System and method for filtering content based on gestures
View Patent ↗In order to provide filtering of content to be presented on a mobile device, a gesture-based preferencing system and method may be employed. When content is presented to a user, the user may indicate a positive or negative preference toward that content by making a gesture. The gesture may be detected by a motion sensor and the preference of the content indicated by the gesture may be stored in a preference datastore. The preference may be used to subsequently filter content that is to be presented to the user.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving first content into a mobile device;
parsing the first content to determine one or more content parameters of the first content;
presenting the first content to a user of the mobile device;
recording a user gesture with at least one gesture recording device associated with the mobile device;
determining a content-related preference from the gesture;
associating the content related preference with the one or more content parameters;
receiving second content into the mobile device;
parsing the second content to determine one or more second content parameters of the second content;
retrieving one or more preferences in respect of the second content based on the one or more second content parameters;
filtering the second content in accordance with the retrieved one or more preferences; and
presenting the filtered second content to the user of the mobile device.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the content related preference comprises a positive preference, and wherein filtering the second content comprises applying the positive preference to determine content to present to the user.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the content related preference comprises a negative preference, and wherein filtering the second content comprises applying the negative preference to determine content to not present to the user.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the content-related preference comprises receiving an input from the user of the mobile device in association with the gesture that indicates the content-related preference.
5. The method of claim 1 comprising:
storing the association in a preference datastore;
retrieving one or more first preferences from the preference datastore in respect of the one or more parameters of the first content;
filtering the first content in accordance with the one or more first preferences; and
presenting filtered first content to the user.
6. The method of claim 1 comprising:
recording a second gesture in respect of the filtered second content, the second gesture indicating a preference in respect of the filtered second content; and
storing the preference for the filtered second content as indicated by the second gesture.
7. The method of claim 1 comprising invoking a preference recording application.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein the preference recording application enables a user to record a gesture-based preference.
9. The method of claim 5 wherein the preference datastore comprises a memory of the mobile device.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein recording a user gesture comprises recording motion of the mobile device.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein recording a user gesture comprises recording motion of a device locally paired with the mobile device.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein recording a user gesture comprises recording eye movement of the user.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein recording a user gesture comprises recording a degree of movement.
14. The method of claim 13 , comprising ranking a preference based on the degree of movement.
15. The method of claim 5 , comprising providing the one or more second content parameters to the preference datastore.
16. A method, comprising:
receiving content into a mobile device;
determining one or more content parameters of the first content;
presenting the first content to a user of the mobile device;
recording a user gesture with at least one gesture recording device associated with the mobile device;
determining a content-related preference from the gesture;
associating the content related preference with the one or more of the content parameters.
17. The method of claim 16 comprising:
recording a user gesture;
associating a preference indication with the recorded user gesture; and
storing the preference indication in association with the user gesture in a gesture analyzing module.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein determining a content-related preference from the gesture comprises using a stored preference indication associated with a gesture.
19. The method of claim 18 comprising associating a positive preference indication with a first user gesture.
20. The method of claim 19 comprising associating a negative preference indication with a second user gesture.