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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > Operator Interface > To Facilitate Tuning Or Selection Of Video Signal > Electronic Program Guide > Content Arrangement > Based On Personal Preference, Profile, Or Viewing History (e.g., To Produce Redacted Listing) Based On Personal Preference, Profile, Or Viewing History (e.g., To Produce Redacted Listing)Based On Personal Preference, Profile, Or Viewing History (e.g., To Produce Redacted Listing) patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/22/07 - 20070271582 - Program guide system with preference profiles An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a user may inform a program guide of the user's interests. Information on the user's interests may be stored in a preference profile. There may be more than one preference profile, each for a different user. Each preference profile contains ... 11/15/07 - 20070266403 - System and method for personalized video program listing and targeted content advertisement Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to automatically identify preferred distributed programming content based on subscriber-specific profile information generated at least in part from a subscriber's viewing history of viewing broadcast television programs delivered via a television distribution system, automatically store information indicative of the ... 11/15/07 - 20070266402 - System, method, and article of manufacture for automatically selecting media content for an entity A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for automatically selecting media content for an entity are provided. In particular, the system monitors media content selections of the entity to determine media content preferences and then automatically selects media content for the entity based upon the media content preferences. ... 11/15/07 - 20070266401 - Method and apparatus for communicating popularity ratings to users A method of providing popularity ratings to users includes monitoring experiences of users with programs, generating popularity ratings associated with the programs in response to the monitoring, and communicating at least one of the popularity ratings as at least one of the users experiences at least one of the programs. ... 11/01/07 - 20070256103 - Apparatus and method for constrained selection of favorite channels An interactive program guide system is provided in which an interactive program guide offers a user access to content from multiple available media types. The program guide system allows the designation of at least one channel as a favorite channel based on user selection from multiple channels of at least ... 10/25/07 - 20070250862 - Monitoring apparatus and method A monitoring apparatus includes a video data obtaining section obtaining video data from a monitoring terminal, a metadata obtaining section obtaining metadata describing information on a monitored subject from the monitoring terminal, a filter setting storage section storing a filter setting, a metadata filter section performing filtering processing on the ... 10/25/07 - 20070250861 - On-screen program guide with interactive programming recommendations A subscriber to a video service generally has available to them an on-screen program guide. The program guide lists programming (e.g., TV shows) that are available to the subscriber for a certain upcoming time period. The programming guide may sort the listings by channel and time, areas of interest, age ... 10/18/07 - 20070245379 - Personalized summaries using personality attributes A method and system for generating a personalized summary of content for a user is provided that include determining personality attributes of the user; extracting features of the content; and generating the personalized summary based on a map of the features to the personality attributes. The features may be ranked ... 10/18/07 - 20070245378 - User system providing previews to an associated portable media player A system and method for providing previews, such as song and video previews, to a portable media player are provided. In general, a play history for the portable media player is generated as media files are played by the portable media player and provided to a central system hosting an ... 10/18/07 - 20070245377 - Central system providing previews to a portable media player A system and method for providing previews, such as song and video previews, to a portable media player are provided. In general, a play history for the portable media player is generated as media files are played by the portable media player and provided to a central system hosting an ... 10/18/07 - 20070245376 - Portable media player enabled to obtain previews of media content A system and method for providing previews, such as song and video previews, to a portable media player are provided. In general, a play history for the portable media player is generated as media files are played by the portable media player and provided to a central system hosting an ... 09/27/07 - 20070226763 - System and method of provising user specified information and advertising A user responsive process facilitates selecting types of information and/or advertisements that are of interest to a particular user. The selected types of information or advertisements can be interspersed with other types of works selected by the user or can be displayed while other software runs. ... 09/20/07 - 20070220553 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing customized content A method, system, and computer program product for providing customized content are provided. The method includes assigning a user identity to a user and an account. The account specifies devices through which the user accesses content over a network. The method also includes receiving user-selected preferences for receiving the customized ... 09/20/07 - 20070220552 - Automatic delivery of personalized content to a portable media player with feedback Automatic download of personalized media content to a portable media device based on user preferences is disclosed. A media service can evaluate content on a user's media device as well as user action related thereto to infer the user's preferences, and can automatically aggregate and download content that is relevant ... 08/30/07 - 20070204302 - Generating a personalized video mosaic in a cable services network Methods and systems are provided for generating a personalized video mosaic from multiple of video sources in a cable television services system. A head end receives a subscriber selection of video sources from multiple video sources broadcast in the television services system and generates a personalized video mosaic from those ... 08/30/07 - 20070204301 - System and method for generating and delivering personalized content A media system configured to select personalized programming for individual users is disclosed. The programming may include content, advertisements, and/or interactive queries, each of which may be selected based on profiles of the users. ... 08/30/07 - 20070204299 - Integrated media content Integrated media content is described. In an embodiment, scheduled programs metadata is received that describes scheduled programs which are available for viewing when the scheduled programs are delivered from a content provider according to a programming schedule. The scheduled programs metadata can be compared to on-demand programs metadata that describes ... 08/16/07 - 20070192796 - Video system and video selection method thereof A video information system which displays or records broadcast video information records an operation history of the video information system, and, when video information is newly reproduced and displayed or newly recorded, generates user presence information from the operation history and program information of broadcast video information and selects video ... 08/16/07 - 20070192795 - Method of providing a personalized broadcast service There is described a method of providing a personalized broadcast service. The method involves arranging for a content provider (40) to communicate with a user device (30) and a broadcast service (50). The device (30) presents its user (20). The method involves: receiving user profile information from the user (20); ... 08/09/07 - 20070186246 - Digital media player behavioral parameter modification One embodiment of the present invention is a method for playing a portion of a media work which includes steps of: (a) playing the media work; (b) receiving input from a user; and (c) analyzing parameters to determine the portion of the media work to play; (d) altering at least ... 08/09/07 - 20070186243 - System and method of providing television program recommendations A system and method of providing television program recommendations is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a user review of a television program from a set-top box device via an access network of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system. The method also includes associating the user review ... 