US 11,729,480 B2
Systems and methods to enhance interactive program watching
Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Tiptur (IN); Poovarasan Chitravel, Tamilnadu (IN); Pawan Nagdeve, Bangalore (IN); Gudimetla Baby, Andhra Pradesh (IN); Sambeet Burma, Bangalore (IN); Gyanveer Singh, Vaishali Bihar (IN); and Cato Yang, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to ROVI GUIDES, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/458,763.
Prior Publication US 2023/0062650 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/85 (2011.01); H04N 21/8549 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/8545 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/8549 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/8545 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing an enhanced viewing experience for one or more users of an interactive media program, the method comprising:
receiving, at a computing device, the interactive media program, wherein the interactive media program comprises a plurality of alternative segments followed by a common segment;
receiving a selection of a first alternative segment;
generating for output, the first alternative segment;
analyzing the plurality of alternative segments to identify, based on segment metadata, a characteristic common to a sub-set of the plurality of alternative segments
identifying, based on the characteristic, a plurality of related subsections from the plurality of unselected alternative segments;
generating a summary of the related subsections;
generating for output, the summary; and
generating for output the common segment of the interactive media program.