Method and apparatus for detecting and viewing similar programs within a video system
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Abstract
A device that detects and displays similar programs within a video system includes a memory, a display and a receiver that receives an input stream of television program content and electronic program guide data, wherein the program guide data includes a plurality of attributes characterizing television programs within the television program content. The receiver separates electronic program guide data from the input stream while the memory stores the electronic program guide data separated from the input stream. Upon receiving a first user request, a controller compares a first set of attributes relating to at least one television program within the television content with second sets of attributes relating to further television programs within the television program content to determine a correlation between the first television program and each of the further television programs. In this manner, the controller identifies the television programs that have attributes that are similar to the attributes of the first television program based on the correlation and displays indications of the television programs found to be similar.
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46 Claims
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27. A system comprising:
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a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor; and
instructions stored on the memory and adapted to be executed by the processor to cause the processor to;
receive program guide data including first attribute information for a first television program and second attribute information for each of a plurality of second television programs;
determine a similarity score for each of the plurality of second television programs based on a comparison of the first and second attribute information, wherein each of the similarity scores is based on a weighted combination of attributes associated with the second attribute information that match attributes associated with the first attribute information; and
display an indication of at least one of the second television programs based on the similarity scores. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A machine accessible medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to:
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receive program guide data including first attribute information for a first television program and second attribute information for each of a plurality of second television programs;
determine a similarity score for each of the plurality of second television programs based on a comparison of the first and second attribute information, wherein each of the similarity scores is based on a weighted combination of attributes associated with the second attribute information that match attributes associated with the first attribute information; and
display an indication of at least one of the second television programs based on the similarity scores. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An apparatus comprising:
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a receiver to receive program guide data including first attribute information for a first television program and second attribute information for each of a plurality of second television programs;
a memory coupled to the receiver to store the program guide data; and
a controller coupled to the memory to;
determine a similarity score for each of the plurality of second television programs based on a comparison of the first and second attribute information, wherein each of the similarity scores is based on a weighted combination of attributes associated with the second attribute information that match attributes associated with the first attribute information; and
display an indication of at least one of the second television programs based on the similarity scores. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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