Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130114940 | PRESENTING LINEAR AND NONLINEAR CONTENT VIA DVR - Embodiments related to the presentation of linear content and non-linear content in an integrated user experience are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method of identifying linear content and non-linear content for presentation via a video recording device. The method includes detecting a trigger to perform a search for content items, and providing, responsive to the trigger, a search request to one or more metadata sources, each metadata source containing locations of one or more of linear content items and non-linear content items available at one or more content sources. The method further includes receiving from each metadata source a search response including metadata associated with available content at one or more of the content sources, and outputting a list of content items identifying one or more linear content items and one or more non-linear content items from one or more metadata sources. | 05-09-2013 |
20130136411 | TIME-SHIFTED CONTENT CHANNELS - A method for managing time-shifted media content is provided. The method comprises associating one or more title-independent selection criteria with a time-shifted content channel. For each time-shifted content channel, one or more time-shifted media content items that satisfy that time-shifted content channel's title-independent selection criteria may be added to that time-shifted content channel, and channel-identifying metadata may be associated with each time-shifted media content item in the time-shifted content channel. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136419 | SOCIAL NETWORK BASED RECORDING - According to one aspect of this disclosure, information is received indicating a set of content items that a first user intends to record. The set of content items are automatically added to a recording schedule of a second user, where the recording schedule indicates content items that are scheduled to be recorded. An indication that an additional content item has been added or removed to the set of content items may be received, and, the additional content item is automatically added or removed to the recording schedule of the second user. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136424 | ADAPTING DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING BASED UPON FEEDBACK - Embodiments related to the use of feedback to adapt digital video recording are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides, on a computing device, a method of adapting an identification and scheduling of video items for recording based on usage. The method comprises detecting a trigger to perform a series update, and determining one or more video items to record as a part of a series by providing input to a series update module that returns candidate video items for inclusion in the series. The method further comprises scheduling zero or more of the candidate video items for recording, receiving feedback related to video item playback of one or more video items that were recorded based upon the scheduling, and based upon the feedback, adapting the input provided to the series update module for a later series update. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136425 | GROUP BASED RECORDING SCHEDULE - According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is recognized that a threshold number of members in a trend group intend to view a content item. The content item is automatically added, for each member in the trend group, to a recording schedule of that member of the trend group. The recording schedule of each member of the trend group is maintained at a recording schedule service and indicates content items to be recorded by a content recording device. | 05-30-2013 |
20150289019 | PRESENTING LINEAR AND NONLINEAR CONTENT VIA DVR - Embodiments related to the presentation of linear content and non-linear content in an integrated user experience are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method of identifying linear content and non-linear content for presentation via a video recording device. The method includes detecting a trigger to perform a search for content items, and providing, responsive to the trigger, a search request to one or more metadata sources, each metadata source containing locations of one or more of linear content items and non-linear content items available at one or more content sources. The method further includes receiving from each metadata source a search response including metadata associated with available content at one or more of the content sources, and outputting a list of content items identifying one or more linear content items and one or more non-linear content items from one or more metadata sources. | 10-08-2015 |
20150319399 | ADAPTING DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING BASED UPON FEEDBACK - Embodiments related to the use of feedback to adapt digital video recording are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides, on a computing device, a method of adapting an identification and scheduling of video items for recording based on usage. The method comprises detecting a trigger to perform a series update, and determining one or more video items to record as a part of a series by providing input to a series update module that returns candidate video items for inclusion in the series. The method further comprises scheduling zero or more of the candidate video items for recording, receiving feedback related to video item playback of one or more video items that were recorded based upon the scheduling, and based upon the feedback, adapting the input provided to the series update module for a later series update. | 11-05-2015 |
20160066040 | WATCH NEXT SERVICE - A device receives, from a media client, information associated with an event. The device identifies a user profile, associated with the event, including a tracking list which identifies one or more tracked series and a last watched list which identifies one or more last watched episodes associated with one or more watched series. The device determines a next available episode, associated with one of the one or more tracked series, based on the user profile, the information received from the media client, and content metadata which includes information associated with one or more available episodes associated with one or more available series. The device sends a suggestion identifying the next available episode to the media client for presentation to a user associated with the media client. | 03-03-2016 |