End-of-show content display trigger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022060790-A1
Application number	US-202117453996-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 8, 2021
Priority date	Nov 9, 2016
Publication date	Feb 24, 2022
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

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
identifying a time period during presentation of first content in which to provide recommendation of second content that is related to the first content; during the time period, monitoring, by one or more hardware processors, for reception of a signal from a remote control device, the signal resulting from an action performed on the remote control device by a user, the signal including a command to record content; based on the identified time period and reception of the signal, generating the recommendation of the second content; and providing the recommendation of the second content based on the identified time period and reception of the signal.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the time period comprises a time prior to the end of the first content.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying is based on a content length and content type.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recommendation of the second content comprises a set of recommended second content.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the action performed on the remote control device comprises a selection of a button on the remote device.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first content comprises a live broadcast.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring further comprises monitoring for an environmental signal indicating a change in ambient noise level.

8 . A system comprising:
one or more hardware processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
identifying a time period during presentation of first content in which to provide recommendation of second content that is related to the first content;
during the time period, monitoring for reception of a signal from a remote control device, the signal resulting from an action performed on the remote control device by a user, the signal including a command to record content;
based on the identified time period and reception of the signal, generating the recommendation of the second content; and
providing the recommendation of the second content based on the identified time period and reception of the signal.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the time period comprises a time prior to the end of the first content.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the identifying is based on a content length and content type.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the recommendation of the second content comprises a set of recommended second content.

12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the action performed on the remote control device comprises a selection of a button on the remote device.

13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the first content comprises a live broadcast.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the monitoring further comprises monitoring for an environmental signal indicating a change in ambient noise level.

15 . A machine storage medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more hardware processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising: comprising:
identifying a time period during presentation of first content in which to provide recommendation of second content that is related to the first content; during the time period, monitoring for reception of a signal from a remote control device, the signal resulting from an action performed on the remote control device by a user, the signal including a command to record content; based on the identified time period and reception of the signal, generating the recommendation of the second content; and providing the recommendation of the second content based on the identified time period and reception of the signal.

16 . The machine storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the time period comprises a time prior to the end of the first content.

17 . The machine storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the identifying is based on a content length and content type.

18 . The machine storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the recommendation of the second content comprises a set of recommended second content.

19 . The machine storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the action performed on the remote control device comprises a selection of a button on the remote device.

20 . The machine storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the first content comprises a live broadcast.

Assignees

• Opentv Inc

Inventors

• Stoksik Marc
• Zimmerman Danielle Maslow
• Kempe David Daniel

Classifications

• H04N21/42202

  environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes · 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

• H04N21/466

  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

• H04N21/44204

  Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31) · CPC title

• H04N21/44218

  Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV programme (methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45) · CPC title