Coordinated primary media stream with supplemental media stream

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12206950-B2
Application number	US-202318303110-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2023
Priority date	Jun 16, 2021
Publication date	Jan 21, 2025
Grant date	Jan 21, 2025

Abstract

A request, from an end user device associated with a user, for supplemental media is received. Based on the request, metadata and a broadcast time associated with a primary media stream transmitted to the end user device is determined. Based on the metadata and the broadcast time, supplemental media from an account of the user on a platform is retrieved. A supplemental media stream, that includes the supplemental media, is sent in synchronization with the primary media stream.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device comprising a processor device, a request, from an end user device associated with a user, for supplemental media;
determining, by the computing device, based on the request, metadata and a broadcast time associated with a primary media stream transmitted to the end user device;
retrieving, by the computing device, based on the metadata and the broadcast time, supplemental media from an account of the user on a platform; and
sending, by the computing device to the end user device, a supplemental media stream that includes the supplemental media in synchronization with the primary media stream.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the end user device comprises a plurality of end user devices including a set-top box and a mobile device;
wherein the method further comprises determining, by the computing device, that the primary media stream is being transmitted to the set-top box, the set-top box in communication with a television;
wherein to determine, by the computing device, the metadata and the broadcast time associated with the primary media stream presented on the end user device of the user further comprises retrieving, by the computing device, the metadata and the broadcast time associated with the primary media stream; and
wherein sending, by the computing device to the end user device, the supplemental media stream in synchronization with the primary media stream further comprises sending, by the computing device to the mobile device, the supplemental media stream in synchronization with the primary media stream.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the end user device comprises a plurality of end user devices including a television and an augmented reality device; and
wherein sending, by the computing device to the end user device, the supplemental media stream in synchronization with the primary media stream further comprises sending, by the computing device to the augmented reality device, the supplemental media stream in synchronization with the primary media stream.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the computing device from the end user device, authentication credentials associated with the user; and
wherein retrieving, by the computing device, based on the metadata and the broadcast time, the supplemental media from the account of the user on the platform further comprises:
utilizing, by the computing device, the authentication credentials to access the account of the platform to retrieve the supplemental media filtered from a feed based on filter requirements, the filter requirements including that the supplemental media be related to the metadata and restricted by the broadcast time.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the primary media stream is a live broadcast;
wherein the broadcast time associated with the primary media stream is a live broadcast time; and
wherein retrieving, by the computing device, based on the metadata and the broadcast time, the supplemental media from the account of the user on the platform comprises retrieving, by the computing device, based on the metadata and the live broadcast time, the supplemental media from the account of the user on the platform.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the live broadcast is a scheduled live broadcast; and
further comprising receiving the metadata associated with the scheduled live broadcast before the scheduled live broadcast.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the live broadcast is an unscheduled live broadcast; and
further comprising querying the platform for trending content to generate the metadata associated with the unscheduled live broadcast.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising sending a request to the end user device for the user to confirm whether the supplemental media is related to the unscheduled live broadcast.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:
receiving, by the computing device from the end user device, a user input; and
revising, by the computing device, the metadata of the unscheduled live broadcast based on the user input.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the primary media stream is a historical broadcast;
wherein the broadcast time associated with the primary media stream is a historical broadcast time; and
wherein retrieving, by the computing device, based on the metadata and the broadcast time, the supplemental media from the account of the user on the platform further comprises retrieving, by the computing device, based on the metadata and the historical broadcast time, the supplemental media from the account of the user on the platform.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein sending, by the computing device, to the end user device, the supplemental media stream in synchronization with the primary media stream further comprises sending, by the computing device, to the end user device, the supplemental media stream in synchronization with the historical broadcast based on timestamps in the primary media stream.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein retrieving, by the computing device, based on the metadata and the historical broadcast time, the supplemental media from the account of the user on the platform further comprises retrieving, by the computing device, based on the metadata and the historical broadcast time, the supplemental media from the account in a batch volume; and
wherein sending, by the computing device, to the end user device, the supplemental media stream in synchronization with the primary media stream further comprises sending, by the computing device, to the end user device, the supplemental media stream incrementally in streaming volumes in synchronization with the historical broadcast, each streaming volume being less than the batch volume.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the platform comprises at least one of a social media platform, a chat platform, or a news platform.

14. A computing system comprising:
a memory; and
a processor device set comprising one or more processor devices coupled to the memory to:
receive a request, from an end user device associated with a user, for supplemental media;
determine, based on the request, metadata and a broadcast time associated with a primary media stream transmitted to the end user device;
retrieve, based on the metadata and the broadcast time, supplemental media from an account of the user on a platform; and
send, to the end user device, a supplemental media stream that includes the supplemental media in synchronization with the primary media stream.

15. The computing system of claim 14 wherein the end user device comprises a plurality of end user devices including a set-top box and a mobile device, and wherein the processor device set is further configured to determine that the primary media stream is being transmitted to the set-top box;
wherein, to determine the metadata and the broadcast time associated with the primary media stream presented on the end user device, the processor device set is further configured to retrieve the metadata and the broadcast time associated with the primary media stream transmitted to the set-top box; and
wherein to send, to the end user device, the supplemental media stream in synchronization with the primary media stream, the processor device set is further configured to send to the mobile device, the supplemental media stream in synchronization with the primary media stream.

16. The computing system of claim 14 wherein the processor device set is further configured to:
receive from the end user device, authentication credentials associated wit

Assignees

• Charter Communications Operating Llc

Inventors

• Wright Ethan
• Alami Omar

Classifications

• H04N21/43079

  of additional data with content streams on multiple devices · CPC title

• H04L67/63

  Routing a service request depending on the request content or context · CPC title

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• H04N21/2187 Primary

  Live feed · 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