OCAP/STB ACAP/SATELLITE-RECEIVER AUDIENCE RESPONSE/CONSUMER INFORMATION APPLICATION
First Claim
1. A method to operate a set-top box comprising:
- managing one or more preferences stored in one or more profiles, each profile including personal information and personal preferences, one or more of the personal information and personal preferences used in association with a service application or a communications application for operation of the service application or the communications application; and
interfacing with one or more internet destinations, the internet destinations including one or more of a social networking site, a blog, an RSS feed and a shared website to one or more of determine content for viewing and suggesting content for viewing.
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Abstract
An exemplary aspect is directed toward one or more solutions that are capable of providing feedback information about OCAP/ACAP/IMS solutions generally related to audience acceptance and satisfaction, and extensions thereto. For example, one exemplary aspect is directed toward information, such as consumer feedback about their viewing choices, being gathered, evaluated and distributed. Even more specifically, an exemplary aspect is directed toward the use of information, such as personalized or customized information and personal preferences contained in an STB combined with an OCAP/ACAP/IMS intelligent personal agent and application(s) to provide advanced interactive and interoperable services to both obtain and distribute feedback about OCAP/ACAP/IMS services.
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21 Claims
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1. A method to operate a set-top box comprising:
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managing one or more preferences stored in one or more profiles, each profile including personal information and personal preferences, one or more of the personal information and personal preferences used in association with a service application or a communications application for operation of the service application or the communications application; and interfacing with one or more internet destinations, the internet destinations including one or more of a social networking site, a blog, an RSS feed and a shared website to one or more of determine content for viewing and suggesting content for viewing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A set-top box comprising:
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one or more profiles that store and manage one or more preferences, each profile including personal information and personal preferences, one or more of the personal information and personal preferences used in association with a service application or a communications application for operation of the service application or the communications application; and a web interface and outreach module that interfaces with one or more internet destinations, the internet destinations including one or more of a social networking site, a blog, an RSS feed and a shared website to one or more of determine content for viewing and suggesting content for viewing. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method to operate a set-top box comprising:
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managing one or more preferences stored in one or more profiles, each profile including personal information and personal preferences, one or more of the personal information and personal preferences used in association with a service application or a communications application for operation of the service application or the communications application; interfacing with one or more internet destinations, the internet destinations including one or more of a social networking site, a blog, an RSS feed and a shared website to one or more of determine content for viewing and suggest content for viewing; and correlating viewing habits of a viewer with viewing habits of one or more other viewers using the one or more of the social networking site, the blog, the RSS feed and the shared website to provide the suggested content for viewing, the suggested content for viewing being at least based on positive feedback from the viewer regarding watched content.
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