公开(公告)号：WO2021188173A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-23

申请号：PCT/US2020/065062

申请日：2020-12-15

Applicant: ROVI GUIDES, INC.

Inventor： HARB, Reda ,  YOUNG, Rowena ,  LIN, Edison ,  CAMPAGNA, Mark

IPC: H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/658

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for tracking content consumed by a guest subscriber consuming content with a host subscriber. A host device accessing content transmits a discovery request to identify nearby devices. A guest device in the vicinity receives the discovery request and transmits a response to the host device. As content is played back on the host device, the guest device may receive a content identifier and a progress time from the host device. Using the content identifier and the progress time, a guest device may transmit a request to a server to update a viewing history or subscriber profile associated with the guest subscriber and/or device. A guest subscriber may later resume a program or series from where the content was left on his or her own home or mobile device(s).