Patent ID: 11930233
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for modifying content recommendations, the method comprising:
identifying a first content platform associated with a profile on a media device;
identifying a first plurality of content items available on the first content platform for which to generate for display a plurality of recommendations for the profile on the first content platform, wherein each of the first plurality of content items has characteristics matching content preference characteristics in the profile, and each recommendation is associated with a visual element corresponding to a respective content item of the first plurality of content items;
determining a second content platform that will be associated with the profile during transit between a first location and a second location, wherein the second content platform is only accessible during the transiting between the first location and the second location;
identifying a second plurality of content items that (i) will be available on the second content platform during the transiting between the first location and the second location and (ii) have characteristics matching the content preference characteristics in the profile;
identifying at least one content item available on the first content platform and included in the second plurality of content items that will be available on the second content platform during the transiting between the first location and the second location; and
in response to identifying the at least one content item available on the first content platform and included in the second plurality of content items that will be available on the second content platform during the transiting between the first location and the second location:
generating for display the plurality of recommendations for the profile on the first content platform including a recommendation for the at least one content item, wherein generating for display the plurality of recommendations on the first content platform comprises:
suppressing the recommendation of the displayed at least one content item by causing a visual indicator to be overlaid on the visual element corresponding to the at least one content item, wherein the visual indicator indicates the availability of the at least one content item on the second content platform; and
declining to cause visual indicators to be overlaid on visual elements respectively associated with recommendations of content items in the first plurality of content items that are not available on the second content platform, to distinguish the recommendation of the at least one content item from the recommendations of the content items in the first plurality of content items that are not available on the second content platform.