Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100333138 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE ACCESS TO INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications are provided. In particular, the systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications provided herein generally relate to enhancing remote access capabilities by providing algorithms and techniques for managing and correcting disparities that may be found between program listings data used by the interactive media guidance application and the remote access server. | 12-30-2010 |
20110078715 | IDENTIFYING A MOVIE OF INTEREST FROM A WIDGET USED WITH MOVIE COMMERICIALS - A user is provided with data and/or other interactive features based on their interaction with a widget running on user equipment. User permissions, user profiles, and other options related to the widget may be aggregated by a central processor. The user may invoke the widget during a movie commercial, and the processor may use the information it has gathered to identify the exact movie related to the movie commercial. This resolution may be based on the time the user invoked the widget, as well as the programming schedule the user watched during broadcast of the movie commercial. The user may be provided with data and/or other interactive features from a third party based on the movie of interest. | 03-31-2011 |
20110161242 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING AND BROWSING MEDIA IN AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Systems and methods are discussed for providing guidance for media, particularly online video, by searching or browsing for media content based on user selections and user information. Browsing results are diversified using one or more techniques to provide a range of interesting results. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY OBSCURING PORTIONS OF MEDIA CONTENT USING A WIDGET - A widget running on user equipment selectively obscures portions of media content according to user and/or service provider defined criteria. Information regarding potentially objectionable content in media content may be stored in databases. Based on the information regarding potentially objectionable content and the defined criteria, the database may provide censor instructions. The instructions may be executed by the widget to obscure the potentially objectionable content in media content that is accessed by the user equipment. | 06-30-2011 |
20110202958 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE ACCESS TO INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications are provided. In particular, the systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications provided herein generally relate to enhancing remote access capabilities by providing algorithms and techniques for managing and correcting disparities that may be found between program listings data used by the interactive media guidance application and the remote access server. | 08-18-2011 |
20120033943 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING INFORMATION IN REAL TIME FOR USE IN A MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Systems and methods are provided for updating a media guidance application with real-time media information for enhancing recording features. In particular, real-time schedule changes, actual and estimated, are provided for updating instructions for a media guidance application operation. | 02-09-2012 |
20120036536 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING INFORMATION IN REAL TIME FOR USE IN A MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Systems and methods are provided for updating a media guidance application with real-time media information for enhancing recording features. In particular, real-time schedule changes, actual and estimated, are provided for updating instructions for a media guidance application operation. | 02-09-2012 |
20120036537 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING INFORMATION IN REAL TIME FOR USE IN A MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Systems and methods are provided for updating a media guidance application with real-time media information for enhancing recording features. In particular, real-time schedule changes, actual and estimated, are provided for updating instructions for a media guidance application operation. | 02-09-2012 |
20120057850 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND EMBEDDING PERSONALIZED MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods for generating and/or displaying personalized video content are provided. In some embodiments, a video asset made up of a set of frames, including a preliminary frame with an object region, is received at user equipment. A media element is identified and transmitted to a remote server, where it is processed to produce a modified version of the media element and then transmitted back to the user equipment. The video asset is displayed at the user equipment, except that a modified frame incorporating the modified version of the media element is displayed in place of the preliminary frame. The modified version of the media element is incorporated in an area of the modified frame corresponding to the object region of the preliminary frame. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059953 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING PERSONALIZED MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods for generating and/or displaying personalized video content are provided. In some embodiments, a video asset made up of a set of frames, including a preliminary frame with an object region, is received at user equipment. A media element is identified and transmitted to a remote server, where it is processed to produce a modified version of the media element and then transmitted back to the user equipment. The video asset is displayed at the user equipment, except that a modified frame incorporating the modified version of the media element is displayed in place of the preliminary frame. The modified version of the media element is incorporated in an area of the modified frame corresponding to the object region of the preliminary frame. | 03-08-2012 |
20120060095 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED MEDIA CONTENT EMBEDDING IMAGES OF MULTIPLE USERS - Systems and methods for generating and/or displaying personalized video content are provided. In some embodiments, a video asset made up of a set of frames, including a preliminary frame with an object region, is received at user equipment. A media element is identified and transmitted to a remote server, where it is processed to produce a modified version of the media element and then transmitted back to the user equipment. The video asset is displayed at the user equipment, except that a modified frame incorporating the modified version of the media element is displayed in place of the preliminary frame. The modified version of the media element is incorporated in an area of the modified frame corresponding to the object region of the preliminary frame. | 03-08-2012 |
