Systems and methods for episode tracking in an interactive media environment
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1. A method for presenting media content to a user at user equipment, the method comprising:
- retrieving viewing progress of the media content from a user profile;
determining if the media content is serial programming;
in response to determining that the media content is serial programming, determining a current episode in the serial programming that corresponds to the viewing progress; and
presenting a viewing option to the user, wherein selection of the viewing option causes the current episode to be skipped, a subsequent episode to be presented, and the viewing progress in the user profile to be updated based on the current episode being skipped, and wherein the viewing option is presented before the media content is viewed by 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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1. A method for presenting media content to a user at user equipment, the method comprising:
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retrieving viewing progress of the media content from a user profile; determining if the media content is serial programming; in response to determining that the media content is serial programming, determining a current episode in the serial programming that corresponds to the viewing progress; and presenting a viewing option to the user, wherein selection of the viewing option causes the current episode to be skipped, a subsequent episode to be presented, and the viewing progress in the user profile to be updated based on the current episode being skipped, and wherein the viewing option is presented before the media content is viewed by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 55)
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19. A system for presenting media content to a user at user equipment, the system comprising:
control circuitry for presenting a viewing option to the user, wherein the control circuitry is configured to; retrieve a viewing progress of the media content from a user profile; determine if the media content is serial programming; in response to determining that the media content is serial programming, determine a current episode in the serial programming that corresponds to the viewing progress; and present a viewing option to the user, wherein selection of the viewing option causes the current episode to be skipped, a subsequent episode to be presented, and the viewing progress in the user profile to be updated based on the current episode being skipped, and wherein the viewing option is presented before the media content is viewed by the user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 56)
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37. An interactive program guide for presenting media content to a user at user equipment implemented by processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to:
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retrieve a viewing progress of the media content from a user profile; determine if the media content is serial programming; in response to determining that the media content is serial programming, determine a current episode in the serial programming that corresponds to the viewing progress; and present a viewing option to the user, wherein selection of the viewing option causes the current episode to be skipped, a subsequent episode to be presented, and the viewing progress in the user profile to be updated based on the current episode being skipped, and wherein the viewing option is presented before the media content is viewed by the user. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57)
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