Patent ID: 9621953
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method alerting a user that a segment of an uncensored version of a media asset is available on a second device while a censored version of the media asset is displayed on a first device, the method comprising: generating for display the censored version of the media asset on the first device; determining a first time code indicating current progress of the media asset being displayed; accessing, from a database containing a plurality of data structures associated with media assets, a first data structure corresponding to the media asset; determining, from the first data structure, whether the first time code is adjacent to or equivalent to a starting point of a segment in the media asset including inappropriate content; in response to determining that the first time code is adjacent to or equivalent to the starting point of the segment: upon determining that the second time code is adjacent to or equivalent to the ending point, ceasing generating for display the uncensored version of the media asset by the second device.