System and method for enhanced edit list for recording options

• US 7,212,730 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2002
• Issued: 05/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Paolini, Michael A., Brown, Michael Wayne, Boston, Stephen B., Hately, Andrew Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Thai Q.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUNN, MISHAWN N
• Application Number:
  US10/185,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20040001690A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,769 Days
• Field of Search: 725/28, 725/38, 725/39, 725 44- 58, 725/61, 725/34, 725/35, 348643-652, 348/563, 348/564, 386/46, 386/52, 386/83, 386/95, 386/92, 386/104
• US Class Current: 386/291
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/31 Arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/37 for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/46 for recognising users' preferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/65 for using the result on users' side
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/72 using electronic programme guides [EPG] focusing on identifying broadcast space time H04H60/39 ; menu type display of EPG in television receivers H04N21/47
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/73 using meta-information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/254 Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server arrangements for maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00; network services using third party service providers H04L67/53
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A system and method provides a detailed edit schedule for a user'"'"'s recording device, such as a digital video recorder. The detailed edit schedule can be provided over a network by the user'"'"'s DVR service provider, or can be provided from a third party. The detailed edit schedule describes various segments that occur within the program. This information is used by a digital video recorder to identify program segments of interest to the user. When program segments are identified, the individual segments are recorded rather than recording the entire program. The program segments can also include commercials matching the user'"'"'s interests. The DVR keeps track of scenes that the user records and sends the information, along with the user'"'"'s demographic information, back to the DVR service provider for creating reports for sponsors showing which commercials and program segments were watched or recorded by different groups of people.

Claims

1. A method for recording a program segment, said method comprising:

receiving a detailed edit schedule corresponding to a plurality of programs, wherein each of the programs includes a plurality of program segments, each of the program segments being smaller than the corresponding program in which it is included, wherein the detailed edit schedule includes program segment information;

comparing the detailed edit schedule to one or more user profile elements;

selecting one or more program segments based on the comparison; and

recording the selected program segments onto a nonvolatile storage media.

2. The method as described in claim 1 wherein at least one of the profile elements is selected from the group consisting of one or more user interests, one or more user preferences, and one or more identified favorite programs.

3. The method as described in claim 1 wherein the program segment information is selected from the group consisting of one or more actors, a segment description, a genre, and a director.

4. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising:

ranking the program segments using the user profile elements, wherein the selecting includes identifying the highest ranked program segment.

5. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising:

storing selected program data corresponding to the selected program segments; and

transmitting the selected program data to a service provider over a network.

6. The method as described in claim 5 further comprising:

retrieving demographic data corresponding to the user described by the user profile data;

creating one or more reports based on the selected program data and the demographic data; and

sending the reports to one or more third parties.

7. The method as described in claim 6 wherein one of the selected program segments is a commercial and wherein one of the third parties is a sponsor of the commercial.

8. An information handling system comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory accessible by the processors;

a network interface connecting the information handling system to a computer network; and

a recording tool for recording program segments, the recording tool including;

means for receiving a detailed edit schedule corresponding to a plurality of programs, wherein each of the programs includes a plurality of program segments, each of the program segments being smaller than the corresponding program in which it is included, wherein the detailed edit schedule includes program segment information;

means for comparing the detailed edit schedule to one or more user profile elements;

means for selecting one or more program segments based on the comparison; and

means for recording the selected program segments onto a nonvolatile storage media.

9. The information handling system as described in claim 8 wherein at least one of the profile elements is selected from the group consisting of one or more user interests, one or more user preferences, and one or more identified favorite programs.

10. The information handling system as described in claim 8 wherein the program segment information is selected from the group consisting of one or more actors, a segment description, a genre, and a director.

11. The information handling system as described in claim 8 further comprising:

means for ranking the program segments using the user profile elements, wherein the selecting includes means for identifying the highest ranked program segment.

12. The information handling system as described in claim 8 further comprising:

means for storing selected program data corresponding to the selected program segments; and

means for transmitting the selected program data to a service provider over a network.

13. The information handling system as described in claim 12 further comprising:

means for retrieving demographic data corresponding to the user described by the user profile data;

means for creating one or more reports based on the selected program data and the demographic data; and

means for sending the reports to one or more third parties.

14. A computer program product stored in a computer operable media, wherein the computer operable media are selected from the group consisting of magnetic storage media, optical storage media, flash memory, random access memory, and read only memory the computer operable media containing instructions for execution by a computer, which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to implement a method for recording program segments, said method comprising:

receiving a detailed edit schedule corresponding to a plurality of programs, wherein each of the programs includes a plurality of program segments, each of the program segments being smaller than the corresponding program in which it is included, wherein the detailed edit schedule includes program segment information;

comparing the detailed edit schedule to one or more user profile elements;

selecting one or more program segments based on the comparison; and

recording the selected program segments onto a nonvolatile storage media.

15. The computer program product as described in claim 14 wherein at least one of the profile elements is selected from the group consisting of one or more user interests, one or more user preferences, and one or more identified favorite programs.

16. The computer program product as described in claim 14 wherein the program segment information is selected from the group consisting of one or more actors, a segment description, a genre, and a director.

17. The computer program product as described in claim 14 wherein the method further comprises:

ranking the program segments using the user profile elements, wherein the selecting includes means for identifying the highest ranked program segment.

18. The computer program product as described in claim 14 wherein the method further comprises:

storing selected program data corresponding to the selected program segments; and

transmitting the selected program data to a service provider over a network.

19. The computer program product as described in claim 18 wherein the method further comprises:

retrieving demographic data corresponding to the user described by the user profile data;

creating one or more reports based on the selected program data and the demographic data; and

sending the reports to one or more third parties.

20. The computer program product as described in claim 19 wherein one of the selected program segments is a commercial and wherein one of the third parties is a sponsor of the commercial.