Systems and Methods for Providing Contextual Messages for Media Contents

Number: 20220147532
Published: 2022-05-12
Filed: 2022-01-26
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Eatedali; Josiah, Arana; Mark
CPC: G06F16/2358; G06F16/24568; G06F16/24575; 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

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

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

21. A system comprising: a non-transitory memory storing an executable code; and a hardware processor configured to execute the executable code to: receive a request from a s first user to stream a media content to a media device for viewing by the first user, the media content including a contextual message received from a second user and inserted at an insertion point in the media content; present the first 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 first 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; and stream, in response to the request, the media content to the media device for viewing by the first user; deliver, based on the election, the contextual message for display on the media device at the insertion point or at the end of the media content. || 31. A method for use with a system including a hardware processor and a non-transitory memory, the method comprising: receiving, using the hardware processor, a request from a s first user to stream a media content to a media device for viewing by the first user, the media content including a contextual message received from a second user and inserted at an insertion point in the media content; presenting, using the hardware processor, the first 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 first 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; and streaming, using the hardware processor and in response to the request, the media content to the media device for viewing by the first user; delivering, using the hardware processor, based on the election, the contextual message for display on the media device at the insertion point or at the end of the media content.