TELEVISION SYSTEM WITH AIDED USER PROGRAM SEARCHING
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Abstract
A system having an adaptive browse feature and an adaptive flip feature is provided. The adaptive browse and flip features may be selected to receive program viewing suggestions. The system may provide a suggestion by displaying an adaptive browse region or adaptive flip region including a program suggestion. The system identifies programs to suggest based on a user=s viewing activity. The system uses different algorithms that are user-selectable and user-adjustable to identify program suggestions. The system may query a program guide database to build a list of programs having attributes similar to the attributes of the current program or the last viewed program. The system may use an adaptive learning algorithm such as a neural network. The neural network may be trained by the program guide by monitoring user-viewing activity. Each algorithm may be personalized for multiple users.
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197 Claims
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1-177. -177. (canceled)
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178. A method for recommending media assets to a user, comprising:
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receiving a user selection selecting an attribute category of a plurality of attribute categories as a criterion for recommending media assets, wherein the attribute category includes one or more attribute values; automatically identifying, using processing circuitry, an attribute value of a currently-accessed media asset of the user, the identified attribute value belonging to the selected attribute category; and generating for display, using the processing circuitry, an identifier of another media asset having the identified attribute value of the selected attribute category. - View Dependent Claims (179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187)
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188. A system for recommending media assets to a user, comprising:
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user input interface circuitry configured to; receive a user selection selecting an attribute category of a plurality of attribute categories as a criterion for recommending media assets, wherein the attribute category includes one or more attribute values; and processing circuitry configured to; automatically identify an attribute value of a currently-accessed media asset of the user, the identified attribute value belonging to the selected attribute category; and generate for display an identifier of another media asset having the identified attribute value of the selected attribute category. - View Dependent Claims (189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197)
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