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Interactive entertainment network system and method for customizing operation thereof according to viewer preferences

  • US 20030154486A1
  • Filed: 03/14/2003
  • Published: 08/14/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/1995
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An interactive entertainment network system comprising:

  • multiple user interface units in individual homes;

    a headend to provide video content programs to the multiple user interface units;

    a distribution network interconnecting the headend and the multiple user interface units;

    a storage medium at the headend containing a list of video content programs and a list of viewers;

    the list of viewers being correlated with the list of video content programs so that an individual viewer has an associated customized list of preferred video content programs that is a subset of all video content programs listed in the storage medium;

    each user interface unit being operable in a video-on-demand mode to enable a viewer to order one or more of the video content programs;

    when operating in the video-on-demand mode, a particular user interface unit transmitting a message identifying the viewer to the headend via the distribution network;

    the headend, responsive to the message, accessing the storage medium to retrieve the customized list of preferred video content programs that corresponds to the viewer identified in the message transmitted by the particular user interface unit; and

    the headend transmitting the customized list of preferred video content programs to the particular user interface unit that sent the message via the distribution network.

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