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System for configuring soft keys in a media communication system

  • US 9,332,299 B2
  • Filed: 09/05/2014
  • Issued: 05/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • recording, by a set top box, soft key preferences associated with a user of the set top box for a group of graphical user interfaces for managing a corresponding one of an electronic programming guide, a video-on-demand catalog, a set top box help guide, a personal content library, and a web portal, wherein the recording of the soft key preferences is based on user input indicating keys that have been determined to be likely to be utilized;

    receiving, by the set top box, a request for presentation of a graphical user interface of the group of graphical user interfaces;

    monitoring, by the set top box, navigation activity at the graphical user interface;

    determining, by the set top box from the navigation activity, a usage pattern by utilizing correlation pattern recognition that identifies a combination of key strokes which performs a plurality of functions;

    generating, by the set top box, a soft key based on the usage pattern and according to the soft key preferences, wherein the soft key combines the plurality of functions;

    modifying the graphical user interface by removing first and second soft keys;

    generating a third soft key with a combined functionality of the first and second soft keys, wherein the functionality of the first and second keys was included in the soft key preferences that was based on the user input; and

    presenting, by the set top box, the graphical user interface including the soft key.

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