Patent ID: 9591050
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: collecting, by a processor, user activity data for a first online media item, the user activity data comprising data for a plurality of users consuming the first online media item, the first online media item having a first thumbnail representing the first online media item, the first thumbnail corresponding to one of a plurality of frames of the first online media item; identifying, by the processor, rankings of the first online media item and at least one of a plurality of other online media items based on a comparison of the user activity data of the first online media item to user activity data of at least one of the plurality of other online media items; determining, by the processor, based on the rankings, that a new thumbnail is to be recommended for the first online media item; segmenting, by the processor, the first online media item into a plurality of segments; identifying, by the processor, one or more of the plurality of segments with user activity data satisfying one or more criteria, the identified segments comprising a set of frames of the plurality of frames of the first online media item; selecting, by the processor, a subset of frames from the set of frames of the identified segments; selecting, by the processor, one of the plurality of other online media items comprising a feature in common with the first online media item and having a second thumbnail representing the selected other online media item, the second thumbnail corresponding to one of a plurality of frames of the selected other online media item; selecting, by the processor, a frame from the subset of frames from the first online media item based on the second thumbnail for the selected other online media item; and sending, by the processor, a recommendation of the selected frame as the new thumbnail for the first online media item to a client device.