IP Library Granted Patent US 11,025,990
Granted Patent B2
US 11,025,990 · App. 16/442,717 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Search and recommendation of media assets through conversational use of catchphrases

Inventor: Sahir Nasir (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
H04N21/47214H04N21/42203H04N21/4756H04N21/4788H04N21/4826H04N21/8133
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Patent No.
US 11,025,990
App. No.
16/442,717
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

During a conversation the participants of the conversation may use catchphrases that are associated with particular characters, media assets, or media personalities. The catchphrases may be associated with information such as the media asset where the catchphrase was originally spoken, the speaker, and keywords relating to the media asset. Based on this associated information and the participant's use of the catchphrase, the system may provide a media asset recommendation to the participant for a media asset that does not include the catchphrase.

Claims (63)

1. A method for providing media asset recommendations, the method comprising:

receiving data representing a conversation between a plurality of participants;

identifying a first participant of the plurality of participants as associated with a media guidance application;

identifying a portion of the conversation that is provided by the first participant;

accessing, from a media guidance database, a plurality of unique catchphrases, each of the plurality of unique catchphrases associated with at least one media asset;

analyzing the portion of the conversation provided by the first participant to identify one of the plurality of unique catchphrases;

identifying the at least one media asset associated with the identified unique catchphrase;

identifying a related media asset such that the related media asset does not include the unique catchphrase and is not the at least one media asset associated with the identified unique catchphrase; and

providing a media asset recommendation comprising the related media asset.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation corresponds to a conversation captured by a passive listening device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation corresponds to a conversation on a text messaging platform.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identified unique catchphrase comprises a first unique catchphrase and the at least one media asset comprises at least one first media asset, further comprising:

analyzing the portion of the conversation provided by the first participant to identify a second unique catchphrase of the plurality of unique catchphrases, wherein at least one second media asset is associated with the second unique catchphrase;

identifying a second related media asset such that the second related media asset does not include the first unique catchphrase or the second unique catchphrase and is not the at least one first media asset associated with the first unique catchphrase or the at least one second media asset associated with the second unique catchphrase; and

providing the second related media asset as the media asset recommendation.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information corresponding to the at least one media asset associated with the identified unique catchphrase comprises an actor, character, or keyword.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying a plurality of media assets based on a user profile for the first participant, wherein the related media asset is selected from the plurality of media assets.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying a plurality of media assets based on a viewing history for the first participant, wherein the related media asset is selected from the plurality of media assets.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the related media asset such that the related media asset does not include the unique catchphrase and is not the at least one media asset associated with the identified unique catchphrase comprises:

accessing a plurality of previous unique catchphrases that the first participant has previously used in conversation;

identifying previous media asset information associated with the previous unique catchphrases;

identifying common information between the previous media asset information and the information corresponding to the at least one media asset associated with the identified unique catchphrase; and

identifying the related media asset based on the common information.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a plurality of media assets that include the identified unique catchphrase; and

increasing a recommendation priority for the plurality of media assets.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identified unique catchphrase comprises a first unique catchphrase and the at least one media asset comprises at least one first media asset, further comprising:

identifying a portion of the conversation that is provided by the second participant;

analyzing the portion of the conversation provided by the second participant to identify a second one of the plurality of unique catchphrases;

identifying a second related media asset such that the second related meida asset does not include the first unique catchphrase or the second unique catchphrase and is not the at least one first media asset associated with the first unique catchphrase or the at least one second media asset associated with the second unique catchphrase; and

providing the second related media asset as the media asset recommendation.

11. A system for providing media asset recommendations, the system comprising:

control circuitry configured to:

receive data representing a conversation between a plurality of participants;

identify a first participant of the plurality of participants as associated with a media guidance application;

identify a portion of the conversation that is provided by the first participant;

access, from a media guidance database, a plurality of unique catchphrases, each of the plurality of unique catchphrases associated with at least one media asset;

analyze the portion of the conversation provided by the first participant to identify one of the plurality of unique catchphrases;

identify the at least one media asset associated with the identified unique catchphrase;

identify a related media asset such that the related media asset does not include the unique catchphrase and is not the at least one media asset associated with the identified unique catchphrase; and

provide a media asset recommendation comprising the related media asset.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the conversation corresponds to a conversation captured by a passive listening device.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the conversation corresponds to a conversation on a text messaging platform.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the identified unique catchphrase comprises a first unique catchphrase and the at least one media asset comprises at least one first media asset, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

analyze the portion of the conversation provided by the first participant to identify a second unique catchphrase of the plurality of unique catchphrases, wherein at least one second media asset is associated with the second unique catchphrase;

identify a second related media asset such that the second related media asset does not include the first unique catchphrase or the second unique catchphrase and is not the at least one first media asset associated with the first unique catchphrase or the at least one second media asset associated with the second unique catchphrase; and

provide the second related media asset as the media asset recommendation.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the information corresponding to the at least one media asset associated with the identified unique catchphrase comprises an actor, character, or keyword.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to identify a plurality of media assets based on a user profile for the first participant, wherein the related media asset is selected from the plurality of media assets.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to identify a plurality of media assets based on a viewing history for the first participant, wherein the related media asset is selected from the plurality of media assets.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein, to identify the related media asset such that the related media asset does not include the unique catchphrase and is not the at least one media asset associated with the unique catchphrase, the control circuitry is further configured to:

access a plurality of previous unique catchphrases that the first participant has previously used in conversation;

identify previous media asset information associated with the previous unique catchphrases;

identify common information between the previous media asset information and the information corresponding to the at least one media asset associated with the identified unique catchphrase; and

identify the related media asset based on the common information.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify a plurality of media assets that include the identified unique catchphrase; and

increase a recommendation priority for the plurality of media assets.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the identified unique catchphrase comprises a first unique catchphrase and the at least one media asset comprises at least one first media asset, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify a portion of the conversation that is provided by the second participant;

analyze the portion of the conversation provided by the second participant to identify a second one of the plurality of unique catchphrases;

identify a second related media asset such that the second related media asset does not include the first unique catchphrase or the second unique catchphrase and is not the at least one first media asset associated with the first unique catchphrase or the at least one second media asset associated with the second unique catchphrase; and

provide the second related media asset as the media asset recommendation.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2024
From: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
To: ADEIA GUIDES INC.
Reel/Frame 069106/0231 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
Reel/Frame 053481/0790 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
To: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
Reel/Frame 053458/0749 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2020
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS INC.; VEVEO, INC.; INVENSAS CORPORATION; INVENSAS BONDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; TESSERA, INC.; TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DTS, INC.; PHORUS, INC.; IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053468/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 25, 2019
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051110/0006 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2019
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
To: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051143/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2019
From: NASIR, SAHIR
To: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Reel/Frame 049518/0747 →
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