TRACKING USER BEHAVIOR VIA APPLICATION MONITORED CHANNEL CHANGING NOTIFICATIONS
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Abstract
An intelligent television and methods for user interaction between the intelligent television and the user are provided. In general, a user is provided with navigation, notification, and setup options which enable one or more functions associated with the intelligent television. The presentation of options is based on input received by the intelligent television. As a user provides input to the intelligent television via a remote control or other input device, the intelligent television is configured to interpret the input and provide interactive functionality in the form of content presented to the display of the intelligent television.
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40 Claims
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21. A method, comprising:
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detecting a first signal source change made at an intelligent television (TV); sending a first notification of the first signal source change detected to a live TV application, wherein the first notification includes first viewing information associated with the first signal source change; storing, in a memory location of a memory associated with the intelligent TV, the first viewing information associated with the first signal source change, wherein the memory location is associated with a first user of two or more users that provide input to the intelligent TV; associating the first viewing information with a user of the intelligent TV by storing the first viewing information with the first user in the memory location; determining, based at least partially on the first viewing information, a user viewing behavior associated with the user; sending, across a communication network, the user viewing behavior associated with the user to a receiving device associated with a television service provider; and receiving, at the intelligent television, at least one of altered program offerings and an interaction from the television service provider based on the user viewing behavior of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, perform the method comprising:
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detecting a first signal source change made at an intelligent television (TV); sending a first notification of the first signal source change detected to a live TV application, wherein the first notification includes first viewing information associated with the first signal source change; storing, in a memory location of a memory associated with the intelligent TV, the first viewing information associated with the first signal source change, wherein the memory location is associated with a first user of two or more users that provide input to the intelligent TV; associating the first viewing information with a user of the intelligent TV by storing the first viewing information with the first user in the memory location; determining, based at least partially on the first viewing information, a user viewing behavior associated with the user; sending, across a communication network, the user viewing behavior associated with the user to a receiving device associated with a television service provider; and receiving, at the intelligent television, at least one of altered program offerings and an interaction from the television service provider based on the user viewing behavior of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system, comprising:
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an intelligent television (TV) having a display and a tuner, wherein the tuner is configured to receive and convert broadcast content signals to be displayed by the display; an input device associated with the intelligent TV; a memory; and a microprocessor operable to; detect a first signal source change made at the intelligent TV; send a first notification of the first signal source change detected to a live TV application, wherein the first notification includes first viewing information associated with the first signal source change; store, in a memory location of the memory, the first viewing information associated with the first signal source change, wherein the memory location is associated with a first user of two or more users that provide input to the intelligent TV; associate the first viewing information with a user of the intelligent TV by storing the first viewing information with the first user in the memory location; determine, based at least partially on the first viewing information, a user viewing behavior associated with the user; send, across a communication network, the user viewing behavior associated with the user to a receiving device associated with a television service provider; and receive, at the intelligent TV, at least one of altered program offerings and an interaction from the television service provider based on the user viewing behavior of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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