Method of and apparatus for optimal scheduling of television programming to maximize customer satisfaction
US5075771A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 7, 1990 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04H60/27
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a method of and apparatus for providing a list of optimal television programs for each individual, it is possible to give a computer center a subscriber's complaints about the individual television program list (timing table), through a telephone line or the like, without sending back a subscriber's recording medium to the computer center. The subscriber himself can correct his television timing table to control a TV or VCR when there is any program which he must, or would like to, watch. The subscriber can also specify a priority order to programs recorded during his absence in order to play back the recorded programs within a given time. The program contents of each TV station at any hour specified by the subscriber can be displayed in one picture, so that the subscriber can select any one among all programs of the same kind.
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