Patent 7779439 was granted and assigned to Starz Entertainment on August, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
According to the invention, a method for suggesting alternative content for a video service in a content distribution system is disclosed. In one step, it is detected when a user stops viewing a program associated with a content provider. Alternative programs associated with the content provider are determined without considering content from other providers. Those alternative programs are presented to the user.