Method and system for providing “what's next” data

• US 9,477,666 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2008
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Home Box Office Incorporated (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Home Box Office Incorporated (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dibartolomeo, Jeffrey A, Cuttner, Craig D., Probst, Bruce, Beyler, John Clayton, Stalling, Lars, Parviainen, Juho, Grishaver, Alexander Thompson, Gabriel, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Hwa, Shyue Jiunn
• Application Number:
  US12/449,273
• Publication Number:
  US 20100094866A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,192 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/735 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; 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 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A system and method for generating a list of content is disclosed. A processor may store in memory at least one content preference of a user, may store at least one non-user content preference of at least one entity other than the user, may associate the at least one non-user content preference with the user, and may generate the content list based on a combination of the at least one content preference of the user and the at least one non-user content preference for output to the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented data generation method, comprising:

storing at least one content preference of a first user;

storing at least one non-user content preference, which is at least one content preference of at least one entity other than the first user;

associating the at least one non-user content preference with the first user; and

generating, by a computer processor, a content list based on a combination of the stored at least one content preference of the user and the stored at least one non-user content preference for output to the first user;

for display of the content list, overlaying the content list on ending credits of a program.

2. A computer-implemented data generation method, comprising:

storing at least one content preference of a first user;

storing at least one non-user content preference, which is at least one content preference of at least one entity other than the first user;

associating the at least one non-user content preference with the first user; and

generating, by a computer processor, a content list based on a combination of the stored at least one content preference of the user and the stored at least one non-user content preference for output to the first user; and

displaying the content list in an intermission screen provided when a program is paused.

3. A computer-implemented data generation method, comprising:

storing at least one content preference of a first user;

storing at least one non-user content preference, which is at least one content preference of at least one entity other than the first user;

associating the at least one non-user content preference with the first user; and

generating, by a computer processor, a content list based on a combination of the stored at least one content preference of the user and the stored at least one non-user content preference for output to the first user;

for content listed in the content list that is available for playback on demand, generating a virtual linear playback channel including the content, wherein the virtual linear playback channel linearly plays back the content when the channel is active.