Method and apparatus for providing enhanced electronic program guide with personalized selection of broadcast content using affinities data and user preferences
US8490136B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 7, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/6582
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided to inform a user of a broadcast stream, which has multiple, concurrently received channels of program content, about recommendations of a subset of the content currently playing across the available channels or to be played within a selected future time period. The subset of content is selected based on user preferences and system data (e.g., program topic and channel affinities among the broadcast content and channels) to recommend a more diverse subset of content than would be discovered if only user preferences were employed to make the selection of recommended content.
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