SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING CONTENT-ACCESS LISTS

Patent №

US 7,020,652

Granted

2006-03-28

Filed 2001

Owner

BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORP.

Lab

AI components

2

ml · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10036923

Systems and methods for customizing the presentation of a content-access list based on subscriber-specific information, such as historic viewing preferences and related information are described. An embodiment of the present invention includes a content-access-history database, a content database, and an option list creator, which combines data in the content-access-history and content databases to create lists of content-access options that are customized for individual subscribers. In one embodiment, a subscribers television viewing patterns and related behaviors are analyzed and the options in an electronic program guide (EPG) are filtered and sorted based on the results of the analysis.

Machine learningAI hardwareH04N 21/4532H04N 7/16H04N 21/4826H04N 21/812Y10S 707/915Y10S 707/99937

AI classification

Machine learning0.97
AI hardware0.64
Planning0.26
Knowledge representation0.12
Vision0.01
Natural language0.00
Speech0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00

Ownership

BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORP.

assignment · 124510072

Assignors

MATZ, WILLIAM R., SWIX, SCOTT R.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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