Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatic channel selection and control
- Patent Title (中): 自动频道选择和控制
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Application No.: US14445437Application Date: 2014-07-29
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Publication No.: US09386338B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Brian M. McSweeney , Edward M. Eggerl
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
- Current Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: H04N5/445
- IPC: H04N5/445 ; H04N21/426 ; H04N21/435 ; H04N21/482 ; H04N21/475 ; H04N21/433 ; H04N21/466 ; H04N21/458 ; H04N21/45

Abstract:
A selection of a television program through a set-top box (STB) may be detected, and a counter value associated with the program may be incremented after the STB presents the program for a certain amount of time. The incremented counter value may be evaluated to determine whether the incremented counter value satisfies a threshold. When the incremented counter value satisfies the threshold, another broadcast associated with the program, such as another episode in a related series, may be identified. The identified broadcast is presented on a particular channel at a particular time, and the STB may automatically tune to the particular channel at the particular time to cause the STB to provide the broadcast without receiving an input from the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160037204A1 AUTOMATIC CHANNEL SELECTION AND CONTROL Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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