US 2020/0221184 A1 · METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING NOTIFICATIONS BASED ON THE INTERESTS OF GUESTS

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided herein for generating notifications based on the interests of guests. Guests may request notifications on their host's television, and the system will generate notifications based on the guest's interests and preferences as stored in the guest's user profile. In doing so, the guest will be notified of events of interest, such as when a favorite sports team scores a point or when an important scene in a favorite movie is playing. The system monitors the network of the apartment or house and detects when a guest device is accessing the network. The system then accesses the guest's interests and identifies a set of programs based on these interests. The system then monitors these programs and generates notifications on the display device when an event of interest has occurred in one of the identified programs.

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A method of generating for display notifications based on the interests of guests, the method comprising:

monitoring a set of devices associated with a household, wherein the household is associated with a plurality of user profiles, and wherein the set of devices includes a display device;
detecting a guest device that is associated with a guest user profile, wherein the guest user profile is not one of the plurality of user profiles associated with the household;
registering the guest user profile as a profile with limited control of the display device;
and
in response to registering the guest user profile as the profile with limited control:
receiving a request for notifications from a guest user profile;
retrieving, from the guest user profile, a set of interests;
determining a set of media assets currently available that matches the set of interests from the guest user profile;
determining whether an event of interest has occurred in one of the media assets in the set of media assets;
and
generating for display, on a device associated with the household, a notification indicating the event of interest and the media asset.

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A method of generating for display notifications based on the interests of guests, the method comprising:

detecting a device accessing a network;
transmitting, to the server, a request for a set of device identifiers associated with the network;
receiving, from the server, the set of device identifiers, wherein one of the device identifiers of the set of device identifiers represents a display device;
retrieving a device identifier for the device accessing the network;
comparing each of the set of device identifiers to the retrieved device identifier;
in response to comparing, determining that the retrieved device identifier does not match any of the device identifiers in the set of device identifiers;
identifying the device associated with the device identifier as a guest device;
accessing, via a database of user profiles, a guest user profile associated with the guest device;
registering the guest user profile as a profile with limited control of the display device;
and
in response to registering the guest user profile as the profile with limited control:
receiving a request for notifications from a guest user profile;
retrieving, from the guest user profile, a set of interests;
determining a set of media assets currently available that matches the set of interests from the guest user profile;
monitoring the set of media assets for an event of interest;
determining whether the event of interest to a user associated with the guest user profile has occurred in one of the media assets in the set of media assets;
and
generating for display, on the display device, a notification indicating the event of interest and the media asset.

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A system of generating for display notifications based on the interests of guests, the system comprising control circuitry configured to:

detect a device accessing a network;
transmit, to the server, a request for a set of device identifiers associated with the network;
receive, from the server, the set of device identifiers, wherein one of the device identifiers of the set of device identifiers represents a display device;
retrieve a device identifier for the device accessing the network;
compare each of the set of device identifiers to the retrieved device identifier;
in response to comparing, determine that the retrieved device identifier does not match any of the device identifiers in the set of device identifiers;
identify the device associated with the device identifier as a guest device;
access, via a database of user profiles, a guest user profile associated with the guest device;
register the guest user profile as a profile with limited control of the display device;
and
in response to registering the guest user profile as the profile with limited control:
receive a request for notifications from a guest user profile;
retrieve, from the guest user profile, a set of interests;
determine a set of media assets currently available that match the set of interests from the guest user profile;
monitor the set of media assets for an event of interest;
determine whether the event of interest to a user associated with the guest user profile has occurred in one of the media assets in the set of media assets;
and
generate for display, on the display device, a notification indicating the event of interest and the media asset.

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A system of generating for display notifications based on the interests of guests, the system comprising:

means for detecting a device accessing a network;
means for transmitting, to the server, a request for a set of device identifiers associated with the network;
means for receiving, from the server, the set of device identifiers, wherein one of the device identifiers of the set of device identifiers represents a display device;
means for retrieving a device identifier for the device accessing the network;
means for comparing each of the set of device identifiers to the retrieved device identifier;
means for in response to comparing, determining that the retrieved device identifier does not match any of the device identifiers in the set of device identifiers;
means for identifying the device associated with the device identifier as a guest device;
means for accessing, via a database of user profiles, a guest user profile associated with the guest device;
means for registering the guest user profile as a profile with limited control of the display device;
and
means for, in response to registering the guest user profile as the profile with limited control:
receiving a request for notifications from a guest user profile;
retrieving, from the guest user profile, a set of interests;
determining a set of media assets currently available that matches the set of interests from the guest user profile;
monitoring the set of media assets for an event of interest;
determining whether the event of interest to a user associated with the guest user profile has occurred in one of the media assets in the set of media assets;
and
generating for display, on the display device, a notification indicating the event of interest and the media asset.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon for generating for display notifications based on the interests of guests, the instructions comprising:

an instruction to detect a device accessing a network;
an instruction to transmit, to the server, a request for a set of device identifiers associated with the network;
an instruction to receive, from the server, the set of device identifiers, wherein one of the device identifiers of the set of device identifiers represents a display device;
an instruction to retrieve a device identifier for the device accessing the network;
an instruction to compare each of the set of device identifiers to the retrieved device identifier;
an instruction to, in response to comparing, determine that the retrieved device identifier does not match any of the device identifiers in the set of device identifiers;
an instruction to identify the device associated with the device identifier as a guest device;
an instruction to access, via a database of user profiles, a guest user profile associated with the guest device;
an instruction to register the guest user profile as a profile with limited control of the display device;
and
instructions to, in response to registering the guest user profile as the profile with limited control:
receive a request for notifications from a guest user profile;
retrieve, from the guest user profile, a set of interests;
determine a set of media assets currently available that match the set of interests from the guest user profile;
monitor the set of media assets for an event of interest;
determine whether the event of interest to a user associated with the guest user profile has occurred in one of the media assets in the set of media assets;
and
generate for display, on the display device, a notification indicating the event of interest and the media asset.

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A method of generating for display notifications based on the interests of guests, the method comprising:

detecting a device accessing a network;
transmitting, to the server, a request for a set of device identifiers associated with the network;
receiving, from the server, the set of device identifiers, wherein one of the device identifiers of the set of device identifiers represents a display device;
retrieving a device identifier for the device accessing the network;
comparing each of the set of device identifiers to the retrieved device identifier;
in response to comparing, determining that the retrieved device identifier does not match any of the device identifiers in the set of device identifiers;
identifying the device associated with the device identifier as a guest device;
accessing, via a database of user profiles, a guest user profile associated with the guest device;
registering the guest user profile as a profile with limited control of the display device;
and
in response to registering the guest user profile as the profile with limited control:
receiving a request for notifications from a guest user profile;
retrieving, from the guest user profile, a set of interests;
determining a set of media assets currently available that matches the set of interests from the guest user profile;
monitoring the set of media assets for an event of interest;
determining whether the event of interest to a user associated with the guest user profile has occurred in one of the media assets in the set of media assets;
and
generating for display, on the display device, a notification indicating the event of interest and the media asset.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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