Patent ID: 11889141
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A system comprising:
computer memory;
control circuitry configured to:
determine a predicted number of episodes of a program series likely to be consumed during a current binge watching session associated with a user profile, wherein the user profile is stored in the computer memory;
select the predicted number of episodes from a plurality of next episodes of the program series;
determine whether a length of time associated with the current binge watching session is greater than a total runtime of the selected episodes of the program series;

in response to determining that the length of time associated with the current binge watching session is greater than the total runtime of the selected episodes, identify a related program series that is related to the program series and that has not been consumed in connection with the user profile;
select one or more episodes of the related program series;
generate a virtual content source for the current binge watching session based on the selected episodes of the program series and based on the selected one or more episodes of the related program series; and
generate for display the virtual content source including identifiers of the selected episodes of the program series and identifiers of the selected one or more episodes of the related program series, wherein the display of the virtual content source indicates that, during the current binge watching session, each of the selected episodes of the program series are to be played prior to the selected one or more episodes of the related program series.