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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2009
John Toebes, Cary, NC (US);
Philip Clifford Jacobs, Windham, NH (US);
Guido Jouret, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Toebes, Cary, NC (US);
Philip Clifford Jacobs, Windham, NH (US);
Guido Jouret, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting that a user has requested presentation of a media content item from a media series having a prescribed sequence of media series events, the media content item containing a subsequent media series event from the media series; determining that the user has not consumed an antecedent media series event, the antecedent media series event not in the media content item and preceding the subsequent media series event in the prescribed sequence of media series events; and sending a message notifying the user that the user has not consumed at least the antecedent media series event, enabling the user to defer presentation of the media content item and consume the antecedent media series event.