Patent ID: 11936941
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having non-transitory, computer-readable instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by control circuitry, cause the control circuitry to:
transmit a first segment of a first media content item for output at a computing device;
cause the computing device to generate the first segment of the first media content item for display and to initiate a stabilization period, wherein user input with respect to trick-play functionality is disabled during the stabilization period;
receive a user interface input requesting media content related to the first segment of the first media content item;
in response to the receipt of the user interface input requesting related media content:
identify a play position at which the user interface input requesting related media content was received;
identify that the first media content item is not live;
in response to the identification that the first media content item is not live:
access a second segment of the first media content item that has not been received at the computing device, wherein the second segment starts after the play position;

access metadata for a portion of the first media content item within a predetermined time period away from the play position of the first media content item, wherein the predetermined time period covers the first segment and the second segment of the first media content item and is shorter than the length of the first media content item;
identify, during the stabilization period, a topic keyword based on the accessed metadata;
generate for display a prompt, wherein the prompt comprises a user interface element configured to:
interrupt output of the first media content item to output content related to the topic keyword; and
return to the first media content item subsequent to output of the content related to the topic keyword;

in response to receiving an input associated with the user interface element:
identify a portion of an identified related media content item that is associated with the identified topic keyword;
pause the first media content item being generated for display;
transmit, for display, the portion of the identified related media content item that is associated with the identified topic keyword; and
cause the computing device to resume generating for display the first media content item.