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US 2020/0029127 A1Published application
Methods and systems for content notifications
OwnerEdward Garbaczinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for providing a notification are described. A computing device may determine a content portion is being displayed. The computing device may provide a notification that indicates an entity of the content portion.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining that a first computing device is causing output of content;
- determining,
- a start of an advertisement portion of the content, wherein the advertisement portion comprises a plurality of sections, and
- an end time for each section of the plurality of sections;
- and
- sending, to a second computing device at a time prior to the end time for each section of the plurality of sections, a content notification that indicates an entity that sponsored the notification and a time remaining in the advertisement portion.
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A method comprising:
- determining that a first computing device is causing output of content;
- determining,
- a start of an advertisement portion of the content, and
- an end time of the advertisement portion;
- determining, from a plurality of entities, a primary entity;
- and
- sending, to a second computing device at a time prior to the end time, a content notification that indicates the primary entity sponsored the notification, wherein the content notification indicates a time remaining in the advertisement portion.
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A method comprising:
- determining that a first computing device is causing output of content;
- determining a user preference;
- determining, based on the user preference and from a plurality of entities, an entity;
- determining,
- a start of an advertisement portion of the content, and
- an end time of the advertisement portion;
- and
- sending, to a second computing device at a time prior to the end time, a content notification that indicates the entity sponsored the notification and a time remaining in the advertisement portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.