US 12,229,799 B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for acquiring commentary about a media content event
Nicholas Newell, Centennial, CO (US); and Swapnil Tilaye, Louisville, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/490,541.
Application 17/490,541 is a continuation of application No. 15/966,257, filed on Apr. 30, 2018, granted, now 11,151,602.
Prior Publication US 2022/0020053 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06F 16/3329 (2025.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0245 (2013.01) [G06F 16/3329 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for acquiring responses from a consumer pertaining to a subject media content event that has been previously consumed by the consumer, the method comprising:
detecting sound using a microphone of a consumer conversation acquisition system;
determining a characteristic of the detected sound;
determining that the consumer is in a receptive state when the characteristic of the detected sound is music;
determining that the consumer is in an unreceptive state when the characteristic of the detected sound is an ongoing conversation between the consumer and another person;
in response to the consumer being in the receptive state:
determining a consumer location of the consumer based on information collected from at least one consumer device;
determining the consumer location matches one or more historical locations where the consumer was in the receptive state;
comparing at least one characteristic of the consumer location of the consumer to at least one characteristic of one or more content locations associated with the subject media content event;
presenting, via at least one speaker, a query session to the consumer of audible questions associated with the subject media content event based on
the consumer location matching the one or more historical locations where the consumer was in the receptive state, and
one or more matches between the at least one characteristic of the one or more content locations and the at least one characteristic of the consumer location;
acquiring response information that corresponds to a response of the consumer to each one of the presented audible questions of the query session, wherein acquiring the response information to at least one of the presented audible questions of the query session comprises:
recording, by at least one device, a physical response of the consumer; and
associating the physical response of the consumer with the presented audible question; and
storing the acquired response information for each of the presented audible questions.