Rovi Guides, Inc.

United Video Properties, Inc.

Rovl Guides, Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Corporate Media Partners Doing Business As Americast

Walter Richard Klappert

Michael R Nichols

Brian Craig Peterson

William L Thomas

Timothy Christensen Kelly

David D Chung

Benjamin H Maughan

David Yon

Paul T Stathacopoulos

Daniel Thomas Ward

David John Wheatley

Thomas Steven Woods

Donn Smith

Richard M Beaty

Charles Dawes

Olivier Chalouhi

Camron Shimy

Jason William Conness

Aaron Peter Blohowiak

Minah Oh

Todd Mariani

Arevik Chimayan

Patrick Gerard Morgan

Raymond Valadez, Jr

Vanessa Wickenkamp

Henry C Chilvers, Jr

Claire Marie Wallters

Sally Cook

Barbara F Skliba

Robin M Ford

Cara Lyn Hathaway

Satinderpal S Sikh

Michael K McCarty

Akitaka Nishimura

Michael Papish

Akio Yoshimoto

Shyam Sunder Vijay

Ka Chun Wong

Brian M Riegel

Adam Edward Powers

Kanako Tomita

Asahi Iwanaga

Shane A Martin

William Wagner

Henry C Chilvers

Mitch B Drummond

Michael Mccarty

Reda Harb

Glen E Roe

Abubakkar Siddiq

Haig H Krakirian

Richard Bullwinkle

Matthew Emans

Alejandro Sanchez Pulido

Samuel Meyer

Paul Jensen

Michael B Case

Steven Bennett

Vazrik Israelian

Paul George Milazzo

Curtis Sullivan

Calvin Nguyen

Mycal Elliott

Ray Campbell

Randall Kelley

Sean William Rosqvist

Justin Wear

Jeffrey N Berenson

Samson Bekele

Greg DeCamp

Thomas Patrick Antalek

Daniel Ferguson

Jason Lam

Yinghsueh (Annie) Chen

Dustin Shaw

Christy Garcia

Tricia Nelson

Derek Martin

Brandon Kessler

Yinghsueh Chen

William J Sequeira

Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that coordinates the display of direction-specific media assets on a display device associated with a particular direction. For example, the media guidance application may receive data (e.g., stored when an image or video was created) that indicates a direction a content capture device was facing when the image or video was captured. Based on that data, the media guidance application may select a particular display device (e.g., a computer, tablet, television, etc.) that corresponds to the direction (e.g., from the point of view of a user) on which to present the media asset.

Methods and systems for presenting direction-specific media assets

Methods and systems are described for a media guidance application that manages media subscriptions between a user and a content provider. In particular, the media guidance application may automatically identify subscription terms that are beneficial for both a user and for a content provider.

Methods and systems for managing media subscriptions

In some aspects, control circuitry receives, at a content provider server that is associated with a first subscription service, a first authentication key from a content aggregator server that is associated with a second subscription service, prior to the user subscribing to the first subscription service. The control circuitry generates and stores, at the content provider server, the first user account after comparing the first authentication key to acceptable authentication. In response to storing the first user account, the control circuitry receives a request from the content aggregator server to subscribe the user to the first subscription service, wherein the request includes a second authentication key. The control circuitry compares the first authentication key to the second authentication key, and in response to determining that the first authentication key matches the second authentication key, validates the first user account and grants access to the first subscription service through the first user account.

Methods and systems for monitoring content subscription usage

Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide information to a user based on a symbol with a plurality of interpretations. Each candidate interpretation for the symbol is identified and compared to an attribute of a user profile. The meaning of the symbol is determined and the user profile is updated with the meaning of the symbol. This meaning may be used to provide relevant information to the user.

Systems and methods for resolving ambiguous terms in social chatter based on a user profile

Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide information to a user based on a communication from a user associated with multiple media assets. Based on the chronology of the media assets, one is selected and recommended to the user.

Systems and methods for resolving ambiguous terms based on media asset chronology

Methods and systems are described for recommending providers of media content to users viewing over-the-top content based on quality of service.

