Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Television system with aided user program searching
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Application No.: US15697946Application Date: 2017-09-07
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Publication No.: US10051299B2Publication Date: 2018-08-14
- Inventor: Franklin E. Boyer , Timothy B. Demers
- Applicant: ROVI Guides, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
- Current Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Haley Guiliano LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00 ; G06F13/00 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N21/25 ; H04N21/482 ; H04N21/466 ; H04N21/454 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/431

Abstract:
A system having an adaptive browse feature and an adaptive flip feature is provided. The adaptative browse and flip features may be selected to receive program viewing suggestions. The system may provide a suggestion by displaying an adaptive browse region or adaptative flip region including a program suggestion. The system identifies programs to suggest based on a user=s viewing activity. The system uses different algorithms that are user-selectable and user-adjustable identify program suggestions. The system may query a program guide database to build a list of programs having attributes similar to the attributes of the current program or the last viewed program. The system may use an adaptive learning algorithm such as a neural network. The neural network may be trained by the program guide by monitoring user-viewing activity. Each algorithm may be personalized for multiple users.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170366831A1 TELEVISION SYSTEM WITH AIDED USER PROGRAM SEARCHING Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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