- Number
- 11269890
- Published
- 2022-03-08
- Filed
- 2016-01-18
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Eatedali; Josiah, Arana; Mark
- CPC
- G06F16/24575; G06F16/24568; G06F16/2358; G06F16/44
- Verdict
- Set aside contextual content messaging, business
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
There is provided a system including a memory and a processor configured to stream a media content for playback to a first media device for viewing by a first user, receive, while streaming the media content, an input from the first media device indicating an insertion point in the media content selected by the first user for inserting a contextual message provided by the first user, receive the contextual message from the first media device, stream the media content for playback to a second media device for viewing by a second user, and deliver the contextual message to the second media device for viewing by the second user when streaming the media content to the second media device reaches the insertion point.
Background
BACKGROUND (1) Increasingly, consumers are canceling cable television subscriptions and streaming entertainment over the Internet. Streaming media over the Internet has increased the ease of watching television and movies at home. Viewers eagerly awaiting the release of a movie are more likely to watch the movie at home, as soon as the movie becomes available, and less likely to watch the movie with a group of friends. Additionally, viewers who do not have access to certain shows, such as cable network television shows, are likely to watch those cable network television shows at home when the cable network television shows become available to stream. As a result, viewers who use streaming services see the shows at times that are convenient to them, which is more likely different than when other family members or friends stream the same shows. SUMMARY (2) The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for providing contextual messages for media contents, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
Claims
1. A system comprising: a non-transitory memory storing an executable code; and a hardware processor configured to execute the executable code to: stream a media content for playback to a first media device for viewing by a first user; receive, while streaming the media content to the first media device, an input from the first user via the first media device indicating an insertion point in the media content; receive a contextual message from the first user via the first media device; insert the contextual message at the insertion point in the media content; stream the media content for playback to a second media device for viewing by a second user, after inserting the contextual message in the media content; deliver the contextual message to the second media device for viewing by the second user, wherein delivering the contextual message to the second media device is delayed such that the contextual message is not delivered to the second media device until streaming the media content to the second media device reaches the insertion point; present the second user with a first choice and a second choice, wherein the first choice is to display the contextual message at the insertion point, wherein the second choice is to display the contextual message at an end of the media content; receive an election from the second user of one of the first choice to display the contextual message at the insertion point or the second choice to display the contextual message at the end of the media content; deliver, based on the election, the contextual message for display on the second media device at the insertion point or at the end of the media content; while streaming the media content to the second media device, receive a response message from the second user via the second media device in response to the contextual message displayed on the second media device; and send a notification including the response message to the first user. ||
11. A method for use with a system including a hardware processor and a non-transitory memory, the method comprising: streaming, using the hardware processor, a media content for playback to a first media device for viewing by a first user; receiving, using the hardware processor, while streaming the media content to the first media device, an input from the first user via the first media device indicating an insertion point in the media content; receiving, using the hardware processor, a contextual message from the first user via the first media device; inserting, using the hardware processor, the contextual message at the insertion point in the media content; streaming, using the hardware processor, the media content for playback to a second media device for viewing by a second user, after inserting the contextual message in the media content; delivering, using the hardware processor, the contextual message to the second media device for viewing by the second user, wherein delivering the contextual message to the second media device is delayed such that the contextual message is not delivered to the second media device until streaming the media content to the second media device reaches the insertion point; presenting, using the hardware processor, the second user with a first choice and a second choice, wherein the first choice is to display the contextual message at the insertion point, wherein the second choice is to display the contextual message at an end of the media content; receiving, using the hardware processor, an election from the second user of one of the first choice to display the contextual message at the insertion point or the second choice to display the contextual message at the end of the media content; delivering, using the hardware processor and based on the election, the contextual message on the second media device at the insertion point or at the end of the media content; while streaming the media content to the second media device, receiving, using hardware processor, a response message from the second user via the second media device in response to the contextual message displayed on the second media device; and sending, using hardware processor, a notification including the response message to the first user.