METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A PERSONALIZED PROGRAMMING GUIDE
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving an input from a user for creating a personalized programming guide;
based at least in part on the input, retrieving one or more search criteria associated with a community of other users;
constructing a query from the one or more search criteria;
performing the query on general programming guide data; and
displaying results of the query as the personalized programming guide.
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Abstract
An approach is provided for creating a personalized programming guide. A guide manager receives input from a user for creating a personalized programming guide. The guide manager retrieves one or more search criteria associated with a community of other users to construct a query. The guide manager then performs the query and displays the results of the query in a personalized programming guide.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an input from a user for creating a personalized programming guide; based at least in part on the input, retrieving one or more search criteria associated with a community of other users; constructing a query from the one or more search criteria; performing the query on general programming guide data; and displaying results of the query as the personalized programming guide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A set-top box apparatus comprising:
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an input interface configured to receive an input from a user for creating a personalized programming guide; and a programming guide module configured retrieve one or more search criteria associated with a community of other users based on the input, construct a query from the one or more search criteria, perform the query on general programming guide data, and display results of the query as the personalized programming guide. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a programming guide manager configured to receive an input from a user for creating a personalized programming guide, retrieve one or more search criteria associated with a community of other users based on the input, construct a query from the one or more search criteria, perform the query on general programming guide data, and display results of the query as the personalized programming guide, and wherein the programming guide manager is coupled to a multimedia system with connectivity to a plurality of programming sources. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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