Methods, systems, and devices for providing a video trailer for media content during a voice communication session

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10674189-B2
Application number	US-201715630634-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2017
Priority date	Jun 22, 2017
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments can include initiating a voice call to a communication device utilized by a subscriber of a media content service. The voice call indicates a video trailer for media content is available for viewing by the subscriber. Further embodiments can include receiving a first request to present the video trailer for the media content in response to the voice call. Additional embodiments can include providing the video trailer to the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
accessing a plurality of user profiles stored in an information repository, wherein each of the plurality of user profiles is associated with each of a plurality of subscribers;
identifying a media content preference listed in each of the plurality of user profiles resulting in a plurality of media content preferences;
selecting a user profile from the plurality of user profiles resulting in a selected user profile according to the plurality of media content preferences and a video trailer for media content, wherein the selected user profile is associated with a subscriber;
identifying a communication device associated with the subscriber according to identification information for the communication device listed in the selected user profile;
initiating a voice call, via a converged telephony server (CTS), to the communication device utilized by the subscriber of a media content service, wherein the voice call indicates the video trailer is available for viewing by the subscriber;
receiving a first request from the communication device associated with the subscriber to present the video trailer in response to the voice call, via the CTS, wherein the first request comprises voice input from the subscriber;
providing a message to the communication device in response to detecting the voice input using a voice recognition technique to present the video trailer, wherein the message includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link for the video trailer;
receiving a second request from the communication device associated with the subscriber to store the media content in a digital video recorder (DVR), wherein the second request includes second voice input, wherein the second request includes payment information to purchase the media content; and
storing the media content in the DVR in response to confirming the purchase of the media content according to the payment information, wherein the communication device accesses the media content from the DVR to view the media content on the communication device.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the CTS is a network element of an IP Multimedia Subsystem that provides call processing services to the device.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the initiating of the voice call comprises initiating the voice call using a click-to-dial application programming interface (API) with a parlay rest server by a video call solution function operated by the device, wherein the parlay rest server conforms to a Restful Network API standard that includes the click-to-dial application programming interface.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first request is provided to a media resource function operated by another device, in response to a CTS receiving user-generated input, wherein the user-generated input requests the video trailer.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the providing of the video trailer comprises providing a storage location for the video trailer and the media content to another device operating a media resource function, wherein the media resource function of the other device provides the video trailer to the communication device, wherein the media resource function further provides the media content responsive to receiving the second request after viewing the video trailer.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the providing the storage location comprises sending a session-initiated-protocol (SIP) request to the media resource function, and wherein the SIP request includes the URL link indicating the storage location for the video trailer and the media content.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the user profile comprises selecting of the user profile from the plurality of user profiles according to the plurality of media content preferences and a group of video trailers.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the providing of the message comprises providing of the message to the communication device, wherein the message comprises a group of URL links, wherein each of the group of URL links is associated with each of the group of video trailers.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the message comprises one of an email message, text message, and social media message.

10. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving, at a communication device associated with a subscriber, a voice call via a converged telephony server (CTS) from a video call solution function operated by a first computing device, wherein the voice call indicates one or more video trailers is available for viewing by the subscriber, wherein the CTS is a network element of an IP Multimedia Subsystem that provides call processing services, wherein the first computing device accesses a plurality of user profiles stored in an information repository, wherein the first computing device identifies a media content preference listed in each of the plurality of user profiles resulting in a plurality of media content preferences, selecting a user profile from the plurality of user profiles resulting in a selected user profile according to the plurality of media content preferences and the one or more video trailers, wherein the selected user profile is associated with the subscriber, wherein the first computing device identifies the communication device according to identification information for the communication device listed in the selected user profile;
providing first user-generated input from the communication device to a media resource function that includes a first request from the communication device associated with the subscriber to present a video trailer for media content from the one or more video trailers on the communication device, wherein the media resource function is operated by a second computing device, wherein the first user-generated input comprises voice input from the subscriber;
receiving a message at the communication device, wherein the message includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link for the video trailer, wherein the message is provided to the communication device in response to detecting the voice input using a voice recognition technique;
presenting the video trailer on the communication device;
providing second user-generated input from the communication device to the media resource function that includes a second request from the communication device associated with the subscriber to store the media content in a digital video recorder (DVR), wherein the second request includes second voice input, wherein the second request includes payment information to purchase the media content; and
storing the media content in the DVR in response to confirming the purchase of the media content according to the payment information, wherein the communication device accesses the media content from the DVR to view the media content on the communication device.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the providing of the first user-generated input comprises providing the first user-generated input using one of interactive voice recognition (IVR), touchscreen, keyboard, mouse, or combination thereof.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the operations comprise providing third user-generated input, wherein the third user-generated input includes a third request for accessing the media c

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Dhandapani Vignesh Gurunatha

Classifications

• H04N21/239 Primary

  Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. prioritizing client {content} requests (hybrid fiber coaxial [HFC] networks for upstream channel allocation for video distribution H04L12/2801; flow control in data networks H04L47/10; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60) · CPC title

• H04N21/8106

  involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages · CPC title

• H04L65/1063

  Application servers providing network services (systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42) · CPC title

• H04N21/8586

  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) · CPC title

• H04L65/1096

  Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding (systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42) · CPC title