# US 2019/0246181 A1 · Episodic timely notification > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0246181 A1 - Document ID: US20190246181A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/388,707 - Filed: 2019-04-18 - Published: 2019-08-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-15 - Assignees: Google Inc. - Applicants: Google LLC - Inventors: Justin Lewis; Ruxandra Georgiana Davies - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190246181A1 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0631: {Recommending goods or services} - G06Q 10/42: Determination of affinities or common interests between users - G06Q 10/44: Identification of trends within social networks, e.g. identification of trending topics - H04N 21/252: {Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data} - H04N 21/25891: {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)} - H04N 21/262: Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists {(scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62)} - H04N 21/442: Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk {(arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/29; arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information H04H60/35; monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; monitoring in wireless networks H04W24/00)} - H04N 21/4532: {involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)} - H04N 21/4667: {Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections} - H04N 21/4788: communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} - H04N 21/4882: {for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders (arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895)} - H04N 21/84: Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors {(systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73)} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A notifiable event pertaining to an interaction with a series of videos from a particular user may be detected. Another user who is associated with the particular user and who has stopped viewing the series of videos may be identified. The another user may be assigned an affinity score indicating a user interest to continue viewing the series of videos. A notification identifying the particular user and the notifiable event pertaining to the interaction with the series of videos by the particular user may generated where the notification includes a reference to a point in the series of videos that is associated with a portion of the series of videos at which the another user has stopped viewing the series of videos. Furthermore, the notification may be transmitted to the another user. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: detecting a notifiable event pertaining to an interaction with a series of videos from a particular user; identifying another user who is associated with the particular user and who has stopped viewing the series of videos, and wherein the another user is assigned an affinity score indicating a user interest to continue viewing the series of videos; generating, by a processing device, a notification identifying the particular user and the notifiable event pertaining to the interaction with the series of videos by the particular user, the notification comprising a reference to a point in the series of videos that is associated with a portion of the series of videos at which the another user has stopped viewing the series of videos; and transmitting the notification to the another user. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the reference corresponds to a link to view the video included in the series of videos. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving an indication that the another user has selected the reference in the notification; and in response to receiving the indication, providing the video included in the series of videos to the another user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the video corresponds to a point of the series of videos that the another user has not viewed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the particular user is connected with the another user on a social network platform. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the interaction with the series of videos from the particular user corresponds to a viewing of at least a portion of the series of videos by the particular user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the affinity score is based on a number of videos of the series of videos that the another user has viewed. ### Claim 8 A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising: detecting a notifiable event pertaining to an interaction with a series of videos from a particular user; identifying another user who is associated with the particular user and who has stopped viewing the series of videos, and wherein the another user is assigned an affinity score indicating a user interest to continue viewing the series of videos; generating a notification identifying the particular user and the notifiable event pertaining to the interaction with the series of videos by the particular user, the notification comprising a reference to a point in the series of videos that is associated with a portion of the series of videos at which the another user has stopped viewing the series of videos; and transmitting the notification to the another user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the reference corresponds to a link to view the video included in the series of videos. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise: receiving an indication that the another user has selected the reference in the notification; and in response to receiving the indication, providing the video included in the series of videos to the another user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the video corresponds to a point of the series of videos that the another user has not viewed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the particular user is connected with the another user on a social network platform. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the interaction with the series of videos from the particular user corresponds to a viewing of at least a portion of the series of videos by the particular user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the affinity score is based on a number of videos of the series of videos that the another user has viewed. ### Claim 15 A system comprising: a memory; and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory, to: detect a notifiable event pertaining to an interaction with a series of videos from a particular user; identify another user who is associated with the particular user and who has stopped viewing the series of videos, and wherein the another user is assigned an affinity score indicating a user interest to continue viewing the series of videos; generate a notification identifying the particular user and the notifiable event pertaining to the interaction with the series of videos by the particular user, the notification comprising a reference to a point in the series of videos that is associated with a portion of the series of videos at which the another user has stopped viewing the series of videos; and transmit the notification to the another user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the reference corresponds to a link to view the video included in the series of videos. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the processing device is further to: receive an indication that the another user has selected the reference in the notification; and in response to receiving the indication, provide the video included in the series of videos to the another user. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the video corresponds to a point of the series of videos that the another user has not viewed. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the particular user is connected with the another user on a social network platform. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the interaction with the series of videos from the particular user corresponds to a viewing of at least a portion of the series of videos by the particular user.