Apparatuses and methods for favorite program recommendations

A favorite program recommendations method for an apparatus comprising a tuner, comprising:

• receiving from a user a channel indication signal indicating a TV channel;
• receiving, via the tuner, a digital TV signal comprising program guide information and current program information corresponding to the TV channel;
• analyzing at least one program keyword from the current program information to determine a current program type corresponding to a current program;
• accumulating a favor weighting value of the current program type in a program weightings record, wherein the program weightings record keeps a plurality of favor weighting values respectively corresponding to a plurality of program types;
• selecting from the program guide information at least one recommended program according to at least one of the program types with the corresponding favor weighting value over a first predetermined threshold in the program weightings record;
• and
• generating a recommendation list to a display device.

An apparatus for favorite program recommendations, comprising:

• a user interface module receiving a channel indication signal indicating a TV channel;
• a tuner module receiving a digital TV signal comprising program guide information and current program information corresponding to the TV channel;
• a processing unit analyzing at least one program keyword from the current program information to determine a current program type corresponding to a current program and store a viewing record of the current program type in a storage unit, and accumulating in a program weightings record a favor weighting value for the current program type according to the viewing record stored in a past period of time,
• wherein the program weightings record keeps a plurality of favor weighting values respectively corresponding to a plurality of program types,
• wherein the processing unit further selects from the program guide information at least one recommended program according to at least one of the program types with the corresponding favor weighting value over a first predetermined threshold, and generates a recommendation list.