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US 9,852,441 B2Granted
Methods and systems for recommending media assets based on scent
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorsRobin Ford, Daniel Thomas Ward, Paul Jensen, Michael R. Nichols
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for selecting media assets based on a scent detected at a location of a user device. For example, a media guidance application implemented on a user device may incorporate or have access to a scent detection component, which may determine one or more scents at the location of the user device. The media guidance application may then select a media asset that corresponds to the determined one or more scents.
Claims20
A method for selecting media assets, the method comprising:
- detecting, using a scent detection component, a plurality of scents at a location of a user device;
- determining an electronic representation of each of the plurality of scents based on the respective chemical properties of each of the plurality of scents;
- retrieving, using control circuitry, from memory a first priority associated with a first of the plurality of scents and a second priority associated with a second of the plurality of scents, wherein the first priority and the second priority are selected from a plurality of candidate priorities, and wherein the first priority and the second priority are selected on the basis of an association between a current time of day and each scent of the plurality of scents;
- in response to determining that the first priority is greater than the second priority, automatically selecting the first scent using the control circuitry;
- identifying, using a database of scents corresponding to media assets, a media asset associated with the selected first scent, wherein the database has a data structure configured as a lookup table, in which an electronic representation of the first scent is inputted into the database and the media asset is selected based on a correspondence to the electronic representation;
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- generating for display the identified media asset on a display screen.
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A system for selecting media assets, the system comprising:
- control circuitry configured to:
- detect a plurality of scents at a location of a user device;
- determine an electronic representation of each of the plurality of scents based on the respective chemical properties of each of the plurality of scents;
- retrieve from memory a first priority associated with a first of the plurality of scents and a second priority associated with a second of the plurality of scents, wherein the first priority and the second priority are selected from a plurality of candidate priorities, and wherein the first priority and the second priority are selected on the basis of an association between a current time of day and each scent of the plurality of scents;
- in response to determining that the first priority is greater than the second priority, automatically select the first scent;
- identify using a database of scents corresponding to media assets a media asset associated with the selected first scent, wherein the database has a data structure configured as a lookup table, in which an electronic representation of the first scent is inputted into the database and the media asset is selected based on a correspondence to the electronic representation;
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- generate for display the identified media asset on a display screen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.