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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2010
Applicant:

Andrew Hey, Keighley, GB;

Inventor:

Andrew Hey, Keighley, GB;

Assignee:

DISH TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/6543 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2013.01); H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/47211 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01); H04N 21/6543 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment may take the form of method for providing highlights of multimedia content that may be of interest to a user of a television system. The interest of a particular user of the television system may be obtained from a viewing history gathered about the user. From this information, one or more available multimedia programs may be identified as being of interest to the user. Highlights of such content, such as pay-per-view or other premium content, may be gathered and sent to or recorded on the receiver associated with the user such that the highlights may be presented to the user during use of the television system. The highlights may be viewed by the user through the television system and, if the user is interested in the content, may also purchase or otherwise access the highlighted programs.


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