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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Calvin Nguyen, North Hills, CA (US);
Donn Smith, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that alerts a user to the appearance of objects in media content that may be of interest to the user. For example, as media content progresses, the media guidance application may determine objects that may interest a user. The media guidance application may record the number of determined objects and present the number to the user as well as supplemental content associated with each object.