BACK-END CONTENT ANALYSIS SYSTEM TO INITIATE SECOND-SCREEN CONFIRMATION

摘要

Particular embodiments provide a hybrid approach to confirming a presence of the second-screen device in a same location as a first-screen device. In one embodiment, a trigger phase and a confirmation phase are used to confirm the presence of the second-screen device in a physical proximity to the first-screen device. The trigger phase may be performed at a back-end system. The back-end system may detect events for the content being delivered to the first-screen device using content detection techniques. The back-end system may generate a trigger event when certain conditions are met based on the detection. Once the trigger event is detected, the back-end system may confirm that the second-screen device is physically present in a same location with the first-screen device. For example, the back-end system may communicate with the second-screen device to initiate a content detection analysis on the second-screen device.

主权项

1. A method for confirming presence of a second-screen device with regard to a first-screen device, the method comprising:
receiving, by a back-end computer system comprising one or more servers coupled to a network of a content delivery system, a content that is being delivered by the content delivery system via the network to a first-screen device, wherein the back-end computer system is at a remote physical location separate from both the first-screen device and the second-screen device, and wherein the first-screen device is associated with a user account; performing, by the back-end computer system, a content detection analysis of the content; determining, by the back-end computer system, a trigger event based on the content detection analysis, the trigger event being triggered based on a portion of the content; selecting, by the back-end computer system, a second-screen device associated with a user account entity, wherein the user account entity is associated with the user account of the first-screen device; and communicating, by the back-end computer system, the trigger event to the selected second-screen device, the trigger event causing the second-screen device to start a presence detection analysis using hardware of the second-screen device to confirm the second-screen device's presence with regard to the first-screen device.