Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120319825 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEANS FOR RESTRICTING CONTROL OF A HOME ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE BY A MOBILE DEVICE - Methods and systems for restricting control of a home entertainment device by a mobile device are provided. In particular, in some embodiments, these methods and systems define a region for the mobile device. Then the methods and systems determine whether the mobile device is within a predetermined range of the region. In response to determining that the mobile device is within the predetermined range of the region, the methods and systems enable the mobile device to control a first function of the home entertainment equipment. In response to determining that the mobile device is outside of the predetermined range of the region, the methods and systems prevent the mobile device from controlling the first function of the home entertainment device and enable the mobile device to control a second function of the home entertainment device that is different from the first function. | 12-20-2012 |
20130054319 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Methods and systems can generate a stereoscopic three-dimensional, virtual environment for presentation on a display. This virtual environment may include representations of a plurality of buildings, wherein each of the plurality of buildings represents a different characteristic of content and/or content listings. The virtual environment can be presented from a first point of view to a user. In response to user input, the presentation of the virtual environment can be changed from the first point of view to a second point of view. The rate at which the presentation of the virtual environment is changed can be controlled based on a distance between the first point of view and the second point of view. A user selection of one of the plurality of buildings can be received, and options can be presented which are associated with the characteristic represented by the building selected by the user. | 02-28-2013 |
20130294755 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING ACCESS TO A MEDIA ASSET SEGMENT DURING A FAST-ACCESS PLAYBACK OPERATION - Systems and methods for preventing access to a segment of a media asset during a fast-access playback operation are provided. A media asset is retrieved from storage. A user request to perform a fast-access playback operation on the media asset is received. Information that identifies the segment of the media asset is retrieved. The information is generated based on input received from a crowd that includes a plurality of users that have previously consumed the media asset. The fast-access playback operation is automatically terminated before the segment is reached based on the retrieved information. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297706 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING INPUT FROM A PLURALITY OF USERS TO IDENTIFY A TYPE OF MEDIA ASSET SEGMENT - Systems and methods for processing input from a plurality of users to identify a type of media asset segment are provided. A plurality of messages is received from a plurality of users at a remote server. The received messages are processed to extract a plurality of words from each message. Each of a first plurality of the words is cross-referenced with a first database of media asset information to identify a media asset that corresponds to a portion of the received messages. A segment within the media asset is identified based on the portion of the received messages. Each of a second plurality of the words of the portion of the received messages is cross-referenced with a second database of segment types to assign a type to the identified segment. Information is stored for the media asset identifying a position and type of the segment within the media asset. | 11-07-2013 |
20130346867 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A MEDIA ASSET SEGMENT BASED ON VERBAL INPUT - Systems and methods for automatically generating a media asset segment based on verbal input are provided. Verbal input is received from a user while a media asset is being presented to the user. The verbal input is processed to extract an instruction and comment information included in the verbal input. The instruction is cross-referenced with a command database to determine whether the instruction corresponds to a segment generation command. In response to determining the instruction corresponds to the segment generation command, a segment that includes a portion of the media asset that was presented to the user when the verbal input was received is generated. The comment information is associated with the generated segment. A message that includes the generated segment and the associated comment information is transmitted to a remote server. | 12-26-2013 |
20140007146 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY OBTAINING COST-EFFICIENT ACCESS TO A MEDIA CONTENT COLLECTION | 01-02-2014 |
20140007154 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INDIVIDUALIZED CONTROL OF MEDIA ASSETS | 01-02-2014 |
20140245144 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA ASSET INFORMATION FOR A GIVEN CELL USING ADJACENT CELLS - Systems and methods for presenting information for a given cell using adjacent cells are provided. A plurality of media asset cells arranged in a grid are generated for presentation according to a time dimension of first and second transmission times of corresponding media assets. A user selection of a first media asset cell is received. The first media asset cell corresponds to a first media asset scheduled for transmission during the first transmission time. A second media asset cell that corresponds to a second media asset scheduled for transmission during the first transmission time is identified. The second media asset cell includes information corresponding to the second media asset and is adjacent to the first media asset cell. A portion of the information in the second media asset cell is replaced with information corresponding to the first media asset without obstructing information corresponding to the second transmission time. | 08-28-2014 |
20140282061 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CUSTOMIZING USER INPUT INTERFACES - Methods and systems are provided for determining a suitable user input interface type based on a particular user. Specifically, a media guidance application determines a demographic category of a user, and based on that demographic category of the user, automatically selects a user input interface for manipulating media objects that is suitable for the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140344682 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CUSTOMIZING TACTILELY DISTINGUISHABLE INPUTS ON A USER INPUT INTERFACE BASED ON AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a user input interface, which customizes tactilely distinguishable inputs on the user input interface based on available or currently in use functions on a target device. For example, a user input interface on a remote device (e.g., a tablet computer) may generate physical buttons associated with a function (e.g., adjusting volume) in response to determining that that function is available on a target device (e.g., a television, personal computer, or set-top box). | 11-20-2014 |