Patent ID: 9473803
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06K,H04H,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A personalized channel recommendation method, comprising: recording video programs of a plurality of channels; extracting image features of the recorded video programs of the plurality of channels; storing the extracted image features of the recorded video programs of the plurality of channels in a feature database; obtaining image feature data extracted from a video program being viewed by at least one user of a user device on a current channel; detecting that the video program being watched by the user is an undesired program and determining a channel number of a channel of the video program being watched based on the image feature data and the feature database; determining channel recommendation including at least one desired channel to be switched to from the undesired program; generating an adaptive TV guide for the user to skip the undesired program and to switch to the desired channel, wherein the adaptive TV guide comprises a notification to the user with at least the following options: (a) ignoring the channel recommendation and staying with the current channel; (b) switching according to the channel recommendation; and (c) switching to another channel not recommended; and when the user ignores the channel recommendation and stays with the current channel, reducing a frequency of the channel recommendation for skipping the undesired program.