Patent ID: 11863834
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for dynamically generating content recommendations during playback of a content item, the method comprising:
receiving the content item by a local device;
playing back the content item by the local device;
identifying, during the playback of the content item, a media signature corresponding to a first portion of the content item;
determining whether the media signature matches any media signature of a plurality of media signatures stored on the local device or remotely;
in response to determining that the media signature corresponding to the first portion of the content item matches a stored media signature:
identifying a timestamp of the content item associated with the stored media signature that corresponds to the media signature of the first portion of the content item played back by the local device; and
generating for display by the local device a progress bar comprising an identifier of the content item associated with the stored media signature and a progress indicator of the progress bar corresponding to the identified timestamp; and

receiving a selection of the progress bar; and
in response to receiving the selection of the progress bar, generating for display by the local device the respective content item beginning at the timestamp corresponding to the progress indicator.