TV program selection support system
US7096486B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/482
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A TV program selection support system selects only programs suiting viewer's preference or necessary for a viewer from a large number of programs to be broadcast and proposes the selected programs to the viewer. The TV program selection support system comprises a program receiver for receiving broadcast TV programs, an EPG receiver for receiving an electronic program table listing TV programs, an EPG storage device for storing an EPG received by the EPG receiver, an operating means to be operated by the viewer to select a program from the stored electronic program table, a program selection support program for determining viewer's view tendency by analyzing the operation made by the viewer, creating an electronic program table on the basis of the view tendency and displaying the created electronic program table.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.