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Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2020
Applicant:

Guest Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., Calgary, CA;

Inventors:

Peter S. Warrick, Calgary, CA;

Arnon Levy, Calgary, CA;

Lindsey M. Carriere, Calgary, CA;

Darren T. Ziebart, Calgary, CA;

Joseph A. Kullos, Calgary, CA;

Diego Fontes, Calgary, CA;

Andrew T. MacMillan, Calgary, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 21/214 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04L 12/1435 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/146 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04N 7/106 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 21/2143 (2013.01); H04N 21/2402 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/42607 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/6193 (2013.01); H04L 61/6022 (2013.01);
Abstract

A content selector retrieves customization criteria corresponding to a plurality of guests of a hospitality location. According to the criteria, a core set of channels is automatically selected to make available from a plurality of available channels for streaming via the external computer network. Bandwidth between the external computer network and the hospitality location is reserved to ensure all core channels can be concurrently streamed to the hospitality location. An interactive program guide available on the entertainment devices is customized to list at least one of the core channels as available for viewing. For each channel of the core set, the channel is streamed to the hospitality location only when the channel is being viewed on at least one of the entertainment devices. Updated guest related customization criteria is retrieved and the core channels available for viewing are dynamically changed as the guests of the hospitality location change over time.


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