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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
May. 29, 2020
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Dylan Matthew Wondra, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jean Michelle Somlo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michaela Schlocker Logan, San Jose, CA (US);
Mario Miguel Sanchez, San Jose, CA (US);
William L. Thomas, Evergreen, CO (US);
ROVI GUIDES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for enabling and rewarding collaborative content creation are described. The method comprises, playing back live video provided by an over-the-top (OTT) provider to a user, receiving, from the user, a command to crop and modify a portion of the video comprising a subject, generating user-generated content based on the command, publishing the user-generated content to a plurality of users, determining whether the user-generated content is republished a threshold number of times during a republication period, and in response to determining that the user-generated content is republished the threshold number of times during the republication period, unlocking access to content from the OTT provider for the user that relates to the subject.