Patent ID: 9525918
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for automatically enabling subtitles, the method comprising: receiving a user request to enable subtitles setting while the user is viewing a first media asset; retrieving a subject matter associated with the first media asset; determining whether a subtitles setting state associated with the retrieved subject matter is set to a disabled state when the user request to enable subtitles setting for the first media asset is received; in response to determining the subtitles setting state associated with the retrieved subject matter is set to the disabled state, incrementing a number representing how many user requests to enable the subtitles setting state were previously received at a time the subtitles setting state was set to the disabled state; in response to determining the number exceeds a threshold, automatically updating the subtitles setting state associated with the retrieved subject matter to an enabled state; and automatically enabling the subtitles setting when the subtitles setting is disabled, based on the subtitles setting state, when a second media asset that is associated with the retrieved subject matter is accessed.