Patent ID: 9699514
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method in a media device communicatively coupled to a display, comprising: by the media device, outputting, for presentation on the display, a first media mosaic that includes a first set of multiple tiles that each correspond to a distinct media content event, wherein each of the multiple tiles displays video from the corresponding media content event; receiving an indication of a media content event corresponding to one of the multiple tiles selected by a user, wherein the user indication is received in response to a user selection of the indicated media content event made via the presented first media mosaic; filtering a plurality of available media content events that are available to the media device, wherein the filtering is based on at least one attribute of the indicated media content event, wherein the filtering is done in response to receiving the indicated media content event, the filtering comprising: determining a score for each of the plurality of available media content events based on a series of time increments and the premier date such that each of the plurality of available media content events is associated with one of the time increments, wherein the score of each of the plurality of available media content events is reduced for each time increment associated with the media content event; generating a second media mosaic using the first plurality of related media content events identified from the filtering using the first filter; determining a second plurality of related media content events from the plurality of available media content events, wherein the second plurality of related media content events are determined based on at least one attribute that matches an attribute of a second filter, wherein the second filter attribute is similar to at least one of the attributes of the indicated media content event, and wherein the second filter attribute is different from the first filter attribute; generating a third media mosaic using the second plurality of related media content events identified from filtering using the second filter; and identifying a third plurality of related media content events, wherein each of the third plurality of related media content events are included in both the second media mosaic and the third media mosaic; and outputting, for presentation on the display, a combined media mosaic that includes a second set of tiles that each correspond to a distinct one of the identified third plurality of related media content events.