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CA2454011A1 - Program guide system with monitoring of advertisement usage and user activities - Google Patents

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CA2454011A1
CA2454011A1 CA002454011A CA2454011A CA2454011A1 CA 2454011 A1 CA2454011 A1 CA 2454011A1 CA 002454011 A CA002454011 A CA 002454011A CA 2454011 A CA2454011 A CA 2454011A CA 2454011 A1 CA2454011 A1 CA 2454011A1
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William L. Thomas
Joel G. Hassell
Edwart B. Knudson
Connie T. Marshall
Thomas R. Lemmons
Franklin E. Boyer
David M. Berezowski
Donald C. Kern
Michael D. Ellis
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Adeia Guides Inc
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A program guide system is provided in which interactive television program guide advertisement usage is monitored. Advertisement usage may be monitored by monitoring when advertisements are transmitted from a television distribution facility to user television equipment. Advertisement usage information may also be monitored at the time at which advertisements are displayed by a program guide. Less important data may be filtered from the collected advertisement usage data. Other activities that may be monitored include the viewing activities of the user, which program guide screens are displayed, and which non-program-guide applications are used. Real-time ratings information (e. g., real-time ratings of the popularity of certain television programs, video games, or other applications) may be provided to users in real time.
CA002454011A 1998-03-04 1999-02-25 Program guide system with monitoring of advertisement usage and user activities Expired - Lifetime CA2454011C (en)

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US3493998A 1998-03-04 1998-03-04
US8560798P 1998-05-15 1998-05-15
US13979898A 1998-08-25 1998-08-25
US09/034,939 1998-08-25
US09/139,798 1998-08-25
US60/085,607 1998-08-25
CA002322536A CA2322536A1 (en) 1998-03-04 1999-02-25 Program guide system with monitoring of advertisement usage and user activities

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US11663628B2 (en) 2012-05-14 2023-05-30 Iqzone, Inc. Systems and methods for unobtrusively displaying media content on portable devices
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US6898762B2 (en) 1998-08-21 2005-05-24 United Video Properties, Inc. Client-server electronic program guide
US8613024B2 (en) 2005-12-13 2013-12-17 United Video Properties, Inc. Cross-platform predictive popularity ratings for use in interactive television applications

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US9326025B2 (en) 2007-03-09 2016-04-26 Rovi Technologies Corporation Media content search results ranked by popularity
US10694256B2 (en) 2007-03-09 2020-06-23 Rovi Technologies Corporation Media content search results ranked by popularity
US11663628B2 (en) 2012-05-14 2023-05-30 Iqzone, Inc. Systems and methods for unobtrusively displaying media content on portable devices
US11375276B2 (en) 2017-03-30 2022-06-28 Rovi Guides, Inc. Methods and systems for recommending media assets based on the geographic location at which the media assets are frequently consumed
US11622151B2 (en) 2017-03-30 2023-04-04 Rovi Guides, Inc. Methods and systems for recommending media assets based on the geographic location at which the media assets are frequently consumed
US11736777B2 (en) 2019-10-25 2023-08-22 Iqzone, Inc. Using activity-backed overlays to display rich media content on portable devices during periods of user inactivity
US11736776B2 (en) 2019-10-25 2023-08-22 Iqzone, Inc. Monitoring operating system methods to facilitate unobtrusive display of media content on portable devices

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