Notifying users in response to movement of a content item to a new content source

• US 9,876,748 B1
• Filed: 11/19/2013
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Lewis, Justin, Schneider, Michael Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhang, Shirley
• Application Number:
  US14/084,214
• Time in Patent Office: 1,526 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for notifying a user regarding movement of a content item which the user has previously expressed interest in, to a new network location. In one or more aspects, a system includes a notification generation component configured to generate a notification indicating a content item has been moved from a first content source to a second content source in response to movement of the content item from the first content source to the second content source. The system further includes a notification posting component configured to send the notification to a device or an account of a user based in part on a subscription of the user to the first content source or the content item.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory that stores computer executable components; and

a processor that is programmed to;

identify a content item associated with a first collection of content items associated with a first content source that has been moved to a second collection of content items associated with a second content source in response to a request from the first content source to move the content item to the second content source, wherein the first collection of content items and the second collection of content items are associated with a video providing service;

identify a user account of a plurality of user accounts subscribed to the first collection of content items;

determine a that a notification to indicate the content item has been moved from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items is to be configured as a feed item presented on a user device based on preferences specified by the first content source and based on a date associated with publication of the content item;

determine information to be included in a notification based on the preferences specified by the first content source;

generate a user interface that indicates a plurality of content items associated with a plurality of collections of content items, wherein the plurality of collections of content items includes the first collection of content items, and wherein the user interface includes the notification of the determined type;

determine a context of a user of the user account, wherein the context of the user indicates whether the user is unlikely to acknowledge the notification, and wherein the context of the user is based on whether the user is actively employing the user account to which the feed item is to be presented;

delay presentation of the user interface on the user device until the user is actively employing the user account to which the feed item is to be presented; and

cause the user interface that includes the notification to be presented on the user device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the type of notification is a feed item and the processor is further programmed to send the notification to an information feed associated with the account.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the user account is a social networking account hosted by another system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to include the notification in an electronic message and wherein the processor is further programmed to send the electronic message to an electronic messaging account of the user.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to receive a request initiated by another user, to move the content item from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the processor is further programmed to receive input from the other user regarding information to include in the notification.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further programmed to generate one or more notification items to include in the notification based on a type of action requested to effectuate the movement of the content from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items, wherein the input comprises a selection of one of the notification items.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the notification items include at least one of, a notification of copy of the content item from the first collection of content items to the second network location, a notification of transfer of the content item from the first network location to the second network location, or a notification of upload of the content item from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further programmed to generate the one or more notification items based on a determination that a second version of the content item has been published at the first collection of content items.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to generate the notification comprising a time stamp associated with a time of the movement of the content item from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to determine information included in the notification based on a type of the movement of the content item from the first network location to the second collection of content items, wherein the type of movement can include copying of the content item from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items, transfer of the content item from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items, or upload of the content item from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to send the notification to the device or the account of the user based on one or more prior interactions of the user with the content item.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to send the notification to the device or the account of the user based on a likelihood that the user will receive and acknowledge the notification.

14. A method comprising:

using a processor to execute the following computer executable instructions stored in a memory to perform the following acts;

identifying a content item associated with a first collection of content items associated with a first content source that has been moved to a second collection of content items associated with a second content source in response to a request from the first content source to move the content item to the second content source, wherein the first collection of content items and the second collection of content items are associated with a video providing service;

identifying a user account of a plurality of user accounts subscribed to the first collection of content items;

determining a that a notification to indicate the content item has been moved from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items is to be configured as a feed item presented on a user device based on preferences specified by the first content source and based on a date associated with publication of the content item;

determining information to be included in a notification based on the preferences specified by the first content source;

generating a user interface that indicates a plurality of content items associated with a plurality of collections of content items, wherein the plurality of collections of content items includes the first collection of content items, and wherein the user interface includes the notification of the determined type;

determining a context of a user of the user account, wherein the context of the user indicates whether the user is unlikely to acknowledge the notification, and wherein the context of the user is based on whether the user is actively employing the user account to which the feed item is to be presented;

delaying presentation of the user interface on the user device until the user is actively employing the user account to which the feed item is to be presented; and

causing the user interface that includes the notification to be presented on the user device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the notification type is a feed item.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving input from a user associated with a request to move the content item from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items regarding information to include in the notification; and

including the information in the notification.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving input from a user associated with a request to move the content item from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items regarding a manner in which to provide the notification to user; and

sending the notification to the device or the account of the user based in part on the input.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

determining information included in the notification based on a type of action that effectuates the movement of the content from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising sending the notification to the device or the account of a user based in part on one or more prior interactions of the user with the content item.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing system to perform operations, comprising:

identifying a content item associated with a first collection of content items associated with a first content source that has been moved to a second collection of content items associated with a second content source in response to a request from the first content source to move the content item to the second content source, wherein the first collection of content items and the second collection of content items are associated with a video providing service;

identifying a user account of a plurality of user accounts subscribed to the first collection of content items;

determining a that a notification to indicate the content item has been moved from the first collection of content items to the second collection of content items is to be configured as a feed item presented on a user device based on preferences specified by the first content source and based on a date associated with publication of the content item;

determining information to be included in a notification based on the preferences specified by the first content source;

generating a user interface that indicates a plurality of content items associated with a plurality of collections of content items, wherein the plurality of collections of content items includes the first collection of content items, and wherein the user interface includes the notification of the determined type;

determining a context of a user of the user account, wherein the context of the user indicates whether the user is unlikely to acknowledge the notification, and wherein the context of the user is based on whether the user is actively employing the user account to which the feed item is to be presented;

delaying presentation of the user interface on the user device until the user is actively employing the user account to which the feed item is to be presented; and

causing the user interface that includes the notification to be presented on the user device.