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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:
May. 26, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Tumkur District, IN;

Vikram Makam Gupta, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/6543 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/454 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4751 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/6543 (2013.01); H04N 21/8453 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems that provide an interactive media guidance application having a locked mode for viewing media assets. In the locked mode, the interactive media guidance application may provide media assets suited to a certain audience. The interactive media guidance application may determine suitable media assets for the locked mode based on media assets viewed by other users having characteristics similar to the user of the interactive media guidance application. In the locked mode, the interactive media guidance application may allow access to only certain media assets and/or limit the time period for which the media assets are presented.


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