Methods and systems for recommending providers of media content to users viewing over-the-top content based on quality of service

Methods and systems are disclosed herein for updating a knowledge graph based on a user confirmation. A media guidance application receives a user communication and isolates a term of the user communication. The media guidance application identifies a candidate component of a knowledge graph associated with the term. The media guidance application requests user input directed to confirming whether the term is associated with the candidate component. In response to receiving the user input, the media guidance application modifies a strength of association between the term and the component.

Systems and methods for updating a knowledge graph through user input

Methods and systems for a media guidance application that aggregates media content and media guidance data for users. For example, the media guidance application may aggregate content from numerous providers and provide the content through a single interface. Moreover, the media guidance application described herein may provide service providers with finder's fees for sharing information about media assets that users are interested in viewing.

Methods and systems of facilitating sharing of information among service providers

Systems and methods are described herein for alerting a user that the user will be unable to view a broadcast program based on an estimated time of arrival of the user to a media consumption device, and responsively providing the user with an option to record the broadcast program. These systems and methods are performed at least by identifying a plurality of broadcast programs that are indicated on a profile of a user, receiving an estimated time of arrival of the user to a location of a media consumption device, responsively determining whether the user will be unable to view a broadcast program of the plurality of broadcast programs, responsively providing the user with an option to record the broadcast program, and responsively causing the broadcast program to be recorded.

Systems and methods for recording broadcast programs that will be missed due to travel delays

Methods and systems are described for improved techniques for consuming and interacting with media content. Specifically, a media guidance application may present a holographic structure using a holographic interface. Moreover, the media guidance application may monitor the user and/or area about the holographic interface for user interactions that may cause the media guidance application to alter the holographic structure based on a user interaction. The media guidance application may also after altering the holographic structure, generate for display a media asset associated with the holographic structure.

Systems and methods for displaying media assets associated with holographic structures

Systems and methods are provided herein for personalizing images that correspond to a media asset identifier by using user profile information. As an example, the television series 'Community' has several actors, such as Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, and Ken Jeong. Poster art developed by an editor o50533238_1f 'Community' may include an image that portrays each of Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, and Ken Jeong. In order to personalize the image, control circuitry may determine which actor(s) the user prefers, and crop out only those actors in the poster art to create a personalized image. As an example, if the user prefers Joel McHale, control circuitry may crop out the portrayal of Joel McHale and use only that portion of the image to display next to other text describing 'Community.'

Systems and methods for automatic formatting of images for media assets based on user profile

Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide information to a user based on a communication from a user associated with multiple media assets. Based on the determination that the user has entered input into a user device, one is selected and recommended to the user.

Systems and methods for resolving ambiguous terms based on user input

Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide information to a user based on a communication from a user associated with multiple media assets. Based on the schedule of the media assets, one is selected and recommended to the user.

Systems and methods for resolving ambiguous terms based on media asset schedule

Methods and systems for transmitting an interruption-free version of a television program for recording on a user equipment device. In one aspect, a system transmits a first stream including a television program to a user equipment device. The system receives an indication that the television program is being recorded on the user equipment device. The system determines whether an interruption is imminent during transmission of the television program. In response to determining that the interruption is imminent, the system generates a second stream including the television program. The second stream does not include the interruption during the transmission of the television program. The system transmits the second stream to the user equipment device along with an instruction to switch recording of the television program from the first stream to the second stream.

Methods and systems for bypassing preemptions in recorded media assets

Systems and methods are described herein for presenting user selected scenes. A media guidance application may generate for display a listing for a media asset, wherein a play length of the media asset includes a non-selectable play length portion and a selectable play length portion. The media guidance application may generate for display a first scene option corresponding to a first scene and a second scene option corresponding to a second scene. The media guidance application may receive a user selection of the first or second scene option and incorporate the selected scene into the selectable play length portion of the media asset. The media guidance application may generate for display the media asset with the selected scene incorporated into the selectable play length portion.

Systems and methods for presenting user selected scenes

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Walter Richard Klappert