System for Managing Media Content for a Personal Television Channel
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsANKUR MUKERJI, CHARLES V. SCOTT, SCOTT WHITE
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Abstract
A system for presenting media programming guides is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor can have a controller to transmit to a media source a request to access media content of a personal television (TV) channel composed by a subscriber of a media communication system according to one or more graphical user interface (GUI) templates that define a plurality of segments of a presentation area of the personal TV channel and one or more modules that arrange media content of the subscriber in the plurality of segments of a select one of the plurality of GUI templates. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A server, comprising:
- a memory that stores instructions;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the processor performs operations comprising:
- receiving a request for access to a personal media channel from equipment of a first subscriber of a media communication system;
- recognizing a communication identifier associated with the request;
- presenting media content corresponding to the communication identifier, wherein the media content is presented to the equipment of the first subscriber via the personal media channel;
- and
- receiving opinion data from the equipment of the first subscriber, wherein the opinion data is related to the media content.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a server comprising a processor, a request for access to a personal media channel from equipment of a first subscriber of a media communication system, wherein the personal media channel is configured by a second subscriber of the media communication system;
- recognizing, by the server, a communication identifier associated with the request;
- presenting, by the server, media content corresponding to the communication identifier, wherein the media content is presented to the equipment of the first subscriber via the personal media channel;
- presenting, by the server, a survey via the personal media channel;
- and
- receiving, by the server, opinion data from the equipment of the first subscriber, wherein the opinion data is related to the media content, and wherein the opinion data comprises responses to the survey.
A machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- receiving a request for access to a personal media channel from equipment of a first subscriber of a media communication system;
- recognizing a communication identifier associated with the request;
- presenting media content corresponding to the communication identifier, wherein the media content is presented to the equipment of the first subscriber via the personal media channel;
- presenting a survey via the personal media channel;
- receiving opinion data from the equipment of the first subscriber, wherein the opinion data is related to the media content, and wherein the opinion data comprises responses to the survey;
- and
- generating a rating for the media content according to the opinion data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.