Patent ID: 9654832
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for providing a notification of an upcoming live media program to a user, comprising: determining that the upcoming live media program is scheduled to start within a predefined amount of time that serves as an indication that the upcoming live media program is about to start, wherein the upcoming live media program has been automatically determined to be of interest to the user; responsive to determining that the upcoming live media program is scheduled to start within the predefined amount of time, determining that a client device of the user is not connected to a service providing playback of the upcoming live media program, wherein the upcoming live media program is one of a plurality of live media programs in which the service provides playback across a plurality of channels; responsive to determining that the client device of the user is not connected to the service providing playback of the upcoming live media program, determining that the upcoming live media program is not currently scheduled to be recorded for the user; and responsive to determining that the upcoming live media program is not currently scheduled to be recorded for the user, causing the notification to be transmitted to the user, wherein the notification indicates that the upcoming live media program is about to start.