US 12,457,384 B2
Managing collections of episodic media content
Margret Schmidt, Redwood City, CA (US); Alex Liston, Menlo Park, CA (US); Nicholas Lovell, Mountain View, CA (US); and Richard Alcazar, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Adeia Media Solutions Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Adeia Media Solutions Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/196,323.
Application 18/196,323 is a continuation of application No. 17/366,486, filed on Jul. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,695,995.
Application 17/366,486 is a continuation of application No. 16/557,306, filed on Aug. 30, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/557,306 is a continuation of application No. 15/417,190, filed on Jan. 26, 2017, granted, now 10,448,112, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/287,869, filed on Jan. 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0283857 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/482 (2013.01) [H04N 21/23109 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
accessing a user profile indicating viewing history;
determining, based on the user profile, a first rate of consumption of a first series of related episodes;
determining, based on the user profile, a second rate of consumption of a second series of related episodes;
determining, based on the user profile, a number of unviewed episodes of the first series of related episodes;
determining, based on the user profile, a number of unviewed episodes of the second series of related episodes;
identifying a first memory location and a second memory location, the first memory location being different from the second memory location;
automatically performing a first action for a first episode of the first series of related episodes by determining to store the first episode at the first memory location based on the first rate of consumption and the number of unviewed episodes of the first series of episodes; and
automatically performing a second action for a second episode of the second series of related episodes by determining to store the second episode at the second memory location based on the second rate of consumption and the number of unviewed episodes of the second series of related episodes.