Patent ID: 8528019

Claim:
A method of selecting desired audio/data/visual information from a broadcast of a first plurality of programs, the method comprising acts of: determining viewing preferences of a viewer, the viewing preferences are supplied by the viewer, are automatically updated, and indicate a focus selected from at least one of an identity of a participant in, a type of an event in, a location of the event in, a specific action performed in one or more of the plurality of programs; receiving on a user apparatus at a viewer's location, an EPG describing characteristics of a first plurality of audio/data/visual programs; selecting a second plurality of unmodified audio/data/visual programs from the first plurality of audio/data/visual programs excluding programs described in the EPG as not having characteristics associated with the viewing preferences; extracting and indexing closed-captioned or transcribed text and monitoring frequency of occurrence of words in the text from each of the second plurality of unmodified audio/data/visual programs to indicate their focus; comparing the focus of said viewing preferences with the focus extracted from each of the second plurality of unmodified audio/data/visual programs to identify desired audio/data/visual information; ranking the desired audio/data/visual information based on conformance of their focus with the focus of the viewing preferences; and providing access to the ranked desired audio/data/visual information, wherein access to higher ranked desired audio/data/visual information is given priority.