System and method for creating and using a smart electronic programming guide
First Claim
1. A method for creating a smart electronic programming guide, comprising:
- (a) determining an identity of a user interacting with a content presentation system;
(b) collecting channel use information for each of a plurality of channels from the user'"'"'s interaction with the content presentation system;
(c) storing the channel use information;
(d) determining a value for each of said plural channels as a function of the channel use information; and
(e) creating a smart electronic programming guide for said plural channels as a function of the determined value.
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Abstract
Systems and/or methods are disclosed herein to identify a user interacting with a content presentation system, adaptively learn, in a passive manner, a user'"'"'s pattern of accessing content over time, and globally store the user'"'"'s identifying and use information. Specifically, disclosed are systems and/or methods for creating a smart electronic programming guide, including determining an identity of a user interacting with a content presentation system, collecting channel use information for each of a plurality of channels from the user'"'"'s interaction with the content presentation system, storing the channel use information, determining a value for each of the plural channels as a function of the channel use information, and creating a smart electronic programming guide for the plural channels as a function of the determined value.
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101 Claims
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1. A method for creating a smart electronic programming guide, comprising:
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(a) determining an identity of a user interacting with a content presentation system; (b) collecting channel use information for each of a plurality of channels from the user'"'"'s interaction with the content presentation system; (c) storing the channel use information; (d) determining a value for each of said plural channels as a function of the channel use information; and (e) creating a smart electronic programming guide for said plural channels as a function of the determined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for creating a smart electronic programming guide, comprising:
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circuitry for determining an identity of a user interacting with a content presentation system; circuitry for collecting channel use information for each of a plurality of channels from the user'"'"'s interaction with said content presentation system; an electronic storage device for storing said channel use information; circuitry for determining a value for each of said plural channels as a function of said channel use information; and circuitry for creating a smart electronic programming guide for said plural channels as a function of said determined value. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method for switching from a first signal provided by a content provider to a second signal provided by the content provider, comprising:
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(a) identifying a user of a first content presentation system that is operatively connected to said content provider, wherein said content provider provides one or more signals, including said first and second signals, to said first content presentation system; (b) creating a first smart electronic programming guide based on the identity of said user and based on previously determined information for said user wherein said information is determined for a recurring first time period; (c) associating said first smart electronic programming guide with a first actuator operable by said user for interacting with said first content presentation system; (d) operating said first actuator to thereby present said first smart electronic programming guide to said user, wherein said first smart electronic programming guide includes programming information for said first and second signals; (e) operating a second actuator to select said second signal; and (f) operating a third actuator to thereby switch said first content presentation system from presenting said first signal provided by said content provider to presenting said second signal provided by said content provider. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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81. A system for switching from a first signal provided by a content provider to a second signal provided by the content provider, comprising:
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a first content presentation system; circuitry for determining an identity of a user of said first content presentation system that is operatively connected to said content provider, wherein said content provider provides one or more signals to said first content presentation system; circuitry for creating a first smart electronic programming guide based on the identity of said user and based on previously determined information for said user wherein said information is determined for a recurring first time period; a first actuator operable by said user for interacting with said first content presentation system; and circuitry for associating said first smart electronic programming guide with said first actuator wherein the operation of said first actuator switches said first content presentation system from presenting said first signal provided by said content provider to presenting said second signal provided by said content provider. - View Dependent Claims (82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101)
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