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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:
Sep. 10, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Sahir Nasir, San Jose, CA (US);

Alexander Liston, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Edwin Stephen Mack, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43074 (2020.08); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/4302 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/4758 (2013.01); H04N 21/478 (2013.01); H04N 21/488 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are described for providing interactive content contextually related to an occurrence. An illustrative method generates for display, at a media consumption device, a display of the live event, wherein the display of the live event comprises the occurrence, determines a beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, in response to determining the beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, generates for simultaneous display, with the display of the live event, interactive content related to the occurrence, determines whether the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, and in response to determining that the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, ceases the generating for display of the interactive content related to the occurrence.


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