08/09/07 - 20070186242 - Personal content recorder suggestion and subscription An advantageous system, apparatus, and method for publishing and subscribing to viewer supplied suggestions for programming are provided allowing for personalized suggestions from individual sources. Advantageously, the present invention allows for the automated recording of favorite programming of friends, family, coworkers, peers, and select others. ... 08/09/07 - 20070186241 - Program recommendation apparatus A program recording/playback apparatus for easily recording/playing back a program that matches a common preference between multiple viewers is provided. A recording/playback apparatus 100 obtains program recommendation information from a server apparatus 300, and retrieves program recommendation information from within. Based on these two pieces of program recommendation information, the ... 07/26/07 - 20070174873 - Mechanism for distributing content data The current invention provides a system for distributing content data to user locations. The content data preferably includes digital video data that is available on demand from a requesting location. A system server stores user accounts and generated customized program schedules for the user account based on user criteria which ... 07/26/07 - 20070174872 - Ranking content based on relevance and quality A method and system for ranking content and providing a user interface for viewing the content is provided. The content system ranks content in a search result based on a combination of relevance of the content to a query and quality of the content. The content system may derive the ... 07/19/07 - 20070169148 - Content notification and delivery Disclosed are methods and systems for displaying content recommendations to a television viewer. In one aspect of the invention, when the user changes channel, the system displays contact recommendations to the user before going to the next channel. The recommendations are based on user profiles and/or aggregated multi-user content. In ... 07/12/07 - 20070162933 - Dynamicaly mixing and streaming media files Embodiments relate to a web-based interactive fitness program for generating individualized fitness media content for subscribers. A database is maintained that includes scriptlets that identify exercise routines that have been provided or augmented by a trainer. One or more of the scriptlets are selected for a subscriber based on the ... 07/05/07 - 20070157246 - Sports broadcast scheduler A customized sports broadcast schedule is generated. Rankings are assigned to teams based on performance, popularity, and/or season stage. A customer-specific psychographic profile is generated based on customer location and/or customer preferences. The customer-specific sports broadcast schedule is generated based on the customer-specific psychographic profile and assigned rankings. ... 07/05/07 - 20070157243 - Method and system for supplementing television programming with e-mailed magazines An interactive television system and method for generating video programming combined with triggers and then, in turn, for viewing that video programming as the triggers present information associated with the triggers. When triggered by the viewer, the remote control will generate a request using a user interface coupled to at ... 07/05/07 - 20070157242 - Systems and methods for managing content A “New To Me” feature is provided for an interactive media guidance system implemented as a home network having multiple user equipment devices. Functionally speaking, the “New To Me” feature of the interactive media guidance system identifies programs or advertisements that have been previously viewed by an individual user or ... 07/05/07 - 20070157241 - Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices When selecting a television program for recording, a user may configure the delivery of the selected television program and associated data and interactive applications to different user equipment devices in a home network, which may have different capabilities. Because the user equipment devices in the home network may have different ... 07/05/07 - 20070157240 - Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices When selecting a television program for recording, a user may configure the delivery of the selected television program and associated data and interactive applications to different user equipment devices in a home network, which may have different capabilities. Because the user equipment devices in the home network may have different ... 06/21/07 - 20070143795 - Application trace for distributed systems environment Methods and systems are provided for making application trace data for a local system available to others within an enterprise services network. A user at system remote to the server can specify trace data collection preferences and trace data is collected based on the user preferences. The trace data is ... 06/14/07 - 20070136756 - Content presentation system, content presentation method, content presentation assistance server, content presentation assistance method, and information storage medium To make it possible for a user to smoothly find content which satisfies the user's current taste without the need to carry out a troublesome input operation. Each of the content reproduction devices reproduces a content selected from among one or more reproduction object contents according to designation by the ... 06/14/07 - 20070136755 - Video content viewing support system and method A video content viewing support system includes unit acquiring video content and text data corresponding to the video content, unit extracting viewpoints from the video content, based on the text data, unit extracting, from the video content, topics corresponding to the viewpoints, based on the text data, unit dividing the ... 06/14/07 - 20070136754 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and an assisting method for recording program thereof A broadcast receiving apparatus, having a function of recording a recommended program, comprises a tuner for receiving program-related information, including broadcasted programs, as well as, planned programs to be broadcasted, a remote controller for inputting a view-operation instruction inputted by a user, and preference information being indicative of a program ... 06/14/07 - 20070136753 - Cross-platform predictive popularity ratings for use in interactive television applications Systems and methods for determining cross-platform predictive popularity ratings information are provided. An interactive television application operating on at least one predetermined platform, such as an online interactive application platform, may monitor user interactions with the interactive television application to obtain cross-platform data, which may be used to determine predictive ... 06/14/07 - 20070136752 - Personalized electronic programming guide At least one computer-readable medium encoded with instructions is provided, which, when executed by a processor, performs a method including the steps of: identifying a viewer registered with a set top terminal; retrieving from a database at least one viewer preference associated with the registered viewer, the viewer preference reflecting ... 06/14/07 - 20070136751 - Television receiver apparatus and method for automatically performing an action based on viewership information A television receiver apparatus and method is disclosed that allow a viewer to define a viewer profile, to receive and process viewership information received from the program provider, and to perform at least one action based on the viewer profile and the received viewership information. The viewer profile may include ... 06/07/07 - 20070130585 - Virtual store management method and system for operating an interactive audio/video entertainment system according to viewers tastes and preferences This invention confers to an interactive audio/video entertainment system providing video-on-demand (VOD) services the abilities to automatically adapt to viewers tastes and preferences and download in advance the most likely viewing choices of each user, thereby freeing the system and its users from the real-time throughput constraints and availability limitations ... 06/07/07 - 20070130584 - Method and device for producing and sending a television program by means of ip-based media, especially the internet A method and device to generate and transmit a television programme via IP-based media, particularly the Internet are provided. In particular, a method of transmitting transmission segments in time-controlled programme streams, particularly for TV segments, according to a fixed programme, via the Internet, for viewing by users, and a method ... 