Patent ID: 8387094
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06K,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically selecting a television show, comprising: (a) receiving a request for the television show from a television set via a data network, wherein the request comprises a persona name; (b) comparing the persona name in the request against a plurality of persona names in a plurality of personas in a persona database, wherein each persona represents a fictional person and comprises demographic information for the fictional person, wherein each persona has changed over time based on interaction with one or more other personas in the persona database; (c) selecting at least one persona from the persona database matching the persona name in the request; (d) comparing the demographic information for the fictional person in the selected persona with show attributes in one or more show descriptions in a television show library, wherein each show description in the television show library comprises information for a television show; (e) selecting at least one show description in the television show library with show attributes matching the demographic information for the fictional person in the selected persona without considering information on a viewer of the television set; and (f) sending the selected show description to the television set, wherein the selected show description comprises information for the television show.