Content delivery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11070860-B2
Application number	US-201313767513-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2013
Priority date	Feb 14, 2013
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

Systems and methods are described that relate to delivering content to users. In one aspect, a primary client device and/or servers may communicate with secondary client devices to determine the identity of one or more users requesting content at the primary client device. Once the users and other attributes are identified, the primary client device may determine user characteristics which may be analyzed in conjunction with one or more spatiotemporal factors related to the content request. This analysis may lead to definition of a scene associated with the content request and to recommendation of content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, a content recommendation request associated with a plurality of users associated with a primary device;
determining, by the computing device and via wireless communication with a plurality of wireless devices associated with the plurality of users, a plurality of user attributes respectively corresponding to the plurality of users;
determining content recommendations based on:
the plurality of user attributes; and
a time of day associated with reception of the content recommendation request;

causing output, via the primary device, of the content recommendations; and
causing simultaneous output, via the primary device and after receiving a selection of a content item from the content recommendations, of:
the selected content item;
a first secondary content item based on a first user attribute, of the plurality of user attributes, associated with a first user of the plurality of users; and
a second secondary content item based on a second user attribute, of the plurality of user attributes, associated with a second user of the plurality of users, wherein the first secondary content item is different from the second secondary content item and the first user attribute is different from the second user attribute.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
communicating with the plurality of wireless devices via a Wi-Fi protocol, a Bluetooth protocol, or both.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
accessing, using an identifier of the primary device, a lookup table to determine a delivery format in which the first secondary content item and the second secondary content item are to be output via the primary device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, based on types of secondary content associated with each of the plurality of wireless devices, additional secondary content items, wherein the types of secondary content comprise a ticker, supplemental content, a secondary audio content, or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the content recommendations further comprises:
determining the content recommendations further based on a type of content previously requested at a location of the primary device within a premises.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of user attributes comprise demographic information and content preferences of the plurality of users.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user attribute comprises information based on purchasing behavior of a user of the plurality users.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user attribute comprises information based on an electronic communication history of a user of the plurality of users.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user attribute comprises information based on a social networking site and corresponding to a user of the plurality of users.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user attribute comprises information based on public records and corresponding to a user of the plurality of users.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating, after the receiving the selection of the content item, a plurality of uniform resource identifiers (URIs) corresponding to a plurality of secondary content items associated with the selected content item;
receiving, from one or more of the plurality of wireless devices, requests for the plurality of URIs; and
wirelessly sending different URIs, of the plurality of URIs, to different wireless devices of the plurality of wireless devices.

12. A method comprising:
determining, by a computing device, times that a plurality of users consumed, at a common location, a type of content;
receiving, by the computing device and via a primary device within a first premises a content request associated with a first user of the plurality of users;
receiving, by the computing device, an identifier identifying a first wireless device in proximity to the primary device and associated with the first user;
retrieving, by the computing device and based on the identifier, first user attributes corresponding to the first wireless device;
determining, based on the first user attributes and a time of day associated with reception of the content request, content recommendations for content associated with the type of content;
sending, by the computing device and to the primary device, the content recommendations; and
after receiving a selection of a content item from the content recommendations:
determining a second user of the plurality of users; and
sending, by the computing device, to a second wireless device associated with the second user and located in a different premises than the first wireless device, and based on the determining the times that the plurality of users consumed the type of content at the common location, a request for the second user to view the selected content item.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
sending, by the computing device and to the primary device, primary content corresponding to the selected content item; and
sending, to the second wireless device and based on receiving an indication that the second user has accepted the request to view the selected content item, the primary content.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
generating a plurality of uniform resource identifiers (URIs) corresponding to a plurality of secondary content items associated with the selected content item; and
sending a first URI, of the plurality of URIs, to the first wireless device and a second URI, of the plurality of URIs, to the second wireless device.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first user attributes comprise demographic information and content preferences of the first user.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the content recommendations are further determined based on weather at a location of the primary device.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the content recommendations are further determined based on a geographical location of the primary device.

18. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, a request for content for output via a primary device;
determining, by the computing device, based on the request, and via wireless communication with a plurality of wireless devices associated with a plurality of users, an association of the request with the plurality of users;
determining, based on the request and the association of the request with the plurality of users,
a time associated with the request;

determining, based on the determined time and content previously output, via the primary device, to the plurality of users at related times, content for output via the primary device; and
sending, to the primary device, the determined content.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
communicating with the plurality of wireless devices via a Wi-Fi protocol, a Bluetooth protocol, or both.

20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising determining, based on types of secondary content associated with each of the plurality of wireless devices, secondary content items, wherein the types of secondary content comprise a ticker, supplemental content, a secondary audio content, or a combination thereof.

21. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
generating, after the determining the content, a plurality of uniform resource identifiers (URIs) corresponding to a plurality of secondary content items associ

Assignees

• Francisco Mark
• Hertzfeld Bruce
• Mitchell Slade
• Comcast Cable Comm Llc

Inventors

• Francisco Mark
• Hertzfeld Bruce
• Mitchell Slade

Classifications

• H04N21/632

  using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices (broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104) · CPC title

• H04N21/4753

  for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password (cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08) · CPC title

• H04N21/441

  Acquiring end-user identification {, e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card} · CPC title

• H04N21/25875 Primary

  involving end-user authentication (restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06) · CPC title