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US 10,945,045 B2Granted
Systems and methods for providing media content listings according to points of interest
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorRoyce Hamano
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for allowing a user to obtain a listing of points of interest and associated media content listings based on the user's current geographic location. The user's current geographic location may be determined using, for example, a GPS transceiver incorporated in the user's user access device. Information may then be communicated from a remote server to the user access device that identifies points of interest associated with the geographic location as well as media content listings associated with the points of interest.
Claims27
A method for delivering media content, the method comprising:
- at one or more servers:
- causing to be determined, using electronic processing equipment, a geographic location of a user equipment device;
- receiving information indicative of a plurality of media content from a plurality of user equipment devices;
- searching an electronic database of media content data to identify at least one landmark associated with the geographic location, to determine that the at least one landmark does not have a line of sight to the geographic location, and to identify a subset of media content of the plurality of media content that is associated with the at least one landmark, wherein each media content of the subset of media content corresponds to a different video asset;
- identifying a geographic location of the landmark;
- and
- communicating to the user equipment device data indicative of the subset of media content to the user equipment device and data indicative of the geographic location of the landmark using a communications network.
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A system for delivering media content, the system comprising:
- at one or more servers comprising electronic processing equipment, the electronic processing equipment configured to:
- cause to be determined a geographic location of a user equipment device;
- receive information indicative of a plurality of media content from a plurality of user equipment devices;
- search an electronic database of media content data to identify at least one landmark associated with the geographic location, to determine that the at least one landmark does not have a line of sight to the geographic location, and to identify a subset of media content of the plurality of media content that is associated with the at least one landmark, wherein each media content of the subset of media content corresponds to a different video asset;
- identify a geographic location of the landmark;
- and
- communicate to the user equipment device data indicative of the subset of media content to the user equipment device and data indicative of the geographic location of the landmark using a communications network.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon that when executed by control circuitry performs the method comprising:
- at one or more servers:
- causing to be determined, using electronic processing equipment, a geographic location of a user equipment device;
- receiving information indicative of a plurality of media content from a plurality of user equipment devices;
- searching an electronic database of media content data to identify at least one landmark associated with the geographic location, to determine that the at least one landmark does not have a line of sight to the geographic location, and to identify a subset of media content of the plurality of media content that is associated with the at least one landmark, wherein each media content of the subset of media content corresponds to a different video asset;
- identifying a geographic location of the landmark;
- communicating to the user equipment device data indicative of the subset of media content to the user equipment device and data indicative of the geographic location of the landmark using a communications network.
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A method for providing media content, the method comprising:
- at a user equipment device:
- causing to be determined, using electronic processing equipment, a geographic location of the user equipment device;
- communicating information indicative of the geographic location to one or more servers over a communications network;
- causing the one or more servers to:
- search an electronic database of media content data to identify at least one landmark associated with the geographic location, to determine that the at least one landmark does not have a line of sight to the geographic location, and to identify a subset of media content of a plurality of media content, wherein:
- the subset of media content is associated with the at least one landmark, each media content of the subset of media content corresponds to a different video asset, and
- information indicative of the plurality of media content is provided to the one or more servers from a plurality of user equipment devices, and
- identify a geographic location of the landmark;
- and
- receiving from the one or more servers data indicative of the subset of media content and data indicative of the geographic location of the landmark using the communications network;
- and
- causing to be simultaneously displayed an indication of the geographic location of the at least one landmark and an indication of the subset of media content.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.