US 12,468,828 B2
Method and computing device for intervening access to a target media service
Frederik Riedel, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to RIEDEL.WTF GMBH, Berlin (DE)
Filed by riedel.wtf GmbH, Berlin (DE)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/931,047.
Prior Publication US 2023/0229797 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 21/6209 (2013.01) [G06F 11/3438 (2013.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method to intervene access to a target media service requested by a user, the method comprising:
a) providing a computing device including one or more computer storage databases and processors, and wherein the computing device comprises computer-executable instructions embodied thereon including computer-executable instructions to carry out a method to intervene access to a target media service requested by a user,
b) determining a media service to be identified as target media service when access to the media service is to be intervened using the computing device of step a), storing unique target media service identifier data in an identifier database, and storing activity status data of the target media service including time stamp of access request to the target media service and time stamp of closing the target media service in a database as well as storing time stamp of completing intervention for the target media service in a database, respectively,
c) detecting a user interaction with the computing device of step a) that triggers i) a present access request being a request to access a media service and determining that the requested access is a request to access one of the target media services based on the stored unique target media service identifier data of step b), or ii) a request to close a media service and determining that the requested closing is a request to close one of the target media services based on the stored unique target media service identifier data of step b),
d) determining that the present access request to the target media service of step c) is to be intervened based on the activity status data for the requested target media service, wherein the present access request to the target media service is only not to be intervened i) when determining that a time interval between the time stamp of the present access request for the target media service and a time stamp of completion of last intervention for the target media service is up to 10 seconds, and ii) when determining that a time interval between the time stamp of the present access request for the target media service and a time stamp of last closing the target media service is up to 5 minutes,
wherein the time stamp of the present access request for the target media service is only stored in a database in case the access to the target media service is determined to be intervened, and
e) intervening access to the requested target media service, wherein the intervention is perceivable by the user and is selected from a predetermined intervention parameter stored for the requested target media service on or accessible by the computing device.