US 12,267,533 B2
Dynamic custom interstitial transition videos for video streaming services
Neil Cormican, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,319.
Application 17/862,319 is a continuation of application No. 16/908,616, filed on Jun. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,388,452.
Application 16/908,616 is a continuation of application No. 15/629,618, filed on Jun. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,694,223, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0345761 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/23424 (2013.01) [H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/4302 (2013.01); H04N 21/43074 (2020.08); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01); H04N 21/8146 (2013.01); H04N 21/845 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
identifying, by a processing device, a base media item comprising a display area to be customized for a user of a client device to provide a transition between a first video to be played on the client device and a plurality of second videos playable on the client device after the first video, wherein at least one of the plurality of second videos is part of a playlist that does not include the first video;
causing, by the processing device, the first video to be played on a screen of the client device;
causing, by the processing device, the display area of the base media item to be automatically customized to transform the base media item into a custom transition media item that presents information about each of the plurality of second videos playable after the first video, wherein causing the display area of the base media item to be automatically customized comprises:
determining the plurality of second videos to be of interest to the user based at least in part on a viewing history of the user; and
causing the display area of the base media item to be populated with a plurality of metadata content items, wherein each of the plurality of metadata content items comprises information about a respective one of the plurality of second videos playable after the first video; and
causing, by the processing device, the base media item with the customized display area to be presented on the screen of the client device before playing any of the plurality of second videos to provide a transition from the first video, wherein the customized display area is overlaid with metadata content items of the plurality of metadata content items each comprising information about the respective one of the plurality of second videos, wherein a presentation of the base media item with the customized display area provides the user with at least two transition options comprising (i) waiting until the presentation of the base media item is transitioned, without any user interaction, to a start of a second video of the plurality of second videos while being presented with a changing indicator of time remaining to playback of the second video from the start, and (ii) selecting information about the second video from the playlist that does not include the first video to transition to the playback of the second video from the playlist that does not include the first video.