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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. 19, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Michael K. McCarty, Agoura Hills, CA (US);

Glen E. Roe, Simi Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/4335 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); G06F 16/735 (2019.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/735 (2019.01); G06F 16/7867 (2019.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/4335 (2013.01); H04N 21/44226 (2020.08); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are described herein for adjusting the priority of media assets scheduled to be recorded to reflect the current behavior and interests of the user. For example, a household with young children may have scheduled recordings for the DVR with a wide variety of television shows of different genres (e.g., Children's Shows, Sports Games, and Crime Procedurals) and as the children grow up, the preference may gradually shift towards other types of shows. As this shift of interest happens over time, it can be difficult or impossible for the user to change the priority of each of the media assets of the scheduled recordings each time the interests of the user changes an incremental amount.


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