Binary TV

A binary television (TV) system comprising:

• one or more processors,
• a memory coupled to the one or more processors, and
• a plurality of program modules stored in the memory to be executed by the one or more processors, the plurality of program modules comprising:
• a TV program managing module acquiring a user preference for TV programs, and generating messages of recommended actions to be performed by a TV:
• a content recommender module analyzing the user preference and generating a recommendation of TV programs matching the user preference;
• a channel monitoring module monitoring and recognizing a current TV program a user is watching;
• an advertisements (Ads) detecting module detecting advertisements in a specific TV channel;
• a TV controlling module sending the messages generated by the TV controlling module to the TV,
• wherein the user and the TV is communicated with each other through a binary interaction, and the advertisements are detected by matching an audio fingerprint and a visual fingerprint of the current TV program with an Ads fingerprint database, and a single frame of the current TV program without inter-frame information is used to match the visual fingerprint with the Ads fingerprint database;
• wherein the content recommender module further notifies the TV program managing module when the content recommender module detects the current TV program is ending;
• wherein the TV program managing module further requests the content recommender module to recommend a next TV program to the user;
• wherein the content recommender module further keeps updating the recommendation of TV programs until the user gives a positive response;
• when detecting an ending of the Ads in a previous TV channel, notifying the TV program managing module to generate a message of a recommended action to be performed by the TV;
• sending the message to the user;
• and
• responding to the message, by the user, through the binary interaction.