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Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015

Filed:

May. 17, 2013
Applicant:

United Video Properties, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Woods, Arlington Heights, IL (US);

Amanda Mallardo, Streamwood, IL (US);

William Korbecki, Crystal Lake, IL (US);

Brian Peterson, Barrington, IL (US);

David Wheatley, Tower Lakes, IL (US);

Jason Conness, Pasadena, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rovi Guides, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/33 (2008.01); H04H 60/56 (2008.01); H04H 60/32 (2008.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/488 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed herein for supplementing media assets in order to compensate for a particular disability of a user. Specifically, a media guidance application determines whether or not a user can comprehend a media asset based on the particular disability of the user. Upon determining that the user cannot comprehend the media asset, the media guidance application supplements the media asset with supplemental data, which compensates for the particular disability of the user.


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