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Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 10, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Vikram Makam Gupta, Karnataka, IN;

Gyanveer Singh, Bihar, IN;

Anjum Makkar, Punjab, IN;

Aaina Beniwal, Haryana, IN;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/163 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for resolving conflicts between paths of smart vehicles based on time remaining in media assets being consumed in the smart vehicles. For example, two smart vehicles may be traveling along routes that conflict (e.g., they will converge at a particular point in the routes and collide). In order to resolve the conflict, one vehicle is instructed to yield to the other vehicle until the path is clear. The vehicles are instructed based on whether one or both vehicles are displaying a media asset (e.g., a movie) to passengers, and the amount of time left in the media asset compared to the amount of time left until the vehicles reach their destinations.


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