Immersive content to enhance user media experience
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJon Arron McClintock, George Nikolaos Stathakopoulos
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Abstract
Content corresponding to a literary work, movie, audio presentation, or other media is provided to a computing device associated with a user. Immersive content related to the content may be communicated to a computing device and presented to the user at times when the content is not being consumed. The formatting, communicational modes, apparent source, subject matter, or other aspects of the immersive content may correspond to the preferences or other information provided by the user. In this way, user engagement with a story or other media may be stimulated or enhanced when the user is not actively consuming the primary content.
Claims20
A server device, configured to:
- provide, using a communications interface of the server device, content to a computing device associated with a user, wherein the content corresponds to a story;
- acquire, using a communications interface of the server device, a user preference regarding immersive content corresponding to the story;
- provide, using a communications interface of the server device, first immersive content to the computing device, wherein:
- the first immersive content is based on the user preference,
- the first immersive content is configured to be presented apart from a presentation of the content, and
- the first immersive content corresponds to the story;
- acquire, using the communications interface of the server device, a status of the computing device with respect to consumption of the content;
- provide, using the communications interface of the server device, second immersive content to the computing device, wherein:
- the second immersive content is based on the status, and
- the second immersive content corresponds to the story;
- provide to the computing device, using the communications interface of the server device, an offer to send accelerated content corresponding to the status of the computing device with respect to consumption of the content;
- receive an acceptance of the offer;
- and
- provide, to the computing device, the accelerated content, wherein the accelerated content includes an abbreviated portion of the content.
A method performed at least in part by one or more hardware processors, the method comprising:
- providing a first portion of a content configured to be consumed by way of a computing device;
- acquiring information regarding a consumption of the first portion of the content by a first user;
- providing, without user input and based on the information, immersive content that includes information regarding at least one aspect of the first portion of the content, and wherein the immersive content is configured to re-engage the first user to consume a second portion of the content by way of a computing device;
- determining, based at least in part on the information, that the first user has consumed less of the content than a second user, wherein the first user and the second users are members of an association;
- and
- providing, to a device associated with the first user, accelerated content corresponding to the content, wherein the accelerated content is configured to equalize a consumption status of the first user with that of the second user.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including a program code, the program code configured to cause one or more hardware processors to:
- acquire a user input corresponding to content that has been provided to a first user, wherein the user input includes at least a time preference, or a selection of a character referenced in the content;
- and
- provide, in accordance with the user input, immersive content to the first user, wherein the immersive content is a narrative of one or more aspects of the content, and wherein the immersive content corresponds to an element within the content that has been consumed by the first user;
- provide the content to a device associated with a second user, wherein the second user is associated with the first user;
- determine that the first user has consumed less of the content than the second user;
- provide, to a least one device associated with the first user, an offer to send accelerated content related to the content;
- and
- provide, to at least one device associated with the first user, the accelerated content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.