Personalized timeline presentation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10831353-B2
Application number	US-201916419447-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2019
Priority date	Aug 22, 2012
Publication date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020

Abstract

Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for personalized timeline presentation. Client devices may be presented with video content in association with a content management account. A video content item may be associated with more than one pause point, with each pause point indicating a time at which playback of the video content item was paused. Different profiles associated with the content management account may be associated with different pause points for the same video content item. Playback of the video content item may be resumed at one of the pause points when one of the profiles is selected.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a server, a request from a client device to access a media content item in association with a designated one of a plurality of profiles associated with a content management account;
retrieving, at the server, information characterizing a selected one of a plurality of pause events each associated with a respective one of the plurality of profiles, the selected pause event being associated with the designated profile, each pause event identifying a respective time at which playback of the media content item was paused during the streaming of the media content item to a client device in association with the associated respective profile, the respective time being measured relative to the beginning of the media content item; and
transmitting, to the client device, an instruction for resuming playback of the media content item at the client device at a designated time determined based on the selected pause event, wherein the instruction transmitted to the client device includes information for displaying on a display screen at the client device a timeline that includes the time associated with the selected pause event relative to the playback length of the media content item.

2. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein one or more of the plurality of profiles are each associated with a device linked with the content management account.

3. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein one or more of the plurality of profiles are each associated with a respective user of the content management account.

4. The method recited in claim 1 , the method further comprising:
transmitting to the client device an instruction for presenting the selected pause event on a display screen at the client device.

5. The method recited in claim 1 , the method further comprising:
transmitting, to the client device, media content data for initiating playback of the media content item at the selected pause event.

6. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the media content item is a video content item.

7. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the instruction transmitted to the client device also includes information for displaying a plurality of times on the timeline, the plurality of times including the time associated with the selected pause event, each of the plurality times associated with a respective one of the plurality of pause events.

8. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the content management account is authorized to view the media content item through an on-demand video streaming service.

9. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the client device is a mobile phone.

10. A system comprising:
a communications interface operable to receive a request from a client device to access a media content item in association with a designated one of a plurality of profiles associated with a content management account;
a storage device storing information characterizing a selected one of a plurality of pause events each associated with a respective one of the plurality of profiles, the selected pause event being associated with the designated profile, each pause event identifying a respective time at which playback of the media content item was paused during the streaming of the media content item to a client device in association with the associated respective profile, the respective time being measured relative to the beginning of the media content item; and
a processor operable to instruct the communications interface to transmit, to the client device, an instruction for resuming playback of the media content item at the client device at a designated time determined based on the selected pause event, wherein the instruction transmitted to the client device includes information for displaying on a display screen at the client device a timeline that includes the time associated with the selected pause event relative to the playback length of the media content item.

11. The system recited in claim 10 , wherein one or more of the plurality of profiles are each associated with a device linked with the content management account.

12. The system recited in claim 10 , wherein one or more of the plurality of profiles are each associated with a respective user of the content management account.

13. The system recited in claim 10 , wherein the instruction transmitted to the client device also includes information for displaying a plurality of times on the timeline, the plurality of times including the time associated with the selected pause event, each of the plurality times associated with a respective one of the plurality of pause events.

14. The system recited in claim 10 , wherein the content management account is authorized to view the media content item through an on-demand video streaming service.

15. One or more non-transitory computer readable media having instructions stored thereon for performing a method, the method comprising:
receiving, at a server, a request from a client device to access a media content item in association with a designated one of a plurality of profiles associated with a content management account;
retrieving, at the server, information characterizing a selected one of a plurality of pause events each associated with a respective one of the plurality of profiles, the selected pause event being associated with the designated profile, each pause event identifying a respective time at which playback of the media content item was paused during the streaming of the media content item to a client device in association with the associated respective profile, the respective time being measured relative to the beginning of the media content item; and
transmitting, to the client device, an instruction for resuming playback of the media content item at the client device at a designated time determined based on the selected pause event, wherein the instruction transmitted to the client device includes information for displaying on a display screen at the client device a timeline that includes the time associated with the selected pause event relative to the playback length of the media content item.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media recited in claim 15 , wherein one or more of the plurality of profiles are each associated with a device linked with the content management account.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media recited in claim 15 , wherein one or more of the plurality of profiles are each associated with a respective user of the content management account.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media recited in claim 15 , the method further comprising:
transmitting to the client device an instruction for presenting the selected pause event on a display screen at the client device.

Assignees

• Mobitv Inc

Inventors

• Johansson Kay
• Fernandes Cedric

Classifications

• G06F16/70 Primary

  of video data · CPC title

• G06F3/04842 Primary

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• H04L65/60

  Network streaming of media packets · CPC title