Patent ID: 9538251
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for automatically enabling subtitles, the method comprising: receiving a user request to access a first media asset; detecting a type of activity associated with the user in response to receiving the user request; storing a plurality of entries in a database of activity types, wherein each entry includes an activity type field and a subtitles field, wherein a first entry includes a first activity type in the activity type field and a disabled subtitles state in the subtitles field, and wherein a second entry includes a second activity type in the activity type field and an enabled subtitles state in the subtitles field; computing a first number representing how many user requests to enable subtitles were previously received while each of the users were performing the first activity type; computing a second number representing how many user requests to disable subtitles were previously received while each of the users were performing the first activity type; in response to determining that the second number exceeds the first number, automatically setting the subtitles state in the subtitles field of the first entry that includes the first activity type to the disabled subtitles state; in response to determining that the first number exceeds the second number, automatically setting the subtitles state in the subtitles field of the first entry that includes the first activity type to the enabled subtitles state; searching the activity type fields of the stored plurality of entries for the detected type of activity associated with the user in response to determining that the type of activity associated with the user matches the activity type included in the activity type field of the second entry, retrieving the enabled subtitles state in the subtitles field of the second entry; and automatically enabling a subtitles setting when the subtitles setting is disabled, in response to retrieving the enabled subtitles state from the subtitles field of the second entry.