Systems and methods for selecting sound logos for media content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9532100-B2
Application number	US-201514674165-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2015
Priority date	Mar 31, 2015
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that presents an appropriate audio cue based on a search request received from a user. For example, the media guidance application may determine that a media asset corresponding to the search request is of particular relevance to the user (e.g., it belongs to the user's favorite genre). The media guidance application may then determine an audio cue (e.g., a well-known sound effect) associated with the media asset and generate the audio cue for presentation. The media guidance application may also determine an animated image cue associated with the media asset and generate that for display as well. This may allow users, especially those with vision-related disabilities, to more easily identify media assets that may be particularly relevant to them.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for presenting an audio cue, the method comprising:
receiving a user request for media content based on a criterion;
retrieving, based on the criterion, from a database information about various media assets to determine a list of media assets matching the criterion;
generating a display that includes a plurality of media asset identifiers corresponding to the list of media assets;
receiving a user input that visually distinguishes a first med…

Assignees

• Rovi Guides Inc

Inventors

• Ehlers Geoff
• Roth James
• Dymek Matthew

Classifications

• H04N21/8106

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4828

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• H04N21/4325

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/8133

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/8355

  Electricity · mapped topic