Presenting content items and performing actions with respect to content items

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9665251-B2
Application number	US-201414179262-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2014
Priority date	Feb 12, 2014
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

Mechanisms for presenting content items and performing actions with respect to content items are disclosed. A content sharing platform receives a first content item from a first user of a user device and identifies a set of actions performed by the first user on the first user device. Each action from the set of actions is associated with a corresponding additional content item from set of additional content items and each additional content item from the set of additional content items is associated with a corresponding portion of the first content item. The content sharing platform provides data indicative of the set of content items to a second user device of a second user. The content sharing platform causes one or more actions from the set of actions to be performed in a GUI on the second user device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving a first content item from a first user device of a first user of a content sharing platform;
identifying, by a processing device, a set of actions performed by the first user on the first user device, wherein each action from the set of actions is associated with a corresponding additional content item from a set of additional content items and wherein each additional content item from the set of additional content items is associated with a corresponding portion of the first content item; and
in response to a subsequent request of a second user of the content sharing platform for the first content item hosted by the content sharing platform:
providing first data indicative of the set of additional content items to a second user device of the second user;
providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to the second user device, the GUI comprising a first GUI portion having a media player to play the first content item and a second GUI portion to present the set of additional content items; and
causing one or more actions from the set of actions to be performed in the GUI on the second user device during a playback of the first content item in the media player for the second user.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving user input indicating a first portion of the first content item;
determining a second content item from the set of additional content items, wherein the second content item is associated with the first portion of the first content item;
causing the first portion of the first content item to be played in the first GUI portion; and
causing the second content item to be presented in the second GUI portion.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first data further comprises second data indicative of starting points for the set of additional content items.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first data further comprises second data indicative of ending points for the set of additional content items.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first data further comprises identifiers for each content item in the set of additional content items.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating the first data based on the set of actions.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a first user input indicating a first request to pause the first content item at a first portion of the first content item;
pausing consumption of the first content item;
receiving a second user input indicating a second request to continue playback of the first content item; and
resuming consumption of the first content item at the first portion of the first content item or at a latest portion of the first content item.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving user input indicating a second content item from the set of content items, wherein the second content item is associated with the first portion of the first content item;
playing the first portion of the first content item in the first GUI portion; and
presenting the second content item in the second GUI portion.

9. An apparatus, comprising:
a memory;
a processing device coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
receive a first content item from a first user device of a first user of a content sharing platform;
identify a set of actions from performed by the first user on the first user device, wherein each action from the set of actions is associated with a corresponding additional content item from a set of additional content items and wherein each additional content item from the set of additional content items is associated with a corresponding portion of the first content item; and
in response to a subsequent request of a second user of the content sharing platform for the first content item hosted by the content sharing platform:
provide first data indicative of the set of additional content items to a second user device of the second user;
provide a graphical user interface (GUI) to the client device, the GUI comprising a first GUI portion having a media player to play the first content item and a second GUI portion to present the set of additional content items; and
cause one or more actions from the set of actions to be performed in the GUI on the second user device during a playback of the first content item in the media player for the second user.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processing device is further to:
receive user input indicating a first portion of the first content item;
determine a second content item from the set of additional content items, wherein the second content item is associated with the first portion of the first content item;
cause the first portion of the first content item to be played in the first GUI portion; and
cause the second content item to be presented in the second GUI portion.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first data further comprises second data indicative of starting points for the set of additional content items.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first data further comprises second data indicative of ending points for the set of additional content items.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first data further comprises identifiers for each content item in the set of additional content items.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processing device is further to:
generate the first data based on the set of actions.

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processing device is further to:
receive a first user input indicating a first request to pause the first content item at a first portion of the first content item;
pause consumption of the first content item;
receive a second user input indicating a second request to continue playback of the first content item; and
resume consumption of the first content item at the first portion of the first content item or at a latest portion of the first content item.

16. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processing device is further to:
receive user input indicating a second content item from the set of content items, wherein the second content item is associated with the first portion of the first content item;
play the first portion of the first content item in the first GUI portion; and
present the second content item in the second GUI portion.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by a first user device of a first user of a content sharing platform, a first content item hosted by a content sharing platform;
receiving, by the first user device of the first user, action data indicative of a set of actions previously performed by a second user of the content sharing platform during a prior presentation of the first content item for the second user, wherein each action from the set of actions is associated with a corresponding additional content item from a set of additional content items and wherein each additional content item from the set of additional content items is associated with a corresponding portion of the first content item;
providing, by the first user device of the first user, a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first GUI portion having a media player to play the first content item and a second GUI portion to present the set of additional content items; and
causing, by the first user device of the first user, one or more actions from the set of actions

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Lewis Justin
• James Gavin

Classifications

• G06F3/04842 Primary

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04L67/36

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/75

  Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display · CPC title