Granted Patent B2

US 12,219,223 · App. 18/238,805 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Inventors: Ingrid McAulay Trollope (Richmond, GB); Ant Oztaskent (Greenwich, GB); Yaroslav Volovich (Cambridge, GB)

Assignee: Google LLC

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Abstract

Claims (52)

1. A method for providing media guidance, the method comprising:

causing, using a hardware processor, a plurality of recommendation interfaces to be presented on a media device associated with a mobile device, wherein at least one of the plurality of recommendation interfaces relates to a media content item being presented by the media device;

determining, using the hardware processor, that state information associated with the mobile device indicates a subsequent visit to the plurality of recommendation interfaces and indicates that the mobile device returned from a state in which presentation of the plurality of recommendation interfaces was previously inhibited; and

causing, using the hardware processor, the plurality of recommendation interfaces to be updated based on the media content item being presented by the media device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of recommendation interfaces each include one of a plurality of supplemental content items, and wherein at least one of the plurality of supplemental content items relates to the media content item being presented by the media device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a first supplemental content item from the plurality of supplemental content items is updated with a second supplemental content item from the plurality of supplemental content items, and wherein the second supplemental content item relates to the media content item being presented by the media device.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

storing the plurality of supplemental content items, media information, and a plurality of keywords in a data source indexed by media content item and time within the media content item;

selecting the first supplemental content item from the data source based on a first time determined from a request for supplemental content relating to the media content item being presented by the media device; and

selecting the second supplemental content item from the data source based on a second time determined from the state information.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second supplemental content item is caused to be presented in response to determining that the state information was received prior to an end of the media content item and in response to determining that the state information was received within a predetermined time from the presentation of the plurality of recommendation interfaces.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying the media content item that is being presented on the media device; and

obtaining the plurality of recommendation interfaces corresponding to the media content item.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing the plurality of recommendation interfaces to be presented in response to detecting a presence of the media device on a local area network, wherein the media device and the mobile device are connected to the local area network.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving an audio fingerprint of audio information corresponding to the media content item being presented on the media device, wherein the media content item is identified based on the audio fingerprint.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

extracting an audio stream from a plurality of media content items;

generating, for each of the plurality of media content items, at least one audio fingerprint from at least a portion of the audio stream that corresponds to one of the plurality of media content items;

storing the at least one audio fingerprint in a data source indexed by media content item;

comparing the at least one audio fingerprint with the at least one stored audio fingerprint; and

identifying the media content item that is being presented on the media device based on comparing the at least one audio fingerprint with the at least one stored audio fingerprint comparison.

10. A system for providing media guidance, the system comprising:

a hardware processor that is configured to:

cause a plurality of recommendation interfaces to be presented on a media device associated with a mobile device, wherein at least one of the plurality of recommendation interfaces relates to a media content item being presented by the media device;

determine that state information associated with the mobile device indicates a subsequent visit to the plurality of recommendation interfaces and indicates that the mobile device returned from a state in which presentation of the plurality of recommendation interfaces was previously inhibited; and

cause the plurality of recommendation interfaces to be updated based on the media content item being presented by the media device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of recommendation interfaces each include one of a plurality of supplemental content items, and wherein at least one of the plurality of supplemental content items relates to the media content item being presented by the media device.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein a first supplemental content item from the plurality of supplemental content items is updated with a second supplemental content item from the plurality of supplemental content items, and wherein the second supplemental content item relates to the media content item being presented by the media device.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

store the plurality of supplemental content items, media information, and a plurality of keywords in a data source indexed by media content item and time within the media content item;

select the first supplemental content item from the data source based on a first time determined from a request for supplemental content relating to the media content item being presented by the media device; and

select the second supplemental content item from the data source based on a second time determined from the state information.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the second supplemental content item is caused to be presented in response to determining that the state information was received prior to an end of the media content item and in response to determining that the state information was received within a predetermined time from the presentation of the plurality of recommendation interfaces.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

identify the media content item that is being presented on the media device; and

obtain the plurality of recommendation interfaces corresponding to the media content item.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to cause the plurality of recommendation interfaces to be presented in response to detecting a presence of the media device on a local area network, and wherein the media device and the mobile device are connected to the local area network.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to receive an audio fingerprint of audio information corresponding to the media content item being presented on the media device, and wherein the media content item is identified based on the audio fingerprint.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

extract an audio stream from a plurality of media content items;

generate, for each of the plurality of media content items, at least one audio fingerprint from at least a portion of the audio stream that corresponds to one of the plurality of media content items;

store the at least one audio fingerprint in a data source indexed by media content item;

compare the at least one audio fingerprint with the at least one stored audio fingerprint; and

identify the media content item that is being presented on the media device based on comparing the at least one audio fingerprint with the at least one stored audio fingerprint.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for providing media guidance, the method comprising:

causing a plurality of recommendation interfaces to be presented on a media device associated with a mobile device, wherein at least one of the plurality of recommendation interfaces relates to a media content item being presented by the media device;

determining that state information associated with the mobile device indicates a subsequent visit to the plurality of recommendation interfaces and indicates that the mobile device returned from a state in which presentation of the plurality of recommendation interfaces was previously inhibited; and

causing the plurality of recommendation interfaces to be updated based on the media content item being presented by the media device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the method further comprises:

identifying the media content item that is being presented on the media device; and

obtaining the plurality of recommendation interfaces corresponding to the media content item.

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