End-of-show content display trigger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020228867-A1
Application number	US-201916711772-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 12, 2019
Priority date	Nov 9, 2016
Publication date	Jul 16, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

Example embodiments provide a system and method for dynamically triggering display of recommendations during an end-of-show period. A digital receiver identifies an end-of-show period for a piece of digital content. The end-of-show period indicates a portion at an end of the piece of digital content during which display of recommendations can be triggered. The digital receiver monitors for a motion indication signal from a remote control device. In response to both playback of the piece of digital content being within the end-of-show period and a determination that the motion indication signal is received, the digital receiver causes immediate display of one or more recommendations of further digital content.

First claim

1 . (canceled)

2 . A method comprising:
identifying a time period during presentation of first digital content, the time period corresponding to a portion of the first digital content during which to provide one or more recommendations of second digital content; monitoring, by one or more hardware processors, for receipt of an environmental signal during the presentation of the first digital content, the environmental signal indicating one or more of a motion associated with a remote control device or a condition based on sound or lighting; identifying a recommendation of the second digital content based on one or more attributes of the recommendation having a relationship with one or more attributes of the first digital content; and responsive to detecting receipt of the environmental signal, providing the recommendation of the second digital content.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the identifying the recommendation of the second digital content based on the one or more attributes of the recommendation having the relationship with the one or more attributes of the first digital content comprises identifying the second digital content having one or more attributes that are similar to the one or more attributes of the first digital content.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the environmental signal indicating the motion associated with the remote control device comprises a movement of the remote control device from a first position to a second position.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the environmental signal indicating the motion associated with the remote control device comprises a selection of a button or an icon on the remote control device.

6 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the monitoring for receipt of the environment signal comprises detecting a command from the remote control device that causes recording of at least a portion of the first digital content.

7 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the providing the recommendation of the second digital content comprises generating the recommendation of the second digital content.

8 . The method of claim 2 , the first digital content is live content.

9 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the monitoring for receipt of the environmental signal indicating the condition based on lighting comprises:
detecting a change in a lighting level; and determining that the change in the lighting level transgresses a predetermined lighting threshold.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the providing the recommendation of the second digital content is based on the change in the lighting level transgressing the predetermined lighting level threshold in combination with receipt of the environmental signal indicating the motion associated with the remote control device.

11 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the monitoring for receipt of the environmental signal indicating the condition based on sound comprises:
detecting a change in a sound level; and determining that a change in the sound level transgresses a predetermined noise threshold.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the providing the recommendation of the second digital content is based on the change in the sound level transgressing the predetermined noise threshold in combination with receipt of the environmental signal indicating the motion associated with the remote control device.

13 . The method of claim wherein the remote control device comprises a smartphone, a cellular telephone, a computer, or a personal digital device.

14 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the second digital content comprises digital content stored for future viewing.

15 . A system comprising:
one or more hardware processors; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, causes the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
identifying a time period during presentation of first digital content, the time period corresponding to a portion of the first digital content during which to present one or more recommendations of second digital content;
monitoring for receipt of an environmental signal during the presentation of the first digital content, the environmental signal indicating one or more of a motion associated with a remote control device or a condition based on sound or lighting;
identifying a recommendation of the second digital content based on one or more attributes of the recommendation having a relationship with one or more attributes of the first digital content; and
responsive to detecting receipt of the environmental signal, providing the recommendation of the second digital content.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the environmental signal indicating the motion associated with the remote control device comprises:
a movement of the remote control device from a first position to a second position; or

Assignees

• Opentv Inc

Inventors

• Stoksik Marc
• Zimmerman Danielle Maslow
• Kempe David Daniel

Classifications

• H04N21/44222

  Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programmes or purchase activity (monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33) · CPC title

• H04N21/426

  Internal components of the client {; Characteristics thereof} (H04N5/44 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N21/42222

  Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device · CPC title

• H04N21/8456

  by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments · CPC title

• H04N21/466

  Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies {(services using the results of monitoring in broadcast systems H04H60/61)} · CPC title