IP Library Granted Patent US 11,632,593
Granted Patent B2
US 11,632,593 · App. 17/167,639 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Systems and methods for providing media content listings according to points of interest

Inventor: Royce Hamano (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
H04N21/482G06F16/248G06F16/24575G06F16/29G06F16/58G06F16/9535G06F16/9537H04W4/029G01S5/0027
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Patent No.
US 11,632,593
App. No.
17/167,639
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for allowing a user to obtain a listing of points of interest and associated media content listings based on the user's current geographic location. The user's current geographic location may be determined using, for example, a GPS transceiver incorporated in the user's user access device. Information may then be communicated from a remote server to the user access device that identifies points of interest associated with the geographic location as well as media content listings associated with the points of interest.

Claims (31)

1. A method for delivering media content, the method comprising:

at one or more servers:

receiving a first geographic location;

receiving information indicative of a plurality of media content from a plurality of devices;

searching an electronic database of media content data to identify at least one landmark associated with the first geographic location, to determine that the at least one landmark does not have a line of sight to the geographic location, and to identify a subset of media content of the plurality of media content that is associated with the at least one landmark, wherein each media content of the subset of media content corresponds to a different video asset;

identifying a landmark geographic location; and

providing data indicative of the subset of media content and data indicative of the landmark geographic location using a communications network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the first geographic location comprises receiving geographic location information from a user equipment device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing the generation of a display at a user equipment device that simultaneously comprises an indication of the landmark geographic location and an indication of the subset of media content.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein causing the generation of the display at the user equipment device that simultaneously comprises an indication of the landmark geographic location and an indication of the subset of media content is based on a degree of interest in each media content of the subset of media content.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the display further simultaneously comprises a map associated with the landmark geographic location.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the display further simultaneously comprises an indication of the first geographic location.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein each media content of the subset of media content has been populated into the electronic database based on the information received from the plurality of devices.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the first geographic location comprises receiving information comprising at least one of the following:

longitude data, latitude data, altitude data, at least a portion of an address, a zip code, a building name, a region, a neighborhood, a district, a county, a country, a city, a state, and a business name.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the first geographic location comprises receiving manually entered location information.

10. A system for delivering media content, the system comprising:

at one or more servers comprising processing circuitry configured to:

receive a first geographic location;

receive information indicative of a plurality of media content from a plurality of devices;

search an electronic database of media content data to identify at least one landmark associated with the first geographic location, to determine that the at least one landmark does not have a line of sight to the geographic location, and to identify a subset of media content of the plurality of media content that is associated with the at least one landmark, wherein each media content of the subset of media content corresponds to a different video asset;

identify a landmark geographic location; and

provide data indicative of the subset of media content and data indicative of the landmark geographic location using a communications network.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to receive the first geographic location by receiving geographic location information from a user equipment device.

12. The system of claim 10 , processing circuitry is further configured to cause the generation of a display at a user equipment device that simultaneously comprises an indication of the landmark geographic location and an indication of the subset of media content.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the generation of the display at the user equipment device that simultaneously comprises an indication of the landmark geographic location and an indication of the subset of media content based on a degree of interest in each media content of the subset of media content.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the display further simultaneously comprises a map associated with the landmark geographic location.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the display further simultaneously comprises an indication of the first geographic location.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein each media content of the subset of media content has been populated into the electronic database based on the information received from the plurality of devices.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein receiving the first geographic location comprises receiving information comprising at least one of the following: longitude data, latitude data, altitude data, at least a portion of an address, a zip code, a building name, a region, a neighborhood, a district, a county, a country, a city, a state, and a business name.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein receiving the first geographic location comprises receiving manually entered location information.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2024
From: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
To: ADEIA GUIDES INC.
Reel/Frame 069085/0376 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: ADEIA GUIDES INC.; ADEIA MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC; ADEIA MEDIA SOLUTIONS INC.; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR BONDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS LLC; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063707/0884 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2021
From: HAMANO, ROYCE
To: ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055153/0596 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 4, 2021
From: UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
To: UV CORP.
Reel/Frame 055153/0733 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2021
From: ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 055153/0757 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 4, 2021
From: TV GUIDE, INC.
To: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Reel/Frame 055223/0346 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 4, 2021
From: UV CORP.
To: TV GUIDE, INC.
Reel/Frame 055223/0352 →