TELEVISION AUTO-TUNE BASED ON HABITUAL VIEWING BEHAVIORS
First Claim
1. A method for auto-tuning a television viewing device (TVD), the method comprising:
- monitoring, by a viewing detector of an auto-channel device, the TVD over a first period of time, to collect viewing data when the TVD is in an active state;
analyzing, by an analysis processor that is coupled to the auto-channel device, the viewing data to statistically determine a pattern of consistent viewing comprising at least one of a habitually viewed channel or a habitually viewed program on the TVD; and
automatically tuning by the auto-channel device, on the basis of the analysis results automatically provided by the analysis processor to the auto-channel device, the TVD to the at least one of a habitually viewed channel or a habitually viewed program at a second period of time when the TVD is powered on for viewing.
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Abstract
An auto-channel device (ACD) corresponds to a television viewing device (TVD) wherein the ACD collects information regarding the channels or programs viewed on the TVD for analysis and processing to determine the specific television programming and/or channel most likely to be watched during particular time periods corresponding to the TVD in order to automatically tune the TVD accordingly. The TVD may be auto-tuned to a specific channel when the TVD first enters an active state based on the analysis results and the time the TVD enters the active state. Likewise, the TVD may also be auto-tuned to a new channel corresponding to the end of first program on a first channel and the commencement of a second program on a second channel again based on the analysis results and current time.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for auto-tuning a television viewing device (TVD), the method comprising:
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monitoring, by a viewing detector of an auto-channel device, the TVD over a first period of time, to collect viewing data when the TVD is in an active state; analyzing, by an analysis processor that is coupled to the auto-channel device, the viewing data to statistically determine a pattern of consistent viewing comprising at least one of a habitually viewed channel or a habitually viewed program on the TVD; and automatically tuning by the auto-channel device, on the basis of the analysis results automatically provided by the analysis processor to the auto-channel device, the TVD to the at least one of a habitually viewed channel or a habitually viewed program at a second period of time when the TVD is powered on for viewing. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 21, 22)
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13. A system for auto-tuning a television viewing device (TVD), the system comprising:
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a viewing detector for detecting at least one content identifier for each cyclic period of time during which the TVD is in an active state; an analysis processor for analyzing the content identifiers corresponding to each cyclic period of time to determine at least one target content identifier that is consistently used on the TVD; and a channel selector that automatically tunes the TVD to the target content identifier at a future period of time based upon an analysis result automatically provided to the channel selector by the analysis processor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23)
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19. A computer-readable storage medium that is not a signal, the computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions for auto-tuning a television viewing device (TVD), the computer-readable instructions comprising instructions that cause a processor to:
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monitor the TVD over a first period of time to collect viewing data when the TVD is in an active state; analyze the viewing data to determine at least one target content identifier that is consistently accessed on the TVD; and using the determination to automatically tune the TVD to the at least one target content identifier at a future period of time. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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