Invention Grant
- Patent Title: User commentary systems and methods
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Application No.: US17062869Application Date: 2020-10-05
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Publication No.: US11438665B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Michael George Lenahan , Amanda Johnson , Ben Lucas Mitchell , Chahn Chung , Linda Young
- Applicant: eBay Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: eBay Inc.
- Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F16/00
- IPC: G06F16/00 ; H04N21/478 ; G06F16/28 ; H04N21/422 ; H04N21/475 ; H04N21/41 ; H04N21/4788 ; H04N21/254 ; G06Q30/06 ; H04N21/431 ; H04N21/439 ; H04N21/84 ; G06Q30/02

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving program content and data describing program content from a content source, and automatically identifying, based on user preferences of a first user, one or more relevant products or services displayed in the program content. Product-related metadata associated with the program content is identified. The product-related metadata including data relating to the one or more relevant products or services displayed in the program content. The program content is communicated to a display device for presentation to a first user in a first portion of the display device, and the product-related metadata is communicated to a second display device for presentation to a second user substantially simultaneously with the presentation of the program content in the first display device. A user commentary is received from the second device, the user commentary generated by the second user and associated with the program content or product-related metadata.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210021902A1 USER COMMENTARY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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