Sports bar mode automatic viewing determination
First Claim
1. A method for automatically selecting a television channel, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a controller, viewing preferences for a plurality of users within a premises comprising a plurality of televisions;
receiving, by the controller from a reader disposed within the premises, line of sight information relating to the plurality of users;
identifying, by the controller in accordance with the line of sight information, a first subset of the plurality of users with a line of sight to a first television of the plurality of televisions using triangulation of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with each of the first subset of the plurality of users;
identifying, by the controller in accordance with the line of sight information, a second subset of the plurality of users with a line of sight to a second television of the plurality of televisions;
assigning, by the controller, a first television channel to the first television based on the viewing preferences of the first subset of the plurality of users;
assigning, by the controller, a second television channel to the second television based on the viewing preferences of the second subset of the plurality of users; and
sending, by the controller, an instruction to display the first television channel on the first television and the second television channel on the second television.
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Abstract
Described herein are methods and systems for automatically selecting television channels for display on one or more televisions based on the viewing preferences of the viewers. The viewers can enter their viewing preferences in a database through a user interface that a controller can access. The controller can receive, for a premises (e.g., a sports bar), a list of viewers. Based on the viewing preferences of the list of viewers, the controller can determine a single or a ranked list of television channels for display on the televisions. If there are multiple televisions, the controller can assign each of the televisions a television channel from the ranked list based on the ranking. The controller can send an instruction to the STB controlling the television(s) to set the assigned television channel to the assigned television.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for automatically selecting a television channel, the method comprising:
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obtaining, by a controller, viewing preferences for a plurality of users within a premises comprising a plurality of televisions; receiving, by the controller from a reader disposed within the premises, line of sight information relating to the plurality of users; identifying, by the controller in accordance with the line of sight information, a first subset of the plurality of users with a line of sight to a first television of the plurality of televisions using triangulation of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with each of the first subset of the plurality of users; identifying, by the controller in accordance with the line of sight information, a second subset of the plurality of users with a line of sight to a second television of the plurality of televisions; assigning, by the controller, a first television channel to the first television based on the viewing preferences of the first subset of the plurality of users; assigning, by the controller, a second television channel to the second television based on the viewing preferences of the second subset of the plurality of users; and sending, by the controller, an instruction to display the first television channel on the first television and the second television channel on the second television. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for automatically selecting a television channel, the system comprising:
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a television receiver associated with a plurality of televisions within a sports bar; a database having viewing preferences for a plurality of users; and a controller, comprising; a processor; and a memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; obtain viewing preferences for a plurality of users within a premises comprising a plurality of televisions; receive, from a reader disposed within the premises, line of sight information relating to the plurality of users; identify a first subset of the plurality of users with a line of sight to a first television of the plurality of televisions in accordance with the line of sight information using triangulation of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with each of the first subset of the plurality of users; identify a second subset of the plurality of users with a line of sight to a second television of the plurality of televisions in accordance with the line of sight information; assign a first television channel to the first television based on the viewing preferences of the first subset of the plurality of users; assign a second television channel to the second television based on the viewing preferences of the second subset of the plurality of users; and send an instruction to display the first television channel on the first television and the second television channel on the second television. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A processor readable memory device having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
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obtain viewing preferences for a plurality of users within a premises comprising a plurality of televisions; receive, from a reader disposed within the premises, line of sight information relating to the plurality of users; identify a first subset of the plurality of users with a line of sight to a first television of the plurality of televisions in accordance with the line of sight information using triangulation of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with each of the first subset of the plurality of users; identify a second subset of the plurality of users with a line of sight to a second television of the plurality of televisions in accordance with the line of sight information; assign a first television channel to the first television based on the viewing preferences of the first subset of the plurality of users; assign a second television channel to the second television based on the viewing preferences of the second subset of the plurality of users; and send an instruction to display the first television channel on the first television and the second television channel on the second television. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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