Patent ID: 11962864
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving a request from a user device to access a currently available first media asset from a particular streaming content provider;
determining a first quality of service for the user device to receive the currently available first media asset from the particular streaming content provider at a first time;
comparing the first quality of service for the user device to receive the currently available first media asset from the particular streaming content provider at the first time to a threshold quality of service, wherein:
the first quality of service is sufficient for the user device to, at the first time, receive the currently available first media asset from the particular content provider and play the currently available first media asset at the first time in a first manner; and
the threshold quality of service enables the currently available first media asset to be received at the user device from the particular content provider and to be played at the user device in a second manner that results in a higher quality user experience than the first manner;

in response to determining that the first quality of service for the user device to receive the currently available first media asset from the particular streaming content provider is less than the threshold quality of service, generating for display an option to receive an alert when the first quality of service for the user device to receive the currently available first media asset from the particular streaming content provider equals or exceeds the threshold quality of service;
receiving selection of the option to receive the alert; and
in response to determining, at a second time that is later than the first time and after receiving selection of the option to receive the alert, that the first quality of service for the user device to receive the currently available first media asset from the particular streaming content provider equals or exceeds the threshold quality of service, providing the alert to the user device.