US 11,722,746 B2
Methods, systems, and media for providing video content suitable for audio-only playback
Justin Lewis, South San Francisco, CA (US); and Ruxandra Georgiana Davies, Santa Monica, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/460,850.
Application 17/460,850 is a continuation of application No. 16/876,425, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,109,109.
Application 16/876,425 is a continuation of application No. 14/820,233, filed on Aug. 6, 2015, granted, now 10,659,845, issued on May 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392411 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/233 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4852 (2013.01) [H04N 21/233 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/25825 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01); H04N 21/439 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/4621 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/8153 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A method for selecting content to be presented, the method comprising:
receiving, using a hardware processor, a request, from a user, for a first video content item;
determining, using the hardware processor, whether the first video content item is suitable for presentation in a background playback mode in which audio data of video content items is played back and in which video data of the video content items is unlikely to be viewed by the user; and
in response to determining that the first video content item is not suitable for presentation in the background playback mode, setting, using the hardware processor, a background playback mode indicator associated with the first video content item to indicate that the first video content item is not suitable for presentation in the background playback mode and selecting a second video content item in which the background playback mode indicator associated with the second video content item indicates that the second video content item is suitable for presentation in the background playback mode.