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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2015
Applicant:

Rovi Guides, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jeff Long, Brookline, MA (US);

Peter Boonstra, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04B 17/23 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04B 17/23 (2015.01); H04N 21/231 (2013.01); H04N 21/23418 (2013.01); H04N 21/2407 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed for a media guidance application that mitigates the frustration that a user experiences in response to encountering poor-quality media content. For example, in response to determining that media content (e.g., a television program) received/retrieved by a user is of low quality, the media guidance application may recommend one or more actions to alleviate the user's frustration. For example, the media guidance application may find a high-quality version of the media content, offer discounts, credits, etc., on the low-quality media content, find an alternative source of the media content, etc. Alternatively or additionally, the media guidance application may recommend related media content (e.g., a different television program) and/or offer discounts, credits, etc., for the related media content.


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