Methods and systems of providing a supplemental experience based on concurrently viewed content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9674576-B2
Application number	US-201213409726-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2012
Priority date	Mar 1, 2011
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

A method and a system to provide a supplemental experience based on concurrently viewed content is provided. The system comprises an identification module to identify, at a user device, concurrently viewed content assigned a content identifier via communication with one or more components of a home theatre. The system further comprises a curation module to identify one or more listings describing items for sale based on keywords mapped to the content identifier and provide a user interface including the listings to the user device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
an identification module configured to receive, at a user device, a content identifier assigned to concurrently viewed content, the content identifier received via communication with one or more components of a home theatre and the content identifier being separate from the concurrently viewed content;
a curation module configured to, using one or more processors, identify one or more sale listings in an online marketplace describing items for sale based on at least a first keyword mapped to the received content identifier and associated with the concurrently viewed content, and provide a user interface including the sale listings to the user device separate from the home theatre; and
a show metadata module configured to:
access show metadata about the concurrently viewed content, identify at least a second keyword within the show metadata relating to the concurrently viewed content, and
retrieve additional sale listings from the online marketplace based on the identified at least second keyword within the show metadata relating to the concurrently viewed content, wherein the at least first keyword is different from the at least second keyword.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identification module is further configured to display a notification on the user device to allow the user to navigate to the user interface.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identification module is further configured to provide a second user interface on the user device indicating a broadcast schedule.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identification module is further configured to provide a second user interface on the user device indicating content stored in a queue.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a curation database accessible by the curation module and storing the mapping of the at least a first keyword to the content identifier.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identified listings are included with a category in the online marketplace associated with the content identifier.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identified listings are associated with multiple merchants offering the described item for sale.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a real-time media module configured to access real-time media about the concurrently viewed content, the real-time media being different than the concurrently viewed content.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the real-time media is selected from the group consisting of blogs, micro-blogs, chat rooms; message boards, and comments on a webpage.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the show metadata is selected from the group consisting of a description of a concurrently viewed scene of the concurrently viewed content, a scoreboard, a leader board, and a time on a game clock.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the show metadata module is to add the additional sale listings to the user interface.

12. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a social aggregation module configured to retrieve information about real-world activities relating to the concurrently viewed content.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the real-world activities are selected based on the geographic location of the user and from the group consisting of:
clubs, meet-ups, organizations, volunteer programs, businesses, and classifieds.

14. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a transaction module configured to facilitate a transaction based on the one or more listings.

15. A system, comprising:
an identification module configured to identify, at a user device, concurrently viewed content assigned a content identifier via communication with one or more components of a home theatre;
a curation module configured to, using one or more processors, identify one or more listings describing items for sale based on keywords mapped to the content identifier and provide a user interface including the listings to the user device separate from the home theatre; and
a real-time media module configured to:
access real-time media about the concurrently viewed content,
identify a keyword within the real-time media relating to the concurrently viewed content, and
retrieve additional listings from the online marketplace based on the identified keyword.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the real-time media module is configured to add the additional listings to the user interface.

17. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a user device, a content identifier of concurrently viewed content, via communication with one or more components of a home theatre, the content identifier being separate from the concurrently viewed content;
identifying, at the user device, the concurrently viewed content assigned the content identifier;
identifying, using one or more processors, one or more listings in an online marketplace describing items for sale based on at least a first keyword mapped to the content identifier;
providing a user interface including the listings to the user device separate from the home theatre;
accessing show metadata about the concurrently viewed content;
identifying at least a second keyword within the show metadata relating to the concurrently viewed content; and
retrieving additional listings from the online marketplace based on the identified at least second keyword within the show metadata relating to the concurrently viewed content, wherein the at least first keyword is different from the at least second keyword.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at a user device, a content identifier of concurrently viewed content via communication with one or more components of a home theatre, the content identifier being separate from the concurrently viewed content;
identifying, at the user device, the concurrently viewed content assigned the content identifier;
identifying, using one or more processors, one or more listings in an online marketplace describing items for sale based on at least a first keyword mapped to the content identifier;
providing a user interface including the listings to the user device separate from the home theatre;
accessing show metadata about the concurrently viewed content;
identifying at least a second keyword within the show metadata relating to the concurrently viewed content; and
retrieving additional listings from the online marketplace based on the identified at least second keyword within the show metadata relating to the concurrently viewed content, wherein the at least first keyword is different from the at least second keyword.

Assignees

• Hosein Marc Peter
• Yankovich Steve
• Lam Selina
• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Hosein Marc Peter
• Yankovich Steve
• Lam Selina

Classifications

• H04N21/2407

  Monitoring of transmitted content, e.g. distribution time, number of downloads (arrangements for monitoring programmes for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/14) · CPC title

• H04N21/41

  Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals · CPC title

• H04N21/24

  Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. monitoring of server load, available bandwidth, upstream requests {(monitoring of server performance or load G06F11/34; arrangements for observation, testing or troubleshooting for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/12)} · CPC title

• H04N21/4722

  for requesting additional data associated with the content · CPC title

• H04N21/47

  End-user applications · CPC title