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US 8,819,736 B2Granted
System for presenting media programming guides
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorScott 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 receiver having a controller element to generate a Media Program Guide (MPG) that groups media programs according to a redundancy of media programs and a viewing history of a subscriber of the media receiver. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- generating, by a media receiver including a processor, metadata representative of a viewing history of media programs that have been at least partially presented by the media receiver;
- providing, by the media receiver, the metadata to a remote server over a network;
- providing, by the media receiver to the remote server, a request for generating a reorganized electronic programming guide that is limited to available media programs that have not been viewed at the media receiver, wherein the request causes the remote server to reorganize and modify an electronic programming guide associated with the media receiver according to the viewing history to generate the reorganized electronic programming guide, wherein the reorganized electronic programming guide excludes the media programs that have been at least partially presented by the media receiver, and wherein the reorganized electronic programming guide collapses redundant media content into a single location in the reorganized electronic programming guide;
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- receiving the reorganized electronic programming guide at the media receiver without the media receiver reorganizing the reorganized electronic programming guide.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a portal processor, a request for generating a reorganized electronic programming guide that is limited to available media programs that have not been viewed at a media receiver,
- providing, by the portal processor, the request to a remote server that is remote from the media receiver, wherein the request causes the remote server to reorganize and modify an electronic programming guide associated with the media receiver according to a grouping of redundant media programs and according to a viewing history of media programs collected by the media receiver to generate the reorganized electronic programming guide, wherein the remote server removes from the reorganized electronic programming guide all previously viewed media programs at the media receiver, wherein the viewing history is stored at the media receiver and is based on media programs that have been at least partially presented by the media receiver;
- receiving, by the portal processor, the reorganized electronic programming guide from the remote server;
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- providing, by the portal processor, the reorganized electronic programming guide to a communication device for presentation by an Internet browser operating from the communication device without the communication device reorganizing the reorganized electronic programming guide.
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A server comprising:
- a memory to store computer instructions;
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- a processor coupled with the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising:
- determining a viewing history of media programs at a media receiver;
- receiving a request for a media guide;
- obtaining an electronic programming guide associated with the media receiver;
- scanning the electronic programming guide for redundant media programs;
- grouping the redundant media programs to generate grouped media programs at a single location based on the request;
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- reorganizing and modifying the electronic programming guide according to the grouped media programs and the viewing history to generate a reorganized electronic programming guide, wherein the reorganizing and modifying includes removing from the electronic programming the media programs identified by the viewing history as at least partially presented by the media receiver, and wherein the reorganized electronic programming guide is not subject to further reorganization by the media receiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.