Patent ID: 11863826
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A method for providing a narrative based media content, the method comprising:
identifying at least two narratives relating to a plurality of interrelated series, each series comprising a plurality of sequential episodes, wherein each narrative identifies an order of providing the interrelated series that is different from a sequential order of the series and traverses at least a portion of an episode of a first series of the plurality of interrelated series and a portion of an episode of a second series of the plurality of interrelated series;
generating for display a narrative selection interface by:
generating for display an identifier for each of the episodes of each of the plurality of interrelated series, the identifier comprising a geometric shape;
generating for display visual connectors that connect the geometric shapes based on the sequential order of the series;
identifying a first set of the episodes of the plurality of interrelated series that are traversed by a first narrative of the at least two narratives;
graphically modifying identifiers of the first set of the plurality of episodes that are relevant to the first narrative to indicate relevance to the first narrative;
identifying a second set of the episodes of the plurality of interrelated series that are traversed by a second narrative of the at least two narrative;
graphically modifying identifiers of the second set of the plurality of episodes that are relevant to the second narrative to indicate relevance to the second narrative;
generating a first elongated shape indicative of the first narrative, wherein the first elongated shape intersects geometric shapes of identifiers of episodes from the first set;
generating a second elongated shape indicative of the second narrative, wherein the second elongated shape intersects geometric shapes of identifiers of episodes from the second set; and

in response to receiving a selection of a first narrative identifier from a user, providing the interrelated series to a user device in an order specified by the first narrative; and
in response to receiving a selection of a second narrative identifier from the user, providing the interrelated series to the user device in an order specified by the second narrative.