05/31/07 - 20070124769 - Personal broadcast channels Various embodiments of the invention provide the ability for a subscriber to define personal broadcast channels. Such personal broadcast channels can allow a subscriber to define a play order for a plurality of sets of content (including without limitation video content, audio content, various alerts and/or other data, and the ... 05/24/07 - 20070118853 - Architecture for sharing podcast information A communication construct used for sharing podcast information associated with a podcast can include a link sent to a remote device (103) while playing the podcast, appended metadata to the link, and a communication packet enabling a user to transfer the link and the appended metadata while the user is ... 05/17/07 - 20070113250 - On demand fantasy sports systems and methods A method for enhancing a fantasy sports game with recorded sports broadcasts includes the steps of receiving video programs depicting sports-related events, storing the video programs, associating to a plurality of segments of the video programs attribute data that identifies for a segment of the plurality of segments at least ... 05/03/07 - 20070101369 - Method and apparatus for providing summaries of missed portions of television programs A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing a television viewer with a summary of a portion of a program that he or she has missed, after switching to the program at some time after the program has begun. Generally, the times at which the viewer first tuned to a ... 04/26/07 - 20070094687 - Method for selective advertisement recording and playback A system and method for controlling the displaying and recording of advertisements that allows viewers to view the advertisements embedded in content, separate from content, or not at all. The system employs a set-top box loaded with a hierarchical menu program to allow viewers to choose the display mode for ... 04/19/07 - 20070089136 - Program recommendation method and program recommendation apparatus Provided is a program recommendation method for a computer system including: a program distribution server in which program information is stored, a schedule storing unit for storing a schedule of a user, and a program recommendation unit for recommending programs from the program information, comprising the steps of: recommending, in ... 04/12/07 - 20070083895 - System and method of managing television information The present disclosure is directed to a system and method to manage television information. The method includes receiving at least one user television viewing preference via an Internet site of a public network. The method also includes associating a user account with a set-top box device. The method also includes ... 04/12/07 - 20070083894 - Indirect subscriptions to top n lists of content feeds A user may subscribe to a content feed group that includes a set of content feeds. The content feed group includes a first set of content items from the set of included content feeds. The content items are presented in response to a subscription to the content feed group. After ... 04/05/07 - 20070079333 - Information processing method using electronic guide information and apparatus thereof To collect user preference information at a high accuracy, information processing is carried out corresponding to information such as keyword, weighting, content title and the like of user preference detected from user usage condition. At this time, the user preference is detected from one or more of the following items: ... 04/05/07 - 20070079332 - Network branded recorded programs Network branded recorded programs is described. In an embodiment programs recorded from television are associated with their respective television networks, and a recorded program directory is generated. The recorded program directory includes a list of television networks, and a list of programs recorded from television that are respectively associated with ... 03/29/07 - 20070074253 - Content-preference-score determining method, content playback apparatus, and content playback method A content-preference-score determining method includes the steps of detecting a feature point or feature value of content; detecting body motion of a user during playback of the content; and calculating a preference score of the user for the content according to a predefined formula using the detected feature point or ... 03/29/07 - 20070074252 - Method and apparatus for browsing media content based on user affinity One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for browsing a collection of metadata to locate media content associated with an item of metadata. The system operates by receiving a selection of an affinity from a user, wherein the affinity specifies a baseline preference of the user. Next, the ... 03/15/07 - 20070061841 - Digital broadcasting system and method of outputting digital broadcasting data therefor A digital broadcasting system and a method of outputting digital broadcasting data therefor are provided. In the digital broadcasting system, a digital broadcasting station transmits digital broadcasting data that includes viewing environment information, and a digital broadcasting receiving apparatus detects the viewing environment information from the digital broadcasting data and ... 03/08/07 - 20070055994 - Viewing recommendation apparatus and method A viewing recommendation apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first broadcast program information for each of first broadcast programs to be broadcasted, a storage unit configured to store a plurality of previously broadcasted second broadcast programs in correspondence with second broadcast program information, a calculation unit configured to ... 03/08/07 - 20070055993 - Media content galleries The invention discloses a system and method for displaying media content in a user interface. The invention can be configured to identify registered media content providers, and can aggregate media content from the media content providers into a single media gallery. The gallery can include a plurality of types of ... 02/22/07 - 20070044122 - Program recommendation system A system and a method for program recommendation are described. In order to present a user a recommendation for a choice of audio or video content pieces broadcast consecutively at a plurality of different channels, (a) piece scores of content pieces are calculated, indicating a match of a corresponding content ... 02/15/07 - 20070039024 - Olympic event hospitality program management system The present invention provides a management system based on arranging and managing hospitality accommodations surrounding an event. This is a fully integrated system for scheduling accommodations ranging from ticketing, transportation, hotel, food and beverages, and staff. The system provides its clients with an inventory including rooms, tickets, meals, and other ... 02/15/07 - 20070039023 - Content selection method and content selection device A user inputs an evaluation of a content over an EPG, and specifies on a screen a search condition to search for a content. Based on the input, a content selection device evaluates contents, displays a content which is to be recommended by giving the content, which is to be ... 02/08/07 - 20070033615 - Television program guide with a digital storage device and a secondary storage device An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to select a program for recording onto the digital storage device. The program guide may then provide the user a list of programs that includes at least one listing for a recorded ... 02/01/07 - 20070028266 - Recommendation of video content based on the user profile of users with similar viewing habits A method for recommending a video content to a viewer. The method including the steps of: determining a user profile of the viewer, the user profile indicating the viewing preferences of the viewer, providing a plurality of user profiles; comparing the user profile of the viewer to each of the ... 01/25/07 - 20070022440 - Program recommendation via dynamic category creation A method for generating recommendations. The method including: entering a newly created preference category (211a) as feedback for generating a recommendation; generating preference information corresponding to the newly created preference category (211a); and generating the recommendation based at least in part on the generated preference information. ... 01/18/07 - 20070016931 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program Program viewing is provided so that a user can easily search for a program which the user desires to view. An information processing apparatus includes an EPG information recording unit which stores EPG information of programs; a program selection unit which selects programs corresponding to a plurality of different selection ... 