IP Library Granted Patent US 10,798,467
Granted Patent B2
US 10,798,467 · App. 16/410,624 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

Personalized content ranking using content received from different sources in a video delivery system

Inventors: Christopher Russell Kehler (Santa Monica, CA); Kang Kang (Santa Monica, CA); Jeff Beal (Santa Monica, CA); Chi Zhang (Beijing, CN); Zhebang Hua (Beijing, CN); Lutfi Ilke Kaya (Santa Monica, CA)
Assignee: HULU, LLC
H04N21/812G06Q30/0254H04N21/251H04N21/2665H04N21/2668H04N21/26603H04N21/4532H04N21/4667H04N21/4668
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Patent No.
US 10,798,467
App. No.
16/410,624
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some embodiments, a method generates combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content and ranks the combinations of ad campaign content and media program content. The ranking is based on ad campaign content being shown with the media program campaign content. The method selects one or more of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content based on the ranking. Then, display of the one or more of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content is caused where the one or more of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content include ad campaign content shown with media program campaign content in a same area of a display.

Claims (54)

1. A method comprising:

generating, by a computing device, combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content;

ranking, by the computing device, the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content, wherein the ranking is based on ad campaign content being shown with the media program campaign content;

selecting, by the computing device, one or more of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content based on the ranking; and

causing, by the computing device, display of the one or more of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content in a display that is used to receive a selection of a media program to play, wherein the one or more of the combinations of ad campaign content and the media program campaign content include ad campaign content shown over media program campaign content in a same area of the display.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating an ad campaign score for each of ad campaign content in the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

generating a media program campaign score for each of media program campaign content in the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

generating a relevance score for each of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program content.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein ranking the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content comprises:

combining the ad campaign score, the media program campaign score, and the relevance score for each of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program content into a total score; and

ranking total scores for the combinations of ad campaign content and media program content.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the relevance score is based on a probability a user will engage with a combination of ad campaign content and media program campaign content.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the probability is based on a media program promoted by the media program campaign content in the combination of ad campaign content and media program campaign content.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the relevance score is based on an action that is suggested for a user to take for a combination of ad campaign content and media program campaign content.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ad campaign content is a logo that is shown over media program campaign content in the same area of the display for a combination of ad campaign content and media program campaign content.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content comprises:

selecting a first set of ad campaign content;

selecting a first set of media program campaign content; and

generating the combinations of ad campaign content and media program content from the first set of ad campaign content and the first set of media program campaign content.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein generating the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content comprises:

filtering a second set of ad campaign content to form the first set of ad campaign content, wherein the filtering is performed based on restrictions between ad campaign content being shown with media program campaign content.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein generating the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content comprises:

filtering a second set of ad campaign content to form the first set of ad campaign content, wherein the filtering is performed based on user characteristics.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein generating the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content comprises:

filtering a second set of media program campaign content to form the first set of media program campaign content, wherein the filtering is performed based on user characteristics.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

an instance of ad campaign content is associated with one or more media programs, and

an instance of media program campaign content promotes a media program.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

an instance of ad campaign content is a logo that specifies one or more media programs in which the logo can be displayed with, and

an instance of media program campaign content promotes a media program.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, that when executed, control a computer system to be operable for:

generating combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content;

ranking the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content, wherein the ranking is based on ad campaign content being shown with the media program campaign content;

selecting one or more of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content based on the ranking; and

causing display of the one or more of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content in a display that is used to receive a selection of a media program to play, wherein the one or more of the combinations of ad campaign content and the media program campaign content include ad campaign content shown over media program campaign content in a same area of the display.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , further operable for:

generating an ad campaign score for each of ad campaign content in the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content;

generating a media program campaign score for each of media program campaign content in the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content; and

generating a relevance score for each of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program content.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein ranking the combinations of ad campaign content and media program content comprises:

combining the ad campaign score, the media program campaign score, and the relevance score for each of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program content into a total score; and

ranking total scores for the combinations of ad campaign content and media program content.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the ad campaign content is a logo that is shown over media program campaign content in the same area of the display for a combination of ad campaign content and media program campaign content.

20. An apparatus comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when executed, control the one or more computer processors to be operable for:

generating combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content;

ranking the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content, wherein the ranking is based on ad campaign content being shown with the media program campaign content;

selecting one or more of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content based on the ranking; and

causing display of the one or more of the combinations of ad campaign content and media program campaign content in a display that is used to receive a selection of a media program to play, wherein the one or more of the combinations of ad campaign content and the media program campaign content include ad campaign content shown over media program campaign content in a same area of the display.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2026
From: HULU, LLC
To: ADEIA MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 075567/0854 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2020
From: KEHLER, CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL; KANG, KANG; BEAL, JEFF; ZHANG, CHI; HUA, ZHEBANG; KAYA, LUTFI ILKE
To: HULU, LLC
Reel/Frame 052980/0679 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15594121 · May 12, 2017
Provisional Application 62336313 · May 13, 2016
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