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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:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

William L. Thomas, Evergreen, CO (US);

Margret B. Schmidt, Redwood City, CA (US);

Alexander W. Liston, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Jonathan A. Logan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Gabriel C. Dalbec, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Mathew C. Burns, Dublin, CA (US);

Ajay Kumar Gupta, Andover, MA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/44226 (2020.08); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are described herein such that, a media guidance application presents, in an interactive program guide, a virtual content source for binge watching a program series. The media guidance application may determine a program series a user is currently watching. The media guidance application may receive a user selection of a media asset. The media guidance application may determine a length of time between a current time and a start time of the media asset. The media guidance application may determine the next episodes of the program series the user can watch before the start time of the media asset and present them using a virtual content source.


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