Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Content viewing tracking
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Application No.: US14858531Application Date: 2015-09-18
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Publication No.: US11553251B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Jonathan Alan Leech , Mehul Patel , Edward David Monnerat , George Thomas Des Jardins , Erik M Schwartz
- Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Philadelphia
- Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Philadelphia
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: H04N21/466
- IPC: H04N21/466 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/4335 ; H04N21/433 ; H04N21/431 ; H04N21/658 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/472

Abstract:
This application describes methods, systems, and apparatus for allowing a user to easily determine whether the user and/or other user(s) have viewed content. For example, a program guide may display one or more graphics associated with the content (e.g., a movie poster), and in response to determining whether the user has viewed the content, the program guide may include an indication of whether the user has viewed the content. The program guide may include indications associated with multiple users (e.g., different colors, icons, graphics, or text). The program guide may filter the content based on whether the user has viewed the content (e.g., only display content the user has not viewed). A computing device storing the content may manage recording of the content based on whether the user has viewed the content (e.g., delete the recording if the user has viewed the content). A viewing history of the user may be maintained.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160014461A1 Content Viewing Tracking Public/Granted day:2016-01-14
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