Personalized content sharing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016259797-A1
Application number	US-201514639276-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 5, 2015
Priority date	Mar 5, 2015
Publication date	Sep 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for providing personalized content sharing is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a processing device from a first computing device of a first user, a request pertaining to a video; determining affinity scores corresponding to a first plurality of other users that are contacts of the first user, the determining based on affinities of the first plurality of other users for the video; and providing, to the first computing device, a prompt to the first user to share the video with at least one second user of the first plurality of other users, the at least one second user determined based on the affinity scores.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving, by a processing device from a first computing device of a first user, a request pertaining to a first video; determining affinity scores corresponding to a first plurality of other users that are contacts of the first user, the determining based on affinities of the first plurality of other users for the first video; and providing, to the first computing device, a prompt to the first user to share the first video with at least one second user of the first plurality of other users, the at least one second user determined based on the affinity scores.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the first computing device in view of the prompt, an indication that the first video is to be shared with the second user; and causing information of the first video to be sent to a second computing device of the second user.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the affinity scores based on affinities between the first plurality of other users and the first user.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the affinity scores further comprises determining a first affinity score indicative of a likelihood that the second user would interact with the first video.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein determining the affinity scores further comprises determining a second affinity score indicative of an affinity between the second user and the first user.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein determining the affinity scores further comprises determining a third affinity score based on at least one of the first affinity score or the second affinity score, wherein the second user is further determined based at least in part on the third score.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising ranking the plurality of affinity scores, wherein the second user is further determined based on the ranking.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying, using the processing device, at least one second video that the second user and a second plurality of users have interacted with; and identifying a first set of videos that the second plurality of users have interacted with.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
identifying, using the processing device, at least one third video that the first user and a third plurality of users have interacted with; and identifying a second set of videos that the third plurality of users have interacted with, wherein the second user is further determined based on the first set of videos and the second set of videos.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of other users are connected to the first user via at least one of a content sharing platform, a mobile platform, a social network platform, an email server, or a phone service.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing information related to the first video to be sent to a plurality of computing devices of a plurality of target users in response to receiving an indication that the first video is to be shared with the plurality of target users.

12 . An apparatus comprising:
a memory; and a processing device communicably coupled to the memory, the processing device to execute instructions to:
receive, from a first computing device of a first user, a request pertaining to a video;
determine affinity scores corresponding to a first plurality of other users that are contacts of the first user, the determining based on affinities of the first plurality of other users for the video; and
provide, to the first computing device, a prompt to the first user to share the video with at least one second user of the first plurality of other users, the at least one second user determined based on the affinity scores.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the processing device is further to:
receive, from the first computing device in view of the prompt, an indication that the video is to be shared with the second user; and cause information of the video to be sent to a second computing device of the second user.

14 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the processing device is further to determine the affinity scores based on affinities between the first plurality of other users and the first user.

15 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the processing device is further to determine a first affinity score indicative of a likelihood that the second user would interact with the video.

16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the processing device is further to determine a second affinity score indicative of an affinity between the second user and the first user.

17 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the processing device is further to cause information related to the video to be sent to a plurality of computing devices of a plurality of target users in response to receiving an indication that the video is to be shared with the plurality of target users.

18 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed, cause a processing device to:
receive, from a first computing device of a first user, a request pertaining to a video; determine, using the processing device, affinity scores corresponding to a first plurality of other users that are contacts of the first user, the determining based on affinities of the first plurality of other users for the video; and provide, to the first computing device, a prompt to the first user to share the first video with at least one second user of the first plurality of other users, the at least one second user determined based on the affinity scores.

19 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the processing device is further to:
receive, from the first computing device in view of the prompt, an indication that the video is to be shared with the second user; and cause information of the video to be sent to a second computing device of the second user.

20 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the processing device is further to cause information related to the video to be sent to a plurality of computing devices of a plurality of target users in response to receiving an indication that the video is to be shared with the plurality of target users.

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Lewis Justin
• Davies Ruxandra Georgiana

Classifications

• G06F17/3053

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/3084 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/48 Primary

  Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually · CPC title

• G06F16/24578

  using ranking · CPC title

• G06F16/738 Primary

  Presentation of query results · CPC title