Activity schedule controls personalized electronic content guide

• US 20020133821A1
• Filed: 03/08/2001
• Published: 09/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Shteyn, Yevgeniy Eugene
• Application Number:
  US09/802,618
• Publication Number:
  US 20020133821A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

Electronic content information and the time slots for play-out are being determined based on the activities scheduled in the user'"'"'s electronic calendar and the user'"'"'s profile or declared interests. In this manner, the recording and downloading of content is automated based on the user'"'"'s life style.

Claims

1. A data processing system for managing electronic content information under control of data representative of at least one activity scheduled in a user'"'"'s calendar.

2. The system of claim 1, comprising a control output for control of a data recording device for recording the electronic content.

3. The system of claim 1, having an input for receiving input data representative of an EPG.

4. The system of claim 1, having an input for receipt of the data representative of the activity.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the managing comprises selecting specific content information based on a profile of the user.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the profile comprises at least one of the following:

a preference regarding an attribute of the content information; and

a relative priority of the activity.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the managing comprises recording the specific content information.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the managing comprises creating a GUI for presenting an overview of the specific content information available in a first time slot other than a second time slot associated with the scheduled activity.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system dynamically adjusts the processing upon a user interaction with the calendar.

10. A method of enabling to manage a processing of electronic content information for an end-user, the method comprising controlling the processing based on availability of a time slot in a calendar of the end-user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the processing comprises recording the electronic content.

12. The method of claim 10, comprising processing the electronic content depending on an EPG.

13. The method of claim 10, comprising receiving data representative of the availability of the time slot.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the managing comprises selecting specific content information based on a profile of the user.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the profile comprises at least one of the following:

a preference regarding an attribute of the content information; and

a relative priority of an activity scheduled in the calendar.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the managing comprises creating a GUI for presenting an overview of the specific content information available in a further time slot other than the time slot in the calendar.

17. The method of claim 10, comprising dynamically adjusting the processing upon a user interaction with the calendar.

19. The software of claim 18, wherein the processing comprises selectively recording the content information.

20. The software of claim 19, wherein the processing comprises playing out at least part of the recorded content information so as to have the played out content information substantially fitting within an available time slot.

21. The software of claim 18, for control of generating a GUI for presenting an overview of specific content information available in a time slot in harmony with the calendar.

18. Software for enabling an end-user to manage a processing of electronic content information, the software controlling the processing based on data representative of a calendar of the end-user.