US 12,348,827 B2
Network-connected television devices with knowledge-based media content recommendations and unified user interfaces that present upcoming media content
Shashank Gupta, Bengaluru (IN); Vasudha Gupta, Ghaziabad (IN); Kashish Singhal, Bangalore (IN); Ashwin Kumar Srigiri, Bengaluru (IN); and Padmaja Ragavendra, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/366,431.
Application 18/366,431 is a continuation of application No. 17/856,150, filed on Jul. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,743,548.
Prior Publication US 2024/0007717 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4826 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4622 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a television device, a media recommendation stream based on user activity data associated with a user account, the media recommendation stream including an ordered sequence of selectable information items that correspond to an ordered set of upcoming media content items that are not currently available for playback by the television device and that are sourced by different content providers;
executing a unified television application, the executing comprising displaying a unified user interface associated with the user account, the unified user interface including a plurality of tabbed interfaces;
receiving a selection of a first selectable information item of the ordered sequence of selectable information items from a home tabbed interface of the plurality of tabbed interfaces, the first selectable information item associated with a first upcoming media content item of the ordered set of upcoming media content items;
based on the received selection of the first selectable information item, including the first selectable information item in a first cluster of a plurality of clusters that each include a subset of the ordered sequence of selectable information items that correspond to the ordered set of the upcoming media content items in the media recommendation stream; and
displaying, in an upcoming tabbed interface of the plurality of tabbed interfaces, the plurality of clusters.