US 11,861,564 B2
Systems and methods for delaying the start time of an event based on event attendee arrival times
Arun Sreedhara, Karnataka (IN); Charles Dawes, Tyne and Wear (GB); and Gyanveer Singh, Vaishali (IN)
Assigned to Rovi Guildes, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/118,949.
Application 17/118,949 is a continuation of application No. 15/623,871, filed on Jun. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,909,505.
Prior Publication US 2021/0248564 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 21/258 (2011.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01); G06F 17/18 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01)
CPC G06Q 10/1095 (2013.01) [G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 17/18 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
retrieving, via a communications network and from a user device, user schedule information related to a user selected movie scheduled to be shown at a movie theater;
retrieving, via the communications network and from a media asset information database, movie schedule information related to a movie scheduled to be shown at the movie theater that matches the user selected movie;
retrieving, via the communications network, current location information of the user device;
retrieving, via the communications network, location information of the movie theater;
determining, based on a comparison of the retrieved user schedule information, the retrieved movie schedule information, the retrieved current location information of the user device, and the retrieved location information of the movie theater that the user device will arrive late to the movie theater; and
in response to the determining that the user device will arrive late to the movie theater:
identifying a portion of the movie that will be missed; and
transmitting the portion of the movie to the user device for display on the user device.