Patent ID: 11880415
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying, using control circuitry, a subject referenced in an episode of a series, the subject being referenced at a current time during consumption;
determining, using the control circuitry, whether to provide contextual information from metadata relevant to the subject based on the consumption associated with a user profile of the episode of the series, wherein determining comprises:
calculating an absolute time difference between the current time when the episode of the series that is referencing the subject is being consumed and a previous time when an earlier episode of the series that last referenced the subject was last consumed via a user device, wherein the earlier episode of the series that last referenced the subject is different from the episode of the series; and
calculating a reference count number of additional subjects referenced in consumed episodes of the series between the current time and the previous time, the additional subjects being different from the subject;
in response to determining: (a) that the absolute difference exceeds a threshold time value, and (b) the number of additional subjects:
inserting the contextual information from the metadata relevant to the subject immediately after the subject in a closed caption; and

causing, using the control circuitry, to be provided, within the closed caption, a reminder that comprises the contextual information from the metadata relevant to the subject.