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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:
Apr. 28, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2024
Applicant:

Hulu, Llc, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Joshua Cook, Tarzana, CA (US);

Christopher Russell Kehler, Seattle, WA (US);

Lacey Anne Donohue, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Charles Francis Moran, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:

HULU, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4826 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/4823 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, a method receives a list of ranked entities for playback. The list of ranked entities being ranked in a first order based on information for a user account. The method uses at least a portion of the list of ranked entities to determine corresponding channels that are playing the at least the portion of the list of ranked entities. The at least the portion of the list of ranked entities are displayed in an electronic programming guide in a first time range based on the first order. The method uses the channels associated with the at least the portion of the list of ranked entities to display second entities from the channels in a second time range.


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