Patent ID: 7299483

Claim:
A computer-implemented Expected Time-Channel from Reference or Alternate Time-Channel (ETCRA) method of determining and storing an expected time-channel for a television (TV) series relative to a reference week, said method comprising: identifying in the reference week a reference time-channel on which the TV series is scheduled to be aired or has actually aired; specifying at least one condition; determining whether the at least one condition has been satisfied; if the determining has determined that the at least one condition has not been satisfied, then making the expected time-channel equal to the reference time-channel, else making the expected time-channel equal to an alternate time-channel, the alternate time-channel differing from the reference time-channel and the at least one condition comprising the TV series has aired on the reference time-channel no more than K weeks of N weeks preceding the reference week, wherein N is an integer of at least 2, and wherein K is an integer that is no less than 0 and the TV series has aired on the alternate time-channel during M weeks of the N weeks, wherein M is an integer of at least 2 and greater than 0.50N truncated; and notifying a user of the expected time-channel for the television series relative to the reference week.