MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK SUPPORTING VARYING MEDIA GUIDE BASED ON VIEWING FILTERS
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Abstract
Systems having a user interface comprising a filtered view of media available for consumption are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may provide a first user with a view that enables consumption of only the available media that matches characteristics of a media filter. The characteristics of the media filter may be specified by a second user, and the second user may define the characteristics of the media filter remotely, via a communication network. The user interface may support separate media filters for each of a number of different users. Filter characteristics such as type of media channel, the language of any dialogue, an industry rating, an overall viewer rating, and the media format may be supported. The media filter characteristics may be applied not only to what is displayed on the user interface, but also the media available for selection via a remote control.
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36. A system supporting user defined filtering of media consumption in a media exchange network, the system comprising:
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at least one processor for operably coupling to a display device that supports consumption of media and to a communication network; wherein the at least one processor controls display of a user interface on the display device, the user interface having at least one view comprising a collection of media channels, each media channel in the collection comprising a sequence of media content available to a first user, the display of each media channel in the at least one view subject to at least one media channel filter comprising media channel characteristics defined by a second user; and wherein the at least one processor limits media consumption to media content of the collection of media channels. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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