Methods and systems for recommending content in context of a conversation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11716514-B2
Application number	US-202117466850-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2021
Priority date	Nov 28, 2017
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

Abstract

A media guidance application may monitor a conversation among users, and identify keywords in the conversation, without the use of wakewords. The keywords are used to search for media content that is relevant to the on-going conversation. Accordingly, the media guidance application presents relevant content to the users, during the conversation, to more actively engage the users. A conversation monitoring window may be used to present conversation information as well as relevant content. A listening mode may be used to manage when the media guidance application processes speech from a conversation. The media guidance application may access user profiles for keywords, select content types, select content sources, and determine relevancy of media content, to provide content in context of a conversation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for recommending content in context of a conversation, the method comprising:
monitoring, with user equipment, verbal conversation between a plurality of users;
as the verbal conversation continues, processing words in the verbal conversation to selectively retrieve keywords from the words in the verbal conversation;
detecting keywords in the verbal conversation without receiving a wakeword based on the selectively retrieved keywords;
identifying a content type associated with the detected keywords;
selecting a content source to search based on the identified content type;
searching for a clip matching one of the detected keywords from the selected content source; and
automatically, without receiving the wakeword, presenting the clip to the users during the verbal conversation.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a verbal conversation processing window; and
temporarily storing words in the verbal conversation detected within the verbal conversation processing window, such that words detected prior to a start time of the window are discarded.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising activating a listening mode, wherein the processing words in the verbal conversation is performed when the listening mode is active and is not performed when the listening mode is disabled.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the searching for the clip matching one of the detected keywords comprises:
comparing metadata associated with each of a plurality of clips with the detected keywords; and
selecting, based on the comparing, the clip of the plurality of clips having metadata matching more of the detected keywords than metadata associated with another one of the clips.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of clips is less than a threshold duration.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the detected keywords relate to a segment in a media asset, and wherein each of the plurality of clips represents content in a scene of the media asset.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the automatically presenting the clip to the users during the verbal conversation comprises changing content currently being presented on the user equipment to present the clip.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting some of the detected keywords with the clip with an indication that the clip was selected in response to detecting the keywords in the conversation.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selectively retrieving keywords comprises identifying words in the verbal conversation that match user profiles of each of the plurality of users.

10. A system for recommending content in context of a conversation, the system comprising:
a listening device configured to monitor verbal conversation between a plurality of users; and
control circuitry configured to:
as the verbal conversation continues, process words in the verbal conversation to selectively retrieve keywords from the words in the verbal conversation;
detect keywords in the verbal conversation without receiving a wakeword based on the selectively retrieved keywords;
identify a content type associated with the detected keywords;
select a content source to search based on the identified content type;
search for a clip matching one of the detected keywords from the selected content source; and
automatically, without receiving the wakeword, present the clip to the users during the verbal conversation.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
generate a verbal conversation processing window; and
temporarily store words in the verbal conversation detected within the verbal conversation processing window, such that words detected prior to a start time of the window are discarded.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
activate a listening mode, wherein the control circuitry configured to process words in the verbal conversation when the listening mode is active and not when the listening mode is disabled.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to search for the clip matching one of the detected keywords by:
comparing metadata associated with each of a plurality of clips with the detected keywords; and
selecting, based on the comparing, the clip of the plurality of clips having metadata matching more of the detected keywords than metadata associated with another one of the clips.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of clips is less than a threshold duration.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the detected keywords relate to a segment in a media asset, and wherein each of the plurality of clips represents content in a scene of the media asset.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to automatically present the clip to the users during the verbal conversation by changing content currently being presented on user equipment to present the clip.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to present some of the detected keywords with the clip with an indication that the clip was selected in response to detecting the keywords in the conversation.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to selectively retrieve keywords by identifying words in the verbal conversation that match user profiles of each of the plurality of users.

19. The method of claim 10 , wherein the identifying the content type associated with the detected keywords comprises identifying a sporting event, and the selecting the content source to search based on the identified sporting event comprises selecting a sports-themed media source to search.

20. The method of claim 10 , wherein the identifying the content type associated with the detected keywords comprises identifying viral content, and the selecting the content source to search based on the identified viral content comprises selecting a social media source to search.

Assignees

• Rovi Guides Inc

Inventors

• Yelton Alexis
• Sharma Abhijeet
• Boonstra Peter

Classifications

• H04N21/4668 Primary

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

• G06F16/3344

  using natural language analysis · CPC title

• G06F16/683 Primary

  using metadata automatically derived from the content · CPC title

• G10L15/08

  Speech classification or search · CPC title

• G10L15/22

  Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue · CPC title