Patent ID: 9473730
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04H,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing a personalized media content schedule for a user, the method comprising: determining, in a processor of a computing device communicatively coupled to a display device, a plurality of units of available media content from a plurality of content sources; dynamically generating a schedule of recommended units of available media content from the plurality of units of available media content, the schedule being customized for a user of the display device; displaying to the user a graphical display of the schedule of recommended units of available media content, the display comprising an ordered listing of a plurality of recommended units from the schedule of recommended units of available media content arranged according to a relative predicted level of user interest in each of the plurality of units of available media content; and tracking user interaction with the schedule of recommended available units of media content, wherein the schedule of recommended available units of media content is customized for the user by generating a viewing profile for the user based at least on a plurality of past instances of user behavior corresponding to units of media content previously consumed by the user and mapped to the units of available media content, further wherein the viewing profile is used to predict the relative level of user interest in each of the plurality of units of the available media content by assigning weighted values to a plurality of extracted reasons contributing to the past instance of user behavior, and identifying a past instance of user behavior with the greatest weighted sum of values.