Time- and location-driven personalized TV

• US 6,611,654 B1
• Filed: 04/01/1999
• Issued: 08/26/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Shteyn, Yevgeniy Eugene
• Primary Examiner(s): Chevalier, Robert
• Application Number:
  US09/283,545
• Time in Patent Office: 1,608 Days
• Field of Search: H04/N.591, H04/N.700, H04/N.7173, 386/69, 386/83, 386/46, 386/68, 386/1, 386/95, 386/4, 386/52, 386/55, 725/86, 725/87, 725/88, 725/101, 725/102, 725/103
• US Class Current: 386/291
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/55 having seven-membered rings, e.g. azelastine, pentylenetetrazole
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording

Abstract

A server system enables a subscriber to select a specific broadcast program for recording and a specific location and time frame for play-out of the recorded program.

Claims

1. A method of enabling a user to access content, the method comprising:

identifying by a user a device to which a plurality of contents will be broadcasted and the device having an associated user interface for locally controlling the device;

selecting by the user a future broadcasted content from the plurality of contents;

setting up the device to record the content when the content is broadcasted to the device; and

wherein

the selecting and the identifying are done over the Internet via a web site different from the local user interface.

2. A method of enabling a user to access content, the method comprising:

providing user access to a server via a web site on the Internet;

enabling identifying on the web site a device of the user to which a plurality of contents will be broadcasted;

selecting by the user a future broadcasted content from the plurality of contents;

setting up the device by the server through a connection from the server to the device to record the future broadcasted content.

3. A system comprising:

a server on the Internet accessible to a user via a web site;

a device accessible by the server;

 

wherein,

the server is configured to receive input from the user via the web site, the input including a selection of a content from a plurality of contents that will be broadcasted to the device and a request to record the content and in response to the input, the server is configured to set up the device to record a future broadcast of the content.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the device is accessible by the server over the Internet.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the device is accessible by the server over a phone line.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the selection of the content from the plurality of contents is done from an electronic program guide on the web site.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the web site is accessible to the user from a personal digital assistant of the user.