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US 12,231,726 · App. 18/213,446 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Method and system for transferring an interactive feature to another device

Inventors: John Blake (Belmont, CA); Milan Patel (Santa Clara, CA); Rowena Young (Menlo Park, CA); Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon (Emerald Hills, CA)
Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
H04N21/44218G06F16/40H04H20/38H04H60/56H04H60/80H04N21/23113H04N21/252H04N21/4126H04N21/41265H04N21/431H04N21/4334H04N21/4532H04N21/458H04N21/47217H04N21/4821H04N21/83H04N21/845
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Patent No.
US 12,231,726
App. No.
18/213,446
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems are presented for transferring an interactive feature from a first device to a second device. Two users may be consuming a media asset. Upon receipt of a command to active an interactive feature, a determination is made whether a user who did not activate the interactive feature is interested in the media asset. Upon that determination, a timer is activated that tracks an amount of time for which the interactive feature is active and a determination is made whether a threshold time period has been met. Once the threshold time period is met, a device associated with the user that activated the interactive feature is identified and the users are prompted to transfer the interactive feature to the device.

Claims (57)

1. A method comprising:

detecting interruption of a first media asset being consumed by a first and a second user on a first device associated with the first user, wherein the interruption is caused by displaying of a second media asset that is selected by the second user via an interactive feature;

determining the genre of the second media asset;

determining an attention threshold related to the genre of the second media asset, wherein the attention threshold is associated with the first user's prior consumption of media assets from the same genre of the second media asset;

comparing the determined attention threshold to a current amount of time the second media asset has been displayed on the first device; and

in response to determining the current amount of time the second media asset has been displayed on the first device exceeds the attention threshold, prompting the second user with a selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the first device to a second device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the attention threshold comprises:

analyzing consumption pattern of the first user as it relates to consumption of the media assets from the same genre of the second media asset;

for each media asset consumed by the first user that is from the same genre of the second media asset, determining an amount of time after which the first user loses interest in the media asset; and

averaging the amount of time across all the media assets consumed by the first user that are from the same genre of the second media asset to determine the attention threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attention threshold relates to a time period after which the first user become impatient and is not interested in consuming a media asset that is in the same genre as the second media asset.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

using a camera associated with the first device to track the first user's gaze; and

determining based on the user's gaze turned in the direction away from the media asset that is in the same genre as the second media asset that the first user has become impatient and is not interested in consuming the media asset.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attention threshold relates to a time period after which the first user is no longer consuming the second media asset.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising using input obtained via a camera capturing the first user to determine that the first user is no longer consuming the second media asset.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the genre of second media asset is an advertisement.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

initiating a timer that tracks a period of time that the second media asset has been displayed on the first device; and

determining the current amount of time the second media asset has been displayed on the first device based on the tracking by the initiated timer.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein prompting the second user with the selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the first device to a second device comprises:

detecting a plurality of accessible devices;

determining that the first device from the plurality of accessible devices detected is associated with the first user; and

generating for display, on the first device, a prompt to transfer the interactive feature to the first device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein prompting the second user with the selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the first device to a second device comprises:

detecting a plurality of accessible devices;

determining that the second device from the plurality of accessible devices detected is associated with the second user; and

generating for display, on the second device, a prompt to transfer the interactive feature to the second device.

11. A system comprising:

control circuitry configured to:

detect interruption of a first media asset being consumed by a first and a second user on a first device associated with the first user, wherein the interruption is caused by displaying of a second media asset that is selected by the second user via an interactive feature;

determine the genre of the second media asset;

determine an attention threshold related to the genre of the second media asset, wherein the attention threshold is associated with the first user's prior consumption of media assets from the same genre of the second media asset;

compare the determined attention threshold to a current amount of time the second media asset has been displayed on the first device; and

in response to determining the current amount of time the second media asset has been displayed on the first device exceeds the attention threshold, prompt the second user with a selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the first device to a second device.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the determining of the attention threshold comprises, the control circuitry configured to:

analyze consumption pattern of the first user as it relates to consumption of the media assets from the same genre of the second media asset;

for each media asset consumed by the first user that is from the same genre of the second media asset, determine an amount of time after which the first user loses interest in the media asset; and

average the amount of time across all the media assets consumed by the first user that are from the same genre of the second media asset to determine the attention threshold.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the attention threshold relates to a time period after which the first user become impatient and is not interested in consuming a media asset that is in the same genre as the second media asset.

14. The system of claim 13 , further comprising the control circuitry configured to:

use a camera associated with the first device to track the first user's gaze; and

determine based on the user's gaze turned in the direction away from the media asset that is in the same genre as the second media asset that the first user has become impatient and is not interested in consuming the media asset.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the attention threshold relates to a time period after which the first user is no longer consuming the second media asset.

16. The system of claim 15 , further comprising the control circuitry configured to use input obtained via a camera capturing the first user to determine that the first user is no longer consuming the second media asset.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the genre of second media asset is an advertisement.

18. The system of claim 11 , further comprising the control circuitry configured to:

initiate a timer that tracks a period of time that the second media asset has been displayed on the first device; and

determine the current amount of time the second media asset has been displayed on the first device based on the tracking by the initiated timer.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein prompting the second user with the selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the first device to a second device comprises the control circuitry configured to:

detect a plurality of accessible devices;

determine that the first device from the plurality of accessible devices detected is associated with the first user; and

generate for display, on the first device, a prompt to transfer the interactive feature to the first device.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein prompting the second user with the selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the first device to a second device comprises, the control circuitry configured to:

detect a plurality of accessible devices;

determine that the second device from the plurality of accessible devices detected is associated with the second user; and

generate for display, on the second device, a prompt to transfer the interactive feature to the second device.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2024
From: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
To: ADEIA GUIDES INC.
Reel/Frame 069085/0755 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: BLAKE, JOHN; PATEL, MILAN; YOUNG, ROWENA; BOURDON, JEAN MICHEL PIERRE
To: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Reel/Frame 064089/0941 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17159562 · Jan 27, 2021
Continuation 15200638 · Jul 1, 2016
Provisional Application 62334202 · May 10, 2016
Related Publication 20240031645A1 · Jan 25, 2024
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