US 12,143,683 B2
Optimizing timing of display of a video overlay
Jakob Foerster, Zürich (CH); and Dhruv Bakshi, Zurich (CH)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/422,974.
Application 18/422,974 is a continuation of application No. 17/972,079, filed on Oct. 24, 2022, granted, now 11,902,629.
Application 17/972,079 is a continuation of application No. 17/208,098, filed on Mar. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,483,625, issued on Oct. 25, 2022.
Application 17/208,098 is a continuation of application No. 16/251,513, filed on Jan. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,958,981, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Application 16/251,513 is a continuation of application No. 15/811,195, filed on Nov. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,187,700, issued on Jan. 22, 2019.
Application 15/811,195 is a continuation of application No. 14/095,519, filed on Dec. 3, 2013, granted, now 9,820,004, issued on Nov. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0163523 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/488 (2011.01); G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/488 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/8126 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining engagement information for frames within a video content item based on interactions of a plurality of viewers who have been presented with the video content item on a corresponding plurality of user devices, wherein the engagement information identifies a first subset of frames in which at least a portion of the plurality of viewers are engaging with the video content item;
generating an overlay for presentation with the video content item in which the overlay is positioned over at least one of the frames included in the first subset of frames, wherein the overlay includes a link to content that, when selected, causes the content to be presented; and
causing the overlay to be displayed over the video content item, wherein the overlay is positioned over the at least one of the frames included in the first subset of frames for a time duration.