US Patent Application 18203805. METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A NOTIFICATION simplified abstract

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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A NOTIFICATION

Organization Name

Rovi Guides, Inc.

Inventor(s)

Calvin Nguyen of North Hills CA (US)

Donn Smith of New York NY (US)

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A NOTIFICATION - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18203805 titled 'METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A NOTIFICATION

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a media guidance application that notifies users about objects in media content that they may find interesting.

  • The application identifies objects of interest as the media content progresses.
  • It keeps a count of the identified objects and presents this count to the user.
  • The application also provides additional content related to each identified object.


Original Abstract Submitted

Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that alerts a user to the appearance of objects in media content that may be of interest to the user. For example, as media content progresses, the media guidance application may determine objects that may interest a user. The media guidance application may record the number of determined objects and present the number to the user as well as supplemental content associated with each object.