Methods, systems, and media for providing personalized notifications to video viewers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11470406-B2
Application number	US-202016983069-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2020
Priority date	Sep 15, 2014
Publication date	Oct 11, 2022
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022

Abstract

Methods, systems, and media for providing personalized notifications to video viewers are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor, one or more prompts to be presented in association with a video from a user account associated with the video; receiving, from the user account associated with the video, one or more notifications, wherein each of the one or more prompts is associated with one of the one or more notifications; causing the one or more prompts to be presented in association with presentation of the video to a user; receiving an indication that a first prompt of the one or more of the prompts was selected by the user; causing a notification associated with the first prompt to be presented to the user in response to receiving the indication.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing personalized content, the method comprising:
receiving, at a server, a first video content item from a user device associated with a content creator;
receiving, at the server from the user device associated with the content creator, a poll that is to be presented in connection with presentation of the first video content item, wherein the poll includes a question and a plurality of responses to the question;
receiving, at the server from the user device associated with the content creator, a second video content item that is to be associated with a first response of the plurality of responses to the question and a third video content item that is to be associated with a second response of the plurality of responses to the question;
associating, at the server, the second video content item with the first response of the plurality of responses to the question and the third video content item with the second response of the plurality of responses to the question;
causing the first video content item to be presented on a first user device associated with a first viewer and on a second user device associated with a second viewer;
causing the poll to be presented on the first user device and on the second user device in connection with presentation of the first video content item;
receiving, from the first user device, a response to the poll from the first viewer, wherein the response to the poll from the first viewer corresponds to the first response of the plurality of responses to the question;
in response to receiving the first response of the plurality of responses to the question from the first user device, causing, by the server, the second video content item to be presented on the first user device;
receiving, from the second user device, a response to the poll from the second viewer, wherein the response to the poll from the second viewer corresponds to the second response of the plurality of responses to the question; and
in response to receiving the second response of the plurality of responses to the question from the second user device, causing, by the server, the third video content item to be presented on the second user device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the poll comprises receiving, from the user device associated with the content creator, timing information that includes one or more time parameters indicating when the poll is to be presented in connection with presentation of the first video content item, and wherein causing the poll to be presented on the first user device and on the second user device is based on the timing information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing the poll to be presented on the first user device and on the second user device in connection with presentation of the first video content item comprises causing the poll to be presented at a time point at which playback of the first video content item is paused.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing the poll to be presented on the first user device and on the second user device in connection with presentation of the first video content item comprises causing the poll to be presented as an overlay on the first video content item.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein causing the poll to be presented as an overlay on the first video content item comprises transmitting instructions to the first user device and to the second user device that indicate a location at which the poll is to be overlaid on the first video content item.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the response to the poll from the first viewer is received via a remote control associated with the first user device.

7. A system for providing personalized content, the system comprising:
a hardware processor that:
receives a first video content item from a user device associated with a content creator;
receives, from the user device associated with the content creator, a poll that is to be presented in connection with presentation of the first video content item, wherein the poll includes a question and a plurality of responses to the question;
receives, from the user device associated with the content creator, a second video content item that is to be associated with a first response of the plurality of responses to the question and a third video content item that is to be associated with a second response of the plurality of responses to the question;
associates the second video content item with the first response of the plurality of responses to the question and the third video content item with the second response of the plurality of responses to the question;
causes the first video content item to be presented on a first user device associated with a first viewer and on a second user device associated with a second viewer;
causes the poll to be presented on the first user device and on the second user device in connection with presentation of the first video content item;
receives, from the first user device, a response to the poll from the first viewer, wherein the response to the poll from the first viewer corresponds to the first response of the plurality of responses to the question;

in response to receiving the first response of the plurality of responses to the question from the first user device, causes the second video content item to be presented on the first user device;
receives, from the second user device, a response to the poll from the second viewer, wherein the response to the poll from the second viewer corresponds to the second response of the plurality of responses to the question; and
in response to receiving the second response of the plurality of responses to the question from the second user device, causes the third video content item to be presented on the second user device.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein receiving the poll comprises receiving, from the user device associated with the content creator, timing information that includes one or more time parameters indicating when the poll is to be presented in connection with presentation of the first video content item, and wherein causing the poll to be presented on the first user device and on the second user device is based on the timing information.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein causing the poll to be presented on the first user device and on the second user device in connection with presentation of the first video content item comprises causing the poll to be presented at a time point at which playback of the first video content item is paused.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein causing the poll to be presented on the first user device and on the second user device in connection with presentation of the first video content item comprises causing the poll to be presented as an overlay on the first video content item.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein causing the poll to be presented as an overlay on the first video content item comprises transmitting instructions to the first user device and to the second user device that indicate a location at which the poll is to be overlaid on the first video content item.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the response to the poll from the first viewer is received via a remote control associated with the first 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 providing personalized content, the method comprising:
receiving a first video content item from a user device associated with a content creator;
receiving, from the user device associated with the content creat

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Lewis Justin
• James Gavin

Classifications

• H04N21/4758

  for providing answers, e.g. voting · CPC title

• H04N21/25891

  being end-user preferences (retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18) · CPC title

• H04N21/858

  Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot · CPC title

• H04N21/4788

  communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} · CPC title

• H04N21/431

  Generation of visual interfaces {for content selection or interaction}; Content or additional data rendering · CPC title