Method and System to Maintain Relative Statistics for Creating Automatically a List of Favorites
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a front-end including a tuner;
a memory to store relative statistics; and
a processor in communication with the front-end and the memory, the processor to detect a tuning event, to maintain the relative statistics on one or more items related to tuning events, the relative statistics including a count value of either a number of times or a number of units of time that the item has been tuned to and received by the front-end, to eliminate any occurrence of rollover of the count value by at least adjusting the count value of each of the one or more items relative to each other upon reaching a predetermined value prior to being reset, to create a list of favorites based on the relative statistics in the memory, and to transfer the list of favorites to another device.
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Abstract
An apparatus may include a front-end with a tuner to receive television broadcasts, a memory to store statistics, and a processor in communication with the front-end and the memory. The processor detects tuning events and maintains relative statistics on items related to tuning events. The processor eliminates any occurrence of rollover of the count value by adjusting the count value of each of the one or more items relative to each other upon reaching a predetermined value prior to being reset. The processor creates a list of favorites based on the relative statistics in the memory. The processor may transfer the list of favorites to another device or auto-tune the tuner to receive the items that are placed in the list of favorites. A length of time represented by the units of time may be changed to allow greater selectivity of items that are placed in the list of favorites.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a front-end including a tuner;
a memory to store relative statistics; and
a processor in communication with the front-end and the memory, the processor to detect a tuning event, to maintain the relative statistics on one or more items related to tuning events, the relative statistics including a count value of either a number of times or a number of units of time that the item has been tuned to and received by the front-end, to eliminate any occurrence of rollover of the count value by at least adjusting the count value of each of the one or more items relative to each other upon reaching a predetermined value prior to being reset, to create a list of favorites based on the relative statistics in the memory, and to transfer the list of favorites to another device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A broadcast system comprising:
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a display;
a receiver coupled to the display and to store relative statistics, to detect a tuning event, to maintain the relative statistics related to a plurality of items of the tuning event, to eliminate any occurrence of rollover of a count value by automatically adjusting the count value of each of the plurality of items relative to each other once one of the plurality of items reaches a maximum value so that an order of the plurality of items according to count value remains intact, to create automatically a list of favorites based on the relative statistics in the memory, and to transfer the list of favorites to another device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for a broadcast system comprising:
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detecting a tuning event, maintaining the relative statistics on one or more items related to tuning events, the relative statistics including a count value of either a number of times or a number of units of time that the item has been tuned to and received by the front-end, eliminating any occurrence of rollover of the count value by at least adjusting the count value of each of the one or more items relative to each other upon reaching a predetermined value prior to being reset, creating a list of favorites based on the relative statistics in the memory, and transferring the list of favorites to another device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a front-end including a tuner;
a memory to store relative statistics; and
a processor in communication with the front-end and the memory, the processor to detect a tuning event, to maintain the relative statistics on one or more items related to tuning events, the relative statistics including a count value of either a number of times or a number of units of time that the item has been tuned to and received by the front-end, to eliminate any occurrence of rollover of the count value by at least adjusting the count value of each of the one or more items relative to each other upon reaching a predetermined value prior to being reset, to create a list of favorites based on the relative statistics in the memory, and to auto-tune the tuner to receive the items that are placed in the list of favorites. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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a front-end including a tuner;
a memory to store relative statistics; and
a processor in communication with the front-end and the memory, the processor to detect a tuning event, to maintain the relative statistics on one or more items related to tuning events, the relative statistics including a count value of a number of units of time that the item has been tuned to and received by the front-end, to eliminate any occurrence of rollover of the count value by at least adjusting the count value of each of the one or more items relative to each other upon reaching a predetermined value prior to being reset, to create a list of favorites based on the relative statistics in the memory, and to change a length of time represented by the units of time and thereby allow greater selectivity as to the items that are placed in the list of favorites. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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