INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION WITH INTELLIGENT NAVIGATION AND DISPLAY FEATURES

• US 20140229987A1
• Filed: 02/14/2014
• Published: 08/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: UV Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: United Video Properties Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Yates, Doug
• Granted Patent: US 9,749,693 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739

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.

Claims

1-41. -41. (canceled)

42. A method comprising:

generating for display a mosaic page including a plurality of cells;

receiving, from a user input device, a selection of a first cell of the plurality of cells;

retrieving a user preference from a memory;

determining, using control circuitry, a plurality of media assets matching the retrieved user preference;

determining, using the control circuitry, a media asset from the plurality of media assets that is relevant to the user; and

generating for display the relevant media asset in the selected first cell.

43. The method of claim 42, wherein the relevance of the media asset to the user is associated with the user'"'"'s viewing frequency of the media asset.

44. The method of claim 42 further comprising generating a display, on the mosaic page, of information associated with the displayed media asset.

45. The method of claim 42, wherein a layout of the plurality of cells on the mosaic page is selected from at least one template.

46. The method of claim 42 further comprising associating the user selected first cell of the mosaic page with interactive features.

47. The method of claim 46, wherein the interactive features are accessed via a remote control device.

48. The method of claim 46, wherein the interactive features are selected from a group consisting of a shopping opportunity, a program promotion, a selection of additional program content, a recording button, and availability of interactive program snipes.

49. The method of claim 42 further comprising providing a plurality of mosaic pages, said plurality of mosaic pages arranged hierarchically, with each mosaic page containing at least one cell having the greatest score indicative of relevance to the user.

50. The method of claim 42 further comprising making information about the mosaic page on a first user device available on a second user device.

51. The method of claim 50, wherein making the information available comprises storing the information on a portable medium, storing the information at a central location accessible to the first and second user device, or transmitting the information from the first to the second user device via a network connection, or a combination thereof.

52. A system comprising:

a user input device;

control circuitry configured to;

generate for display a mosaic page including a plurality of cells;

receive, from the user input device, a selection of a first cell of the plurality of cells;

retrieve a user preference from a memory;

determine a plurality of media assets matching the retrieved user preference;

determine a media asset from the plurality of media assets that is relevant to the user; and

generate for display the relevant media asset in the selected first cell.

53. The system of claim 52, wherein the relevance of the media asset to the user is associated with the user'"'"'s viewing frequency of the media asset.

54. The system of claim 52, wherein the user equipment further generates a display, on the mosaic page, of information associated with the displayed media asset.

55. The system of claim 52, wherein a layout of the plurality of cells on the mosaic page is selected from at least one template.

56. The system of claim 52 wherein the user equipment is configured to associate the user selected first cell of the mosaic page with interactive features.

57. The system of claim 56, wherein the interactive features are accessed via a remote control device.

58. The system of claim 56, wherein the interactive features are selected from a group consisting of a shopping opportunity, a program promotion, a selection of additional program content, a recording button, and availability of interactive program snipes.

59. The system of claim 52 wherein the user equipment is configured to provide a plurality of mosaic pages, said plurality of mosaic pages arranged hierarchically, with each mosaic page containing at least one cell having the greatest score indicative of relevance to the user.

60. The system of claim 52 wherein the user equipment is configured to make information about the mosaic page on a first user device available on a second user device.

61. The system of claim 60, wherein the information is made available by storing the information on a portable medium, storing the information at a central location accessible to the first and second user device, or transmitting the information from the first to the second user device via a network connection, or a combination thereof.