NETWORK-CONNECTED TELEVISION DEVICES WITH KNOWLEDGE-BASED MEDIA CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND UNIFIED USER INTERFACES

• Main Authors: SHEETS, Matt, O'CONNOR, Cory, Mitchell, WALKER, Austin, Quaid, CASSELL, Bryan, David, PLOTNIKOV, Dmitri, KOREN, Yehuda, Arie, NEPAL, Sailesh, BAGHDASSARIAN, Leo, GANAPATHISUBRAMANIAN, Kalyan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 18.09.2024
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

This application is directed to presenting a unified user interface on a network-connected television device. The unified user interface displays media content recommendations selected and organized based on knowledge of a user (e.g., search queries, search results, watch history, purchase history, physical activities). The unified user interface also includes a focus area for displaying a series of media content items (e.g., an advertisement) sequentially according to a temporal order for the purposes of promoting a media content item, product, event or service. In some implementations, playback of a media content item presented on the unified user interface relies on a collaborative implementation of a corresponding media player application and a media content casting application, particularly when the play involves a restricted mode. The content casting application is enabled to play the media content item at the restrict mode when the media player application does not operate in the restricted mode.