SYSTEM FOR MANAGING FAVORITE CHANNELS
First Claim
1. A computerized system for managing favorite channels based on a user specified theme, the computerized system comprising:
- one or more favorite channel lists, the favorite channel lists comprising one or more logical channels relating to the user specified theme, wherein the computerized system identifies the logical channels showing an event of the user specified theme and includes each of the logical channels in the favorite channel list; and
a favorites database for storing one or more favorite channel lists.
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Abstract
A system for managing favorite channel lists on a television, personal computer or PC/TV convergence environment is disclosed. The favorite channel lists are dynamically created by a computerized system rather than manually created by a user who specifically identifies a set of channels to be included in the favorite channel list. In one embodiment of the invention, the computerized system generates a list of favorite channels based on a theme selected by the user. In another embodiment of the invention, the computerized system generates a list of favorite channels based on the channels most frequently viewed by the user.
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33 Claims
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1. A computerized system for managing favorite channels based on a user specified theme, the computerized system comprising:
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one or more favorite channel lists, the favorite channel lists comprising one or more logical channels relating to the user specified theme, wherein the computerized system identifies the logical channels showing an event of the user specified theme and includes each of the logical channels in the favorite channel list; and
a favorites database for storing one or more favorite channel lists. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computerized system for managing favorite channels comprising:
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one or more favorite channel lists, the favorite channel lists comprising one or more logical channels relating to a user specified theme, wherein the computerized system identifies the logical channels showing an event of the user specified theme and includes such logical channels in the favorite channel list;
application user interfaces for allowing a user to access the computerized system;
channel map services for mapping a logical channel number in the favorite channel list to a physical channel number on a physical device available to the computerized system;
favorites services providing user interfaces and management functions for each one of the favorite channel lists; and
electronic program guide content services for determining what is programmed on the logical channel and for calling channel map services to determine the corresponding physical channel and physical device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computerized system for managing channels, comprising:
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one or more channels;
a means for storing one or more events occurring on each one of the channels, each one of the events having a means for identifying a theme; and
one or more means for maintaining a set of channels, each means for maintaining the set of channels comprising the channels having the events relating to a user-specified theme, wherein the computerized system identifies the set of channels by matching the user specified theme to the means for identifying the theme of the event. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of using a computerized system to dynamically managing favorite channel lists relating to a user specified theme, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying one or more channels showing an event of a user specified theme, wherein the step of identifying is achieved by matching one or more event themes from an EPG content database to the user-specified theme, and including each one of the channels in a favorite channel list. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer comprising:
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a processor;
a computer-readable medium; and
a plurality of computer instructions executed from the computer readable medium by the processor for performing the steps of identifying one or more channels showing an event of a user specified theme and including each one of the channels in a favorite channel list. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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25. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for execution on a computer, the computer executable instructions comprising the steps of:
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identifying one or more channels showing an event of a user specified theme, wherein the step of identifying is achieved by matching one or more event themes from an EPG content database to the user-specified theme, and including each one of the channels in a favorite channel list. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computerized system for managing favorite channels based on actual usage comprising:
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one or more favorite channel lists, the favorite channel lists comprising one or more logical channels relating to a users actual usage, wherein the computerized system monitors usage of a plurality of physical channels for a predetermined time and includes the logical channel identifier for the physical channels used most frequently in the favorite channel list; and
a favorites database for storing one or more favorite channel lists.
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33. A computerized system for dynamically managing favorite channels based on actual usage by a user, the computerized system comprising:
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one or more favorite channel lists, the favorite channel lists comprising one or more logical channels, wherein the computerized system identifies the logical channels that have been viewed most often by the user; and
a favorites database for storing one or more favorite channel lists.
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