20120278179 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEDUCING USER INFORMATION FROM INPUT DEVICE BEHAVIOR - User selections entered in the media application or any user input device behavior with user devices may be recorded as clickstream data. The clickstream data may be used to deduce information about the user or a media item being consumed. A user may be profiled based on his or her input device behavior using a plurality of time-stamped indicators. A degree of user interest may be determined based on a time period between the time-stamped indicators, the number of time-stamped indicators within a period of time, and/or a type of user action. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278330 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEDUCING USER INFORMATION FROM INPUT DEVICE BEHAVIOR - User selections entered in the media application or any user input device behavior with user devices may be recorded as clickstream data. The clickstream data may be used to deduce information about the user or a media item being consumed. The clickstream data may be used to define a plurality of behavior patterns. Portions of the media item may be identified based on the user's interaction and/or behavior with the user devices. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278331 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEDUCING USER INFORMATION FROM INPUT DEVICE BEHAVIOR - User selections entered in the media application or any user input device behavior with user devices may be recorded as clickstream data. The clickstream data may be used to deduce information about the user or a media item being consumed. Users may be grouped based on their respective clickstream activity during the consumption of one or more media items. Based on the user grouping, information may be derived about a media item being consumed by a user of the group. | 11-01-2012 |
20120308192 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING VIDEOS FOR DISPLAY TO A PLAYER BASED ON A DURATION OF USING EXERCISE EQUIPMENT - Systems and methods for selecting for display to a player, based on a duration of using exercise equipment, videos are provided. The user equipment may monitor an exercise attribute of the user for a given period and compare the monitored attribute to a predetermined threshold corresponding to the attribute. Until the monitored attribute exceeds the predetermined threshold, the user equipment may present one or more media assets associated with a particular measure of quality. Once the predetermined threshold is exceeded by the monitored attribute, the user equipment may adjust the predetermined threshold and present one or more media assets associated with a higher measure of quality than the previously presented media assets. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309511 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MEDIA BASED ON PLAYER ACTION IN AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAMING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for incorporating online user generated media content (e.g., videos) into an interactive video gaming environment are provided. Reward or penalty media assets generated by users are stored on a remote server. A player action is received by the remote server and ranked. Based on the rank associated with the player action, the video asset server selects a reward or penalty media asset of the stored media assets. The selected reward or penalty media asset is presented to the player. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309515 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEASURE OF QUALITY BASED ON LEVEL OF GAME PLAY IN AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAMING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for incorporating online user generated media content (e.g., videos) into an interactive video gaming environment are provided. Media assets that are associated with different measures of quality generated by users are stored on a remote server. A player action is received by the remote server. A determination is made as to which one of the plurality of levels of the interactive video gaming environment corresponds to the action. One of the videos associated with one of the measures of quality is selected based on the determination of the level corresponding to the action. The selected video is transmitted to the player. | 12-06-2012 |
20120324504 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PARENTAL CONTROLS IN A CLOUD-BASED MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Systems and methods for providing parental controls in a cloud-based media guidance application may provide users with compiled listings of the user's content and parental controls for accessing that and other content based on the user equipment devices from which the content access request is received. A user may identify remote storage providers at which user content is stored, and may provide criteria for limiting or preauthorizing access to selected content by one or more user equipment devices. In response to receiving a user request, a listing of content stored with the remote storage providers may be compiled and presented in a media guidance application. A selection of any one of the user's content, as well as a selection of any other content listed in the media guidance application, may be subject to access control criteria applicable to the user equipment device from which the selection was received. | 12-20-2012 |
20120331507 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LOCAL EVENT LISTINGS WITH VIDEO - Systems and methods are provided for generating an integrated event listing. An event promoter may input event information about a local event. In response, online videos corresponding to the event information may be identified and provided to the event promoter. The event promoter may select one or more of the identified online videos to integrate with the event information to generate the integrated event listing. For example, the integrated event listing may be generated by displaying the one or more selected online videos as a video background behind a scrolling text overlay of the event information. | 12-27-2012 |
