US 2004/0019907 A1Published application

Favorites program selection

AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.

InventorsBaoxin Li, Hao Pan

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Abstract

The selection of favorites for a video presentation system.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A method for modifying a set of favorite channels of a video presentation device for a user comprising:

(a) said user selecting a plurality of different channels;
and
(b) modifying said set of favorite channels for said user based upon the duration that said different channels are selected over a temporal time period.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/404,288Filed 31 Mar 2003
Priority: 29 Jul 2002
Published: 29 Jan 2004
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H04N 21/44222
Monitoring of end-user related data: analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programmes or purchase activity
H04N 21/4532
Management of client data or end-user data: involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences
H04N 21/47
Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof: end-user…
H04N 21/4826
End-user interface for programme selection: using recommendation lists, e.g. of programmes or channels sorted out according to their score

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Application60/399,241Us provisional application · filed 29 Jul 2002
US 8,046,793 B2Related patent
US 2004/0019907 A1This patent

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