US 2017/0289641 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A PLAYLIST OF USER-RELEVANT CONTENT FOR PLAYBACK IN PLACE OF ADVERTISEMENT CONTENT

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided herein for generating and providing a playlist of content relevant to a user that is to be played back instead of advertisement content. In some embodiments, a media guidance application may access a profile of a user, and may generate a playlist comprising a plurality of program content based on data of the profile. The media guidance application may determine that advertisement content is imminently to be played back to the user, and, in response to determining that the advertisement content is imminently to be played back to the user, the media guidance application may select program content of the playlist to play back instead of the advertisement content, and generate for display the program content.

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Dependent claims

A method of generating and providing a playlist of content relevant to a user that is to be played back instead of advertisement content, the method comprising:

accessing a profile of a user;
generating a playlist comprising a plurality of program content based on data of the profile, wherein the plurality of program content does not include advertisements;
determining that advertisement content is imminently to be played back to the user on a first user device;
in response to determining that the advertisement content is imminently to be played back to the user on the first user device:
selecting program content of the plurality of program content of the playlist to play back instead of the advertisement content;
and
generating for display the program content on a second user device while the advertisement content is displayed on the first user device.

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A system for generating and providing a playlist of content relevant to a user that is to be played back instead of advertisement content, the system comprising:

communications circuitry;
and
control circuitry on a first user device configured to:
access, using the communications circuitry, a profile of a user;
generate a playlist comprising a plurality of program content based on data of the profile, wherein the plurality of program content does not include advertisements;
determine that advertisement content is imminently to be played back to the user on the first user device;
in response to determining that the advertisement content is imminently to be played back to the user on the first user device:
select program content of the plurality of program content of the playlist to play back instead of the advertisement content;
and
generate for display the program content on a second user device while the advertisement content is displayed on the first user device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and methods for providing a playlist of user-relevant content for playback in place of advertisement content

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Systems and methods for providing a playlist of user-relevant content for playback in place of advertisement content

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Abstract

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