20130005471 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING VIDEO HINTS FOR SEGMENTS WITHIN AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAMING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for generating hints for a player with an interactive video gaming environment are provided. A plurality of videos from users is received at a remote server. Each of the plurality of videos includes a hint that corresponds to a different one of a plurality of segments within the interactive video gaming environment. An action relating to game play in the interactive video gaming environment is received at the remote server from player equipment. A determination is made as to whether the action is associated with one of the plurality of segments. In response to determining the action is associated with one of the plurality of segments, one of the plurality of videos that includes the hint that corresponds to the one of the plurality of segments associated with the action is selected. The selected one of the plurality of videos is transmitted to the player equipment. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007032 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON IMAGES - Systems and methods are provided for providing a user with efficient and effective intelligent control of media assets distributed to the user's media devices. The user may control distributed media assets by sending captured images to the media delivery system. Features identified in the captured images are used to select media assets that are likely to be of interest to the user. The selected relevant media assets are distributed to one or more media devices for presentation to the user. The distributed media assets may be intelligently selected from the media assets available through the user's primary media delivery system, or may be supplementary media assets not available through the user's primary media delivery system. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007042 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON IMAGES - Systems and methods are provided for providing a user with efficient and effective intelligent control of media assets distributed to the user's media devices. The user may control distributed media assets by sending captured images to the media delivery system. Features identified in the captured images are used to select media assets that are likely to be of interest to the user. The selected relevant media assets are distributed to one or more media devices for presentation to the user. The distributed media assets may be intelligently selected from the media assets available through the user's primary media delivery system, or may be supplementary media assets not available through the user's primary media delivery system. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007191 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INITIALIZING ALLOCATIONS OF TRANSPORT STREAMS BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA - Systems and methods for allocating media assets to a plurality of transport streams in a mixed service system to allow simultaneous receipt of at least two media assets using a single stream selector are provided. The mix-service content delivery system comprises a content delivery server comprising control circuitry. At a first time, the first instance of the at least two media assets may be allocated to different transport streams. A user request to simultaneously receive the at least two media assets may be received. A viewing history based on the user request may be generated during a predetermined time period. At a second time after the first time, the control circuitry may allocate a second instance of the at least two media assets to a same transport stream of the plurality of transport streams. The allocations may be determined based on the generated viewing history. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007661 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING USER PREFERENCE TAG CLOUDS - Systems and methods for generating and displaying user preferences in a tag cloud are provided in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention. A user preference tag cloud may be of any shape and size and may be generated using a stencil selected by a user. A user preference tag cloud may thus present a user's media preferences in an attractive and compelling visual arrangement that, in some embodiments, also functions as an intuitive interface which allows users to indicate and/or modify their preferences. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007830 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT ALLOCATIONS OF TRANSPORT STREAMS - Systems and methods for allocating transport streams to allow simultaneous delivery of at least two media assets using a single stream selector are provided. In particular, a user's request to simultaneously receive more than two media assets may be received. An indicator may indicate to the control circuitry that the requested media assets are linked as a block of media asset. The control circuitry may identify a transport stream with enough bandwidth to transport the block of linked media assets. After identifying such a transport stream, the control circuitry may allocate the linked media assets to the transport stream. To conserve system bandwidths, control circuitry may advantageously determine which transport stream should transport the media assets in such a way that the utilizations of all transport streams are efficiently maximized. | 01-03-2013 |
20130029762 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY MODIFYING THE DISPLAY OF ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON AN INTERACTIVE GAMING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided for selectively modifying the display of an advertisement based on an interactive gaming environment associated with the advertisement. An action relating to game play in the interactive gaming environment is received from a user and stored on a remote server. The display of the advertisement is then modified in response to the action from the user by, for example, skipping the displayed advertisement. In some embodiments, an advertisement modification credit is associated with the user profile of the user who provided the action. Based on the amount of advertisement modification credits associated with the particular user, the server determines whether or not to modify the display of the advertisement. Based on the determination, the display of the advertisement is modified if the amount of advertisement modification credits associated with the particular user is greater than or equal to an advertisement modification threshold. | 01-31-2013 |
