Methods and systems for alerting users regarding availability of unconsumed content
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorSakura Saito
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for a media guidance application that limits the incentive for authorized users to share content with unauthorized users, while still allowing users to access content virtually anywhere. Specifically, the media guidance application allows an authorized user to receive only a portion of a media asset that he or she is authorized to access on a different device, after a designated time period, and/or when the remaining portion of the media asset is inaccessible.
Claims16
A method for alerting users regarding availability of unconsumed content, the method comprising:
- generating for display a media asset on a first device;
- estimating using processing circuitry, based on a user's viewing progress, a completion date on which a user will complete viewing the media asset;
- determining whether the completion date falls within a time period during which the media asset is available to the user;
- and
- in response to the determining that the completion date falls outside the time period;
- retrieving access authorization data for a user profile associated with the user's viewing progress;
- determining, based on the access authorization data, that unconsumed content remaining in the media asset is authorized for consumption on a second device distinct from the first device;
- and
- in response to the determining that the unconsumed content remaining in the media asset is authorized for consumption on the second device, generating for display an indication that a portion of the media asset corresponding to the unconsumed content remaining in the media asset is available for download to the second device.
A system for alerting users regarding availability of unconsumed content, the system comprising:
- input/output circuitry;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- cause to generate for display a media asset;
- estimate, based on a user's viewing progress, a completion date on which a user will complete viewing the media asset;
- determine whether the completion date falls within a time period during which the media asset is available to the user;
- and
- in response to the determining that the completion date falls outside the time period;
- retrieve access authorization data for a user profile associated with the user's viewing progress;
- determine, based on the access authorization data, that unconsumed content remaining in the media asset is authorized for consumption on a second device distinct from the first device;
- and
- in response to the determining that the unconsumed content remaining in the media asset is authorized for consumption on the second device, generate for display to a first device an indication that a portion of the media asset, corresponding to the unconsumed content remaining in the media asset, is available for download to a second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.