Pull notification from separate application

US11445259B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• HULU, LLC · US

Inventors

• Josh Stratton · Issaquah, US
• Tiffany Jiang · White Plains, US
• Elise Wang · Cerritos, US
• Ariela Ninka · Santa Monica, US
• Mingkui Liu · Beijing, CN
• Zhuofeng Wu · Los Angeles, US
• Suneeta Puranik · Los Angeles, US
• Andres Montano · Seattle, US
• Austin Wignall · Los Angeles, US
• Jillian Abeyta · Los Angeles, US
• Josh Nelson · Atlanta, US
• Andrew Salituri · Seattle, US
• Dominic Hopton · Kirkland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 2021
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N21/812
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In some embodiments, a method receives a request for supplemental content to be displayed in a break of a video being played using a first instance of an application at a first client device. An account is associated with the first instance of the application. A plurality of contact options is retrieved for the account and ranked. The method outputs the plurality of pull notification options to the first client device based on the plurality of contact options where the plurality of pull notification options are displayed during the break. A pull notification option causes a pull notification to be sent to a second instance of the application running on a second client device and the pull notification is configured to be output by the second instance of the application on the second client device.