US 10,708,661 B2 · Personalized menus and media content interface

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for generating personalized menus and a media content interface are provided. In one example, different device specific media asset lists are generated at different user devices for the same user based on the media consumption history at each device. In another example, media asset listings are displayed for multicast and on-demand media assets determined to be of interest to the user. An on-demand media asset is listed at a time when no other multicast media assets are listed. In another example, media asset listings for successive episodes of a media series are displayed in sequential order in response to an input to view successive episodes of a media series. In another example, a text search for media content is performed in which the search priority of media provider results is decreased relative to the search priority of media asset results as additional characters are added to a search string.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;
and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
determine, based on a user viewing history, a user viewing schedule indicating:
a plurality of content items that a user is predicted to view, and
corresponding times at which the plurality of content items are to be transmitted;
determine, based on the user viewing schedule, a duration of a timeslot that is between scheduled transmission times of a first content item in the user viewing schedule and a second content item in the user viewing schedule;
determine, based on the user viewing history, one or more recommended content items;
determine, based on the duration of the timeslot, a third content item of the one or more recommended content items;
and
cause output of a selectable option to output the third content item after the first content item and during the timeslot.

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An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;
and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
determine a user viewing history that indicates, for each of a plurality of different user devices, viewing of content by a user;
and
for a first user device of the plurality of different user devices:
determine, based on the user viewing history, a user viewing schedule indicating a plurality of content items that the user is predicted to view;
determine, based on the user viewing schedule, a first duration of a time period between scheduled transmission times of a first content item in the user viewing schedule and a second content item in the user viewing schedule;
determine, based on the user viewing history, one or more recommended content items;
determine, based on a comparison of the first duration and a second duration of a third content item of the one or more recommended content items, the third content item;
and
cause output of the third content item after the first content item and during the time period.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:

determining, based on a user viewing history, a user viewing schedule indicating:
a plurality of content items that a user is predicted to view, and
corresponding times at which the plurality of content items are to be transmitted;
determining, based on the user viewing schedule, a duration of a timeslot that is between scheduled transmission times of a first content item in the user viewing schedule and a second content item in the user viewing schedule;
determining, based on the user viewing history, one or more recommended content items;
determining, based on the duration of the timeslot, a third content item of the one or more recommended content items;
and
causing output of a selectable option to output the third content item after the first content item and during the timeslot.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:

determining a user viewing history that indicates, for each of a plurality of different user devices, viewing of content by a user;
and
for a first user device of the plurality of different user devices:
determining, based on the user viewing history, a user viewing schedule indicating a plurality of content items that the user is predicted to view;
determining, based on the user viewing schedule, a first duration of a time period between scheduled transmission times of a first content item in the user viewing schedule and a second content item in the user viewing schedule;
determining, based on the user viewing history, one or more recommended content items;
determining, based on a comparison of the first duration and a second duration of a third content item of the one or more recommended content items, the third content item;
and
causing output of the third content item after the first content item and during the time period.

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A system comprising:

a first computing device;
and
a second computing device;
wherein the first computing device is configured to:
determine, based on a user viewing history, a user viewing schedule indicating:
a plurality of content items that a user is predicted to view, and
corresponding times at which the plurality of content items are to be transmitted;
determine, based on the user viewing schedule, a duration of a timeslot that is between scheduled transmission times of a first content item in the user viewing schedule and a second content item in the user viewing schedule;
determine, based on the user viewing history, one or more recommended content items;
determine, based on the duration of the timeslot, a third content item of the one or more recommended content items;
and
cause output of a selectable option to output the third content item after the first content item and during the timeslot;
and
wherein the second computing device is configured to:
send, to the first computing device, the third content item.

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A system comprising:

a first computing device;
and
a second computing device;
wherein the first computing device is configured to:
determine a user viewing history that indicates, for each of a plurality of different user devices, viewing of content by a user;
and
for a first user device of the plurality of different user devices:
determine, based on the user viewing history, a user viewing schedule indicating a plurality of content items that the user is predicted to view;
determine, based on the user viewing schedule, a first duration of a time period between scheduled transmission times of a first content item in the user viewing schedule and a second content item in the user viewing schedule;
determine, based on the user viewing history, one or more recommended content items;
determine, based on a comparison of the first duration and a second duration of a third content item of the one or more recommended content items, the third content item;
and
cause output of the third content item after the first content item and during the time period;
and
wherein the second computing device is configured to:
send, to the first computing device, the third content item.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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