Systems and methods for providing a progress bar for updating viewing status of previously viewed content
Systems and methods are provided for providing information about events occurring in media content that was previously accessed. A display of a progress bar including segments for the events in the previously accessed content is provided in the screen view of current media being accessed. The progress bar segments may be selected to access the content. Upon conclusion of the content, an image and text about the content may be supplied to the viewer to post on social media about the content.
1. A method comprising:
causing to display a first content item on a screen of a display device;
receiving a command to display a second content item on the screen of the display device after the first content item on the screen of the display device is displayed;
in response to receiving the command to display the second content item on the screen of the display device, cause to display, simultaneously with the second content item, a navigable, ordered list of events from the first content item on at least a portion of the screen of the display device; and
in response to selection of an event of the navigable, ordered list, performing an action associated with the first content item.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the action is at least one of recording, storing, watching, resuming, accessing a link, accessing a highlight, accessing a clip, adding a link, adding an item to a watch list, or sharing a link to social media.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first content item includes live event content.
4. The method of claim 3 comprising updating the navigable, ordered list in real time.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the first content item includes sporting event content; and
the navigable, ordered list includes at least one of a game clock indicator, a score indicator, a game event indicator, a penalty indicator, a pause indicator, a break indicator, an injury indicator, a player in indicator, a player out indicator, or a player name indicator.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the first content item includes reality show content; and
the navigable, ordered list includes at least one of a segment indicator, a pause indicator, a break indicator, a challenge indicator, a vote indicator, or a meeting indicator.
7. The method of claim 1 comprising, after the causing to display the second content item, performing at least one of:
delaying the displaying each event of the navigable, ordered list until detecting occurrence of the event in the first content item, wherein the detecting of the occurrence of the event in the first content item includes at least one of:
determining a relevance of each sequential event from the first content item; or
comparing each sequential event from the first content item with a profile of a user; or
displaying minimal information associated with the first content item.
8. The method of claim 3 comprising, after switching from displaying the first content item to the displaying of the second content item, the displaying of the navigable, ordered list only includes information that occurs in the first content item since the switching.
9. The method of claim 1 comprising, at least one of:
moving a position of the navigable, ordered list;
changing a size of the navigable, ordered list;
decreasing an amount of information included in the navigable, ordered list; or
increasing an amount of information included in the navigable, ordered list.
10. The method of claim 1 comprising, displaying a second navigable, ordered list associated with the second content item while displaying the navigable, ordered list.
11. The method of claim 1 comprising:
recording or storing the first content item;
accessing metadata associated with the first content item; and
populating the navigable, ordered list based on the accessed metadata.
12. A system comprising:
memory; and
control circuitry configured to:
cause to display a first content item on a screen of a display device, the first content item stored in the memory;
receive a command to display a second content item on the screen of the display device after the first content item on the screen of the display device is displayed;
in response to receiving the command to display the second content item on the screen of the display device, cause to display, simultaneously with the second content item, a navigable, ordered list of events from the first content item on at least a portion of the screen of the display device; and
in response to selection of an event of the navigable, ordered list, perform an action associated with the first content item.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the action is at least one of recording, storing, watching, resuming, accessing a link, accessing a highlight, accessing a clip, adding a link, adding an item to a watch list, or sharing a link to social media.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the first content item includes live event content.
15. The system of claim 14 , the control circuitry configured to update the navigable, ordered list in real time.
16. The system of claim 15 ,
wherein the first content item includes sporting event content, and
wherein the navigable, ordered list includes at least one of a game clock indicator, a score indicator, a game event indicator, a penalty indicator, a pause indicator, a break indicator, an injury indicator, a player in indicator, a player out indicator, or a player name indicator.
17. The system of claim 15 ,
wherein the first content item includes reality show content, and
wherein the navigable, ordered list includes at least one of a segment indicator, a pause indicator, a break indicator, a challenge indicator, a vote indicator, or a meeting indicator.
18. The system of claim 12 , the control circuitry configured to, after causing to display the second content item, performing at least one of:
delay the displaying each event of the navigable, ordered list until detecting occurrence of the event in the first content item, wherein the detecting of the occurrence of the event in the first content item includes at least one of:
determine a relevance of each sequential event from the first content item; or
compare each sequential event from the first content item with a profile of a user; or
display minimal information associated with the first content item.
19. The system of claim 14 , the control circuitry configured to, after switching from displaying the first content item to the displaying of the second content item, the displaying of the navigable, ordered list only includes information that occurs in the first content item since the switching.
20. The system of claim 12 , the control circuitry configured to perform at least one of:
move a position of the navigable, ordered list;
change a size of the navigable, ordered list;
decrease an amount of information included in the navigable, ordered list; or
increase an amount of information included in the navigable, ordered list.
21. The system of claim 12 , the control circuitry configured to display a second navigable, ordered list associated with the second content item while displaying the navigable, ordered list.
22. The system of claim 12 , the control circuitry configured to:
record or store the first content item;
access metadata associated with the first content item; and
populate the navigable, ordered list based on the accessed metadata.
23. The method of claim 1 , wherein events in the navigable, ordered list of events start at or after a time at which the command to display a second content item is received.
24. The system of claim 12 , wherein events in the navigable, ordered list of events start at or after a time at which the command to display a second content item is received.