Systems and methods for episode tracking in an interactive media environment
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1. A method for monitoring a user'"'"'s viewing progress of a series of related programs on user equipment, the method comprising:
- creating a media profile comprising the user'"'"'s current viewing progress in at least one series of related programs;
storing the media profile;
determining whether a program within the at least one series has been presented to the user; and
updating the user'"'"'s current viewing progress in the media profile in response to determining that the program within the at least one series has been presented to the user.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring a user'"'"'s viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user'"'"'s viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user'"'"'s media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user'"'"'s leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user'"'"'s viewing progress in the series.
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42 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring a user'"'"'s viewing progress of a series of related programs on user equipment, the method comprising:
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creating a media profile comprising the user'"'"'s current viewing progress in at least one series of related programs;
storing the media profile;
determining whether a program within the at least one series has been presented to the user; and
updating the user'"'"'s current viewing progress in the media profile in response to determining that the program within the at least one series has been presented to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for monitoring a user'"'"'s viewing progress of a series of related programs on user equipment, the system comprising:
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a memory for storing at least one media profile;
control circuitry for monitoring a user'"'"'s viewing progress, wherein the control circuitry is configured to;
create a media profile comprising the user'"'"'s current viewing progress in at least one series of related programs;
store the media profile in the memory;
determine whether a program within the at least one series has been presented to the user; and
update the user'"'"'s current viewing progress in the media profile in response to determining that the program within the at least one series has been presented to the user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for replacing media content with substitute content, the method comprising:
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tracking a user'"'"'s viewing progress through at least one series of related programs;
locating media content relating to unwatched programs in the at least one series of related programs; and
replacing at least one of the located media content with content relating to watched programs in the at least one series of related programs. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for replacing media content with substitute content, the system comprising:
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a memory for storing media content metadata;
a data source for storing substitute media content; and
control circuitry for replacing media content, wherein the control circuitry is configured to;
track a user'"'"'s viewing progress through at least one series of related programs;
locate media content, based at least in part on the media content metadata, relating to unwatched programs in the at least one series of related programs; and
replace at least one of the located media content with substitute media content relating to watched programs in the at least one series of related programs. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. An interactive program guide for monitoring a user'"'"'s viewing progress of a series of related programs, the interactive program guide configured to:
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track a user'"'"'s viewing progress through at least one series of related programs;
locate media content relating to unwatched programs in the at least one series of related programs; and
replace at least one of the located media content with content relating to watched programs in the at least one series of related programs. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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