20130031579 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY MODIFYING THE DISPLAY OF ADVERTISEMENTS AND PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTARY MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods are provided for selectively suppressing advertisements and providing supplementary media content in place of the advertisements. A program (including program segments and supplementary media content) and advertisements are transmitted to a user device on two different channels. A database may be queried to determine whether the advertisement suppression feature is enabled for a particular user. For example, the user of the user device may subscribe to an advertisement suppression service and an enabled status may be stored in the database. If the status is enabled, the program segments and supplementary media content are provided to the user device without advertisements. If the status is disabled, the program segments and advertisements are provided to the user device without the supplementary media content. | 01-31-2013 |
20130167091 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING IN A HYPER-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Systems and methods for navigating in a hyper-dimensional media guidance application are provided. A first group of content listings is displayed in a first grid corresponding to two grid dimensions (e.g., time versus content source). In response to a user selection of a navigational option, a second group of content listings is displayed in a second grid corresponding to a previous grid dimension and a different grid dimension (e.g., time versus parental rating or genre versus content source). Each grid of content listings may be displayed on a face of an illustrated three-dimensional object that may rotate from displaying one face to displaying another in response to a user navigational option selection. The number of grids displayable to a user is not limited by the physical number of faces on any actual three-dimensional object. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167170 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A USER EQUIPMENT DEVICE - Systems and methods for detecting unauthorized use of a user equipment device are provided. An instruction is transmitted, using communications circuitry of a handheld device, to the user equipment device directing the user equipment device to display a unique identifier associated with the user equipment simultaneously with media content. An image of the media content and unique identifier simultaneously displayed on a display screen coupled to the user equipment device is captured using camera equipment of the handheld device. The image is automatically processed with the handheld device to extract the unique identifier from the image. The extracted unique identifier is cross-referenced, using the handheld device, with user account information associated with the user equipment device to determine whether use of the user equipment device is unauthorized. | 06-27-2013 |
20130170818 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING PLAYBACK AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS - Embodiments provide methods and systems for synchronizing simultaneous media asset viewing for users at different geographical viewing locations. In some embodiments, a first user device receives a request to synchronize viewing of a media asset with a second user device. Control circuitry may automatically determine that the media asset is available to the second user device after becoming available so the first user device. Based on the determining, the control circuitry may automatically schedule the media asset for recording on the first user device. In some embodiments, control circuitry synchronizes viewing of the media asset when the media access becomes available to the second user device. The second user device may access a video feed transmitted by a media source, while the first user device accesses a video feed of a recorded media asset. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173742 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LATENCY-BASED SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS - Embodiments provide methods and systems for synchronizing simultaneous media asset viewing for users at different geographical viewing locations. In some embodiments, a first user device receives a request to synchronize viewing of a media asset with a second user device. If the first user device accepts the request for synchronized viewing, the first and second user devices receive the media asset from a common source. Control circuitry at the common source may determine the latencies to the first and second user devices. The transmission of the media asset to the first and second user devices is adjusted according to the latencies. | 07-04-2013 |
20130305287 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A USER PROFILE BASED CUSTOMIZED MEDIA GUIDE THAT INCLUDES AN INTERNET SOURCE - Systems and methods for presenting user-generated content in an easily accessible manner using an interactive media guide are provided. In particular, a user may be able to peruse user-generated content through an interactive media guide which is also used to access non-user-generated media content such as linear programming (e.g., over-the-air broadcast, cable, and satellite scheduled programming) and on-demand media. The interactive media guide may include a provider of user-generated content populated with user-generated content according to the user's interests or most recently added to the provider. | 11-14-2013 |
20130332521 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPILING MEDIA INFORMATION BASED ON PRIVACY AND RELIABILITY METRICS - Methods and systems for creating a user profile clearinghouse server, which combines information available from multiple sources and filters the information based on both privacy settings and reliability to create a profile of a user's media content interests. | 12-12-2013 |
20140007154 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INDIVIDUALIZED CONTROL OF MEDIA ASSETS | 01-02-2014 |
20140007170 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING PLAYBACK AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS | 01-02-2014 |
20140067208 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF A MEDIA ASSET IN A VEHICLE - Methods and systems are disclosed for a guidance application capable of coordinating the interior features of a vehicle (e.g., the heating/cooling system, automatic windows, automatic seats, automatic sunroof, seat heaters, etc.) to produce the current environmental conditions (e.g., sunshine, heat, wind, etc.) displayed in a media asset being accessed in the vehicle. | 03-06-2014 |
