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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Catherine Elizabeth Thompson, Roswell, GA (US);
John Kelly King, Atlanta, GA (US);
Katy Kozee, Atlanta, GA (US);
Anant Patil, Marietta, GA (US);
COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
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.