Patent ID: 9197943
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for searching for programs using an interactive system, the method comprising: generating for display a video on user equipment; in response to receiving a first user input while the video is being displayed: in response to receiving a second user input, assigning various importance levels to one or more of the attributes of the displayed video; in response to receiving a third user input, selecting one or more attributes of the list to include in determining a list of one or more programs; in response to receiving a fourth user input, selecting one or more attributes of the list to exclude in determining the list of one or more programs; determining the list of one or more programs, each program having at least one attribute which matches the selected one or more attributes of the displayed video and excluding, from the list of one or more programs, programs that have the one or more excluded attributes of the displayed video, wherein the determining is further based on the assigned importance levels; saving the selected one or more attributes of the list to include and the selected one or more attributes of the list to exclude as a user-configured search parameter list; and automatically notifying the user by generating for display the determined list of one or more programs, wherein the determined list is sorted according to the assigned importance levels.