US 2023/0403439 A1 · Arbitrated Content Consumption

Abstract

Some aspects may include determining whether to allow a skip over a portion of required content based on the amount of time elapsed since a portion of required content was played. The amount of time elapsed since a portion of required content was played may be measured based on the sum time of content played, or may be based on the amount of wall time elapsed. The determination of whether to allow a skip over a portion of required content may be made based on comparing the amount of time elapsed since a portion of required content was played to a threshold amount of time. Some aspects may allow free navigation within content if the amount of time elapsed is less than the threshold, and may restrict navigation or require playback of required content if the amount of time elapsed is greater than the threshold.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, a quantity of time remaining between:
an end of a first media clip, of a plurality of media clips interspersed between a plurality of program segments, and
when a fast-forward command will be disabled;
increasing, based on a repeat presentation of the first media clip at a user device, the quantity of time between the end of the first media clip and when the fast-forward command will be disabled;
receiving, from the user device, a request to fast-forward a second media clip of the plurality of media clips;
and
causing, based on determining, by the computing device, that the increased quantity of time is greater than or equal to a quantity of time that one or more of the plurality of program segments have been presented at the user device, the requested fast-forward of the second media clip.

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One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause:

determining, by a computing device, a quantity of time remaining between:
an end of a first media clip, of a plurality of media clips interspersed between a plurality of program segments, and
when a fast-forward command will be disabled;
increasing, based on a repeat presentation of the first media clip at a user device, the quantity of time between the end of the first media clip and when the fast-forward command will be disabled;
receiving, from the user device, a request to fast-forward a second media clip of the plurality of media clips;
and
causing, based on determining, by the computing device, that the increased quantity of time is greater than or equal to a quantity of time that one or more of the plurality of program segments have been presented at the user device, the requested fast-forward of the second media clip.

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A system comprising:

a user device and a computing device,
wherein the computing device is configured to:
determine a quantity of time remaining between:
an end of a first media clip, of a plurality of media clips interspersed between a plurality of program segments, and
when a fast-forward command will be disabled;
increase, based on a repeat presentation of the first media clip at a user device, the quantity of time between the end of the first media clip and when the fast-forward command will be disabled;
receive, from the user device, a request to fast-forward a second media clip of the plurality of media clips;
and
cause, based on determining that the increased quantity of time is greater than or equal to a quantity of time that one or more of the plurality of program segments have been presented at the user device, the requested fast-forward of the second media clip.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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