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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2017
Applicant:
The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ashok Sahu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Raymond Hsu, Irvine, CA (US);
Charles Bradley Rice, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
The DirecTV Group, Inc, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); G06F 17/3053 (2013.01); G06F 17/3082 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/454 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes receiving a request for sports programming recommendation, responsive to the receiving step, determining an upcoming program vector and a weighted historical vector, performing a similarity calculation comparing the upcoming program vector and the weighted historical vector to derive a recommendation score, and generating a recommendation based on the recommendation score.