Capturing a user reaction to media content based on a trigger signal and using the user reaction to determine an interest level associated with a segment of the media content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9967618-B2
Application number	US-201514737772-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2015
Priority date	Jun 12, 2015
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

A device may receive an indication of a playback of media content. The device may receive a trigger signal associated with the playback of the media content. The trigger signal may indicate a point, within the playback of the media content, to capture user reaction information associated with the media content. The device may determine, based on the trigger signal, that the user reaction information is to be captured. The device may capture the user reaction information, to form captured user reaction information, based on determining that the user reaction information is to be captured. The captured user reaction information may include an audio recording or a video recording captured by the device. The device may cause the captured user reaction information and the media content to be linked.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to:
receive an indication of a playback of media content;
receive one or more trigger signals associated with the playback of the media content,
the one or more trigger signals indicating a point, within the playback of the media content, to capture user reaction information associated with a segment of the media content;

analyze the user reaction information to determine facial recognition information, the facial recognition information indicating at least one emotion of a user;
determine, based on the one or more trigger signals and based on the facial recognition information indicating the at least one emotion of the user, that the user reaction information is to be captured,
the user reaction information not being captured for irrelevant user reactions;

capture the user reaction information, to form captured user reaction information, based on determining that the user reaction information is to be captured,
the captured user reaction information including an audio recording or a video recording captured by the device;

receive an interest level indicator that indicates an interest level associated with the segment of the media content,
the interest level being determined by analyzing activity information associated with the segment of media content;

provide information that identifies the interest level in association with presentation of the media content,
the information that identifies the interest level being displayed as a playback bar,
the playback bar indicating the interest level via visual information,
 the visual information including at least one of:
 text indicating the interest level, or
 a color indicating the interest level; and

cause the captured user reaction information to be linked with the media content.

2. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors are further to:
determine the segment of the media content being played at the point when the user reaction information is being captured; and
where the one or more processors, when causing the captured user reaction information to be linked with the media content, are to:
cause the captured user reaction information to be linked with the segment of the media content.

3. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when causing the captured user reaction information to be linked with the media content, are to:
cause the captured user reaction information to be linked with the media content to form linked content,
the linked content permitting synchronized playback of the media content and the captured user reaction information.

4. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when receiving the one or more trigger signals, are to:
detect the one or more trigger signals via one or more components of the device; or
receive information that identifies the one or more trigger signals from another device.

5. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when receiving the one or more trigger signals, are to:
receive information that identifies the segment of the media content during which the user reaction information is to be captured;
determine that the segment of the media content has begun playing; and
where the one or more processors, when determining that the user reaction information is to be captured, are to:
determine that the user reaction information is to be captured based on determining that the segment of the media content has begun playing.

6. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when receiving the one or more trigger signals, are to:
process the media content to determine at least one of:
a volume level associated with the media content,
a frequency of sound included in the media content, or
a rate of change of content across frames of the media content; and

where the one or more processors, when determining that the user reaction information is to be captured, are to:
determine that the user reaction information is to be captured based on processing the media content to determine at least one of:
the volume level,
the frequency, or
the rate of change.

7. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when receiving the one or more trigger signals, are to:
receive information that identifies a type of the media content;
determine that the media content is of a particular type based on receiving the information that identifies the type of the media content; and
where the one or more processors, when determining that the user reaction information is to be captured, are to:
determine that the user reaction information is to be captured based on determining that the media content is of the particular type.

8. A computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive an indication that media content is being presented;
detect one or more trigger signals that indicate a point, within the media content, to capture user reaction information associated with a segment of the media content;
analyze the user reaction information to determine facial recognition information, the facial recognition information indicating at least one emotion of a user;
determine, based on the one or more trigger signals and based on the facial recognition information indicating the at least one emotion of the user, that the user reaction information is to be captured,
the user reaction information not being captured for irrelevant user reactions;

capture the user reaction information, to form captured user reaction information, based on determining that the user reaction information is to be captured,
the captured user reaction information including an audio recording or a video recording;

receive an interest level indicator that indicates an interest level associated with the segment of the media content,
the interest level being determined by analyzing activity information associated with the segment of media content;

provide information that identifies the interest level in association with presentation of the media content,
the information that identifies the interest level being displayed as a playback bar,
the playback bar indicating the interest level via visual information,
 the visual information including at least one of:
 text indicating the interest level, or
 a color indicating the interest level; and

store the captured user reaction information.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
identify the segment of the media content being presented at the point when the user reaction information is being captured; and
where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to store the captured user reaction information, cause the one or processors to:
store the captured user reaction information in association with information that identifies the segment of the media content.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
link the captured user reaction information and the media content to form linked content,
the linked content permitting concurrent playback of the media content and the captured user reaction information.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Blong Devin
• CHOU Tina
• Chen I-Han
• Chaudhary Tushar
• VAKHARIYA Paresh
• Yadav Annu
• MEJIA Mat
• Goldsmith Jason
• Sharma Manish

Classifications

• H04L65/4084

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/32

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/10

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• H04N21/44213

  Monitoring of end-user related data (arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33) · CPC title

• G06Q30/0201

  Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data · CPC title