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User programmable entertainment method and apparatus

  • US 5,541,638 A
  • Filed: 06/28/1994
  • Issued: 07/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An entertainment system, comprising:

  • a storage device containing a plurality of discrete expressive works;

    a programming processor for distributing a selected sequence of the discrete expressive works over a communication medium for sequential presentment to a user over a user-specified period of time in response to a user preference signal; and

    a terminal for generating and transmitting the user preference signal to the programming processor, the user preference signal comprising a sequence of user preference items and the user-specified period of time, each user preference item identifying a discrete expressive work or one or more desired attributes of a plurality of the discrete expressive works from which the programming processor selects a discrete expressive work for the user.

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