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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Alan Auxer, Exton, PA (US);
Scott Manning, Lansdowne, PA (US);
Assignee:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/478 (2013.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4753 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for a media guidance application (e.g., implemented on a user device) for sharing content service provider subscriptions for user-selected media assets. The media guidance application may receive a media asset selection from the user and provide options to share subscriptions from the user's friends to allow the user to access the media asset.