01/18/07 - 20070016930 - Creation and navigation of media content with chaptering elements Generating navigable media content. A knowledge base stores content from multiple sources including subject matter experts. Specific content is identified from the knowledge base using attributes of a subscriber. The specific content corresponds to media clips that are mixed to generate individualized media content. The media content is then formatted ... 01/18/07 - 20070016929 - Creating serialized media content Generating serialized media content for a subscriber. A subscriber has access to a database that includes content from multiple subject matter experts. A subset of content is identified based on the subscriber's attributes. Specific content from the subset of content is then selected and used to generate individualized media content. ... 01/18/07 - 20070016928 - Creating media content with selectable components Generating individualized media content using selectable content from subject matter experts. A knowledge base includes content from various subject matter experts. Methods defined by subject matter experts are associated with media clips. A subset of methods are selected from the knowledge base according to subscriber attributes. The subset of methods ... 01/18/07 - 20070016927 - Method for providing long term program guide data in a video recorder system with access to only short term program guide data Herein described are at least a method and a system for providing an extended forecast of scheduled video programming information provided by a multimedia provider. The extended forecast processes electronic program data (EPG) provided by the multimedia provider, such that a long term program guide (LTPG) may be developed. The ... 01/11/07 - 20070011705 - Passenger aircraft entertainment system This invention discloses an entertainment system for providing entertainment to a user thereof, the system including an entertainment source (110), for providing entertainment in a distributable form, entertainment apparatus (110), for distributing the entertainment and a plurality of entertainment delivery units (100), each entertainment delivery unit including receiving apparatus for ... 01/11/07 - 20070011704 - Content exchange system The present invention comprises methods and apparatus for providing more content choices to a user (14) independent of their geography. In one embodiment of the invention, a user (14) utilizes a content terminal (18) to enjoy and audio and/or video content based on a customized set of content preferences (34). ... 01/11/07 - 20070011703 - Content selection and retrieval system The present invention comprises methods and apparatus for providing more content choices to consumers (14) independent of their geography. In one embodiment of the invention, a consumer (14) uses a content terminal (18) to enjoy and audio and/or video content based on a customized set of content preferences (36). The ... 01/04/07 - 20070006266 - System and method for searching and providing contents, and software storage media A content searching/providing system searching a record content from a randomly accessible memory storing contents and providing the record content to a user is provided. The system comprises: a content classification unit classifying the record contents of the memory in accordance with a predetermined rule; a channel assignment unit assigning ... 01/04/07 - 20070006265 - Method of providing location guide service using epg data and broadcasting receiver therefor A method for providing a location guide service for a place related to a broadcasting program by using electronic program guide (EPG) data and a broadcasting receiver for the method are provided. The method includes: decoding EPG data including location information of at least one place related to each broadcasting ... 01/04/07 - 20070006264 - System and method for urgency based resource distribution A method of organizing media content is disclosed. The method for distributing resources includes a plurality of resources, generated in accordance with consumer-directed attributes of at least two consumers, at least one desired criteria limiting the ones of said plurality of resources available for each of the at least two ... 12/28/06 - 20060294548 - Tv program database Before a programming guide is created, a unique code is assigned to each TV program that can be identified in the programming guide. Prior to the creation of the programming guide, a viewer selects the unique code corresponding to the TV show that the viewer would like to record whenever ... 12/28/06 - 20060294547 - System and method for forced commercial viewing A viewer's attention to televised advertisement (41, 43, 45) is encouraged by offering and providing the viewer (102) with a reward as an incentive to watch and/or interact with one or more commercial segments (41, 43, 45) of the broadcast. By providing such rewards to viewers, commercial advertisers on a ... 12/28/06 - 20060294546 - Device and method for modality conversion of multimedia contents The present invention relates to a method of systematically and synthetically accessing modality conversion that is an important part in the contents adaptive conversion process of a universal multimedia access system. The present invention provides an effective method of solving a problem, which is incurred at the time of modality ... 12/21/06 - 20060288369 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program An information processing apparatus which creates a predetermined piece of programming, including: a taste information acquiring module which acquires taste information showing user's tastes; a material information acquiring module which acquires a component configuring the piece of programming as material information; a construction information acquiring module which acquires construction information ... 12/21/06 - 20060288368 - Methods, systems, and products for sampled content Methods, systems, apparatuses, devices, and products provide sampled content. One such method receives a programming guide comprising a listing of available content. An ancillary stream of data is received and includes samples of content listed in the programming guide. A user input is received that selects a particular content from ... 12/21/06 - 20060288367 - Systems, methods and products for tailoring and bundling content Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing tailored content. A subscriber attribute from a content-access history of said subscriber is analyzed. A content offering that complements said subscriber attribute is developed and communicated to a communications address associated with the subscriber. ... 12/14/06 - 20060282856 - Collaborative recommendation system A collaborative information system. ... 12/07/06 - 20060277576 - Signal distribution system with user-defined channel comprising information from an external network A user-defined channel, comprising content specified by a system user, is provided as one of a plurality of channels of a subscription service in a signal distribution system. At least a portion of the content specified by the system user is obtained from a network external to the subscription service ... 11/30/06 - 20060271961 - System and method for tagging content and delivering the tag to buddies of a given user A method comprises retrieving a profile of a given user, the given user having a given-user device; delivering a content item to the given-user device; receiving one or more user-specified tags associated with the content item; identifying one or more buddies of the user as indicated in the profile; and ... 11/30/06 - 20060271960 - System and method for allowing users to engage in a movie theater viewing experience in a distributed environment A method comprises retrieving a profile of a given user, the given user having a given-user device; identifying a buddy of the given user, the buddy having a buddy device; delivering a synchronization request to the buddy device; enabling the buddy to accept or reject the synchronization request; and delivering ... 11/30/06 - 20060271959 - System and method for enabling a user to control a context of a client device of a buddy in a social network A method comprises retrieving a profile of a given user; using the profile to identify a buddy of the given user; delivering a shared control request of the given user to a buddy device of the buddy; enabling the buddy to accept or reject the shared control request; and allowing ... 11/30/06 - 20060271958 - Tv program selection support system A TV program selection support system selects only programs suiting viewer's preference or necessary for a viewer from a large number of programs to be broadcast and proposes the selected programs to the viewer. The TV program selection support system comprises a program receiver for receiving broadcast TV programs, an ... 