US 12,231,730 B2
Providing activity notifications regarding digital content
Shunsuke Kunieda, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/959,609.
Application 17/959,609 is a continuation of application No. 15/904,163, filed on Feb. 23, 2018, granted, now 11,463,773, issued on Oct. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0101328 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04N 21/4667 (2013.01) [H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/44224 (2020.08); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing notifications regarding activity associated with digital content, the method comprising:
storing information regarding media content titles accessible over a network and associated with a user profile;
monitoring one or more activity values associated with each of the media content titles over a period of time during an interactive session, wherein the activity values correspond to different content types including one or more of chat, live gameplay, and keyword usage;
determining a change in one or more of the activity values for each of the media content titles over the period of time;
generating a notification to a client device associated with the user profile when at least one of the activity values associated with at least one of the media content titles exceeds a respective threshold level, the notification concerning the at least one media content title, wherein a type of the notification is based on a mapping between different types of notification and the different content types;
identifying a subsequent action of active engagement with the at least one media content title by a user associated with the user profile in response to the notification; and
updating a frequency of a subsequent notification sent to one or more user devices associated with the user profile based on the subsequent action.