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US 2024/0256535 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for determining and presenting answers to content-related questions
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorsJeffry Copps Robert Jose, Ankur Anil Aher
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Abstract
Systems and methods for determining the answers to user queries regarding content, and presenting options for the user to view the answers. Searches are conducted to determine the answer to a query and, once the answer is found, various options are presented to the user, allowing the user the choice to view the answer in multiple different ways.
Claims21
1-30. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- receiving a query, from a device associated with a user profile, about episodic content that comprises a plurality of episodes, wherein each respective episode of the plurality of episodes was released on a respective release date;
- parsing the query to determine that the query poses a question having an answer not yet revealed in a portion of the episodic content indicated to have been consumed by the user profile;
- accessing a social network to identify a plurality of social media posts that refer to the answer of the query;
- identifying a particular date on which the plurality of social media posts that refer to the answer of the query were posted;
- determining a match between a release date of a particular episode of the plurality of episodes and the particular date on which the plurality of social media posts were posted;
- and
- generating for display, as a reply to the query, an option to play the particular episode of the plurality of episodes.
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A system comprising:
- an input/output circuitry configured to:
- receive a query, from a device associated with a user profile, about episodic content that comprises a plurality of episodes, wherein each respective episode of the plurality of episodes was released on a respective release date;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- parse the query to determine that the query poses a question having an answer not yet revealed in a portion of the episodic content indicated to have been consumed by the user profile;
- access a social network to identify a plurality of social media posts that refer to the answer of the query;
- identify a particular date on which the plurality of social media posts that refer to the answer of the query were posted;
- determine a match between a release date of a particular episode of the plurality of episodes and the particular date on which the plurality of social media posts were posted;
- and
- wherein the input/output circuitry is further configured to:
- generate for display, as a reply to the query, an option to play the particular episode of the plurality of episodes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.