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US Patent 5534911 - Virtual personal channel in a television system
US Patent Issued on July 9, 1996
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
November 2, 2014Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
November 2, 2014Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractAn apparatus for providing a customer of a television system with virtual personal channel which being selected delivers a television program of the most personal interest no matter on which channel and at what time the program is physically transmitted. Descriptive and time/channel data of scheduled TV programs are broadcasted through a communication medium from the system headend to customer terminal prior to transmission of programs themselves. In customer terminal all scheduled TV programs are evaluated by a computer that stores customer profile data and controls customer video receiver and video recorder. Whenever customer selects personal channel the computer switches the video receiver to a physical channel on which a program having the best evaluation is transmitted. The best program of the day or the week is recorded and can also be presented as current program of personal channel. | InventorApplicationNo. 333376 filed on 11/02/1994US Classes:725/46, Based on personal preference, profile, or viewing history (e.g., to produce redacted listing)725/38To facilitate tuning or selection of video signalExaminersPrimary: Kostak, Victor R.Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References5047867, Interface for a TV-VCR systemIssued on: 09/10/1991 Inventor: Strubbe, et al.5075771, Method of and apparatus for optimal scheduling of television programming to maximize customer satisfaction Issued on: 12/24/1991 Inventor: Hashimoto5223924, System and method for automatically correlating user preferences with a T.V. program information database Issued on: 06/29/1993 Inventor: Strubbe5410344, Apparatus and method of selecting video programs based on viewers' preferences Issued on: 04/25/1995 Inventor: Graves, et al.5444499Audio video apparatus with intelligence for learning a history of user control Issued on: 08/22/1995 Inventor: Saitoh International ClassH04N 007/03 |
