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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Rovi Guides, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tsuyoshi Kageyama, Tokyo, JP;
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for creating countdown animations. The countdown animations may alert children that they are approaching their viewing limits, wherein the viewing limits are set by parents and/or guardians. A method may include generating a countdown of an amount of time remaining in a user selected period of time for accessing media content. The method may include identifying a character of a plurality of characters based on a user criterion. The method may include searching a database of a plurality of countdown animations to select a countdown animation associated with the identified character. The method may include generating for display the selected countdown animation simultaneously with the media content.
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