videos;

determining, by the computing system, based at least in part on the comparing, the particular video; and

outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, the identifying information for the particular video.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the one or more pieces of preview video associated with the one or more videos different from the first video comprises:

receiving, by the computing system and from the computing device, audio data associated with a portion of a piece of preview video of the one or more pieces of preview video shown prior to the first video; and

analyzing, by the computing system, the received audio data to identify a video of the one or more videos that corresponds to the portion of the preview video.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, based on the received indication of user interest in the particular video, one or more additional videos in which the user is likely to be interested; and

outputting, by the computing system and for transmission to the computing device, an indication of a preview video associated with the additional video.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the notification that the particular video is available for public viewing further comprises:

outputting, by the computing system and for transmission to the computing device, information regarding the purchase of tickets for the particular video.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the first video being viewed by the user of the computing device comprises:

determining that the user has purchased one or more tickets to a showing of the first video.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first video is a first movie, wherein the particular video is a second movie, and wherein at least one of the one or more pieces of preview video is a trailer associated with the second movie.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the display location of the first video is a movie theater.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein analyzing, by the computing system, the received audio data to identify a video of the one or more videos that corresponds to the portion of the preview video comprises:

comparing the received audio data with audio data of one or more preview videos available for viewing at a video sharing website to identify the video of the one or more videos that corresponds to the portion of the preview video.

10. A computing system comprising:

one or more processors; and

at least one module executable by the one or more processors to;

determine a first video being viewed by a user of a computing device;

determine, at a first time, one or more pieces of preview video associated with one or more videos different from the first video, wherein the one or more videos are not available for public viewing at the first time;

output, for transmission to the computing device, identifying information for a particular video from the one or more videos, to cause the computing device to output information about the particular video and a prompt for the user of the computing device to provide user input indicating whether the user is interested in the particular video after the user has left a display location of the first video;

receive, from the computing device and after outputting the identifying information for the particular video, information expressly indicating that the user of the computing device is interested in the particular video; and

responsive to determining at a second time, later than the first time, that the particular video is available for public viewing, output, for transmission to the computing device, a notification that the particular video is available for public viewing.

11. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least module is further executable by the one or more processors to:

determine the particular video from the one or more videos based on one or more preferences of the user of the computing device.

12. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one module is executable by the one or more processors to determine the one or more pieces of preview video associated with the one or more videos different from the first video by at least:

receiving, from the computing device, audio data associated with a portion of a piece of preview video of the one or more pieces of preview video shown prior to the first video; and

analyzing the received audio data to identify a video of the one or more videos that corresponds to the piece of preview video.

13. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least module is further executable by the one or more processors to:

determine, based on the received indication of user interest in the particular video, one or more additional videos in which the user is likely to be interested;

output, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of a preview video associated with the additional video.

14. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one module is executable by the one or more processors to output the notification that the particular video is available for public viewing by at least:

outputting, for transmission to the computing device, information regarding the purchase of tickets for the particular video.

15. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one module is executable by the one or more processors to determine the first video being viewed by the user of the computing device by at least:

determining that the user has purchased one or more tickets to a showing of the first video.

16. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the display location of the first video is a movie theater.

17. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device and at a first time, an indication of a particular video of one or more videos, wherein the one or more videos are not available for public viewing at the first time, and wherein each video of the one or more videos is associated with one or more pieces of preview video viewed by a user of the computing device prior to the user viewing a non-preview video;

responsive to determining that the non-preview video has finished playing, outputting, by the computing device, a graphical user interface including information about the particular video and a prompt for the user to provide user input indicating whether the user is interested in the particular video, wherein determining that the non-preview video has finished playing comprises one or more of;

determining that the user has left a display location of the non-preview video, determining that a display of the computing device is turned on, and determining that the computing device exited a limited functionality operating mode;

receiving, by the computing device and after outputting the graphical user interface that includes the prompt, an indication of user input detected by an input device, the user input expressly indicating that the user is interested in the particular video; and

responsive to determining at a second time, later than the first time, that the particular video is available for public viewing, outputting, by the computing device and for display, a notification that the particular video is available for public viewing.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising identifying the particular video, wherein the identifying comprises:

receiving, by the computing device, audio data associated with a portion of a piece of preview video of the one or more pieces of preview video; and

identifying the particular video based at least in part on the audio data associated with the portion of the piece of preview video.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein outputting the notification that the particular video is available for public viewing further comprises:

outputting, by the computing device and for display, information regarding the purchase of tickets for the particular video.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the non-preview video is a first movie, wherein the particular video is a second movie, and wherein at least one of the one or more pieces of preview video is a trailer associated with the second movie.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein determining that the user has left the display location of the non-preview video comprises determining that the user has left the movie theater, and wherein determining that the user has left the movie theater comprises:

determining that a distance between a current location of the computing device and a location of the theater is greater than a threshold distance.

22. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

outputting, by the computing device, for transmission to a server device, the audio data associated with the portion of the piece of preview video, wherein identifying the particular video based at least in part on the audio data associated with the portion of the piece of preview video comprises;

receiving, by the computing device and from the server device, identifying information for the particular video.

23. A computing device comprising:

one or more processors; and

at least one module executable by the one or more processors to;

receive, at a first time, an indication of a particular video of one or more videos, wherein the one or more videos are not available for public viewing at the first time, and wherein each video of the one or more videos is associated with one or more pieces of preview video viewed by a user of the computing device prior to the user viewing a non-preview video;

output, in response to determining that the non-preview video has finished playing, a graphical user interface including information about the particular video of the one or more videos and a prompt for the user to provide user input indicating whether the user is interested in the particular video, wherein determining that the non-preview video has finished playing comprises one or more of;

determining that the user has left a display location of the non-preview video, determining that a display of the computing device is turned on, and determining that the computing device exited a limited functionality operating mode;

receive, after outputting the graphical user interface that includes the prompt, an indication of user input detected by an input device, the user input expressly indicating that the user is interested in the particular video; and

responsive to determining at a second time, later than the first time, that the particular video is available for public viewing, output for display, a notification that the particular video is available for public viewing.

24. The computing device of claim 23, wherein the at least one module is executable by the one or more processors to identify the particular video by at least:

receiving, by the computing device, audio data associated with a portion of a piece of preview video of the one or more pieces of preview video; and

identifying the particular video based at least in part on the audio data associated with the portion of the piece of preview video.

25. The computing device of claim 23, wherein the at least one module is executable by the one or more processors to output the notification that the particular video is available for public viewing by at least:

outputting, for display, information regarding the purchase of tickets for the particular video.

26. The computing device of claim 23, wherein the at least one module is executable by the one or more processors to determine that the user has left the display location of the non-preview video by at least determining that the user has left the movie theater, and wherein the at least one module is executable by the one or more processors to determine that the user has left the movie theater by at least:

determining that a distance between a current location of the computing device and a location of the theater is greater than a threshold distance.