20140089017 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN ENTERTAINMENT CONTROL SYSTEM - Methods and systems are described herein for allocating and assigning seats within a venue, based on user profile information. A cluster of user profiles is selected based on a correlation of values of a common attribute of the user profiles. Seats within the venue are allocated to a first zone based on the correlation, and are assigned to users associated with the user profiles. | 03-27-2014 |
20140094151 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO PLAYBACK ON PORTABLE DEVICES WITH VEHICLE EQUIPMENT - Systems and methods are provided for playing media assets in a vehicle. A signal indicating the existence of a voice call is detected in a vehicle. It is determined whether a portable device inside the vehicle is outputting audio to a first audio device. If a portable device is outputting audio to a first audio device, the audio level of the output audio component is compared with an audio level threshold to determine whether the output of the audio component to the first audio device interferes with audio output of the call. If the output audio component is determined to interfere with the audio output of the call, the audio component output through the first audio device is repressed. If the output audio component is determined to not interfere with the audio output of the call, the audio component is output through the first audio device without interruption. | 04-03-2014 |
20140100034 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEASURE OF QUALITY BASED ON LEVEL OF GAME PLAY IN AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAMING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for incorporating online user generated media content (e.g., videos) into an interactive video gaming environment are provided. Media assets that are associated with different measures of quality generated by users are stored on a remote server. A player action is received by the remote server. A determination is made as to which one of the plurality of levels of the interactive video gaming environment corresponds to the action. One of the videos associated with one of the measures of quality is selected based on the determination of the level corresponding to the action. The selected video is transmitted to the player. | 04-10-2014 |
20140100040 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING VIDEO HINTS FOR SEGMENTS WITHIN AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAMING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for generating hints for a player with an interactive video gaming environment are provided. A plurality of videos from users is received at a remote server. Each of the plurality of videos includes a hint that corresponds to a different one of a plurality of segments within the interactive video gaming environment. An action relating to game play in the interactive video gaming environment is received at the remote server from player equipment. A determination is made as to whether the action is associated with one of the plurality of segments. In response to determining the action is associated with one of the plurality of segments, one of the plurality of videos that includes the hint that corresponds to the one of the plurality of segments associated with the action is selected. The selected one of the plurality of videos is transmitted to the player equipment. | 04-10-2014 |
20140201780 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A USER PROFILE BASED CUSTOMIZED MEDIA GUIDE THAT INCLUDES AN INTERNET SOURCE - Systems and methods for presenting user-generated content in as easily accessible manner using an interactive media guide are provided. In particular, a user may be able to peruse user-generated content through an interactive media guide which is also used to access non-user-generated media content such as linear programming (e.g., over-the-air broadcast, cable, and satellite scheduled programming) and on-demand media. The interactive media guide may include a provider of user-generated content populated with user-generated content according to the user's interests or most recently added to the provider. | 07-17-2014 |
20140243091 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING A DEGREE OF SEPARATION GAME IN AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA APPLICATION - Methods and systems of providing a game in an interactive media application based on information stored in a database are provided. The game is provided in part by using a database to select a source individual and a destination individual. Based on the source individual and information stored in a database and associated therewith, a plurality of associated candidates are selected, each of which has a defined relationship with the source individual. Representations of the source individual, the destination individual, and the first plurality of candidates are provided on a display. Based on user input, one candidate of the first plurality of candidates is selected, and it is determined whether the database defines a relationship between the selected candidate and the destination individual. If such a relationship exists, a user is alerted. If no such relationship exists, then a new set of candidates is retrieved based on the selected candidate. | 08-28-2014 |
20140281973 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECTIFYING THE LENGTHS OF MEDIA PLAYLISTS BASED ON TIME CRITERIA - Methods and systems are described for generating and updating media playlists in response to playback alteration operations performed by a user. For example, a media guidance application may generate a media playlist accessible during a set time period (e.g., from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM), which has a one hour play length. If a playback alteration operation (e.g., a pause or fast-forward operation) occurs during the playback of the media playlist, the media guidance application updates (e.g., by adding or removing content) the media playlist such that the media playlist has a play length that concludes by the end of the set time period (e.g., 8:00 PM). | 09-18-2014 |
