Methods and systems for providing relevant supplemental content to a user device
AssigneeUnited Video Properties, Inc.
InventorsThomas S. Woods, William J. Korbecki
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for presenting a supplemental content asset on a secondary device that is relevant to a primary content asset that is being presented on a primary user device, to enhance the user experience of the primary content asset. A relevant supplemental content asset may be selected based on characteristics of the primary content asset and/or user profile information. Presentation of the supplemental content asset and primary content asset may be coordinated and synchronized by exchange of messages between the primary user device and secondary device.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- detecting a primary user device within a proximity of a secondary device;
- receiving, from the primary user device, an electronic communication at the secondary device, wherein the electronic communication includes playback information about a primary content asset being accessed at the primary user device;
- searching, in response to receiving the electronic communication, a content listings database to identify a content listing that is relevant to the primary content asset by:
- computing, for each content listing in the database, a relevancy metric for a supplemental content asset associated with the respective content listing based on a characteristic of the primary content asset;
- and
- selecting, as the identified content listing, the content listing associated with the supplemental content asset for which the relevancy metric exceeds a threshold;
- retrieving the supplemental content asset associated with the identified content listing in response to selecting the identified content listing;
- and
- presenting the retrieved supplemental content asset at the secondary device based in part on the received playback information.
A secondary device comprising:
- an I/O path;
- storage;
- display;
- speakers;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- detect a primary user device within a proximity of the secondary device;
- receive, from the I/O path, an electronic communication from the primary user device, wherein the electronic communication includes playback information about a primary content asset being accessed at the primary user device;
- search, in response to receiving the electronic communication, a content listings database to identify a content listing that is relevant to the primary content asset;
- compute, for each content listing in the database, a relevancy metric for a supplemental content asset associated with the respective content listing based on a characteristic of the primary content asset;
- select, as the identified content listing, the content listing associated with the supplemental content asset for which the relevancy metric exceeds a threshold;
- retrieve the supplemental content asset associated with the identified content listing in response to selecting the identified content listing;
- and
- present the retrieved supplemental content asset at the secondary device based in part on the received playback information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.