System and method for effectively implementing a personal channel for interactive television
a technology of interactive television and personal channel, applied in the field of interactive television system technology, can solve the problems of increasing the requirements of system processing power, reducing the effectiveness of effective implementation of television system, and increasing the requirements for increased system functionality and performance, so as to achieve flexible and effective implementation of personal channel
Inactive Publication Date: 2010-10-05
SONY CORP +1
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[0014]The present invention thus provides an effective methodology for flexibly providing interactive television programming that includes content information which is advantageously directed to specific system user interests. The present invention therefore provides an improved a system and method for effectively implementing a personal channel for interactive television.
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However, effectively implementing television systems may create substantial challenges for system designers.
For example, enhanced demands for increased system functionality and performance may require more system processing power and require additional hardware resources.
An increase in processing or hardware requirements may also result in a corresponding detrimental economic impact due to increased production costs and operational inefficiencies.
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[0023]The present invention relates to an improvement in interactive television systems. The following description is presented to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention, and is provided in the context of a patent application and its requirements. Various modifications to the disclosed embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles herein may be applied to other embodiments. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features described herein.
[0024]The present invention is described herein as a system and method for effectively implementing a personal channel for interactive television, and may comprise a personal channel manager that may preferably include a configuration module, a search module, and a content packaging module. A system user may preferably utilize the configuration module to p...
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A system and method for effectively implementing a personal channel for interactive television comprises a personal channel manager that may include a configuration module, a search module, and a content packaging module. A system user may utilize the configuration module to perform a personal channel configuration procedure to specify personal channel configuration data for performing a content record search procedure. The search module may manage the content record search procedure according to one or more search parameters that may be defined during the personal channel configuration procedure. The search module may selectively locate and access one or more content records from one or more remote content databases during the foregoing content record search procedure. The content packaging module may then responsively coordinate a content record sorting procedure according to user-specified sorting criteria to thereby organize the located content records into a personal channel program, The personal channel program may then be presented upon a television device for viewing by the system user.
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BACKGROUND SECTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]This invention relates generally to techniques for utilizing interactive television systems, and relates more particularly to a system and method for effectively implementing a personal channel for interactive television.[0003]2. Description of the Background Art[0004]Implementing effective methods for utilizing television systems is a significant consideration for designers and manufacturers of contemporary electronic entertainment systems. However, effectively implementing television systems may create substantial challenges for system designers. For example, enhanced demands for increased system functionality and performance may require more system processing power and require additional hardware resources. An increase in processing or hardware requirements may also result in a corresponding detrimental economic impact due to increased production costs and operational inefficiencies.[0005]Furthermore, enhanced system capabili...
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IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30H04N5/445
CPCH04N7/17318H04N21/2665H04N21/2668H04N21/4532H04N21/458H04N21/4622H04N21/4828H04N21/4755G06F16/9535H04N7/14Y10S707/99933Y10S707/99937Y10S707/916Y10S707/914Y10S707/922
Inventor WANG, DAVID S.
Owner SONY CORP