System and method for automatically flagging a channel as a favorite channel
OwnerErrol D'Souza, Francis D. Palazzo +1inventors
InventorsErrol D'Souza, Francis D. Palazzo, Bruce Plotnick
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a system, method and software for automatically flagging one or more channels broadcast over a distribution network as a favorite channel that comprises monitoring input commands by a user through the use of an input device to detect a command from the user to tune a channel. An identifier for the channel is recorded and an indicator of the number of times that the channel has been tuned is incremented. The identifiers with the top indicators are selected for inclusion within the list of automatic favorite channels.
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A method for automatically flagging one or more tunable channels broadcast over a distribution network as a favorite channel, the method comprising:
- monitoring commands input by a user through the use of an input device to detect a command from the user to tune a channel;
- recording an identifier for the channel and incrementing a channel tune count indicator for the channel;
- and
- selecting identifiers with the top indicators for inclusion within a list of automatic favorite channels
Computer readable media comprising program code, the program code capable of being executed by a programmable microprocessor, the program code comprising a method for automatically flagging one or more channels broadcast over a distribution network as a favorite channel, the method comprising:
- monitoring commands input by a user through the use of an input device to detect a command from the user to tune a channel;
- recording an identifier for the channel and incrementing a channel tune count indicator for the channel;
- and
- selecting identifiers with the top indicators for inclusion within a list of automatic favorite channels.
A system for automatically flagging one or more channels broadcast over a distribution network as a favorite channel, the method comprising:
- means for monitoring commands input by a user through the use of an input device to detect a command from the user to tune a channel;
- means for recording an identifier for the channel and incrementing a channel tune count indicator for the channel;
- and
- means for selecting identifiers with the top indicators for inclusion within a list of automatic favorite channels.
A system for automatically flagging one or more channels broadcast over a distribution network as a favorite channel, the system comprising:
- a channel list and view count data structure comprising a listing of channels viewed by a user and the number of times each channel has been tuned;
- favorite selection software to record an identifier for a channel and increment a channel tune count indicator for the channel, the identifier and indicator stored in the channel list and view count data structure, the favorite selection software operative to select recorded identifiers with the top indicators for inclusion within a list of automatic favorite channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.