Social sharing and unlocking of reactions to content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9866902-B2
Application number	US-201615000946-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2016
Priority date	Jan 19, 2016
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

Viewers of a video content item may provide reaction videos, that show the viewer's reactions to a content item while the viewers view the content item. The reaction videos may be provided to a friend, or other member of a social circle of the viewers, when the friend views the content item. The reaction videos may be locked until the friend provides consent to have his or her reaction captured while watching the content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A server device, comprising:
a memory device storing a set of processor-executable instructions; and
one or more processors configured to execute the processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions causes the one or more processors to:
identify a social group associated with a user of a user device, the social group including one or more users other than the user of the user device;
receive an indication that the user device has requested that a particular content item be provided to the user device;
identify one or more reaction videos associated with:
at least one of the one or more users in the social group, and
the particular content item,
wherein the one or more reaction videos include video, of the at least one or more users, captured during presentation of the particular content item at a user device associated with the at least one of the one or more users in the social group;

provide a notification to the user device that the one or more reaction videos are available but are locked unless the user of the user device consents to capture a reaction video of the user while accessing the particular content item;
receive consent, from the user device, to capture a reaction video of the user of the user device while accessing the particular content item; and
provide the identified one or more reaction videos, of the at least one or more users in the social group, to the user device based on receiving the consent to capture the reaction video of the user of the user device while accessing the particular content item.

2. The server device of claim 1 , wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the one or more processors to:
request, based on identifying the one or more reaction videos, consent from the user of the user device to capture the reaction video of the user during presentation of the particular content item at the user device,
wherein the consent, from the user device, is received in response to the request for consent from the user of the user device.

3. The server device of claim 1 , wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the one or more processors to:
receive and store the reaction video, captured by the user device during presentation of the particular content item at the user device.

4. The server device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more reaction videos include a plurality of reaction videos, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the one or more processors to:
select a particular reaction video, out of the plurality of reaction videos, the selecting being performed based on a closeness of a relationship between:
the user of the user device, and
the user associated with the particular reaction video.

5. The server device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more reaction videos include a plurality of reaction videos, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the one or more processors to:
select a particular reaction video, out of the plurality of reaction videos, the selecting being performed based on comparing:
a set of genres preferred by the user of the user device, and
a set of genres preferred by the user associated with the particular reaction video.

6. The server device of claim 1 , wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the one or more processors to:
receive the particular content item;
combine the selected particular content item with the identified one or more reaction videos to obtain a combined video; and
output the combined video to the user device.

7. The server device of claim 1 , wherein the social group is identified prior to receiving the indication that the user device has requested the particular content item.

8. The server device of claim 1 , wherein the indication, that the user has requested the particular content item, is received from a content provider that hosts the content.

9. A method, comprising:
identifying, by a server device, a social group associated with a user of a user device, the social group including one or more users other than the user of the user device;
receiving, by the server device, an indication that the user device has requested that a particular content item be provided to the user device;
identifying, by the server device, one or more reaction videos associated with:
at least one of the one or more users in the social group, and
the particular content item,
wherein the one or more reaction videos include video, of the at least one of the or more users of the social group, captured during presentation of the particular content item at a user device associated with the at least one or more users;

providing, by the server device and to the user device, a notification that the one or more reaction videos are available but are locked unless the user of the user device consents to capture a reaction video of the user while accessing the particular content item;
receiving, by the server device and from the user device, consent to capture a reaction video of the user of the user device while accessing the particular content item; and
providing, by the server device and to the user device, based on receiving the consent to capture the reaction video of the user of the user device while accessing the particular content item, the identified one or more reaction videos of the at least one or more users in the social group.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
requesting, based on identifying the one or more reaction videos, consent from the user of the user device to capture the reaction video of the user during presentation of the particular content item at the user device,
wherein the consent, from the user device, is received in response to the request for consent from the user of the user device.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving and storing the reaction video, captured by the user device during presentation of the particular content item at the user device.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the one or more reaction videos include a plurality of reaction videos, the method further comprising:
selecting a particular reaction video, out of the plurality of reaction videos, the selecting being performed based on a closeness of a relationship between:
the user of the user device, and
the user associated with the particular reaction video.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the one or more reaction videos include a plurality of reaction videos, the method further comprising:
selecting a particular reaction video, out of the plurality of reaction videos, the selecting being performed based on comparing:
a set of genres preferred by the user of the user device, and
a set of genres preferred by the user associated with the particular reaction video.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving the particular content item;
combining the selected particular content item with the identified one or more reaction videos to obtain a combined video; and
output the combined video to the user device.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the social group is identified prior to receiving the indication that the user device has requested the particular content item.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the indication, that the user has requested the particular content item, is received from a content provider that hosts the content.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of process

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Flores Kevin
• Blong Devin
• Chaudhary Tushar
• Sharma Manish

Classifications

• H04N21/44218 Primary

  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

• H04N21/454

  Content {or additional data} filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements · CPC title

• H04N21/25891

  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

• H04N21/23424

  involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement · CPC title

• H04N21/25875

  involving end-user authentication (restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06) · CPC title