Content ranking based on person-to-person sharing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10049110-B2
Application number	US-201514851936-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2015
Priority date	Sep 11, 2015
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

An approach is provided for identifying favorite multimedia content, such as digital photographs, possessed by a user. The approach detects a number of content sharing actions involving multimedia content, such as digital photographs, with the detecting being from a number of content handling applications, such as social media sites and person-to-person sharing. One of the content handling applications is a content player, such as a image viewer, that runs on a portable device, such as a smart phone or tablet computer system. The approach computes a shared content score for each of the multimedia content, with the shared content score being based on the content handling application that was used in the content sharing actions. The approach further identifies “favorite” multimedia content based on the shared content score pertaining to each multimedia content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
detecting, using one or more processors, a plurality of content sharing actions corresponding to one or more selected multimedia content, wherein the detection is from a plurality of content handling applications, and wherein at least one of the plurality of content handling applications is a content player on a portable device that is passed from a first user to one or more second users, wherein the detecting further distinguishes between the second users by capturing digital images of the second users;
computing, using one or more processors, a shared content score corresponding to each of the one or more selected multimedia content, wherein the shared content score is based on the plurality of content handling applications used in the plurality of content sharing actions and wherein the shared content score is further based on a number of the second users that shared the portable device;
retrieving, using one or more processors, one or more favorite multimedia contents from the one or more selected multimedia contents based on the shared content score pertaining to the one or more of the selected multimedia content; and
displaying the one or more favorite multimedia contents on a display.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the content handling applications is selected from the group consisting of an email application, a text message application, a social media website, and a content publishing service.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
detecting the passing of the portable device from the first user to a the second users by utilizing the one or more sensors included in the portable device; and
further incrementing the play count corresponding to the selected one of the multimedia content based on the playing of the selected one of the multimedia content to the second user.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
retrieving a plurality of weighting factors, wherein each of the weighting factors correspond to one of the plurality of content handling applications, wherein the shared content score is further based on the weighting factors.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the plurality of weighting factors is stored as metadata associated with the one or more selected multimedia content.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising:
tracking a number of shares of each of the one or more selected multimedia content by a plurality of different people and adjusting the play count based on a number of plays of the one or more selected multimedia content by the plurality of different people and on a number of views of the one or more selected multimedia content by the plurality of different people.

7. An information handling system comprising:
one or more processors;
a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
a display accessible by at least one of the processors; and
a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors to:
detect a plurality of content sharing actions corresponding to one or more selected multimedia content, wherein the detection is from a plurality of content handling applications, and wherein at least one of the plurality of content handling applications is a content player on a portable device that is passed from a first user to one or more second users, wherein the detection further distinguishes between the second users by capturing digital images of the second users;
compute a shared content score corresponding to each of the one or more selected multimedia content, wherein the shared content score is based on the plurality of content handling applications used in the plurality of content sharing actions and wherein the shared content score is further based on a number of the second users that shared the portable device;
retrieve one or more favorite multimedia contents from the one or more selected multimedia contents based on the shared content score pertaining to the one or more of the selected multimedia content; and
display the one or more favorite multimedia contents on a display.

8. The information handling system of claim 7 wherein at least one of the content handling applications is selected from the group consisting of an email application, a text message application, a social media website, and a content publishing service.

9. The information handling system of claim 7 wherein the instructions are further executed by the processors to perform actions comprising:
detect the passing of the portable device from the first user to the second users by utilizing the one or more sensors included in the portable device; and
further increment the play count corresponding to the selected one of the multimedia content based on the playing of the selected one of the multimedia content to the second user.

10. The information handling system of claim 7 wherein the instructions are further executed by the processors to perform actions comprising:
retrieving a plurality of weighting factors, wherein each of the weighting factors correspond to one of the plurality of content handling applications, wherein the shared content score is further based on the weighting factors.

11. The information handling system of claim 10 wherein the plurality of weighting factors is stored as metadata associated with the one or more selected multimedia content.

12. The information handling system of claim 10 wherein the instructions are further executed by the processors to perform actions comprising:
tracking a number of shares of each of the one or more selected multimedia content by a plurality of different people and adjusting the play count based on a number of plays of the one or more selected multimedia content by the plurality of different people and on a number of views of the one or more selected multimedia content by the plurality of different people.

13. A computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium comprising a set of computer instructions, the computer instructions effective to:
detect a plurality of content sharing actions corresponding to one or more selected multimedia content, wherein wherein the detection is from a plurality of content handling applications, and wherein at least one of the plurality of content handling applications is a content player on a portable device that is passed from a first user to one or more second users, wherein the detection further distinguishes between the second users by capturing digital images of the second users;
compute a shared content score corresponding to each of the one or more selected multimedia content, wherein the shared content score is based on the plurality of content handling applications used in the plurality of content sharing actions and wherein the shared content score is further based on a number of the second users that shared the portable device;
retrieve one or more favorite multimedia contents from the one or more selected multimedia contents based on the shared content score pertaining to the one or more of the selected multimedia content; and
display the one or more favorite multimedia contents on a display.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein at least one of the content handling applications is selected from the group consisting of an email application, a text message application, a social media website, and a content publishing service.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the set of instructions comprise additional instructions effective to:
detect the passing of the portable device from the first user to the second users by

Assignees

• Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd
• Lenova Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Luna Joaquin F
• Waltermann Rod D
• Strazisar Bradley P
• Kingsbury Timothy W
• Sharma Vikram
• Jindal Kushagra
• Hada Dipeshkumar N

Classifications

• G06F16/9535

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title

• G06F16/437 Primary

  Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution · CPC title

• G06F16/438

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F17/30035 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L67/22

  Electricity · mapped topic