Method and apparatus for content channels using references

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9658752-B2
Application number	US-201414319314-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2014
Priority date	Mar 29, 2012
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

An apparatus and method for creating channels dedicated to a particular type of content. The method includes acquiring seed content and using the seed content in the creation or updating of a content list. Additional content for the channel is acquired based on the common features of the content list.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manipulating content assets comprising:
establishing one or more first settings for a first content channel;
selecting one or more content assets for the first content channel based on the first settings, via a network;
presenting an indication of the selected one or more content assets to a user;
establishing one or more second settings for a second content channel;
combining the first settings with the second settings;
selecting one or more content assets for the second content channel based on the combination of the first settings and the second settings, via the network, the first settings including a reference to a content asset to which the second channel has no access, wherein the combination of the first settings and the second settings includes the reference to the content asset to which the second channel has no access;
determining content assets selected for the second content channel that were previously viewed;
excluding from the second content channel content assets determined as previously viewed; and
utilizing a first user interface (UI) on a first user device for playback of the second content channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
accessing a second UI on the first user device,
wherein the second UI is a network UI.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second UI can be accessed through a web browser.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
accessing the first UI and the second UI on a single user device.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second UI has functionality different than the first UI functionality.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second UI functionality includes controlling content channel settings that are not controlled by the first UI.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second UI functionality includes user input functionality unavailable to the first UI.

8. The method of claim 2 , wherein the network UI is adapted to perform content searching.

9. The method of claim 2 , wherein the network UI is adapted to create seeds for content channels that are references to content in a search result.

Assignees

• Sony Corp
• Sony Network Entertainment Int Llc
• Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

Inventors

• Mccoy Charles
• Wong Ling Jun
• Xiong True

Classifications

• H04N21/4756

  for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie · CPC title

• H04N21/25891 Primary

  being end-user preferences (retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18) · 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

• H04N21/2668

  Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles {(information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063)} · CPC title

• H04N21/4532

  involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18) · CPC title