INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION WITH INTELLIGENT NAVIGATION AND DISPLAY FEATURES
First Claim
1. A method for displaying video assets of interest to a user, comprising:
- arranging on a mosaic page a plurality of cells, at least one of the plurality of cells adapted to display a video asset within the cell;
based on a historic or expressed user preference, associating with the at least one cell a subset of the video assets;
determining, in a processor, relevance of the video asset for the user by comparing the historic or expressed user preference with data selected from a group consisting of an interactive media guidance application, a web-based interactive media guide, a mobile platform and locally stored program content;
selecting, based on the determination, from the associated subset of video assets, for display in the at least one cell, the video asset having a greatest relevance for the user; and
displaying the selected video asset in the at least one cell on a user equipment device.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed that allow a user to efficiently navigate media selections in an interactive media guidance application and easily identify media for viewing. The disclosed methods and systems provide an environment wherein video assets are displayed according to a user preference on a mosaic page with multiple cells. A subset of the assets appropriate for display in a particular cell is determined based on the user preference. Relevance scores of the assets meeting the user preference are computed, and the asset having the greatest relevance for the user is selected and displayed the corresponding cell. The relevance scores can be computed based on the user'"'"'s historic viewing habits, user interaction with a media guidance application, or on specific user input.
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40 Claims
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1. A method for displaying video assets of interest to a user, comprising:
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arranging on a mosaic page a plurality of cells, at least one of the plurality of cells adapted to display a video asset within the cell; based on a historic or expressed user preference, associating with the at least one cell a subset of the video assets; determining, in a processor, relevance of the video asset for the user by comparing the historic or expressed user preference with data selected from a group consisting of an interactive media guidance application, a web-based interactive media guide, a mobile platform and locally stored program content; selecting, based on the determination, from the associated subset of video assets, for display in the at least one cell, the video asset having a greatest relevance for the user; and displaying the selected video asset in the at least one cell on a user equipment device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for displaying video assets of interest to a user, comprising:
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a display displaying a mosaic page having a plurality of cells, at least one of the plurality of cells adapted to display a video asset within the cell; and user equipment configured to; based on a historic or expressed user'"'"'s preference, associate with the at least one cell a subset of the video assets; determine relevance of the video asset for the user by comparing the historic or expressed user preference with data selected from a group consisting of an interactive media guidance application, a web-based interactive media guide, a mobile platform and locally stored program content; select, based on the determination, from the associated video assets, for display in the at least one cell, the video asset having a greatest relevance for the user; and display the selected video asset in the at least one cell on the display. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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