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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Inventors:
William Amidei, La Jolla, CA (US);
Paul Jensen, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Brian Peterson, Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/8133 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/4758 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0245 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are described herein for quickly and easily displaying supplemental information about an event occurring in a media asset. In some embodiments, a media application may use a content-recognition module to determine the context of an event and distribute itemized tasks to multiple entities in order to generate the supplemental information about the event.