Tailoring a broadcast schedule based on storage area and consumer information
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving information obtained from at least one of a consumer and a storage area; and
selecting, substantially automatically, multimedia-content to be broadcast to the consumer based on said receiving.
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Abstract
An apparatus, computer readable medium, and method includes selecting and scheduling, substantially automatically, multimedia-content to be broadcast to a consumer, based on information obtained from at least one of the consumer and a storage area.
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29 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving information obtained from at least one of a consumer and a storage area; and
selecting, substantially automatically, multimedia-content to be broadcast to the consumer based on said receiving. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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- 8. A computer readable medium containing executable program instructions, which when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the steps comprising selecting substantially automatically, multimedia-content to be broadcast to a consumer, based on information obtained from at least one of the consumers and a storage area.
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving a selection of multimedia content; and
broadcasting the selection of the multimedia-content to a consumer, wherein the selection is based on information obtained from at least one of the consumer and a storage area. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19)
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16. A method comprising:
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transferring multimedia content to a storage area, accessible to a consumer'"'"'s television system; and
managing the multimedia-content stored in the storage area.
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- 20. A computer readable medium containing executable program instructions, which when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the steps comprising managing multimedia-content stored in a storage area accessible to a consumer'"'"'s digital television system.
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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a digital television receiver; and
a storage area to store multimedia-content;
wherein the multimedia-content is selected based on information obtained from at least one of a consumer and said storage area.
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26. An apparatus comprising:
a multimedia-content selector to select multimedia-content, substantially automatically, to be broadcast to a consumer, based on information obtained from at least one of the consumer and a storage area.
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