Methods and systems for recommending media assets based on the geographic location at which the media assets are frequently consumed

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10893327-B2
Application number	US-202016775490-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2020
Priority date	Mar 30, 2017
Publication date	Jan 12, 2021
Grant date	Jan 12, 2021

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided herein for recommending a media asset based on a geographic location at which that media asset was frequently consumed. For example, the system may monitor a location, such as New York City or Times Square, to determine popular media assets watched there, such as “The Avengers,” and when another user visits New York City, the system may then notify the user that the movie, such as “The Avengers,” is associated with New York City. The system stores the geographic locations associated with the media asset in the database based on the consumption of the media asset so that other users may be notified which media assets are associated with each geographic location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for recommending a media asset based on a geographic location at which the media asset was consumed, the method comprising:
defining a threshold based on a first number of users of a first plurality of users that consumed the media asset at a first geographic location;
determining whether a second number of users of a second plurality of users that consumed the media asset at a second geographic location exceeds the threshold that was defined based on the first number of users of the first plurality of users that consumed the media asset at the first geographic location;
in response to determining that the second number of users exceeds the threshold, determining that the media asset should be recommended in the second geographic location;
detecting a user at the second geographic location who is not a member of the second plurality of users; and
transmitting a recommendation of the media asset to the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
monitoring consumption of media assets by the first plurality of users at the first geographic location; and
monitoring consumption of media assets by the second plurality of users at the second geographic location.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second geographic location is a virtual location within a virtual reality map.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein determining a second number of users of a second plurality of users that consumed the media asset at a second geographic location comprises determining whether a number of users consumed the media asset while accessing the virtual location within the virtual reality map.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the virtual reality map comprises a plurality of artificial locations.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein detecting a user at the second geographic location comprises detecting that the user is accessing the virtual location using the virtual reality map.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising monitoring consumption of the media asset by the second plurality of users at the second geographic location by:
monitoring the consumption of the media asset by the second plurality of users at the virtual location in the virtual reality map; and
monitoring the consumption of the media asset by the first plurality of users at the first geographic location associated with the virtual location in the virtual reality map, wherein the first geographic location is not a virtual location.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the user at the second geographic location comprises detecting that the user is within a threshold distance from the second geographic location.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining a second number of users of a second plurality of users that consumed the media asset at the second geographic location comprises determining a number of users that consumed the media asset within a threshold distance from the second geographic location.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the second number of users of the second plurality of users that consumed the media asset at the second geographic location further comprises:
detecting that a user is consuming the media asset at the second geographic location; and
incrementing the number of users that consumed the media asset at the second geographic location in a database by one.

11. A system for recommending a media asset based on a geographic location at which the media asset was consumed, the system comprising control circuitry configured to:
define a threshold based on a first number of users of a first plurality of users that consumed the media asset at a first geographic location;
determine whether a second number of users of a second plurality of users that consumed the media asset at a second geographic location exceeds the threshold that was defined based on the first number of users of the first plurality of users that consumed the media asset at the first geographic location;
in response to determining that the second number of users exceeds the threshold, determine that the media asset should be recommended in the second geographic location;
detect a user at the second geographic location who is not a member of the second plurality of users; and
transmit a recommendation of the media asset to the user.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
monitor consumption of media assets by the first plurality of users at the first geographic location; and
monitor consumption of media assets by the second plurality of users at the second geographic location.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the second geographic location is a virtual location within a virtual reality map.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry configured to determine a second number of users of a second plurality of users that consumed the media asset at a second geographic location is configured to determine whether a number of users consumed the media asset while accessing the virtual location within the virtual reality map.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the virtual reality map comprises a plurality of artificial locations.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry configured to detect a user at the second geographic location is configured to detect that the user is accessing the virtual location using the virtual reality map.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to monitor consumption of the media asset by the second plurality of users at the second geographic location by:
monitoring the consumption of the media asset by the second plurality of users at the virtual location in the virtual reality map; and
monitoring the consumption of the media asset by the first plurality of users at the first geographic location associated with the virtual location in the virtual reality map, wherein the first geographic location is not a virtual location.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry configured to detect the user at the second geographic location is configured to detect that the user is within a threshold distance from the second geographic location.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry configured to determine a second number of users of a second plurality of users that consumed the media asset at the second geographic location is configured to determine a number of users that consumed the media asset within a threshold distance from the second geographic location.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry configured to determine the second number of users of the second plurality of users that consumed the media asset at the second geographic location further is configured to:
detect that a user is consuming the media asset at the second geographic location; and
increment the number of users that consumed the media asset at the second geographic location in a database by one.

Assignees

• Rovi Guides Inc

Inventors

• Dalbec Gabriel C
• Logan Jonathan A
• Gupta Ajay Kumar
• Liston Alexander W
• Thomas William L
• Schmidt Margret B
• Burns Mathew C

Classifications

• H04L67/52

  specially adapted for the location of the user terminal · CPC title

• G06Q30/0269

  based on user profile or attribute · CPC title

• H04N21/4524 Primary

  involving the geographical location of the client (retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00) · CPC title

• H04N21/252

  Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data · CPC title

• G06F16/9537

  Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries · CPC title