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Systems and methods for episode tracking in an interactive media environment
US9015736B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9015736-B2 |
| Application number | US-32346405-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2005 |
| Priority date | Dec 29, 2005 |
| Publication date | Apr 21, 2015 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2015 |
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Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method for presenting media content to a user at user equipment, the method comprising: retrieving viewing progress of the media content from a user profile; determining if the media content is serial programming; in response to determining that the media content is serial programming, determining a current episode in the serial programming that corresponds to the viewing progress; and presenting a viewing option to the user, wherein selection of the…
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- What does patent US9015736B2 cover?
- Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch progra…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Cordray Charles, Walker Todd A, Armaly Samir B, and 1 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification H04N7/17318. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
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- Publication date Tue Apr 21 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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