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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Sling Media L.l.c., Foster City, CA (US);
Davide Girlando, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dmitry Dimov, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kalleri Faizel Rehiman, Freemont, CA (US);
Sooraj Raveendran, Bangalore, IN;
Chih Jen Ken Lee, Albany, CA (US);
SLING MEDIA L.L.C., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Multimedia systems and related methods and devices are provided for recommending media programs to a user. Viewing characteristics of the user are determined based on usage information detailing preceding viewing sessions for the user. In one or more embodiments, the user's current interest in one or more currently available media programs that originated after the user's preceding viewing session is predicted based on the user's viewing characteristics and the current viewing context, and media programs having the highest predicted current interest are indicated to the user as being recommended.