11/30/06 - 20060271957 - Method for utilizing audience-specific metadata One or more embodiments of the invention enable a user to create multiple non-redundant views using metadata targeted at a specific audience that comprises language, regional, regulatory and/or cultural specific values. The word “audience” for the purposes of this specification means a group of document consumers such as people or ... 11/02/06 - 20060248558 - Client-side multimedia content targeting system A client-side multimedia content targeting system schedules the recording, storing, and deleting of multimedia content on a client system storage device. The invention accepts as input a prioritized list of program viewing preferences which is compared with a database of program guide objects that indicate when programs of interest are ... 10/26/06 - 20060242668 - Method for displaying personal information in an interactive television programme A process for displaying personal information in an interactive television broadcast comprising: acquiring personal information with the aid of personal equipment, transmitting the personal information to a server for broadcasting content, transmitting the personal information from the server for broadcasting content comprising formatting data comprising the personal information intended to ... 10/12/06 - 20060230418 - Viewer selection of programs to be subsequently delivered Television users may record abstracts of programs that they desire and program providers may access the recorded program abstracts from time to time so as to provide the program content that matches the requested program. In one embodiment, the user may select a TV program (or movie) that is not ... 09/28/06 - 20060218590 - System and method for displaying an electronic program guide In a particular embodiment, a method of displaying an electronic program guide on a display device is disclosed. The method displays the electronic program guide including visual indicators related to a perceived user interest level associated with a plurality of programs that may be displayed. The method includes determining a ... 09/21/06 - 20060212904 - System and method for personalized tv A Personal TV System receives a plurality of video segments constituting a TV program and information describing each segment, and controls the display of the segments to a viewer in accordance with preferences of the viewer and with the description of each segment. Segments may be omitted or replaced with ... 08/31/06 - 20060195867 - Information processing apparatus and method and computer program If a situation in which it is difficult to make a decision about automatic processing without involving user intervention occurs, an inquiry is made to a user to clear such a situation and a response by the user to the inquiry is used as a decision criterion by which to ... 08/24/06 - 20060190965 - Display method Picture-on-picture technology is used in the present invention to divide a television screen into a main picture and suffix pictures. The main picture displays the selected channel. The three suffix pictures are used to display the favorite channels. Then, users can preview and browse the favorite channels. ... 08/17/06 - 20060184967 - Technique for identifying favorite program channels for receiving entertainment programming content over a communications network A favorites list of program channels which a cable TV user likely prefers is generated automatically, from which the user may select a program channel to watch. Each program channel in the favorites list is identified based on a measure of the duration in which the program channel is continuously ... 08/10/06 - 20060179455 - Multiple item user preference information data structure and method for providing multi-media information A user preference information data structure which is capable of classifying and setting user's preference information regarding multi-media contents with multiple items to thereby provide users with user's request-based whole or partial multi-media information, and a method for providing multi-media information by using the user preference information data structure. The ... 08/03/06 - 20060174278 - Program searching in digital multimedia terminal A digital multimedia terminal comprises a receiving unit to receive a broadcasting signal. The digital multimedia terminal also comprises an input unit adapted to receive input associated with a user preferred program characteristic. The digital multimedia terminal also comprises a controller, operatively coupled to the receiving unit and the input ... 08/03/06 - 20060174277 - Networked video devices A collaborative information system. ... 08/03/06 - 20060174276 - Customer associated profile for accessing audio and video media objects A method is disclosed for transferring a received media object to remote devices in accordance to attributes in a user profile. The profile information additionally determinates the versions of the media object that are available to such remote devices and whether the media object may be stored in such remote ... 08/03/06 - 20060174275 - Generation of television recommendations via non-categorical information A method for generating recommendations, the method including: entering non-categorical information as feedback for generating a recommendation; generating preference information corresponding to the non-categorical information; and generating the recommendation based at least in part on the generated preference information. Preferably, the method further includes prompting the user for feedback on ... 07/27/06 - 20060168623 - Method and system for providing a customized media list A method and system is described for providing a customized media list to a user over a data network. The method comprises providing a personalized data of the user to a computer system, generating a customized media list by the computer system for the user based on the personal data, ... 07/27/06 - 20060168622 - Real-time synchronization of content viewers A method and apparatus for improving user access to content of interest to the user across a range of media and formats is provided, the method comprising a) identifying the content of a user selected content source conveyed to a user by a user's content conveyer apparatus, b) searching all ... 07/20/06 - 20060161952 - System and method for scheduling broadcast of an access to video programs and other data using customer profiles A system and method for scheduling the receipt of desired movies and other forms of data from a network which simultaneously distributes many sources of such data to many customers, as in a cable television system. Customer profiles are developed for the recipient describing how important certain characteristics of the ... 07/20/06 - 20060161951 - Application programming interface combining asset listings A system, method and API for processing and providing a unified list of the content offerings of multiple content sources. ... 07/20/06 - 20060161950 - Program recommending apparatus, program recommended apparatus, and program recommending system When carrying out program recommendation between friends and acquaintances, only information necessary for identifying a recommendation program rather than the program content itself is transmitted from a program recommending terminal to a program recommended terminal. This enables recommendation of the program without using a wide communication band. Besides, a problem ... 07/13/06 - 20060156340 - Video on demand (vod) system and method of reconstructing the same A VOD (video on demand) system in which the replication number of service blocks may depend on the number of instances of an object and service blocks based on access frequencies of the object and service blocks, and a method of reconstructing the VOD system. The VOD system may provide ... 07/13/06 - 20060156339 - Electric program guide receiving apparatus, digital television system, and electronic apparatus An EPG (Electric Program Guide) receiving apparatus includes a tuner for tuning a received digital-broadcast signal, a storage device for storing partial or entire program titles and abbreviated character strings corresponding to the partial or entire program titles, and an EPG information processing device. The EPG information processing device compares ... 07/13/06 - 20060156338 - Method for the transmisson of location-related information The supplementary location-related information which may be included in a digital map of the receiver is transmitted in such a way that the location-related information may be downloaded from an Internet page. ... 07/13/06 - 20060156337 - Method for operating a personalized radio system A method is described for the operation of a broadcasting system (1) in which various program contents are sent to the users of the broadcasting system and the users of the broadcasting system are at the same time assigned to user communities. Community-specific program contents (PIG) are automatically selected and/or ... 