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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12096094-B2
Application number	US-202217961821-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2022
Priority date	Sep 15, 2014
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

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;
receiving, at the server, a poll that is to be presented in connection with presentation of the first video content item, wherein the poll is associated with a plurality of responses, wherein a second video content item is associated with a first response of the plurality of responses and a third video content item is associated with a second response of the plurality of responses;
associating, at the server, the second video content item with the first response of the plurality of responses and the third video content item with the second response of the plurality of responses;
causing the poll to be presented on a first user device associated with a first viewer and on a second user device associated with a second viewer 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 that corresponds to the first response of the plurality of responses and, from the second user device, a response to the poll from the second viewer that corresponds to the second response of the plurality of responses; and
causing the second video content item to be presented on the first user device and 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 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;
receives a poll that is to be presented in connection with presentation of the first video content item, wherein the poll is associated with a plurality of responses, wherein a second video content item is associated with a first response of the plurality of responses and a third video content item is associated with a second response of the plurality of responses;
associates the second video content item with the first response of the plurality of responses and the third video content item with the second response of the plurality of responses;
causes the poll to be presented on a first user device associated with a first viewer and on a second user device associated with a second viewer 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 that corresponds to the first response of the plurality of responses and, from the second user device, a response to the poll from the second viewer that corresponds to the second response of the plurality of responses; and
causes the second video content item to be presented on the first user device and 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 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;
receiving a poll that is to be presented in connection with presentation of the first video content item, wherein the poll is associated with a plurality of responses, wherein a second video content item is associated with a first response of the plurality of responses and a third video content item is associated with a second response of the plurality of responses;
associating the second video content item with the first response of the plurality of responses and the third video content item with the second response of the plurality of responses;
causing the poll to be presented on a first user device associated with a first viewer and on a second user device associated with a second viewer 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 that corresponds to the first response of the plurality of responses and, from the second user device, a response to the poll from the second viewer that corresponds to the second response of the plurality of responses; and
causing the second video content item to be presented on the first user device and the third video content item to be presented on the second user device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein receiving the poll comprises receiving 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.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein causing the poll

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Lewis Justin
• James Gavin

Classifications

• H04N21/4882

  for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders (arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895) · CPC title

• H04N21/4755

  for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre (retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306) · CPC title

• H04N21/431

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

• H04N21/6125

  involving transmission via Internet (transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82) · CPC title

• H04N21/858

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