SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING SPOILERS IN A RESULTS DISPLAY FOR A TOURNAMENT-STYLE COMPETITION BY SELECTIVELY BLACKING OUT COMPETITOR RESULTS

• Main Author: Patel, Milan Indu
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.05.2023
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for generating for display depictions of tournament-style competitions restricting user's access to any content that may spoil the results of the tournament. A user may request to view a display that contains a tournament and participating competitors. Requests may be received from users to view recordings of tournament competitions or a results display with the tournament bracket displayed. The media guidance application may access recorded versions of competitions from internal and external directories. Furthermore, the media guidance application may compare user viewing progress data and competitor progress data to ensure the user does not prematurely view results of any competitions of interest to the user. If the media guidance application determines a user's progress is less than the progress of the user's favorite team, visual representations of the competitions that may spoil the outcome of the user's favorite team's competition may be blacked out.