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Systems and methods for automatic personalizing of channel favorites in a set top box

  • US 7,434,246 B2
  • Filed: 06/08/2001
  • Issued: 10/07/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for generating a list of channel favorites in an interactive television system, comprising:

  • receiving a first notification, the first notification indicating a first channel activity;

    receiving a second notification, the second notification indicating a second channel activity;

    calculating a time difference between the first and the second notifications; and

    updating a channel favorites table based on the calculated time difference, wherein the favorites tables includes a display preference field that comprises a user-selected option to define an order in which the channel favorites are displayed, wherein the display preference field allows a user to select between at least an order based on a cumulative viewing time per channel and an order based on a number of times each favorite channel is viewed.

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