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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Glen E. Roe, Simi Valley, CA (US);

Michael K. McCarty, Agoura Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4826 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/44226 (2020.08); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for sorting favorite content sources are provided. A list of favorite content sources arranged in a first order is stored. The favorite content sources in the list are accessed according to the order of the favorite content sources in the list. At a given time, a user request to change a currently accessed content source to one of the favorite content sources in the list is received. In response to receiving the user request, an attribute of content presented on the currently accessed content source at the given time is identified. The favorite content sources in the list are rearranged into a second order based on the identified attribute. The favorite content sources in the list arc accessed according to the second order in response to receiving the user request.


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