System and method for creating and using a smart channel tuner list

A system for creating a smart channel tuner list, comprising:

• circuitry for determining an identity of a user interacting with a content presentation system;
• circuitry for collecting channel switching information in a content provider from said first channel to each of a plurality of second channels from the user's interaction with the content presentation system;
• wherein the channel switching information includes the identity of the user, and time data that identifies each time the user switches to a given one of the plurality of second channels;
• circuitry for determining a value for each of the plurality of second channels as a function of the channel switching information;
• and
• circuitry for creating a smart channel tuner list that includes a subset of the plural channels as a function of the determined value and the identity of the user and wherein the smart channel tuner list characterizes the user's programming preferences and the smart channel tuner list varies as a function of a time slot for programs occupying the subset of the plurality of second channels in the course of the user's interaction with the content presentation system.

A system for switching from a first channel provided by a content provider to a second channel provided by the content provider, comprising:

• determining an identity of a user interacting with a content presentation system;
• collecting in the content provider channel switching information from said first channel to each of a plurality of second channels from the user's interaction with the content presentation system;
• determining a value for each of the plurality of second channels as a function of the channel switching information;
• and
• switching from said first channel to one of said second channels as a function of the determined value, wherein the one of the second channels selected for the switching varies as a function of a time slot for a program occupying the one of the second channels in the course of the user's interaction with the content presentation system.

A system for switching from a first channel provided by a content provider to a second channel provided by the content provider, comprising:

• circuitry for determining an identity of a user interacting with a content presentation system;
• circuitry for collecting channel switching information in the content provider from said first channel to each of a plurality of second channels from the user's interaction with the content presentation system;
• circuitry for determining a value for each of the plurality of second channels as a function of the channel switching information;
• and
• circuitry for switching from said first channel to one of said second channels as a function of the determined value and the identity of the user, wherein the one of the second channels selected for the switching varies as a function of a time slot for a program occupying the one of the second channels in the course of the user's interaction with the content presentation system.