Patent ID: 11924518
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of recommending media content to users viewing over-the-top content, the method comprising:
receiving, at a server, a request from a user, over a communications network, to access media assets from a first content provider, wherein the first content provider is associated with a cloud-based aggregator of a plurality of content providers;
determining, at the server, a media preference for the user based on the request;
retrieving, at the server, a list of media assets available from each of the plurality of content providers;
identifying, at the server, a media asset available from a second content provider not available from the first content provider based on the media preference, wherein the second content provider is associated with the cloud-based aggregator; and
transmitting, over the communications network, a command to cause display of a recommendation, on a display screen of a device associated with the user, for the media asset without indicating the media asset is from a source other than the first content provider.