IP Library Granted Patent US 11,006,065
Granted Patent B2
US 11,006,065 · App. 16/872,654 · Granted May 11, 2021

Systems and methods for resizing content based on a relative importance of the content

Inventors: Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah (Karnataka, IN); Vikram Makam Gupta (Karnataka, IN)
Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
H04N5/45H04N21/2187H04N21/4126H04N21/4312H04N21/4316H04N21/4394H04N21/44008H04N21/4532
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Patent No.
US 11,006,065
App. No.
16/872,654
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are described herein for providing a media guidance application that resizes content based on a relative importance of the content. For example, a display may have first and second content generated for display. If the first content is more important to a user than the second content, a size of the first content will be increased with respect to a size of the second content on the display. If the second content is more important to the user than the first content, then a size of the second content will be increased with respect to a size of the first content on the display.

Claims (40)

1. A method comprising:

generating for simultaneous display on a display device, at a first time: (a) a first audio-visual media in a first window of a first size, and (b) a second audio-visual media in a second window of a second size;

determining, based on a profile, that an importance of a first event occurring in the first audio-visual media is less than an importance of a second event occurring in the second audio-visual media simultaneously with the first event; and

based on the determining, resizing, at a second time, the second window of the second audio-visual media to a third size larger than the second size.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first size is larger than the second size.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein resizing the second window of the second audio-visual media to a third size larger than the second size comprises swapping a position of the first window and the second windows on the display device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising toggling an audio output from the first audio-visual media to the second audio-visual media.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the importance of the first event occurring in the first audio-visual media is less than the importance of the second event occurring in the second audio-visual media simultaneously with the first event comprises:

computing a first level of importance of the first event based on a user preference in the profile;

computing a second level of importance of the second event based on the user preference in the profile; and

determining that the second level of importance is greater than the first level of importance.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the importance of the first event occurring in the first audio-visual media is less than the importance of the second event occurring in the second audio-visual media simultaneously with the first event comprises:

detecting an object within the second audio-visual media; and

determining that the object matches a preference in the profile.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second window overlays a portion of the first window.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first audio-visual media is live media.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the importance of the first event occurring in the first audio-visual media is less than the importance of the second event occurring in the second audio-visual media simultaneously with the first event comprises determining that a real-life player in a fantasy sports roster of the profile is associated with the second event.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein resizing the second window of the second audio-visual media to a third size larger than the second size comprises:

identifying a second device associated with the profile; and

generating for display one of the first audio-visual media and the second audio-visual media on the second device.

11. A system comprising control circuitry configured to:

generate for simultaneous display on a display device, at a first time: (a) a first audio-visual media in a first window of a first size, and (b) a second audio-visual media in a second window of a second size;

determine, based on a profile, that an importance of a first event occurring in the first audio-visual media is less than an importance of a second event occurring in the second audio-visual media simultaneously with the first event; and

based on the determining, resize, at a second time, the second window of the second audio-visual media to a third size larger than the second size.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first size is larger than the second size.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured, when resizing the second window of the second audio-visual media to a third size larger than the second size, to swap a position of the first window and the second windows on the display device.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to toggle an audio output from the first audio-visual media to the second audio-visual media.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured, when determining that the importance of the first event occurring in the first audio-visual media is less than the importance of the second event occurring in the second audio-visual media simultaneously with the first event, to:

compute a first level of importance of the first event based on a user preference in the profile;

compute a second level of importance of the second event based on the user preference in the profile; and

determine that the second level of importance is greater than the first level of importance.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured, when determining that the importance of the first event occurring in the first audio-visual media is less than the importance of the second event occurring in the second audio-visual media simultaneously with the first event, to:

detect an object within the second audio-visual media; and

determine that the object matches a preference in the profile.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the second window overlays a portion of the first window.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first audio-visual media is live media.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured, when determining that the importance of the first event occurring in the first audio-visual media is less than the importance of the second event occurring in the second audio-visual media simultaneously with the first event, to determine that a real-life player in a fantasy sports roster of the profile is associated with the second event.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured, when resizing the second window of the second audio-visual media to a third size larger than the second size, to:

identify a second device associated with the profile; and

generate for display one of the first audio-visual media and the second audio-visual media on the second device.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2024
From: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
To: ADEIA GUIDES INC.
Reel/Frame 069085/0755 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2023
From: ADEIA GUIDES INC.; ADEIA IMAGING LLC; ADEIA MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC; ADEIA MEDIA SOLUTIONS INC.; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES INC.; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR BONDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR INC.; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS LLC; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ADEIA SOLUTIONS LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063529/0272 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2020
From: PANCHAKSHARAIAH, VISHWAS SHARADANAGAR; GUPTA, VIKRAM MAKAM
To: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Reel/Frame 052641/0686 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15200216 · Jul 1, 2016
Provisional Application 62334202 · May 10, 2016
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