Smart Speaker Media Network System and Method

Abstract

A system receives smart speaker skill/application generation information generates a first smart speaker skill or application using the smart speaker skill/application generation information, receives at least one scheduled post to schedule at least one briefing at a scheduled time to be broadcast to a first plurality of smart speaker devices having the first smart speaker skill or application, receives tracking and analytics information from each smart speaker in the first plurality of smart speaker devices having the first smart speaker skill or application, and determines an audience for the at least one briefing comprising the first plurality of smart speaker devices having the first smart speaker skill or application and a second plurality of smart speaker devices having a second smart speaker skill or application different from the first smart speaker skill or application based on the tracking and analytics information.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 a memory; and   at least one processor to execute computer-executable instructions stored in the memory to:
 receive at least one scheduled post from a client computing device to schedule at least one briefing at a scheduled time to be broadcast to a first plurality of smart speaker devices having a first smart speaker skill or application; 
 broadcast the at least one briefing associated with the first smart speaker skill or application to the first plurality of smart speaker devices at the scheduled time; 
 at the scheduled time, provide a first notification to the first plurality of smart speaker devices indicating that the at least one briefing is available for consumption; 
 receive tracking and analytics information from each smart speaker in the first plurality of smart speaker devices having the first smart speaker skill or application; and 
 determine an audience for the at least one briefing comprising the first plurality of smart speaker devices having the first smart speaker skill or application and a second plurality of smart speaker devices having a second smart speaker skill or application different from the first smart speaker skill or application based on the tracking and analytics information and provide a second notification to the audience indicating that at least one briefing associated with the second smart speaker skill or application is available for consumption. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further to determine a portion of the first plurality of smart speaker devices having the first smart speaker skill or application and provide a third notification to recommend a briefing associated with a third smart speaker skill or application different from the second smart speaker skill or application and the first smart speaker skill or application. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first notification comprises one of blinking a light and providing a sound. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further to transmit a briefing scheduler user interface to allow a user of the client computing device to view scheduled draft briefings to be broadcast. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the scheduled draft briefings are associated with a library of social media posts. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further to receive the at least one scheduled post and convert a representation of the post into a format comprising one of audio and video for presentation by the first plurality of smart speaker devices and the second plurality of smart speaker devices. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further to provide the tracking and analytics information comprising at least one of a number of users that have interacted with the at least one briefing, geographic information associated with the number of users that have interacted with the at least one briefing, revenue information associated with the at least one briefing, and time of engagement for number of users that have interacted with the at least one briefing. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further to provide the tracking and analytics information comprising session information associated with the at least one briefing, gender statistics associated with the number of users that have interacted with the at least one briefing, and age information associated with the number of users that have interacted with the at least one briefing. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further to schedule a first briefing of the at least one briefing to be broadcast followed by a first advertisement to be inserted after the first briefing. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , the at least one processor further to schedule a second briefing of the at least one briefing to be broadcast after the first advertisement followed by a second advertisement to be inserted after the second briefing. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further to:
 receive smart speaker skill/application generation information from the client computing device and generate the first smart speaker skill or application using the smart speaker skill/application generation information.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further to provide one or more goods or services available for purchase by the audience for the at least one briefing comprising the first plurality of smart speaker devices having the first smart speaker skill or application. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further to provide a chat interface for the audience for the at least one briefing using the first plurality of smart speaker devices. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further to transmit a live briefing provided by the first smart speaker skill or application. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the live briefing comprises a live stage section comprising at least one presenter on a stage and at least one logo for the at least one presenter. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the live briefing comprises realtime information comprising purchase information for items or services associated with the first smart speaker skill or application. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 14 , the at least one processor further to transmit a user interface element that when selected allows a user to speak or present to the audience using a smart speaker device of the user. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further to transmit a uniform resource locator (URL) having an associated service or product available for purchase associated with the at least one briefing. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the tracking and analytics information is obtained when a smart speaker device consumes, views, or interacts with the at least one briefing. 
     
     
         20 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by at least one processor, at least one scheduled post from a client computing device to schedule at least one briefing at a scheduled time to be broadcast to a first plurality of smart speaker devices having a first smart speaker skill or application;   broadcasting, by the at least one processor, the at least one briefing associated with the first smart speaker skill or application to the first plurality of smart speaker devices at the scheduled time;   at the scheduled time, providing, by the at least one processor, a first notification to the first plurality of smart speaker devices indicating that the at least one briefing is available for consumption;   receiving, by the at least one processor, tracking and analytics information from each smart speaker in the first plurality of smart speaker devices having the first smart speaker skill or application; and   determining, by the at least one processor, an audience for the at least one briefing comprising the first plurality of smart speaker devices having the first smart speaker skill or application and a second plurality of smart speaker devices having a second smart speaker skill or application different from the first smart speaker skill or application based on the tracking and analytics information and providing a second notification to the audience indicating that at least one briefing associated with the second smart speaker skill or application is available for consumption.   
     
     
         21 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:
 receiving at least one scheduled post from a client computing device to schedule at least one briefing at a scheduled time to be broadcast to a first plurality of smart speaker devices having a first smart speaker skill or application;   broadcasting the at least one briefing associated with the first smart speaker skill or application to the first plurality of smart speaker devices at the scheduled time;   at the scheduled time, providing a first notification to the first plurality of smart speaker devices indicating that the at least one briefing is available for consumption;   receiving tracking and analytics information from each smart speaker in the first plurality of smart speaker devices having the first smart speaker skill or application; and   determining an audience for the at least one briefing comprising the first plurality of smart speaker devices having the first smart speaker skill or application and a second plurality of smart speaker devices having a second smart speaker skill or application different from the first smart speaker skill or application based on the tracking and analytics information and providing a second notification to the audience indicating that at least one briefing associated with the second smart speaker skill or application is available for consumption.