System and method for a self adaptive multi-user program guide

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12368932-B2
Application number	US-202117546623-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2021
Priority date	Aug 9, 2012
Publication date	Jul 22, 2025
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025

Abstract

A programming access device such as, for example, a cable or satellite set top box (STB), a digital video recorder (DVR), a personal computer, and/or a digital media receivers automatically optimizes an order of or filters content choices presented in a content listing, such as a program guide display, favorite channel display, and/or a recording listing display based on the past viewing and/or recording history of a current user or group of users.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A content consumption device, comprising:
one or more hardware processors and memory configured to:
assign a plurality of identifying devices to a user group in response to detecting a contemporaneous presence of the plurality of identifying devices on a local area network that includes the content consumption device;
monitor interactions with the content consumption device to accumulate behavior history data for the user group;
and
provide access to content via the content consumption device according to the behavior history data for the user group in response to a subsequent detection of the contemporaneous presence of the plurality of identifying devices on the local area network that includes the content consumption device.

2. The content consumption device of claim 1 , wherein the identifying devices comprise smart phones.

3. The content consumption device of claim 1 , wherein the identifying devices comprise remote control devices.

4. The content consumption device of claim 1 , wherein the content consumption device comprises a set-top box device.

5. The content consumption device of claim 1 , wherein the content consumption device comprises a television.

6. A method, comprising:
assigning a plurality of identifying devices to a user group in response to detecting a contemporaneous presence of the plurality of identifying devices on a local area network that includes a content consumption device;
monitoring interactions with the content consumption device to accumulate behavior history data for the user group; and
providing access to content via the content consumption device according to the behavior history data for the user group in response to a subsequent detection of the contemporaneous presence of the plurality of identifying devices on the local area network that includes the content consumption device.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the identifying devices comprise smart phones.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the identifying devices comprise remote control devices.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the content consumption device comprises a set-top box device.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the content consumption device comprises a television.

11. A non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause a performance of steps comprising:
assigning a plurality of identifying devices to a user group in response to detecting a contemporaneous presence of the plurality of identifying devices on a local area network that includes a content consumption device;
monitoring interactions with the content consumption device to accumulate behavior history data for the user group; and
providing access to content via the content consumption device according to the behavior history data for the user group in response to a subsequent detection of the contemporaneous presence of the plurality of identifying devices on the local area network that includes the content consumption device.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the identifying devices comprise smart phones.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the identifying devices comprise remote control devices.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the content consumption device comprises a set-top box device.

15. The non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the content consumption device comprises a television.

Assignees

• Universal Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Arling Paul D
• Hayes Patrick H

Classifications

• H04N21/4143

  {embedded in a} Personal Computer [PC] · CPC title

• H04N21/23109

  by placing content in organized collections, e.g. EPG data repository (details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video databases G06F16/739) · CPC title

• H04N5/76 Primary

  Television signal recording · CPC title

• H04N21/47

  End-user applications · CPC title

• H04N21/4415

  using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning {(cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861)} · CPC title