IP Library Granted Patent US 9,524,340
Granted Patent B1
US 9,524,340 · App. 14/160,495 · Granted Dec 20, 2016

Digital content curation and distribution system and method

Inventors: Field J. Garthwaite (Los Angeles, CA); David Clausen (Seattle, WA); Pehr Hovey (Los Angeles, CA); Winston Owens (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: IRIS.TV, INC.
G06F17/3082G06F17/30817G06F17/30828
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,524,340
App. No.
14/160,495
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and method for curating and distributing digital content; including: digital video, music, pictures, etc. For example, presented herein are systems and methods for providing a digital content program, including a plurality of continuously provided digital assets streamed over a digital content platform. Example embodiments include: (a) curating a plurality of assets; (b) selecting a subset of assets from the plurality of assets, based on similarity metrics between assets; and (c) ordering the subset of assets into a digital content program.

Claims (24)

1. A method, comprising:

selecting, by a server, a subset of video assets from a plurality of video assets, based on a similarity measurement between an initially viewed video asset and one or more of the plurality of video assets using at least a trending analysis, the subset of video assets include two or more video assets;

creating, by the server, a digital video content program containing the subset of video assets, the subset of video assets ordered within the digital video content program based on at least a diversity amongst the subset of video assets;

sending, by the server, the digital video content program to a user device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the similarity measurement includes a calculation of minimum graph distance between the initially-viewed video asset and one or more video assets in a content graph.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ordering of the subset of video assets is further based in part on end-user data, the end-user data being any combination of: a user search query, a user rating of the initial asset, system data, viewing history, user interaction with initial asset, or user interaction with one or more assets in a content graph.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ordering of the subset of video assets is further based in part on aggregate user data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital video content program is sent as a stream of continuously played video assets.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

selecting a subset of video assets from a plurality of video assets, based on a similarity measurement between an initially viewed video asset and one or more of the plurality of video assets using at least a trending analysis, the subset of video assets include two or more video assets;

creating a digital video content program containing the subset of video assets, the subset of video assets ordered within the digital video content program based on at least a diversity amongst the subset of video assets;

sending the digital video content program to a user device.

7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the ordering of the subset of video assets step is further based in part on end-user data, the end-user data being any combination of: a user search query, a user rating of the initial asset, system data, viewing history, user interaction with initial asset, or user interaction with one or more assets in a content graph.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the ordering of the subset of video assets is further based in part on aggregate user data.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the similarity measurement includes a calculation of minimum graph distance between the initially-viewed video asset and one or more video assets in a content graph.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the digital video content program is sent as a stream of continuously played video assets.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that selects a subset of video assets from a plurality of video assets, based on a similarity measurement between an initially viewed video asset and one or more of the plurality of video assets using at least a trending analysis, the subset of video assets include two or more video assets;

a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that creates a digital video content program containing the subset of video assets, the subset of video assets ordered within the digital video content program based on at least a diversity amongst the subset of video assets;

a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that sends the digital video content program to a user device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the subsystem orders the subset of video assets further based in part on aggregate user data.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the similarity measurement includes a calculation of minimum graph distance between the initially-viewed video asset and one or more video assets in a content graph.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the ordering subsystem further orders the subset of video assets based in part on end-user data, the end-user data being any combination of: a user search query, a user rating of the initial asset, system data, viewing history, user interaction with initial asset, or user interaction with one or more assets in a content graph.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the digital video content program is sent as a stream of continuously played video assets.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2024
From: VIANT TECHNOLOGY LLC
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 069435/0848 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2024
From: IRIS.TV, INC.
To: IRIS.TV LLC
Reel/Frame 069398/0069 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2024
From: IRIS.TV LLC
To: VIANT TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 069398/0133 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2018
From: VENTURE LENDING & LEASING VIII, INC.
To: IRIS.TV, INC.
Reel/Frame 045561/0840 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: IRIS.TV, INC.
To: VENTURE LENDING & LEASING VIII, INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0466 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13452505 · Apr 20, 2012
Provisional Application 61478354 · Apr 22, 2011