Scheduler employing a predictive agent for use in a television receiver
First Claim
1. A television program searching method in a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide list, comprising the steps of:
- storing in a memory means data representing said channel guide list and storing data representing characteristics of television programs previously watched by a user;
performing a search of said channel guide list for a match to specific data representing said characteristics of television programs previously watched by said user; and
notifying said user of available television programs having characteristics similar to characteristics of a previously watched television program.
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Abstract
In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching for specific television programs which satisfy certain criteria concerning a user'"'"'s viewing preferences, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus generates a list of such television programs in order to predict for the viewer certain programs which may be of interest. In a first embodiment of the invention the apparatus stores information about the particular television shows which the user watches, as search criteria. In a second embodiment of the invention the search criteria is editable by the viewer to further refine the searches.
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9 Claims
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1. A television program searching method in a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide list, comprising the steps of:
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storing in a memory means data representing said channel guide list and storing data representing characteristics of television programs previously watched by a user; performing a search of said channel guide list for a match to specific data representing said characteristics of television programs previously watched by said user; and notifying said user of available television programs having characteristics similar to characteristics of a previously watched television program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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