20140344289 | ENERGY-SAVING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING MEDIA INFORMATION - Energy-saving methods and systems for updating media information on a media equipment device are provided. An update to media information is received at the media equipment device. Data identifying a weight for the update is retrieved from the storage device. The data may be related to the user's media preferences or viewing history of content associated with the update. A weight is then assigned to the update based on the retrieved data. The assigned update weight is compared to a threshold value which is retrieved from the storage device. If the update weight exceeds the threshold value, the device will switch from a first power mode of operation (e.g., sleep mode) to a higher power mode of operation (e.g., active mode) so that the media information may be updated with the information contained in the received update. | 11-20-2014 |
20140350798 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF A MEDIA ASSET IN A VEHICLE - Methods and systems are disclosed for a guidance application capable of coordinating the interior features of a vehicle (e.g., the heating/cooling system, automatic windows, automatic seats, automatic sunroof, seat heaters, etc.) to produce the current environmental conditions (e.g., sunshine, heat, wind, etc.) displayed in a media asset being accessed in the vehicle. | 11-27-2014 |
20140380379 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MEDIA ASSET RECORDINGS BASED ON POWER CONSUMPTION - Systems and methods for performing cost efficient media asset recording on a user equipment device are provided. A first instance of a media asset is identified for recording. A media asset schedule database is searched to identify a second instance of the media asset. A determination, based on cost of power consumption information, is made as to whether recording the first instance of the media asset will cost less than recording the second instance of the media asset. Either the first instance of the media asset or the second instance of the media asset is selected for recording based on the determination. | 12-25-2014 |
20150029087 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A USER DEVICE BASED ON BRAIN ACTIVITY - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for adjusting power consumption and/or sensitivity levels of a user device based on the current brain activity of a user. For example, a media guidance application implemented on a user device may monitor brain activity of a user. In response to determining particular brain activity (e.g., associated with the inactivity of the user), the media guidance application may initiate a stand-by mode in order to reduce power consumption. | 01-29-2015 |
20150033245 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING ATTENTIVENESS OF A USER BASED ON BRAIN ACTIVITY - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application configured to monitor attentiveness of a user based on the brain activity of the user. For example, a media guidance application may monitor brain activity associated with an attentiveness level of the user and in response to determining the attentiveness level of the user does not correspond to the threshold attentiveness level, perform an operation associated with a low attentiveness level of the user (e.g., performing a scan operation through various content providers). | 01-29-2015 |
20150033258 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS CONFIGURED TO MONITOR BRAIN ACTIVITY - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that may monitor the brain activity of a user and determine a first brain state of the user based on the brain activity, in which the first brain state corresponds to a first mood. The media guidance application may also select a second brain state that corresponds to a second mood of the user. In response to determining the first brain state does not correspond to the second brain state, the media guidance application may generate a display of a media asset to the user that is associated with inducing the second brain state. | 01-29-2015 |
20150033259 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN BRAIN ACTIVITY OF A USER - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for performing operations in response to changes in brain activity of a user. For example, a media guidance application implemented on a user device may monitor the brain activity of the user (e.g., in order to perform one of more operations based on the brain activity of the user). In response to detecting particular brain activity (e.g., indicating that a user has fallen asleep), the media guidance application may instruct the user device to cease monitoring the brain activity of the user. | 01-29-2015 |
20150033262 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING ICONS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING BRAIN STATE FEEDBACK - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application configured to generate for display an icon that provides feedback to a user related to the current brain activity of the user. For example, a media guidance application may monitor the brain activity of the user in order to determine whether or not to perform a particular operation. The media guidance application may further generate a display of icons that inform the user of the current brain activity of the user and/or the progress of the user towards achieving a particular operation. | 01-29-2015 |
20150033266 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS CONFIGURED TO MONITOR BRAIN ACTIVITY IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF A BRAIN - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application configured to monitor brain activity in various regions of a brain of a user in order to navigate, recommend, provide access to, and perform operations related to media content. For example, in response to detecting that particular brain activity in a region of the brain does not correspond to a threshold range of brain activity for that region of the brain, a media guidance application may perform a media guidance operation related to that region of the brain. | 01-29-2015 |
20150082187 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING DIRECTION-SPECIFIC MEDIA ASSETS - Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that coordinates the display of direction-specific media assets on a display device associated with a particular direction. For example, the media guidance application may receive data (e.g., stored when an image or video was created) that indicates a direction a content capture device was facing when the image or video was captured. Based on that data, the media guidance application may select a particular display device (e.g., a computer, tablet, television, etc.) that corresponds to the direction (e.g., from the point of view of a user) on which to present the media asset. | 03-19-2015 |