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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:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2015
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);

George M. Higa, Plano, TX (US);

Anthony Lemus, Irving, TX (US);

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/455 (2006.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/4725 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 21/252 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4586 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4661 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4725 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/47205 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary computer-implemented media service system detects an input command provided by a user to initiate a viewing session by way of a display screen in communication with a media content processing device that operates in accordance with a media service, identifies a context within which the input command is provided by the user, selects, based on the identified context, a media program available by way of the media service and that is potentially of interest to the user, and directs the media content processing device to present the media program by way of the display screen when the viewing session begins in response to the input command. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.


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