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Increased user efficiency and interaction performance through user-targeted electronic program guide content descriptions

US9307290B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 2014
Grant dateApr 5, 2016
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/8405
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Electronic program guide descriptions, of content referenced by the electronic program guide, are user-targeted based on user data. Such user-targeted electronic program guide descriptions aid users in identifying desirable content, thereby increasing user interaction performance with a content presentation device providing such user-targeted electronic program guide descriptions. To generate user-targeted electronic program guide descriptions, received electronic program guide information includes different, alternative or mutually exclusive, content descriptions of a given content item. Such electronic program guide information is compared with the user data and user-targeted content item descriptions is generated from the different content descriptions. A visual electronic program guide, including the user-targeted content item description, is displayed to a user on a physical display device.

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