06/29/06 - 20060143654 - Video display device, video signal output device and channel selection method for video display device A video display device comprising a display unit, a registration section configured to register a user's favorite category, an extraction section configured to extract information to provide a program of the favorite category registered in the registration section from an electronic program table provided through a broadcast wave, a creation ... 06/29/06 - 20060143653 - Broadcasting receiver with functions of recommending broadcasting program and reservation-recording recommended program on network, and method for performing the functions A broadcasting receiver with functions of recommending a broadcasting program and reservation-recording a recommended broadcasting program over a network, and method for performing the functions is provided in order to give and receive a recommendation for a genre of program that users favor between broadcasting receivers, and also reservation-record the ... 06/22/06 - 20060136965 - Client-server electronic program guide A client-server interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide client is implemented on user television equipment. The interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to define expressions that are processed by the program guide server. The program guide server may provide program guide ... 06/15/06 - 20060130096 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program An information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program are provided. The information processing apparatus includes an obtaining device for obtaining program information of a program; a number conversion device for converting the program information into a numerical value; an evaluation device for evaluating the program on the basis ... 06/01/06 - 20060117349 - Providing a personalized programming guide Provided is a personalized programming guide containing television programming information which corresponds to events scheduled in an electronic calendar, where the calendar application may reside within an electronic device in communication with a digital home communication terminal (DHCT), and where the DHCT is coupled to a subscriber television system (STS). ... 05/04/06 - 20060095938 - Method for selecting preference channel and digital tv using the same A method for selecting preference channels comprising the steps of initializing a digital TV(DTV) system to set an idle state of a general mode in which a channel is selected through multi-stage-input procedures; registering a preference channel set including at least one preference channel through which a user most-frequently watch ... 04/27/06 - 20060090185 - System and method for providing time-based content System and method for providing time-based content. In one embodiment, time-based offers are presented to viewers of broadcast content, and may be presented on the same display device being used to display broadcast programming. In another embodiment, time-based offers are commercial offers inviting the viewer to purchase goods or services ... 04/27/06 - 20060090184 - System and method for presenting information System and method for presenting information. In one embodiment, viewers watching behavior and/or searching habits may be tracked and used to develop a viewer profile. This view profile may then be used to target advertisements, information and/or future programming options to the viewer. Commercial items may also be targeted to ... 04/27/06 - 20060090183 - Method and apparatus for a search-enabled remote control device A search-enabled remote control device to facilitate viewers' ability to search through programming and/or content options and view results. In one embodiment, a viewer is able to use a traditional remote control interface to navigate through menus or selections and to display search results on screen. In another embodiment, a ... 04/20/06 - 20060085818 - Introducing new content items in a community-based recommendation system The invention relates to a method of operating with content items, generating of a user preference profile, and introducing new content items in a community-based recommendation system. A virtual user terminal (115) determines a new user preference profile when detecting the availability of a new content item. The virtual user ... 04/13/06 - 20060080709 - Method for registering and displaying digital multimedia broadcasting channels in a mobile terminal with a function for receiving digital multimedia broadcasting A method is provided for registering and displaying digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) channels in a mobile terminal capable of receiving DMB. A selection of DMB mode is detected and electronic program guide (EPG) information is received. The received EPG information is analyzed and the analyzed received EPG information is divided ... 04/06/06 - 20060075432 - Method and system for providing information concerning broadcast contents for a user A method of providing information concerning broadcast contents to a user wherein the user is connected to a network—mobile radio network, Internet or the like—and is able to receive broadcasting, is characterized in—regarding the possibility of a systematical selection of broadcast contents by the user—that the user sets preferences regarding ... 03/16/06 - 20060059518 - Content distribution and incremental feedback control apparatus and method A system for authenticated content distribution and feedback control. Distribution and management of content or information from databases, or libraries of content, to a plurality of authenticated content users is controlled by a central computer processor operating a content distribution control module. Content users interface with the system through content ... 03/16/06 - 20060059517 - System and method for creating a play sequence for a radio or tv program A system and a method are described for generating sequences of audio or video contents (A . . . I). Contents (A . . . I) are available in a stored or otherwise readable form. Additional data (for example, genre, type, time, date, play time, costs, etc.) are provided together ... 03/16/06 - 20060059516 - Method of controlling the program selection at the receiver of a broadcast medium An interactive television application with watch lists is provided. The user may add programs such as television programs, Internet web pages, e-commerce applications, e-mail applications, and music channels, to a watch list. The user may also select a program from the watch list to watch it or to perform some ... 03/09/06 - 20060053450 - Mobile television electronic service guide delivery system Methods and systems for transmitting electronic service guide (ESG) data to a mobile terminal are described. The method for delivery of ESG data comprises steps of receiving ESG data, encapsulating metadata associated with the ESG data to generate a new ESG object, replacing a current ESG object with the new ... 03/09/06 - 20060053449 - Graded access to profile spaces A method for generating a recommendation for video content to a viewer where the viewer has a user profile corresponding to a viewing history of the viewer. The method including: accessing at least one other user profile corresponding to a viewing history of another user (202); combining a portion of ... 03/02/06 - 20060048190 - Device, system and computer program product for retrieving information An information-retrieval system is provided with a schedule storing system that stores schedule information regarding a schedule of a user, a service information storing system that stores pieces of service information respectively corresponding to types of services; and a searching system that searches the pieces of service information for at ... 03/02/06 - 20060048189 - Method and apparatus for proactive recording and displaying of preferred television program by user's eye gaze A method and apparatus for proactive recording and displaying of a preferred television (TV) program, determined based on a user's eye gaze, are provided. The method includes extracting a parameter used to estimate a preference of the user for a currently broadcast TV program from information on the user's eye ... 03/02/06 - 20060048188 - Methods and systems for logging a user off of a set-top box A set-top box includes a processor and a receiver for communicating with a remote control unit. The processor is configured to receive a command from the remote control unit to automatically log a user off of the set-top box. The user is automatically logged off in response to receipt of ... 