Methods And Apparatus For Providing Mixed Data Streams

An article, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored instructions that enable a machine to:
• receive a public data stream at a stream control module;
• process the public data stream to understand content of the public data stream;
• receive a private data stream at the stream control module;
• analyze a user profile for a user associated with the private data stream;
• and
• generate a data output stream for the user from the public data streams and the private data streams based upon preferences in the user profile.

A system, comprising:

• a content type classifier module to receive public data streams and classify content of the public data streams;
• a broadcast understanding module coupled to the content type classifier module to understand the content of the public data stream;
• a presentation module to receive a private data stream;
• a user profile module to store preferences for a user for at least one of the public and private data streams;
• and
• a scheduler module coupled to the presentation module and the broadcast understanding module to generate an output data stream from the public and private data streams using the user profile.