EYE TRACKING
The description relates to eye tracking. One example can identify a location that a user is looking. The example can also identify content at the location.
1 . A method, comprising:
displaying digital content;
determining that a user is looking at a sub-set of the digital content;
relating the user and the sub-set of the digital content; and,
causing the sub-set of the digital content to be added to a memory-mimicking user profile associated with the user, wherein the memory-mimicking user profile contains searchable data relating to what the user has previously viewed.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying the digital content comprises displaying video on a display device.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying the digital content comprises displaying an image and text on a display device.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the determining comprises determining a location on the display device that the user is looking at and mapping the location to the sub-set of the digital content.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the determining further comprises analyzing eye movements of the user while the user is looking at the location to determine whether the user is reading.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining further comprises detecting that multiple users including the user are able to view the content.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the determining further comprises identifying individual users of the multiple users.
8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising assigning a confidence score to each identified individual user.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further relating the identified individual users and the assigned confidence scores to the sub-set of the digital content as metadata that is added to the memory-mimicking user profile.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the relating the user and the sub-set of the digital content comprises associating information about the user and other information about the sub-set of the digital content to the sub-set of the digital content as metadata.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the relating the user and the sub-set of the digital content comprises adding information about the user and the sub-set of the digital content to the memory-mimicking user profile, and wherein the memory-mimicking user profile is stored on a computing device that performs the displaying.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the relating the user and the sub-set of the digital content comprises adding information about the user and the sub-set of the digital content to the memory-mimicking user profile, and wherein the memory-mimicking user profile is stored on a computing device that is remote from the displaying, and wherein a portion of the memory-mimicking user profile is stored locally on another computing device that performs the displaying and that is in communication with the computing device.
13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the relating the user and the sub-set of the digital content comprises sending the sub-set of the content as searchable text and information about the user and the sub-set of the content to a service that maintains the memory-mimicking user profile for the user.
14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the memory-mimicking user profile contains searchable data relating to digital content that the user has previously viewed and physical content that the user has previously viewed.
15 . A system, comprising:
a hardware processor; and,
computer-readable instructions stored on a hardware computer-readable storage media for execution by the hardware processor, the instructions comprising:
receiving information relating to content that was viewed by a user as well as other content that was visible to the user but not viewed by the user,
augmenting a memory-mimicking user profile of the user with the information, and,
allowing the information of the memory-mimicking user profile to be utilized to customize a response to a user input.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the receiving comprises receiving the content or receiving a link to a source of the content.
17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the content comprises digital content or physical content or wherein the content comprises digital content and physical content.
18 . The system of claim 17 , further comprising a display device configured to display the digital content.
19 . One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer cause the computer to perform a method, comprising:
receiving an input command from a user;
accessing a memory-mimicking user profile that relates to content that the user has previously viewed; and,
accomplishing the input command utilizing information from the memory-mimicking user profile.
20 . The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 19 , wherein the input command comprises a web search query.