Patent ID: 8069461
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a provider system including a source of a plurality of video programs, program guide information associated with the plurality of video programs, a recommended programming information system storing recommended programming information associated with the plurality of video programs, the provider system configured to transmit the plurality of video programs and the program guide information over an access network connected to the provider system; and a subscriber computing device connected to the provider system via the access network, wherein said computing device is configured to receive at least one video program of the plurality of video programs and the program guide information over the access network, receive the recommended programming information over the access network, the recommended programming information including a plurality of trusted sources and a plurality of recommendation indicators, each recommendation indicator being associated with at least one of the plurality of trusted sources and pertaining to at least one of the plurality of video programs, maintain a history of subscriber actions, the history including subscriber requests for recommended programming information from at least one of the plurality of trusted sources, and provide a signal to a display device that includes the program guide information, wherein the displayed program guide information includes a list of at least two of the plurality of trusted sources, and for each listed trusted source the displayed program guide further includes a list of video programs indicated as being recommended by the listed trusted source based on at least one of the plurality of recommendation indicators, the list of at least two of the plurality of trusted sources being arranged according to the history of subscriber actions.