Methods, systems, and media for presenting notifications indicating recommended content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10958953-B2
Application number	US-201715661847-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2017
Priority date	Jul 27, 2017
Publication date	Mar 23, 2021
Grant date	Mar 23, 2021

Abstract

Methods, systems, and media for presenting notifications indicating recommended content are provided. In some implementations, a method for presenting notifications of recommended content is provided, the method comprising: receiving an indication that a user device has initiated a casting session with at least one display device, wherein the indication includes an identifier of media content presented on the at least one display device during the casting session; storing the indication in a log in association with an identifier of the user device; receiving, from the user device, a request for recommended content to be presented on the at least one display device associated with the user device; in response to receiving the request, identifying a group of media content items based on at least one media content item that has been previously selected by a user account associated with the user device and based on an identifier of the at least one display device; generating a notification that includes an indication of the identified group of media content items and a selectable input that, when selected, causes the identified group of media content items to begin being presented on the at least one display device; and transmitting the notification to the user device, wherein transmitting the notification to the user device causes the notification to be presented on the user device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for presenting notifications of recommended content, the method comprising:
receiving an indication that a user device has initiated a casting session with at least one display device, wherein the indication includes an identifier of media content presented on the at least one display device during the casting session;
storing the indication in a log in association with an identifier of the user device;
receiving, from the user device, a request for recommended content to be presented on the at least one display device associated with the user device;
in response to receiving the request, identifying a group of media content items based on at least one media content item that has been previously selected by a user account associated with the user device and based on an identifier of the at least one display device;
generating a notification that includes an indication of the identified group of media content items and a selectable input that, when selected, causes the identified group of media content items to begin being presented on the at least one display device; and
transmitting the notification to the user device, wherein transmitting the notification to the user device causes the notification to be presented on the user device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group of media content items is identified based on a type of media content previously presented on the at least one display device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group of media content items is identified based on media content previously viewed in connection with the user account authenticated on the user device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a previous time at which a second notification was transmitted to the user device, wherein the notification is transmitted to the user device in response to determining that more than a predetermined duration of time has elapsed since the previous time at which the second notification was transmitted to the user device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a configuration table that indicates one or more display devices that have been associated with the user device based on the stored log; and
transmitting, to the user device, the configuration table, wherein the request received from the user device for recommended content is received after transmitting the configuration table to the user device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received request includes an identifier of the user account authenticated on the user device.

7. A system for presenting notifications of recommended content, the system comprising:
a hardware processor that is programmed to:
receive an indication that a user device has initiated a casting session with at least one display device, wherein the indication includes an identifier of media content presented on the at least one display device during the casting session;
store the indication in a log in association with an identifier of the user device;
receive, from the user device, a request for recommended content to be presented on the at least one display device associated with the user device;
in response to receiving the request, identify a group of media content items based on at least one media content item that has been previously selected by a user account associated with the user device and based on an identifier of the at least one display device;
generate a notification that includes an indication of the identified group of media content items and a selectable input that, when selected, causes the identified group of media content items to begin being presented on the at least one display device; and
transmit the notification to the user device, wherein transmitting the notification to the user device causes the notification to be presented on the user device.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the group of media content items is identified based on a type of media content previously presented on the at least one display device.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the group of media content items is identified based on media content previously viewed in connection with the user account authenticated on the user device.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the hardware processor is further programmed to determine a previous time at which a second notification was transmitted to the user device, wherein the notification is transmitted to the user device in response to determining that more than a predetermined duration of time has elapsed since the previous time at which the second notification was transmitted to the user device.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the hardware processor is further programmed to:
generate a configuration table that indicates one or more display devices that have been associated with the user device based on the stored log; and
transmit, to the user device, the configuration table, wherein the request received from the user device for recommended content is received after transmitting the configuration table to the user device.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the received request includes an identifier of the user account authenticated on the user device.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for presenting notifications of recommended content, the method comprising:
receiving an indication that a user device has initiated a casting session with at least one display device, wherein the indication includes an identifier of media content presented on the at least one display device during the casting session;
storing the indication in a log in association with an identifier of the user device;
receiving, from the user device, a request for recommended content to be presented on the at least one display device associated with the user device;
in response to receiving the request, identifying a group of media content items based on at least one media content item that has been previously selected by a user account associated with the user device and based on an identifier of the at least one display device;
generating a notification that includes an indication of the identified group of media content items and a selectable input that, when selected, causes the identified group of media content items to begin being presented on the at least one display device; and
transmitting the notification to the user device, wherein transmitting the notification to the user device causes the notification to be presented on the user device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the group of media content items is identified based on a type of media content previously presented on the at least one display device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the group of media content items is identified based on media content previously viewed in connection with the user account authenticated on the user device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises determining a previous time at which a second notification was transmitted to the user device, wherein the notification is transmitted to the user device in response to determining that more than a predetermined duration of time has elapsed since the previous time at which the second notification was transmitted to the user device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the method further

Assignees

• Google Inc
• Google Llc

Inventors

• Lewis Justin
• Rapp Richard

Classifications

• H04N21/41265

  having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204) · CPC title

• H04N21/4667

  Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections · CPC title

• H04N21/4668

  for recommending content, e.g. movies · CPC title

• H04N21/251 Primary

  Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies (details of learning user preferences for the retrieval of video data in a video database G06F16/739; computer systems using learning methods G06N3/08) · CPC title

• H04N21/4532

  involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18) · CPC title