WO2009002540A4 - Dynamic adjustment of electronic program guide displays based on viewer preferences for minimizing navigation - Google Patents
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Abstract
Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. The EPG dynamically adjust its display listings of each level of categories, subcategories, and titles in order to minimize the number of remote control keypresses needed for a viewer to navigate to a title of interest.
Claims
1. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized electronic program guide (EPG) for navigating to video content offered on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider comprising:
(a) enabling a TV viewer to activate a viewer-individualized EPG maintained by the VOD platform by entering ID information with a TV input device identifying the TV viewer as a specific individual within a household that is a subscriber to the digital TV service provider;
(b) maintaining a listing of category names for respective categories of video content to which the specific individual viewer can navigate using the viewer-individualized EPG for the VOD platform;
(c) tracking the specific individual viewer's past history of selections of category names for video content in the viewer-individualized EPG and determining an order of relevance of the category names for viewer selection of video content based on said past history; and
(d) reordering a current display listing of the category names in the viewer-individualized EPG based on said determined order of relevance.
2. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 1, wherein the order of relevance is determined in order of frequency of selection of category names based on the viewer's past history of category name selection.
3. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 1, wherein the order of relevance is determined based on a parameter of viewer selection from the group consisting of: time-of-day; weekday or weekend; and preference indicated by past selections of TV program titles.
4. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 1, wherein the current display listing of category names is reordered by listing a predetermined number of category names of higher relevance on the display listing, and maintaining all other category names of lower relevance out-of-sight on a following display.
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5. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 4, wherein the other category names of lower relevance are accessed by activating a "More" button on the display listing.
6. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 1, wherein the video content offered for viewing on the VOD platform are accessed by navigation through hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories down to individual titles for individual items of video content.
7. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 6, wherein the hierarchical arrangement of categories and subcategories down to an individual title for an individual item of video content is indicative of a unique hierarchical address for the item of video content.
8. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 1, wherein the hierarchical address comprises a string of category and subcategory terms and the title delimited by standard delimiters.
9. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 1, wherein the reordering of category names is provided by linking the viewer from a generalized EPG for all viewers within the household that is the subscrber on the VOD platform to a the viewer-individualized EPG.
10. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 9, wherein the viewer-individualized EPG is accessed through a Login step by which the individual viewer currently operating the system is identified by an ID code entered on a TV remote control unit.
11. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 10, wherein the Login step enables a viewer to register their name and a personal identification number (PIN), and in a subsequent Login step the viewer only needs to select their name from a list of previously registered viewers and enter their selected PIN.
12. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 9, wherein a top level display of the viewer-individualized EPG displays a reordered listing of category names of top level categories for the TV programs offered for viewing on demand.
13. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 12, wherein each subsequent level display of the viewer-individualized EPG displays a reordered listing of subcategory names of subcategories for the TV programs offered for viewing on demand.
14. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 9, wherein upon access by a current viewer to the viewer-individualized EPG, the categories and subcategories the viewer clicks on is tracked until the viewer logs off or the TV viewing session is ended, and the tracking of viewer clicks is added to the viewer's past history.
15. A method for dynamic adjustment of a viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 9, wherein upon access by a current viewer to the viewer-individualized EPG, the categories and subcategories for video content the viewer clicks on is tracked, and used to automatically create a new category for TV programs of the type most frequently clicked on by the viewer.
16. A viewer-individualized electronic program guide (EPG) for viewer navigation to titles for items of video content stored on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider comprising:
(a) the viewer-individualized EPG being associated with ID information uniquely identifying a TV viewer enabled to use the viewer-individualized EPG as a specific individual within a household that is a subscriber to the digital TV service provider;
(b) each item of video content stored on the VOD platform being assigned a title and a hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories used by the viewer-individualized EPG within which the title for the video content is to be categorized;
(c) a listing of at least a top level of category names for respective categories of video content maintained by the viewer-individualized EPG for the video content;
(d) the specific TV viewer's past history of selections of category names for video content being maintained in association with the viewer-individualized EPG and used to determine an order of relevance of category names for viewer selection of video content based on said past history; and
(e) a current display listing of category names for the viewer-individualized EPG for the specific individual TV viewer in which the category names are reordered based on said determined order of relevance.
17. A viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 16, wherein the order of relevance is determined in order of frequency of selection of category names based on the viewer's past history of category name selection.
18. A viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 16, wherein the current display listing of category names is reordered by listing a predetermined number of category names of higher relevance on the display listing, and maintaining all other category names of lower relevance out-of-sight on a following display.
19. A viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 16, wherein each title for an item of video content is listed in a location in the EPG corresponding to the hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories for categorizing the title, and constitutes a unique the hierarchical address for the video content
20. A viewer-individualized EPG according to Claim 16, wherein the reordering of category names is provided by linking the viewer from a generalized EPG for all viewers on the VOD platform to a the viewer-individualized EPG for the specific individual TV viewer.
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