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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Maria Rocio Ramirez, Belmont Hills, PA (US);
Denisse Breaux, Lansdale, PA (US);
Angel Merced, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06Q 10/04 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2816 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04L 2012/285 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided herein for preventing interruptions to a media viewing activity caused by operations performed in a household by network-connected devices. A media guidance application may determine that operations are being performed by an IoT device and may cause an interruption to media viewing. The media guidance application may prevent the interruption by delaying or otherwise handling the operation or by notifying another user of the interruption.