Method and apparatus for providing enhanced electronic program guide with personalized selection of broadcast content using affinities data and user preferences
US9392334B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 2, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/6582
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods 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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