03/02/06 - 20060048187 - Method for drawing up a list of contents in a device connected to a domestic network and device associated with said method The invention relates to a method for drawing up a list of contents in a controller device connected to a domestic network, said list enumerating the contents provided by various devices connected to the domestic network. The inventive method consists in transmitting a command specifying a filtering criterion from the ... 02/09/06 - 20060031882 - Systems, methods, and devices for customizing content-access lists Systems, methods, and computer program products describe customizing the presentation of a content-access list based on subscriber-specific information, such as historic viewing preferences and related information. Preferences of a subscriber are received. A subscriber-specified time period is also received, with the time period specifying a time for which the subscriber ... 02/09/06 - 20060031881 - Electronic program guide displayed simultaneously with television programming A method for displaying an electronic program guide (EPG) to a viewer. The method includes displaying one or more data slices representative of broadcast programming to a viewer. In response to input from the viewer, the displayed number of data slices is increased, for example, from one slice to two ... 02/02/06 - 20060026645 - Guide system and method of operation A system and method for displaying a simplified electronic program schedule guide on a user's television monitor is provided. In one embodiment, the program schedule guide is abbreviated to include only the programs currently available for viewing on a subset of the available channels. In another embodiment, the program guide ... 02/02/06 - 20060026644 - Receiving device and receiving method Station selection history information is stored in a flash memory for each predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) in the past from a predetermined number of days ago to the current time. In response to a station selection instruction, a CPU calculates a corrected time by rounding the current time ... 02/02/06 - 20060026643 - Methods and systems for constructing and editing electronic program guide lineups Various embodiments provide accurate EPG lineup construction and PVR scheduling for users, regardless of their geographic location. In accordance with the described embodiments, the guide retrieves and aggregates data from multiple available sources, particularly in-band scanning and EPG metadata download. Services are then identified and sorted into logically equivalent groups. ... 02/02/06 - 20060026642 - Method and apparatus for predicting a number of individuals interested in an item based on recommendations of such item A method (800) and apparatus (100) are disclosed for predicting a level of interest in an item, such as the size of an audience for a television program, based on the selection history (120) of multiple users and the extent to which the item is recommended (220) to the multiple ... 01/26/06 - 20060020973 - Method and system for presenting personalized television program recommendation to viewers A novel electronic program guide (EPG) based method and system provides viewer/user groups with an improved program recommendation feature for predicting programs that are likely to be of interest. ... 01/26/06 - 20060020972 - Data broadcasting receiver power management Systems and methods for data broadcasting and power management techniques for data broadcast receiving devices are disclosed. A data broadcast receiving device receives a broadcast schedule from a data broadcast server and correlates the broadcast schedule with profile information in the data broadcast receiving device to determine a schedule for ... 01/19/06 - 20060015904 - Method and apparatus for creation, distribution, assembly and verification of media A method and apparatus for creation, distribution, assembly and verification of media, including one embodiment, media is transmitted to a receiver where the receiver assembles the media into programming. In another embodiment, media is transmitted to the receiver from a plurality of sources. In a further embodiment, a source of ... 01/19/06 - 20060015903 - Navigation aids for television user interface Various menu and cursor arrow navigation aids are disclosed for television systems. ... 01/19/06 - 20060015902 - Viewing history recording method and viewing history use method In electric appliances (11) such as a digital TV and the like, a device agent (20) records viewing-and-listening date and time, a media type identifier and a content identifier in a group as viewing-and-listening history data. In server system (12), a user agent (30) receives viewing-and-listening history data from the ... 01/12/06 - 20060010470 - Data processing apparatus, data processing method and program, and data processing system The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method and a program, and a data processing system which are configured to provide an EPG as a user interface that further facilitates decision on whether to view or record a program. By aggregating information uploaded from a ... 12/22/05 - 20050283803 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program The present invention is intended to provide an apparatus and a method for realizing the presentation of a content list and the reproduction of content in accordance with proper user preference on the basis of date and time at which content is viewed. Content preference values that change with time ... 12/15/05 - 20050278742 - Method and apparatus for the display of a viewing events list A method and apparatus for the display of a viewing events list, wherein a viewing events list includes receiving a plurality of viewing event indicators, wherein each of the plurality of viewing event indicators is associated with event information. The viewing event indicators includes some form of indication of a ... 12/15/05 - 20050278741 - Query-based electronic program guide An electronic program guide (EPG) organizes and presents programming information to the viewer and allows for creation of queries to facilitate both simple and complex searches of the programming information. According to one aspect, the EPG is configured to automatically identify programs that a viewer is likely to prefer. The ... 12/08/05 - 20050273818 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program The recommended playlist creating section generates several recommended candidate playlists having different reproduction orders as recommended candidate playlists each indicating a recommended reproduction order when one or more contents are sequentially reproduced. The evaluating section evaluates how each of the recommended candidate playlist is close to the ideal fluctuation stored ... 12/08/05 - 20050273817 - Delivering consumer service information to a user via the user's television service carriers A method, system, and program for delivering consumer service information to a user via a user's television service carrier are provided. A user places a call to a consumer service center and selects to receive information displayed at the user's television. An identification for a user's television service carrier and ... 11/10/05 - 20050251826 - Method and apparatus for automated display of video programming guide information A method apparatus for automated display video programming guide information includes filtering programming information using filtering rules to determine viewing events of interest to a user. The method and apparatus further includes displaying on a first screen portion, the viewing events in a chronological order based on a display time ... 10/20/05 - 20050235318 - Method and system for tracking network use An interactive media delivery system enables interactive media programming to a multimedia device and also tracks a subscriber's use of the multimedia device. For example, the device tracks events, such as a change in programming, a change in channel selection, and/or the subscriber's interaction with a particular interactive services application. ... 10/20/05 - 20050235317 - Localised menus Embodiments of the present invention relate to automatically creating localised menus for interactive media such as, for example, DVD-Video menus, via a menu component accessing raw content constituting the building blocks from which the localised menu is derived. ... 09/22/05 - 20050210509 - Dynamic generation of video content for presentation by a media server A method and apparatus is provided for dynamically generating digital video streams without an equivalent analog stream. The apparatus includes a configuration manager. The configuration manager presents configuration options to a user. User selections are recording as user preferences. The configuration manager is coupled to a media generator, which generates ... 