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James Earl Booth, Jr

Samir M Ahmed

Basil Badawiyeh

Lee Douglas Shartzer

Kenneth Rudman

Dan Han Diep

Peter S Lee

Gregory David Gudorf

Roger Yeh

Mark Leroy Walker

Jason Pickersgill

Vasil Nadzakov

John Frederick Bishop

David Pettigrew

Genevieve Marie Pinvidic

Dana Forte

Andrew Yoon

Hao Chi Tran

The present disclosure is directed towards having a user interface that displays a number of cards or windows. A user can implement a command where the user interface will automatically change the position of the displayed cards to show regions of interest which are the parts of the cards that a user may have interested in. The user interest can be determined in accordance with user preference information. Optionally, cards which do not have regions of interest are removed from a display area and such cards are replaced with new cards that do have regions of interest.

Method and apparatus for locating regions of interest in a user interface

A user interface that displays a number of cards or windows is described where a user can move the cards in a horizontal direction freely. When a card resides in a locked zone, as defined by a user, the card will be able to be manipulated in a vertical direction, while cards that reside in a regular zone will not be able to be moved vertically. In addition, only cards that are in the locked zone can be subjected to a user action such as cutting content from the card, pasting content to the card, enlarging the contents of the card, or shrinking the contents of the card.

Method and apparatus for restricting user operations when applied to cards or windows

The disclosure is related to the idea of tracking user navigation, consumption, and/or behavior and applying analytics to help shape future offerings (customized offerings, up-sells, recommendations, etc.) to a user and to provide reporting data to service providers and studios. Methods and systems of providing viewing recommendations for a user are set forth. This involves collecting usage data related to a session of interaction by the user, processing the user data for the session, and providing feedback regarding the session. The sessions involve multiple stages tracking a user's interactions. These include stages such as an inquiry stage, a results stage, a details stage, a selection stage, and a confirmation stage. Usage data is then mined to indicate the content creator of a media asset regardless of the media asset type.

Media asset usage data reporting that indicates corresponding content creator

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Burbank, CA, United States of America

James Earl Booth, Jr