Synchronization Guides For Group Video Watching
AssigneeEloy Technology, LLC
InventorsAndrew V. Phillips, Scott Curtis
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Abstract
Systems and devices are disclosed for recommending items in a video series to a group of viewers. In general, video series item recommendations are generated for a viewer group detected within a viewing area of a media device based on personal viewing histories of users in the viewer group. In one embodiment, the video series item recommendations are recommendations for video series items that: (a) are from one or more video series historically viewed by at least a first predefined minimum threshold number of users in the viewer group and (b) have not yet been viewed by any of at least a second predefined minimum threshold number of users in the viewer group. The video series item recommendations are then provided to the viewer group.
Claims48
A media device for providing one or more video series item recommendations comprising:
- one or more communication interfaces;
- and
- a controller associated with the one or more communication interfaces and associated with at least one processor, the controller configured to:
- track the viewing histories of one or more users;
- detect the presence of one or more users in a viewing area of the media device;
- identify a viewer group comprising at least one of the one or more of the detected users;
- generate one or more video series item recommendations for the viewer group comprising recommendations for one or more video series items for which the viewing histories show that the one or more video series items:
- (a) have historically been viewed by at least a first predefined minimum threshold number of users in the viewer group and (b) have not yet been viewed by at least a second predefined minimum threshold number of users in the viewer group;
- and
- provide the one or more video series item recommendations to the viewer group.
A system for providing one or more video series item recommendations comprising:
- a plurality of user devices of a plurality of users;
- a media device in communication with at least one of the plurality of user devices via one or more communication interfaces, the media device having a controller associated with the one or more communication interfaces and associated with at least one processor, the controller configured to:
- track the viewing histories of one or more users;
- detect the presence of one or more users in a viewing area of the media device;
- identify a viewer group comprising a one or more of the detected users;
- generate one or more video series item recommendations for the viewer group, wherein the one or more video series item recommendations comprise recommendations for one or more video series items for which the viewing histories show that the one or more video series items:
- (a) have historically been viewed by at least a first predefined minimum threshold number of users in the viewer group and (b) have not yet been viewed by at least a second predefined minimum threshold number of users in the viewer group;
- and
- provide the one or more video series item recommendations to the viewer group.
A media device comprising:
- a communication interface;
- and
- a controller associated with the communication interface, the controller configured to:
- detect the identity of a user of the media device through facial recognition;
- receive media recommendations from a remote on-demand source based on the viewing history of the user;
- receive a selection from the user of a selected media of at least one of the media recommendations and transmit the selection to the remote source;
- and
- receive a stream of the selected media from the remote source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.