09/22/05 - 20050210508 - System and method for managing time-go-live information of media content A wireless communication network, and a method thereof, for communicating with a remote device (104) via a wireless link comprising a transceiver (202) and a processor (204). The transceiver (202) obtains preference information relating to the remote device (104). The processor (204) adjusts time-to-live (TTL) information of at least one ... 09/22/05 - 20050210507 - System and method for multimedia playlist A playlist of multimedia content is generated based on the results of a search algorithm operating on a metadata database connected to a network. The search algorithm utilizes a search vector that is generated using demographic data and consumer profile data, and/or based on a consumer search request. The playlist, ... 09/22/05 - 20050210506 - Controlling the content of a personalized visual channel A system provides a personalized visual channel for a user based on visual input received from other users, while the user him/herself also provides visual information. The users are connected via a network (14), and the personalized visual channel may be generated in a server entity (15). For controlling the ... 09/15/05 - 20050204386 - Television program recording with user preference determination A system for recording television programs for subsequent viewing by a user includes a preference determination module which is responsive to attribute information associated with television programs viewed by the user. The preference determination module categorizes the attribute information in accordance with categorization parameters to generate recordation preference information, indicative ... 09/08/05 - 20050198666 - System and method for controlling favorite television channels with a single knob A system for controlling favorite television channels with a single knob includes a knob (10), a control apparatus (11) and a television tuner (12). The knob can be rotated and pressed, and generates rotation signals and press signals which can be received by the control apparatus. The control apparatus generates ... 09/01/05 - 20050193414 - Training, inference and user interface for guiding the caching of media content on local stores The present invention is related to a system and method of caching data employing probabilistic predictive techniques. The system and method has particular application to multimedia systems for providing local storage of a subset of available viewing selections by assigning a value to a selection and retaining selections in the ... 08/25/05 - 20050188402 - System and method for preferred placement programming of itv content Preferred placement of programming content is provided by a system and method to organize or sequence the display of a set of programmable content elements of an iTV application to a viewer, using business rules that describe the preferred placement conditions or criteria. Such criteria include brand, content owner, application ... 08/18/05 - 20050183121 - System, method and storage medium for providing a multimedia contents service based on user's preferences A multimedia contents service system transforms original contents based on selected user preferences chosen by a user or automatic preferences generated from accumulated statistics on user's contents consumption. The system transmits the transformed contents to the user and provides services which perform rendering or storing according to user preferences. Therefore, ... 08/18/05 - 20050183120 - Multi-user personalized digital multimedia distribution methods and systems A media distribution technique employs a multi-user server positioned at the terminal end of a broadcast media network. The server receives broadcast media signals and selectively captures a portion of the signals for live personalized media streaming and/or storage for later personalized media streaming and/or download over a local distribution ... 08/18/05 - 20050183119 - Real-time bookmarking of streaming media assets A method for real-time bookmarking of streaming media assets is disdosed. In one embodiment, the method includes dynamically changing a presentation segment of a plurality of segments based one or more bookmark signals from a viewer. ... 08/18/05 - 20050183118 - Media data decoding device The present invention relates to media data decoding devices. Embodiments of the present invention pertain to devices that receive scalable media, receive scalable profile data, and generate rendered media data based on the scalable media data and the scalable profile data ... 08/04/05 - 20050172318 - System and method for determining the desirability of video programming events using keyword matching The desirability of programming events may be determined using metadata for programming events that includes goodness of fit scores associated with categories of a classification hierarchy one or more of descriptive data and keyword data. The programming events are ranked in accordance with the viewing preferences of viewers as expressed ... 08/04/05 - 20050172317 - Onu device for providing epg information and program notifying method thereof An ONU device and a program notifying method thereof in a broadcasting-telecommunications system are provided. In the ONU device, a channel switching monitor generates channel switching information for each subscriber based on channel selection information received from the subscriber, a database stores a subscriber table for the subscriber based on ... 07/28/05 - 20050166234 - Multimedia content navigation and playback In accordance with the present invention, a filtering process is based on the output side of a multimedia decoder. A navigator monitors the current play position of the multimedia content and compares that position with navigation objects. Each navigation object defines a start position, a stop position, and an filtering ... 07/28/05 - 20050166233 - Network for matching an audience with deliverable content An audience matching network includes local domains that collect information about audience members, including behavioral and characteristics information. A network profile corresponding to information collected in the local domains is provided, and supports the definition of network audience segments. Membership in the network segments is used to accommodate the delivery ... 07/21/05 - 20050160459 - Advertisement managing method and broadcasting apparatus An advertisement managing method for a broadcasting apparatus to transmit a broadcast, comprises a data acquisition information receiving step receiving, from a broadcast receiver, data acquisition information about an acquisition of data relating to music contained in the broadcast by the broadcast receiver, a preference information accumulating step accumulating the ... 07/21/05 - 20050160458 - Interactive television system with custom video-on-demand menus based on personal profiles An interactive television system is provided in which a user can use an interactive television application to access and request media-on-demand programming. The interactive television application may display customized interface display screens that include video-on-demand programs and categories that may be of particular interest to the user. These programs and ... 07/14/05 - 20050155062 - Information service provision A teletext receiver receives and processes teletext in accordance with a personal profile set up at the receiver or received from a wireless device. The personal profile specifies a subset of the available teletext by page number, by keyword or by metadata. The teletext is stored in a buffer memory ... 06/23/05 - 20050138658 - Digital audio/video recorders with user specific predictive buffering A method and apparatus for predictive buffering in a media recorder, the method comprising the steps of predictively determining at least one program of interest to a user, and buffering a portion of the program. The program is selected using various criteria based on user profiles. User profiles are selected ... 06/02/05 - 20050120372 - Contents providing system and method, providing apparatus and method, reproduction apparatus and method, and program An apparatus and method is disclosed by which contents can be provided in accordance with the preference of a user. A selection control section of a contents providing apparatus selects sub contents conforming to a preference of a user from within a contents server based on static preference information of ... 06/02/05 - 20050120371 - Apparatus and method for automatically recording content, and recording medium and program thereof There are provided preference operation history managing means 101 for making history information of an operation relating to a preference of a content according to a plurality of operations relating to a preference of a content and explanation information relating to the content which became an object of these operations ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |