METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AUTOMATIC MEDIA PROGRAMMING THROUGH VIEWER PASSIVE PROFILE

• US 20120036531A1
• Filed: 08/05/2011
• Published: 02/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gregory J. Morrow
• Original Assignee: Gregory J. Morrow
• Inventors: MORROW, GREGORY J.
• Application Number:
  US13/204,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20120036531A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31

Abstract

The system described herein works by eliminating the need for a viewer to actively select media. Instead, this new method creates a viewer passive profile by analyzing viewer and media metadata and then provides such media directly to the viewer through the system whenever the system is activated or whenever the user wants to watch it (time preference). Active selection of media by the viewer is no longer necessary. Instead, the viewer automatically receives his or her media profile preferences in a timely fashion.

Claims

1. A method for presenting content comprising selecting a program based on a user profile and temporal conditions at the time of selection.