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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:
Apr. 20, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2019
Applicant:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Thomas E. Westberg, Stow, MA (US);

Assignee:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 21/4135 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/4756 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01);
Abstract

An interactive television program guide application is provided that queries a user regarding the user's interest in television programs and suggests television programs to the user based on the user's responses. The interactive television program guide application identifies a television program that is potentially of interest to the user. The interactive television program guide application then queries the user regarding the user's interest using questions that are formulated based on attributes associated with the identified television program. Using the user's responses to the questions, the interactive television program guide application identifies and suggests one or more television programs to the user.


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