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Method and apparatus for interactive program suggestion

  • US 7,013,478 B1
  • Filed: 05/28/1999
  • Issued: 03/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for suggesting programs, comprising:

  • a menu, wherein search criteria are provided to assist a search of programs for suggestion, wherein the search criteria is a mood criteria, wherein the mood criteria allows the selection of a subjective mood;

    a control, wherein desired search criteria can be selected;

    a database of descriptions of a plurality of programs; and

    a processor, wherein the processor performs the search of programs for selection by searching the database of program descriptions with the selected search criteria and other search criteria selected from a thesaurus in response to said selected search criteria, the processor generating a list of suggested programs for viewing.

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