Patent ID: 6163316
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
An electronic programming guide operable to run on a computing platform that is associated with a television, the platform operable to access a program listing database containing program listing information for a plurality of television programs, the electronic programming guide comprising:a profile database operable to store a viewer profile; anda suggest module coupled to the profile database, the suggest module operable to access the viewer profile and the program listing information and, in response, to generate a preferred schedule according to the viewer profile and the program listing information, the preferred schedule operable to indicate the desirability of a particular program relative to other programs;the suggest module comprises a scoring algorithm operable to generate a preference score for the program according to the viewer profile and the program listing information;the suggest module is further operable in response to viewer's requests for a channel change to select a channel for viewing according to the preference score for the program while bypassing channels that are not currently airing a program satisfying the preferences of the viewer in effect.