发明名称 AUTOMATIC SUGGESTION FOR SWITCHING BROADCAST MEDIA CONTENT TO ON-DEMAND MEDIA CONTENT
摘要 A device obtains an on-demand catalog associated with an on-demand media service, a broadcast schedule associated with a broadcast media service, and a status associated with a media client. Based on information contained in the status and information contained in the broadcast schedule, the device identifies a media content being played by the media client using the broadcast media service. Based information contained in the on-demand catalog, the device further identifies an on-demand option for playing the media content using the on-demand media service. The device provides, to the media client, a suggestion, identifying the on-demand option, which permits a user, of the media client, to play the media content using the on-demand media service.
申请公布号 US2016088334(A1) 申请公布日期 2016.03.24
申请号 US201414494254 申请日期 2014.09.23
申请人 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 发明人 CHAKARAPANI Lakshmi N.
分类号 H04N21/262;H04N21/234;H04L29/06 主分类号 H04N21/262
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主权项 1. A device, comprising: one or more processors to: obtain an on-demand catalog associated with an on-demand media service;obtain a broadcast schedule associated with a broadcast media service;obtain a status associated with a media client;identify, based on information contained in the status and information contained in the broadcast schedule, a media content being played by the media client using the broadcast media service;identify, from information contained in the on-demand catalog, an on-demand option for playing the media content using the on-demand media service;obtain another status, associated with another media client, identifying the media content, the other media client being associated with a user of the media client;determine, based on the status and the other status, that the user has switched to the other media client from the media client, and that the media content is being played by the other media client, via the broadcast media service, and not by the media client andprovide, to the other media client, a suggestion identifying the on-demand option based on determining that that the user has switched to the other media client from the media client, and that the media content is being played by the other media client, via the broadcast media service, and not by the media client, the on-demand option permitting the user, of the other media client, to play the media content using the on-demand media service.
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