Methods and systems for managing viewing of multiple live electronic presentations
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1. A system comprising:
- means for simultaneously monitoring two or more electronic presentations that are concurrently broadcast, wherein said monitoring comprises monitoring data that does not comprise content that can be presented to a viewer; and
means for automatically switching between displays of the two or more electronic presentations based upon viewer-defined preferences.
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Abstract
Viewing management methods and systems for managing viewing of multiple live electronic presentations are described. In one described embodiment, viewers are given an opportunity to register their preferences for viewing certain events that can occur within a plurality of different electronic presentations. The selected electronic presentations are simultaneously monitored, during their broadcast, while a viewer might be watching only one of the electronic presentations. When one or more of the viewer-defined events is detected, the viewer is notified that the event is taking place.
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1. A system comprising:
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means for simultaneously monitoring two or more electronic presentations that are concurrently broadcast, wherein said monitoring comprises monitoring data that does not comprise content that can be presented to a viewer; and
means for automatically switching between displays of the two or more electronic presentations based upon viewer-defined preferences. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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means for simultaneously monitoring two or more electronic presentations that are concurrently broadcast, wherein said monitoring comprises monitoring data that does not comprise content that can be presented to a viewer; and
means for automatically notifying a viewer when one or more of the electronic presentations satisfies a viewer-defined preference. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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means for sending at least one viewer request to an encoder, the viewer request containing one or more viewer-defined preferences that relate to one or more events that can occur in one or more electronic presentations;
means for evaluating, with the encoder, one or more electronic presentations that are being broadcast to determine whether any of the viewer-defined preferences are satisfied, wherein said means for evaluating at least monitors data that does not comprise content that can be presented to a viewer; and
means for, if a viewer-defined preference is satisfied by one or more of the electronic presentations, notifying a viewer that is associated with the viewer-defined preference that was satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system comprising:
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means for receiving one or more viewer requests from one or more viewers, the viewer requests containing viewer-defined preferences that are to be used to evaluate a plurality of different live electronic presentations;
means for evaluating a plurality of live electronic presentations using the viewer-defined preferences, wherein said means for evaluating at least monitors data that does not comprise content that can be presented to a viewer; and
means for, in the event that one or more of the viewer-defined preferences is satisfied, notifying at least one viewer that is associated with the viewer-defined preference that is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system comprising:
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means for creating a viewer request that contains one or more viewer-defined preferences for use in evaluating one or more live electronic presentations;
means for sending the viewer request to one or more computing devices; and
means for evaluating one or more electronic presentations with the one or more computing devices in light of the one or more viewer-defined preferences. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system comprising:
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means for monitoring viewing habits of one or more viewers of live electronic presentations to determine particular events within the electronic presentations that the viewers are likely to want to view;
means for ascertaining from data that does not comprise content that can be presented to a viewer, whether said one or more viewers would likely want to view a particular event; and
means for notifying one or more viewers when it appears that an event is occurring within an electronic presentation that the viewer is not viewing but would likely want to view. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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