Methods and systems for predictive buffering of related content segments

A method for buffering portions of content, the method comprising:

• providing content for a user, the content comprising an episode of a series;
• determining a current scene of the content being provided for the user;
• determining a characteristic of the current scene of the content;
• accessing a plurality of content segments previously viewed by the user, the plurality of content segments from one or more episodes of the series viewed before the episode of the series;
• determining, from the plurality of content segments previously viewed by the user, a plurality of related content segments related to the current scene of the content based on the determined characteristic of the current scene;
• determining confidence scores for each of the plurality of related content segments;
• determining a subset of related content segments of the plurality of related content segments based on the respective confidence score that are highest;
• and
• buffering in memory the subset of related content segments.

A system for buffering portions of content, the system comprising:

• memory;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to:
• provide content for a user, the content comprising an episode of a series;
• determine a current scene of the content being provided for the user;
• determine a characteristic of the current scene of the content;
• access a plurality of content segments previously viewed by the user, the plurality of content segments from one or more episodes of the series viewed before the episode of the series;
• determine, from the plurality of content segments previously viewed by the user, a plurality of related content segments related to the current scene of the content based on the determined characteristic of the current scene;
• determine confidence scores for each of the plurality of related content segments;
• determine a subset of related content segments of the plurality of related content segments based on the respective confidence score that are highest;
• and
• buffer, in the memory, the subset of related content segments.

A method for buffering portions of content, the method comprising:

• providing content for a user, the content comprising an episode of a series;
• determining a current scene of the content being provided for the user;
• determining a characteristic of the current scene of the content;
• accessing a plurality of content segments previously viewed by the user, the plurality of content segments from one or more episodes of the series viewed before the episode of the series;
• determining, from the plurality of content segments previously viewed by the user, one or more first related content segments related to the current scene of the content based on the determined characteristic of the current scene;
• and
• buffering in memory the one or more first related content segments.