System and method of providing television program recommendations

A method of receiving television program recommendations, the method comprising:

• submitting a user review of a television program to a server via an access network of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system, wherein the review is associated with the user at the server;
• issuing a request for programming recommendations to the server via the access network;
• and
• receiving a recommendation list via the access network, wherein the recommendation list includes at least one recommended program.

A system to provide television program recommendations, the system comprising:

• a server within an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system, the server having a processor and a memory device accessible to the processor;
• wherein the memory device includes a user store that is configured to store a review of a television program received from a set-top box device and to associate the review with a user of the set-top box device;
• wherein the memory device includes a recommendation engine that is executable by the processor to generate a recommendation list that includes at least one recommended program;
• and
• wherein the server is configured to transmit the recommendation list to the set-top box device via an access network of the IPTV system.

A system to receive television program recommendations, the system comprising:

• a set-top box having a processor and a memory device accessible to the processor;
• wherein the memory device includes a review module that is executable by the processor to submit a user review of a television program to a server via an Internet Protocol Television (FPTV) system, wherein the review is associated with the user;
• wherein the memory device includes a recommendation module that is executable by the processor to issue a request via the IPTV system to receive programming recommendations;
• and
• wherein the recommendation module is configured to transmit a recommendation list to a display device coupled to the set-top box device, the recommendation list including at least one recommended program.

A computer program embedded in a computer-readable medium, the computer program comprising:

• instructions to store a review of a television program received from a set-top box device and to associate the review with a user of the set-top box device;
• instructions to generate a recommendation list that includes at least one recommended program, in response to a request for programming recommendations received from the set-top box device;
• and
• instructions to transmit the recommendation list to the set-top box device via an access network of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system.

A computer program embedded in a computer-readable medium, the computer program comprising:

• instructions to submit a user review of a television program to a server via an access network of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system;
• instructions to issue a request to the server via the access network to receive programming recommendations;
• and
• instructions to transmit a recommendation list received from the server to a display device coupled to the set-top box device, the recommendation list including at least one recommended program.