Patent ID: 7516472

Claim:
A method for facilitating reduction of redundancy of prompts displayed to a user, the method comprising: receiving media content from a content broadcasting system; displaying the media content that is received; monitoring the media content that is displayed to detect an event, wherein the event comprises an occurrence of a trigger embedded in the media content; storing the event, wherein a history of events that are detected is maintained; maintaining a history of prompts displayed to the user, each displayed prompt corresponding to an associated event; determining, based on programmed evaluation criteria applied to the history of events and the history of displayed prompts, when the detected event is a unique event, wherein when a unique event is detected: determining one or more video-on-demand offerings associated with the event; and providing a displayed prompt to the user that provides a notification that the one or more video-on-demand offerings associated with the event are available, wherein the determining when the detected event is a unique event based on programmed evaluation criteria applied to the history of events and the history of displayed prompts facilitates the reduction of redundancy of prompts displayed to the user, wherein the method is implemented by a client device.