US 11,109,104 B2Granted

Viewer compositing for enhanced media recommendation and consumption

AssigneeDISH Network L.L.C.

InventorJohn Rishea

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Abstract

Novel techniques are described for viewer compositing using media playback systems for enhanced media recommendation and consumption. For example, a display device can be in communication with a media recommendation and consumption compositor (MRCC) system. When a group of viewers desires a shared media consumption experience, the MRCC system can detect the group of viewers and can obtain respective viewer profiles, which can be used to generate a composite profile representing a composite of the group of viewers. The MRCC system can determine an available content space indicating the content available for consumption and can compute a content recommendation space as a function of the composite viewer profile and the available content space that defines recommended content options for the composited group of viewers. A recommendation interface can be output to indicate recommended content options for selecting and viewing.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A media receiver in communication with a display device, and comprising:

a provider network interface to communicatively couple with one or more content provider networks;
one or more processors;
and
a memory communicatively coupled with, and readable by, the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
detect a plurality of individual viewers as within a predefined viewing region of the display device by providing a visual and/or audible prompt requesting identification of the individual viewers, and receiving a response to the prompt from at least one of the individual viewers;
compute a content recommendation space as a function of the composite viewer profile of the plurality of individual viewers and of an available content space of programming content options available for output to the display device at least via the provider network interface, such that the content recommendation space defines a plurality of recommended content options as a subset of the plurality of programming content options determined to be recommended in accordance with the composite viewer profile;
automatically select and obtain multiple of the plurality of recommended content options for contemporaneous playback via a multi-view mode of the display device;
and
direct output, by the display device, of the multi-view mode to contemporaneously playback the multiple of the plurality of recommended content options, each in a corresponding playback region on the display device.

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A method for viewer compositing in a media recommendation and consumption compositor (MRCC) system, the method comprising:

detecting, using the MRCC system, a plurality of individual viewers as within a predefined viewing region of a display device in communication with the MRCC system by providing a visual and/or audible prompt requesting identification of the individual viewers, and receiving a response to the prompt from at least one of the individual viewers;
computing, content recommendation space as a function of the composite viewer profile of the plurality of individual viewers and of an available content space of programming content options available for output to the display device at least via the provider network interface, such that the content recommendation space defines a plurality of recommended content options as a subset of the plurality of programming content options determined to be recommended in accordance with the composite viewer profile;
automatically select and obtain multiple of the plurality of recommended content options for contemporaneous playback via a multi-view mode of the display device;
and
directing output, by the display device, using the MRCC system, of the multi-view mode to contemporaneously playback the multiple of the plurality of recommended content options, each in a corresponding playback region on the display device.

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A media recommendation and consumption system comprising:

a viewer profiler to detect a plurality of individual viewers as within a predefined viewing region of the display device by providing a visual and/or audible prompt requesting identification of the individual viewers, and receiving a response to the prompt from at least one of the individual viewers;
a content engine to obtain an available content space indicating a plurality of programming content options available for output to the display device;
a recommendation engine, communicatively coupled with the viewer profiler and the content engine, to compute a content recommendation space as a function of the composite viewer profile of the plurality of individual viewers and of an available content space of programming content options available for output to the display device at least via the provider network interface, such that the content recommendation space defines a plurality of recommended content options as a subset of the plurality of programming content options determined to be recommended in accordance with the composite viewer profile;
automatically select and obtain multiple of the plurality of recommended content options for contemporaneous playback via a multi-view mode of the display device;
and
a display interface engine to direct output, by the display device, of the multi-view mode to contemporaneously playback the multiple of the plurality of recommended content options, each in a corresponding playback region on the display device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/507,942Filed 10 Jul 2019
Published: US 2021/0014569 A114 Jan 2021
Granted: 31 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H04N 21/4668
Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies: for recommending content, e.g. movies
H04N 21/4826
End-user interface for programme selection: using recommendation lists, e.g. of programmes or channels sorted out according to their score
H04N 21/4126
Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices: the peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
H04N 21/4147
Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance: pVR [Personal Video Recorder]