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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Denisse Breaux, Lansdale, PA (US);
Assignee:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01); G06F 16/638 (2019.01); G06F 16/683 (2019.01); G06F 16/68 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/635 (2019.01); G06F 16/638 (2019.01); G06F 16/683 (2019.01); G06F 16/686 (2019.01);
Abstract
The application aids users by providing supplemental audio content. For example, the application determines a subject of content provided to user equipment during a first time period of the content. The application retrieves a profile associated with the user equipment and retrieves supplemental audio related to the profile and related to the subject of the content. The application detects a supplementation point in the content corresponding with audio content similar to a supplementation signature and transmits the supplemental audio to the user equipment for output at the supplementation point.