IP Library Granted Patent US 10,555,016
Granted Patent B2
US 10,555,016 · App. 16/241,170 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Methods, systems, and media for indicating viewership of a video based on context

Inventors: Gavin James (Los Angeles, CA); Justin Lewis (South San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Google LLC
H04N21/252G06F16/44G06F16/735G06Q30/0201G06Q30/0282G06Q50/01H04N21/25891H04N21/44204H04N21/4532H04N21/4661H04N21/4668H04N21/4788
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Patent No.
US 10,555,016
App. No.
16/241,170
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and media for indicating viewership of a video are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying a video; identifying a group of users connected to a first user of a user device; determining, for each user in the group of users, an affinity score, wherein the affinity score indicates an interaction of the user with the identified video; receiving a request to present, on the user device, a page that includes an indication of the video; in response to receiving the request, determining contextual information related to the request; identifying a subset of users in the group of users connected to the first user based on the affinity score associated with each user and the contextual information; and causing a group of indicators corresponding to the subset of users to be presented on the user device in connection with the indication of the video.

Claims (37)

1. A method for indicating media content viewership, the method comprising:

receiving a request to present a first page on a user device, wherein the first page includes an indication of a media content item and wherein a user account is associated with the user device;

determining user accounts connected to the user account;

determining a navigation history of the user account, wherein the navigation history indicates a second page associated with at least one user account of the user accounts that was previously viewed on the user device prior to receiving the request to present the first page;

determining whether the at least one user account has interacted with the media content item based on the navigation history; and

in response to determining that the at least one user account has interacted with the media content item, causing the first page to be presented on the user device, wherein the first page includes the indication of the media content item and an indicator of the at least one user account.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, for each user account of the user accounts, an affinity score, wherein the affinity score indicates an interaction of each user account in the user accounts with the media content item.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, for the at least one user account of the user accounts, an affinity score that indicates a strength of a relationship between the at least one user account and the user account of the user device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has interacted with the media content item comprises determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has endorsed the media content item.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has endorsed the media content item comprises determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has shared the media content item on a social networking website.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has interacted with the media content item comprises determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has provided a comment on the media content item.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicator of the at least one user account of the user accounts includes an icon corresponding to the at least one user account.

8. A system for indicating media content viewership, the system comprising:

a hardware processor that is programmed to:

receive a request to present a first page on a user device, wherein the first page includes an indication of a media content item and wherein a user account is associated with the user device;

determine user accounts connected to the user account;

determine a navigation history of the user account, wherein the navigation history indicates a second page associated with at least one user account of the user accounts that was previously viewed on the user device prior to receiving the request to present the first page;

determine whether the at least one user account has interacted with the media content item based on the navigation history; and

in response to determining that the at least one user account has interacted with the media content item, cause the first page to be presented on the user device, wherein the first page includes the indication of the media content item and an indicator of the at least one user account.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the hardware processor is further programmed to determine, for each user account of the user accounts, an affinity score, wherein the affinity score indicates an interaction of each user account in the user accounts with the media content item.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the hardware processor is further programmed to determine, for the at least one user account of the user accounts, an affinity score that indicates a strength of a relationship between the at least one user account and the user account of the user device.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has interacted with the media content item comprises determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has endorsed the media content item.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has endorsed the media content item comprises determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has shared the media content item on a social networking website.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has interacted with the media content item comprises determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has provided a comment on the media content item.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the indicator of the at least one user account of the user accounts includes an icon corresponding to the at least one user account.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for indicating media content viewership, the method comprising:

receiving a request to present a first page on a user device, wherein the first page includes an indication of a media content item and wherein a user account is associated with the user device;

determining user accounts connected to the user account;

determining a navigation history of the user account, wherein the navigation history indicates a second page associated with at least one user account of the user accounts that was previously viewed on the user device prior to receiving the request to present the first page;

determining whether the at least one user account has interacted with the media content item based on the navigation history; and

in response to determining that the at least one user account has interacted with the media content item, causing the first page to be presented on the user device, wherein the first page includes the indication of the media content item and an indicator of the at least one user account.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising determining, for each user account of the user accounts, an affinity score, wherein the affinity score indicates an interaction of each user account in the user accounts with the media content item.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising determining, for the at least one user account of the user accounts, an affinity score that indicates a strength of a relationship between the at least one user account and the user account of the user device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has interacted with the media content item comprises determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has endorsed the media content item.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has endorsed the media content item comprises determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has shared the media content item on a social networking website.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has interacted with the media content item comprises determining whether the at least one user account of the user accounts has provided a comment on the media content item.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the indicator of the at least one user account of the user accounts includes an icon corresponding to the at least one user account.

Assignments (3)
CERTIFICATE OF CONVERSION Recorded Dec 17, 2019
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 051323/0838 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2019
From: JAMES, GAVIN; LEWIS, JUSTIN
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 049759/0701 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 16, 2019
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 051522/0282 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15700969 · Sep 11, 2017
Continuation 15086932 · Mar 31, 2016
Related Publication 20190158900A1 · May 23, 2019