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Samsung patents TV interface that adds related content next to recommendations

This patent describes a method for smart TVs to display a list of recommended shows or movies based on a user's viewing history. It allows the device to automatically place a thumbnail for a related piece of content, such as a sequel or similar title, directly next to the main recommendation on the screen.

Why it mattersThis improves how users browse streaming services by making it easier to discover connected stories or similar titles without searching manually.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic apparatus including: a communication interface, a display, a memory to store at least one instruction and a processor to execute the at least one instruction to control the electronic apparatus. The processor may acquire information associated with a plurality of recommended contents based on a user viewing history by executing the at least one instruction, acquire information associated with a related content related to a target content, through the communication interface, the information associated with the related content being acquired based on the information associated with the plurality of recommended contents to allow the related content to be provided among the plurality of recommended contents, and control the display to output a user interface (UI) including a first UI element corresponding to the target content and a second UI element corresponding to the related content.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a communication interface; a display; a memory to store at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to: acquire information associated with a plurality of recommended contents, through the communication interface, based on a user viewing history, acquire information associated with a target content, through the communication interface, based on the information associated with the plurality of recommended contents, the target content being acquired with additional content that is obtained based on a relationship of the additional content to the target content, identify an arrangement in which the plurality of recommended contents are to be output on the display, and control the display to output a user interface (UI) subsequent to the arrangement in which the plurality of recommended contents are to be output being identified such that the UI outputs a first UI element corresponding to the target content within the arrangement of the plurality of recommended contents, identify whether a predetermined condition to control the display to output a second UI element relative to the first UI element is satisfied, and based on the predetermined condition being identified as satisfied, identify a position adjacent to the target content that is output through the first UI element and add the second UI element corresponding to the additional content, to the arrangement in which the first UI is included, at the position adjacent to the first UI element, wherein the predetermined condition is based on at least one of a history in which the target content is identified as the target content, a history in which the UI including the second UI element corresponding to the additional content is provided to a user or whether a current date belongs to a predetermined period.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Electronic apparatus providing recommended content list and controlling method thereof
Patent number
US12739476B2
Application number
18368062
Filed
Sep 14, 2023
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

H04N 21/4826 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/431 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/458 Electricity & electronics
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