Personalized video entertainment system
First Claim
1. A video server for enabling personalized entertainment on a video terminal, comprising:
- means for generating a viewer preference (VP) profile;
means for constructing a personalized content sequence by selecting a plurality of eligible video content items from a plurality of video content items using said VP profile;
a control unit for controlling selection and ordering of said plurality of eligible video content items within said personalized content sequence, and controlling transfer of a selected video content item of said personalized content sequence to said video terminal;
a user interface for transmitting video content selection commands from said video terminal to said video server, transmitting said selected video content item from said video server to said video terminal and transmitting video content feedback messages to said video server; and
an interface to a video content storage for storing said plurality of video content items and a content descriptor file associated with each video content items for describing said video content item.
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Abstract
One or more content sequences are created from a store of video content, which could simply be broadcast content which has been captured and stored at a server within a network. The content sequences are generated according to the viewer'"'"'s specified, or demonstrated, viewing preferences. The viewer preferences are captured form entry by the user themselves, or by observation of their viewing habits. Multiple ‘users’ per household and multiple content sequences per viewer are possible. A content sequences is then streamed to the viewer, and looks to him/her just like a TV channel: when one program ends, another starts automatically. It is also possible for a viewer to select an item within the content sequence using an interactive program controller.
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51 Claims
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1. A video server for enabling personalized entertainment on a video terminal, comprising:
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means for generating a viewer preference (VP) profile;
means for constructing a personalized content sequence by selecting a plurality of eligible video content items from a plurality of video content items using said VP profile;
a control unit for controlling selection and ordering of said plurality of eligible video content items within said personalized content sequence, and controlling transfer of a selected video content item of said personalized content sequence to said video terminal;
a user interface for transmitting video content selection commands from said video terminal to said video server, transmitting said selected video content item from said video server to said video terminal and transmitting video content feedback messages to said video server; and
an interface to a video content storage for storing said plurality of video content items and a content descriptor file associated with each video content items for describing said video content item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A program controller for controlling access of a video terminal to a video server, comprising:
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an interactive user interface for selecting a preferred video content item from a preferred content sequence and controlling delivery of said preferred video content item on said video terminal; and
an interface to said video terminal for enabling transmission and reception of commands and preference messages between said video terminal and said program controller. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A video system for provisioning personalized entertainment on a video terminal, comprising:
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a video storage for storing a plurality of video content items received from one or more video service providers and a content descriptor file associated with each said video content item;
a video server for creating a personalized content sequence from said video content items, controlling access of said video terminal to said content sequence, and controlling storage and retrieval of said plurality of video content items to/from said video storage; and
an access multiplexer with multiple ports, a port for connecting said video terminal to said video server over a local data network. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of providing personalized video entertainment on a plurality of video terminals connected to a video server storing a plurality of video content items, comprising:
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generating a viewer preference (VP) profile for a video terminal;
constructing a content sequence from eligible video content items identified using said VP profile; and
controlling transfer of said eligible content items in said content sequence to said video terminal. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of providing personalized video entertainment on a plurality of video terminals connected to a video server storing a plurality of video content items, comprising:
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generating a viewer preference (VP) profile for a video terminal;
constructing a content sequence from eligible video content items identified by said VP profile;
selecting a preferred video content item from said content sequence; and
controlling transfer of said preferred video content item from said video server to said video terminal. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
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