Patent ID: 7284064
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: broadcasting meta-data to a plurality of client systems, the meta-data including titles of specific pieces of broadcast programming content being considered for future broadcast, but which have not yet been scheduled in a future broadcast, the meta-data further including sets of descriptors and/or attributes describing the specific pieces of broadcast programming content; processing the meta-data at each of at least a portion of the plurality of client systems to generate an automatic content-rating interface at that client system via which content ratings corresponding to the specific pieces of broadcast programming content may be obtained; obtaining the content ratings for the specific pieces of broadcast programming content via the automatic content-rating interface; receiving the content ratings from the plurality of client systems; and automatically broadcasting a selected portion of the specific pieces of broadcast programming content to the plurality of client systems during the future broadcast, the selected portion of the specific pieces of broadcast programming content automatically selected in response to the content ratings received from the plurality of client systems, wherein the content ratings are automatically generated based on attribute relevance value and believability factor.