Dynamic television channel creation

• US 20020144267A1
• Filed: 03/29/2001
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2001
• 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: Kurapati, Kaushal, Trajkovic, Miroslav, Gutta, Srinivas
• Application Number:
  US09/821,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20020144267A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• 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 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4661 Deriving a combined profile for a plurality of end-users of the same client, e.g. for family members within a home user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306

Abstract

A system for providing an interactive interface, wherein a television viewer can create a personal television channel. Such a system has the advantage of eliminating the need to peruse or surf television guides for the programs that an individual television viewer wants to watch. The personal channel contains all of the preferential programs selectable by the television viewer.

Claims

1. A television system comprising a display having an interactive interface for displaying a personal channel for the television viewer, said display being controllable by a computer through a remote control to invoke a personal channel featuring selective programs for an individual television viewer, said selective programs being programmed into said personal channel of said television system by at least one of the following techniques:

(i) through explicit information provided by the television viewer;

(ii) through passive information, wherein the system observes what the television viewer is watching and automatically develops a profile;

(iii) through collaborative filtering by observing what programs others in a household of the television viewer have developed in their personal channel; and

(iv) through a combination of all of the above.

2. The television system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said remote control has means for scrolling about said display.

3. The television system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said remote control has means for controlling the splitting of the display.

4. The television system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said remote control has means for controlling the recording of a television program.

5. A television system comprising a display having an interactive interface for displaying a personal channel for each member in a household of a television viewer, said display being controllable by a computer through a remote control to invoke said personal channels featuring selective programs for each individual television viewer, said selective programs being programmed into said personal channel of said television system by at least one of the following techniques:

(i) through explicit information provided by each television viewer; and

(ii) through passive information wherein the system observes what each television viewer is watching and automatically develops a profile.

6. The television system in accordance with claim 5, wherein said remote control has means for scrolling about said display.

7. The television system in accordance with claim 5, wherein said remote control has means for controlling the splitting of the display.

8. The television system in accordance with claim 5, wherein said remote control has means for controlling the recording of a television program.