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US 12,200,304 · App. 18/376,320 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

System and methods for recommending a media asset relating to a character unknown to a user

Inventors: Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah (Karnataka, IN); Ashwini Dharwa (Ratlam, IN); Gaurav Gupta (Rajasthan, IN); Harsha Neerakani (Karnataka, IN)
Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
H04N21/4668G06F16/735H04N21/23418H04N21/4532H04N21/4667H04N21/4821H04N21/8133H04N21/8456H04N21/8547H04N21/4316
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Patent No.
US 12,200,304
App. No.
18/376,320
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for recommending a media asset relating to a character unknown to a user are provided herein. The systems and methods may receive a first media asset viewed by a user, determine a first character in the first media asset, and include the first character in the character viewing profile for the user. Further, the systems and methods may receive a second media asset, including the first character, determine that a second character appears in the second media asset, and determine that the second character is not in the character viewing profile. The systems and methods may recommend a third media asset to the user for the second character.

Claims (42)

1. A method comprising:

determining that a user profile indicates consumption of a first media asset, the first media asset depicting a first character;

identifying, based on the determining that the user profile indicates consumption of the first media asset depicting the first character, a second media asset for recommendation, wherein the second media asset is related to the first media asset, the second media asset depicting a second character; and

in response to the identifying the second media asset for recommendation:

based on determining that the user profile indicates insufficient consumption of media assets depicting the second character:

generating for display a recommendation for consuming a third media asset that depicts the second character before consuming the second media asset.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining that the user profile indicates consumption of the first media asset depicting the first character comprises:

determining that a threshold number of segments of the first media asset has been consumed.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining that the threshold number of segments of the first media asset has been consumed is based on eye-tracking sensor input.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining that the threshold number of segments of the first media asset has been consumed is based on an amount of the first media asset that has been played back.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining that the user profile indicates insufficient consumption of media assets depicting the second character comprises:

determining that the user profile indicates that the media assets depicting the second character have not been consumed.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining that the user profile indicates insufficient consumption of media assets depicting the second character comprises:

determining that a period of time between a time associated with consumption of media assets depicting the second character and a current time exceeds a threshold time period.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the threshold time period is received as a selected input option.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining that the user profile indicates insufficient consumption of media assets depicting the second character comprises:

determining that a threshold number of segments of media assets depicting the second character has not been consumed.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the second media asset is in a same media asset series as the first media asset; and

the third media asset is in a different media asset series than the first media asset and the second media asset.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second media asset depicts the first character.

11. A system comprising:

control circuitry configured to:

determine that a user profile indicates consumption of a first media asset, the first media asset depicting a first character; and

identify, based on determining that the user profile indicates consumption of the first media asset depicting the first character, a second media asset for recommendation, wherein the second media asset is related to the first media asset, the second media asset depicting a second character; and

input/output circuitry configured to:

in response to identifying, via the control circuitry, that the user profile indicates insufficient consumption of media assets depicting the second character, generate for display a recommendation for consuming a third media asset that depicts the second character before consuming the second media asset.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to determine that the user profile indicates consumption of the first media asset depicting the first character by:

determining that a threshold number of segments of the first media asset has been consumed.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the determining that the threshold number of segments of the first media asset has been consumed is based on eye-tracking sensor input.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the determining that the threshold number of segments of the first media asset has been consumed is based on an amount of the first media asset that has been played back.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to determine that the user profile indicates insufficient consumption of media assets depicting the second character by:

determining that the user profile indicates that the media assets depicting the second character have not been consumed.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to determine that the user profile indicates insufficient consumption of media assets depicting the second character by:

determining that a period of time between a time associated with consumption of media assets depicting the second character and a current time exceeds a threshold time period.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the threshold time period is received as a selected input option.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to determine that the user profile indicates insufficient consumption of media assets depicting the second character by:

determining that a threshold number of segments of media assets depicting the second character has not been consumed.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein:

the second media asset is in a same media asset series as the first media asset; and

the third media asset is in a different media asset series than the first media asset and the second media asset.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the second media asset depicts the first character.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2024
From: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
To: ADEIA GUIDES INC.
Reel/Frame 069086/0199 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2023
From: PANCHAKSHARAIAH, VISHWAS SHARADANAGAR; DHARWA, ASHWINI; GUPTA, GAURAV; NEERAKANI, HARSHA
To: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Reel/Frame 065116/0423 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17834416 · Jun 7, 2022
Continuation 17076297 · Oct 21, 2020
Continuation 16385158 · Apr 16, 2019
Continuation 15449179 · Mar 3, 2017
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