# US 2014/0152898 A1 · System and method capable of changing tv programs > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152898 A1 - Document ID: US20140152898A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/727,528 - Filed: 2012-12-26 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-04 - Inventors: YUN ZHAO; CHIH-SAN CHIANG; HUA-DONG CHENG; CHUN-HUI LIN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152898A1 ## CPC - H04N 5/50: Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control - H04N 21/42203: {sound input device, e.g. microphone} - H04N 21/42222: {Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device} - H04N 21/4223: Cameras (H04N23/00 takes precedence) - H04N 21/4415: using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning {(cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861)} - H04N 21/4532: {involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)} - H04N 21/4542: {Blocking scenes or portions of the received content, e.g. censoring scenes} - H04N 21/4751: {for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children} - H04N 21/4221: {Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A system capable of changing TV programs includes a TV set and a remote control apparatus. The remote control apparatus includes a first user information obtaining unit mounted outside of the remote control apparatus. The TV set includes a database, a user information processing unit, and a control unit. The database pre-stores a first table recording relationships between a plurality of user information and a plurality of preferable TV programs corresponding to each of the plurality of user information. The control unit determines the preferable TV programs of the determined user information according to the first table stored in the database, and controls the display unit to display the determined preferable TV programs. A related method is also disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system capable of changing TV programs comprising a TV set and a remote control apparatus, the remote control apparatus configured for controlling the TV set remotely; the remote control apparatus comprising: a first user information obtaining unit mounted toward an outside of the remote control apparatus, and configured for obtaining user information and transmitting a wireless signal carrying the obtained user information to the TV set; the TV set comprising: a display unit; a database configured for pre-storing a first table recording relationships between user information of a plurality of users and a plurality of preferable TV programs; a user information processing unit configured for processing and analyzing the user information obtained by the first user information obtained unit to identify a user; and a control unit configured for determining preferable TV programs of the determined user according to the first table stored in the database, and controlling the display unit to display the determined preferable TV programs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system capable of changing TV programs as recited in claim 1, wherein the first user information obtaining unit comprises a fingerprint obtaining module for obtaining fingerprint of users. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system capable of changing TV Programs as recited in claim 2, wherein the first user information obtaining unit further comprises a facial image capturing module for obtaining images of users and a voice capturing module for capturing voices of users. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system capable of changing TV programs as recited in claim 1, wherein the TV set further comprises: a second user information obtaining unit mounted toward an outside of the TV set, and configured for obtaining user information; the control unit further configured for determining preferable TV programs of a user corresponding to the user information obtained by the second user information obtaining unit according to the first table stored in the database, and controlling the display unit to display the determined preferable TV programs. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system capable of changing TV programs as recited in claim 4, wherein the second user information obtaining unit comprises a facial capturing module for obtaining images of users and a voice capturing module for capturing voices of users. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system capable of changing TV programs as recited in claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured for associating TV programs selected by a user with the user and adding the associated TV programs to the first table by operating the remote control apparatus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system capable of changing TV programs as recited in claim 1, wherein the first table is pre-set by a user by operating the remote control apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system capable of changing TV programs as recited in claim 1, wherein the database is further configured for storing a second table recording relationships between user information of a plurality of users and a plurality of TV programs which are forbidden to be displayed corresponding to each of the users; the control unit further configured for determining the TV programs which are forbidden to be displayed corresponding to the user information according to the second table, and forbidding the display of the determined TV programs. ### Claim 9 A method capable of changing TV programs comprising: obtaining user information of a user; processing the obtained user information to identify the user; determining preferable TV programs of the user according to a first table stored in a TV set, wherein the first table records relationships between user information of a plurality of users and a plurality of preferable TV programs corresponding to each of the plurality of users; and displaying the determined preferable TV programs on a display unit of the TV set. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method as recited in claim 9, further comprising: determining the TV programs which are forbidden to be displayed corresponding to the user information according to a second table, wherein the second table records relationships between user information of a plurality of users and a plurality of TV programs which are forbidden to be displayed corresponding to each of the plurality of users; and forbidding the display of the determined TV programs.