Cox Communications, Inc.

Katy Kozee

Catherine Elizabeth Thompson

John Kelly King

Anant Pralhad Patil

Thomas G Holzman

Automatic population of a programming guide mosaic screen is provided. Attributes relating to a user or group of users may be collected and utilized to identify one or more recommended content items relevant to the user. A visual display of the recommended content may comprise a combination of content currently airing on a channel selected by the user as a favorite channel, content rated highly by the user and/or by other users, content matching a commonly watched genre by the user, content associated with keyword searches, etc. Factors utilized to determine the type of content to automatically include in the programming guide mosaic screen may be dynamically updated according to changes in video viewing activity, received feedback, content purchases, or changes made to the user's preference data.

Automatic population of a programming guide mosaic screen

Generating and dynamically updating a personalized programming guide is provided. Personalized information associated with a user's viewing activity and interaction with a programming guide may be collected and communicated with a server. The server may share the personalized information with a database, which may process the information to identify one or more most watched channels and to determine recommendations for the user. Additional personalized settings may be collected, processed, and utilized to filter recommendations and relevant content. Recommendations and content tied to the user's favorite channels, most watched channels, and user-specified or automatically recognized genres and themes may be provided to the user via a client device or application. The user may access the personalized programming guide via a variety of client devices via various communication mechanisms.

Generating and dynamically updating a personalized programming guide

A customized programming guide mosaic screen is provided. A user may selectively customize a mosaic display of video content items provided in a programming guide screen. One or more options may be provided for customizing the programming guide mosaic screen. The one or more options may include an option for populating the programming guide mosaic screen with recommended video content, an option for populating the programming guide mosaic screen with video content items with metadata that is similarly matched with a selected video content item or with a video content item currently being viewed by the user, or an option for populating the programming guide mosaic screen with one or more video content items associated with a specific mood. Upon selection of an option, currently airing content matching the selected option may populate one or more video panes in the mosaic display of the programming guide screen.

Customized mosaic screen

Integration of a personalized mosaic screen within a programming guide is provided. The programming guide may be displayed in one of various formats including a mosaic format. The programming guide may be personalized to the user. For example, the user may select to view a display of currently airing content recommended to the user, a display of currently airing content similar to a selected or currently viewed program, a display of currently airing content fitting a specific mood, a display of currently airing content from the user's favorite channel(s), or a display of currently airing content fitting one or more user-selected or automatically-selected themes. The content personalized to the user may be displayed in any of the programming guide formats. The user may selectively switch to a different format, wherein the personalized content may be seamlessly provided in the selected format.

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Katy Kozee