Methods and systems for recommending supplemental media assets based on recently mentioned media references

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016337702-A1
Application number	US-201514710082-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 12, 2015
Priority date	May 12, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for a media guidance application that quickly allows a user to locate content of interest appearing in a media asset. Moreover, the media guidance application may compensate for any delay of the user in indicating an interest in content as the content in presented in a media asset. For example, in response to detecting a user may be interested in content (e.g., an advertisement, a product, a topic, etc.) recently appearing in a media asset, the media guidance application may generate for display recommendations for content recently appearing in the media asset.

First claim

1 . A method for recommending media content to a user during media playback, the method comprising:
generating for display, on a display device, a media asset, wherein the media asset includes a plurality of instances; receiving, at a first instance of the plurality of instances, a user request for a supplemental media asset corresponding to a previous instance of the plurality of instances; identifying a subset of the plurality of instances that occurred within a predetermined period of time of the first instance, wherein the subset includes a second instance of the plurality of instances; cross-referencing the second instance with a database listing supplemental media assets that correspond to the plurality of instances to identify a supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance; generating for display, on the display device, a recommendation for the supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance; and ordering the recommendation among a plurality of recommendations based on when the supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance became available to the user in the past.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising filtering the recommendation based on whether the supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance corresponds to a user profile.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein ordering the recommendation among a plurality of recommendations is further based on a timestamp corresponding to the second instance.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein ordering the recommendation among a plurality of recommendations is further based on a likelihood that the user will select the supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance.

5 . (canceled)

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying the supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance based on metadata, closed captioning, text converted from audio, or recognized text corresponding to second instance.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating for display, on the display device, another recommendation for a supplemental media asset corresponding to a third instance of the plurality of instances, wherein the subset includes the third instance.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating for display, on the display device, an option to perform an action corresponding to the supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined period of time is based on a user history associated with the user.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined period of time is user-defined.

11 . A system for recommending media content to a user during media playback, the system comprising control circuitry configured to:
generate for display, on a display device, a media asset, wherein the media asset includes a plurality of instances; receive, at a first instance of the plurality of instances, a user request for a supplemental media asset corresponding to a previous instance of the plurality of instances; identify a subset of the plurality of instances that occurred within a predetermined period of time of the first instance, wherein the subset includes a second instance of the plurality of instances; cross-reference the second instance with a database listing supplemental media assets that correspond to the plurality of instances to identify a supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance; generate for display, on the display device, a recommendation for the supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance; and order the recommendation among a plurality of recommendations based on when the supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance became available to the user in the past.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to filter the recommendation based on whether the supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance corresponds to a user profile.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein ordering the recommendation among a plurality of recommendations is further based on a timestamp corresponding to the second instance.

14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein ordering the recommendation among a plurality of recommendations is further based on a likelihood that the user will select the supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance.

15 . (canceled)

16 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to identify the supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance based on metadata, closed captioning, text converted from audio, or recognized text corresponding to second instance.

17 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to generate on the display device, another recommendation for a supplemental media asset corresponding to a third instance of the plurality of instances, wherein the subset includes the third instance.

18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to generate for display, on the display device, an option to perform an action corresponding to the supplemental media asset corresponding to the second instance.

19 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the predetermined period of time is based on a user history associated with the user.

20 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the predetermined period of time is user-defined.

21 - 50 . (canceled)

Assignees

• Rovi Guides Inc

Inventors

• Klappert Walter R
• Chimayan Marine

Classifications

• H04N21/4668 Primary

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

• H04N21/4826

  using recommendation lists, e.g. of programmes or channels sorted out according to their score · CPC title

• H04N21/4667

  Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections · CPC title

• H04N21/4722

  for requesting additional data associated with the content · CPC title

• H04N21/8133

  specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video programme · CPC title