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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Romulo Pontual, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Sui-Ky Ringo Ling, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Robert G. Arsenault, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Gordon H. Chen, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Luke J. Crook, Torrance, CA (US);
Jean Dumouchel, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Hugh Rothman, San Diego, CA (US);
Brad Rice, Carlsbad, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A user device includes a viewer tracking module that tracks viewer events to form a viewer tracking log and a recommendation module that generates a timeslot viewing profile based on the viewer tracking log. The timeslot viewing profile includes television programs watched previously and a prioritized timeslot series profile determined by summing and prioritizing the count of a plurality of watched programs in a series. The recommendation module compares the timeslot viewing profile of available television programs during the timeslot, generates a first content recommendation list of available television programs, receives related content identifiers for related content that identify content that is available and is related to the television programs of the first content recommendation, and, based on the related content identifiers, generates a second content recommendation list including content that is available during the timeslot different from the first content recommendation list.