ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE WITH RELATED-PROGRAM SEARCH FEATURE

Patent №

US 9,197,943

Granted

2015-11-24

Filed 2013

Owner

UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.

+3 more

Lab

AI components

1

kr

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13847289

A system for searching for programs is provided. The system may allow the user to indicate an interest in a given program and to request that the system locate programs related to the given program. The system may locate program listings related to the given program (e.g., based on attributes of the given program), display a list of located listings and allow the user to select listings from the list. For a program selected from the list, the system may tune to the program, may display an information display screen for the program, etc. The system may allow the user to configure and save search parameters, sort related program listings based on the attributes of the given program. For a saved search, the system may allow the user to retrieve the search to locate currently available program listings, receive automatic notifications of programs matching the search, modify the search, etc.

Knowledge representationH04N 21/4828H04N 21/45H04N 21/4532H04N 21/454H04N 21/466H04N 21/4668H04N 21/47H04N 21/4722+6 more

AI classification

Knowledge representation0.53
Machine learning0.08
AI hardware0.02
Vision0.01
Evolutionary computation0.01
Speech0.00
Planning0.00
Natural language0.00

Ownership

UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.

assignment · 300470610

ROVI GUIDES, INC.

merger · 345570680

TV GUIDE, INC.

merger · 345570696

UV CORP.

merger · 345570721

Assignors

HERRINGTON, W. BENJAMIN, ELLIS, MICHAEL D.

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

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