US 12,273,603 B2
Crowd source-based time marking of media items at a platform
Dongeek Shin, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/746,816.
Prior Publication US 2023/0379556 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/8547 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing a media item to a plurality of client devices associated with users of a platform, wherein each of the users associated with the plurality of client devices share at least one common characteristic;
receiving, from each of the plurality of client devices, a request to bookmark an interesting content segment of the media item as selected by a respective user of the platform, wherein each request received from a respective client device of the plurality of client devices indicates a time period of a timeline of the media item associated with the interesting content segment;
responsive to determining that a number of received requests to bookmark the interesting content segment from users associated with the at least one common characteristic satisfies one or more request criteria, identifying a range of time periods associated with the interesting content segment based on the time period indicated by each of the received requests;
associating at least one content segment within the range of time periods with a bookmark for the timeline of the media item; and
providing the media item and an indication of the bookmark to an additional client device for presentation to an additional user of the platform associated with the at least one common characteristic.