IP Library Granted Patent US 10,965,996
Granted Patent B2
US 10,965,996 · App. 16/388,707 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Episodic timely notification

Inventors: Justin Lewis (Marina del Rey, CA); Ruxandra Georgiana Davies (Santa Monica, CA)
Assignee: Google LLC
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Patent No.
US 10,965,996
App. No.
16/388,707
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A notifiable event pertaining to an interaction with a series of videos from a particular user may be detected. Another user who is associated with the particular user and who has stopped viewing the series of videos may be identified. The another user may be assigned an affinity score indicating a user interest to continue viewing the series of videos. A notification identifying the particular user and the notifiable event pertaining to the interaction with the series of videos by the particular user may generated where the notification includes a reference to a point in the series of videos that is associated with a portion of the series of videos at which the another user has stopped viewing the series of videos. Furthermore, the notification may be transmitted to the another user.

Claims (40)

1. A method comprising:

detecting a notifiable event pertaining to an interaction with a series of videos from a particular user, wherein detecting the notifiable event comprises searching an event log, associated with the particular user, of notifiable events pertaining to the series of videos;

identifying another user who is associated with the particular user and who has watched a portion of at least one video in the series of videos or at least one video in the series of videos, wherein the another user is assigned an affinity score indicating a user interest to continue viewing the series of videos;

generating, by a processing device, a notification identifying the particular user and the notifiable event pertaining to the interaction with the series of videos by the particular user, the notification comprising a reference to a point in the series of videos that is associated with the watched portion, wherein the point comprises an unwatched portion immediately following the watched portion of the at least one video in the series of videos or a next video immediately following a last watched video in the series of videos; and

transmitting the notification to the another user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference corresponds to a link to view the video included in the series of videos.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an indication that the another user has selected the reference in the notification; and

in response to receiving the indication, providing the video included in the series of videos to the another user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video corresponds to a point of the series of videos that the another user has not viewed.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular user is connected with the another user on a social network platform.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction with the series of videos from the particular user corresponds to a viewing of at least a portion of the series of videos by the particular user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the affinity score is based on a number of videos of the series of videos that the another user has viewed.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

detecting a notifiable event pertaining to an interaction with a series of videos from a particular user, wherein detecting the notifiable event comprises searching an event log, associated with the particular user, of notifiable events pertaining to the series of videos;

identifying another user who is associated with the particular user and who has watched a portion of at least one video in the series of videos or at least one video in the series of videos, wherein the another user is assigned an affinity score indicating a user interest to continue viewing the series of videos;

generating a notification identifying the particular user and the notifiable event pertaining to the interaction with the series of videos by the particular user, the notification comprising a reference to a point in the series of videos that is associated with the watched portion, wherein the point comprises an unwatched portion immediately following the watched portion of the at least one video in the series of videos or a next video immediately following a last watched video in the series of videos; and

transmitting the notification to the another user.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the reference corresponds to a link to view the video included in the series of videos.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an indication that the another user has selected the reference in the notification; and

in response to receiving the indication, providing the video included in the series of videos to the another user.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the video corresponds to a point of the series of videos that the another user has not viewed.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the particular user is connected with the another user on a social network platform.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the interaction with the series of videos from the particular user corresponds to a viewing of at least a portion of the series of videos by the particular user.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the affinity score is based on a number of videos of the series of videos that the another user has viewed.

15. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory, to:

detect a notifiable event pertaining to an interaction with a series of videos from a particular user, wherein detecting the notifiable event comprises searching an event log, associated with the particular user, of notifiable events pertaining to the series of videos;

identify another user who is associated with the particular user and who has watched a portion of at least one video in the series of videos or at least one video in the series of videos, wherein the another user is assigned an affinity score indicating a user interest to continue viewing the series of videos;

generate a notification identifying the particular user and the notifiable event pertaining to the interaction with the series of videos by the particular user, the notification comprising a reference to a point in the series of videos that is associated with the watched portion, wherein the point comprises an unwatched portion immediately following the watched portion of the at least one video in the series of videos or a next video immediately following a last watched video in the series of videos; and

transmit the notification to the another user.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the reference corresponds to a link to view the video included in the series of videos.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processing device is further to:

receive an indication that the another user has selected the reference in the notification; and

in response to receiving the indication, provide the video included in the series of videos to the another user.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the video corresponds to a point of the series of videos that the another user has not viewed.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the particular user is connected with the another user on a social network platform.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the interaction with the series of videos from the particular user corresponds to a viewing of at least a portion of the series of videos by the particular user.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 19, 2019
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 050463/0473 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2019
From: LEWIS, JUSTIN; DAVIES, RUXANDRA GEORGIANA
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 048932/0546 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14855344 · Sep 15, 2015
Related Publication 20190246181A1 · Aug 8, 2019