MANAGEMENT OF PROFILES FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS
First Claim
1. A method for providing a recommendation to a user comprising:
- monitoring the user'"'"'s interactions with a plurality of user equipment devices, wherein each of the plurality of user equipment devices;
i) implements a respective interactive media guidance application, ii) independently sends data associated with a portion of the user'"'"'s interactions to a server, and iii) is part of a media network;
storing on the server user profile information comprising information on the user'"'"'s monitored interactions with each of the plurality of user equipment devices;
identifying media content based on the stored user profile information; and
communicating from the server to any of at least one of the plurality of user equipment devices of the media network a recommendation of the identified media content.
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Abstract
Users of interactive media guidance applications may access media content and seek media guidance on a plurality of user equipment devices. A user profile server may be used for the management of a user'"'"'s profile information. The user profile server may store a user'"'"'s profile information including information about the user'"'"'s media network and about user equipment devices associated with the user'"'"'s media network. The user'"'"'s profile information may be used to provide functionality to record media content on the most suitable user equipment device of a user'"'"'s media network. The user'"'"'s profile information may also be used to provide recommendations of media content based on a user'"'"'s monitored interactions with a plurality of user equipment devices. The user'"'"'s profile information may also be provided to user equipment devices of the media network not having the user profile information.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for providing a recommendation to a user comprising:
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monitoring the user'"'"'s interactions with a plurality of user equipment devices, wherein each of the plurality of user equipment devices;
i) implements a respective interactive media guidance application, ii) independently sends data associated with a portion of the user'"'"'s interactions to a server, and iii) is part of a media network;storing on the server user profile information comprising information on the user'"'"'s monitored interactions with each of the plurality of user equipment devices; identifying media content based on the stored user profile information; and communicating from the server to any of at least one of the plurality of user equipment devices of the media network a recommendation of the identified media content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A media guidance system for providing a recommendation to a user comprising:
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a profile server including circuitry configured to; monitor the user'"'"'s interactions with a plurality of user equipment devices, wherein each of the plurality of user equipment devices;
i) implements a respective interactive media guidance application, ii) independently sends data associated with a portion of the user'"'"'s interactions to the server, and iii) is part of a media network;store user profile information comprising information on the user'"'"'s monitored interactions with each of the plurality of user equipment devices; identify media content based on the stored user profile information; and communicate to at least one of the plurality of user equipment devices of the media network a recommendation of the identified media content. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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