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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Sui-Ky Ringo Ling, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Brad Rice, Carlsbad, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for recommending content includes a user device having a memory storing a taxonomy table having content cluster identifiers therein. The user device receives an external recommendations list for the content cluster at the user device. The recommendations list has a plurality of content identifiers each having one content cluster identifier. A viewer tracking module generates a viewed content history for content relative to the content clusters identifiers that correspond to viewed content at the user device. A recommendation module generates an internal recommendations list by comparing the external recommendations list to the viewed content history at the user device. The internal recommendation list also presents recommendations capturing the distinct user tastes in a family viewing device. A display displays the internal recommendations list, with section headers of different granularity describing the nature of the recommended content at cluster, sub-genre and genre levels.