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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Young Tang, Burbank, CA (US);

Robin Ford, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Helen Zhang, Burbank, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are also provided herein for presenting an advertisement to a user who perceives a media asset to be in a lull, and refraining from presenting the advertisement to a different user who does not perceive the media asset to be in a lull. Control circuitry may determine that a first user perceives a segment of the media asset as a lull based on a first user profile. The control circuitry may determine whether or not the second user also perceives the segment of the media asset to be a lull based on a second user profile. In response to determining that the second user does not also perceive the segment of the media asset to be a lull, the control circuitry may cause the advertisement to be presented to the first user but not to the second user.


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