Favorite media program scenes systems and methods
AssigneeVerizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, LLC
InventorsKirk M. Lewis, II, Brian F. Roberts
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Abstract
An exemplary method includes a media program distribution service system 1) receiving data representative of a plurality of scene tags specifying one or more media program scenes tagged by a plurality of end users of a media program distribution service, 2) aggregating the plurality of scene tags, 3) determining, based on a favorite scenes determination heuristic and the aggregate scene tags, a set of one or more favorite scenes that are most popular among the plurality of end users of the media program distribution service, and 4) providing, based on the determined set of one or more favorite scenes, a favorite scene based feature of the media program distribution service. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a media program distribution service system that provides a media program distribution service to a plurality of end users, data representative of a plurality of scene tags specifying media program scenes tagged by the plurality of end users of the media program distribution service;
- aggregating, by the media program distribution service system, the plurality of scene tags;
- determining, by the media program distribution service system based on a favorite scenes determination heuristic and the aggregate scene tags, a set of favorite scenes that are most popular among the plurality of end users of the media program distribution service;
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- providing, by the media program distribution service system based on the determined set of favorite scenes, a favorite scene based feature of the media program distribution service, the providing of the favorite scene based feature of the media program distribution service comprising providing, in response to a user input associated with a favorite scenes option provided for display in a graphical user interface view that includes information for a single media program, for concurrent display in an additional graphical user interface view,
- menu objects representing a subset of scenes included in the set of favorite scenes that are included in only the single media program,
- an individual playback option for each scene included in the subset of the scenes,
- a playlist playback option configured to be selected to initiate playback of all of the subset of the scenes, and
- information indicating, for each scene included in the subset of scenes represented by the menu objects in the additional graphical user interface view, a number of scene tags received from the plurality of end users of the media program distribution service.
A system comprising:
- at least one computing device;
- a scene tags facility that directs the at least one computing device to
- receive data representative of a plurality of scene tags specifying media program scenes tagged by a plurality of end users of a media program distribution service, and
- aggregate the plurality of scene tags;
- a favorite scenes management facility that directs the at least one computing device to determine, based on a favorite scenes determination heuristic and the aggregate scene tags, a set of favorite scenes that are most popular among the plurality of end users of the media program distribution service;
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- a feature facility that directs the at least one computing device to provide, based on the determined set of favorite scenes, a favorite scene based feature of the media program distribution service by providing, in response to a user input associated with a favorite scenes option provided for display in a graphical user interface view that includes information for a single media program, for concurrent display in an additional graphical user interface view,
- menu objects representing a subset of scenes included in the set of favorite scenes that are included in only the single media program,
- an individual playback option for each scene included in the subset of the scenes,
- a playlist playback option configured to be selected to initiate playback of all of the subset of the scenes, and
- information indicating, for each scene included in the subset of the scenes represented by the menu objects in the additional graphical user interface view, a number of scene tags received from the plurality of end users of the media program distribution service.
A method comprising:
- accessing, by a media program distribution service system that provides a media program distribution service to a plurality of end users, data representative of a plurality of scene tags specifying media program scenes tagged by an end user included in the plurality of end users of the media program distribution service;
- providing, by the media program distribution service system based on the data representative of the plurality of scene tags, a favorite scene based feature of the media program distribution service, the providing of the favorite scene based feature of the media program distribution service comprising providing, in response to a user input associated with a favorite scenes option provided for display in a graphical user interface view that includes information for a single media program, for concurrent display in an additional graphical user interface view,
- menu objects representing a subset of scenes included in a set of favorite scenes that are from only the single media program and that have been tagged as favorite scenes by the plurality of end users,
- an individual playback option for each scene included in the subset of the scenes,
- a playlist playback option configured to be selected to initiate playback of all of the subset of the scenes, and
- information indicating, for each scene included in the subset of the scenes represented by the menu objects in the additional graphical user interface view, a number of scene tags received from the plurality of end users of the media program distribution service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.