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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Rovi Guides, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kanako Tomita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Rovi Guides, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/23418 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that alerts a user regarding the availability of media content. For example, the media guidance application may determine, based on the current progress of the user in media content, whether or not the user will complete the media content while the media content is available. If not, the media guidance application may alert the user.