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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1999
Jonathan Maissel, Jerusalem, IL;
Amir Eilat, Tel Aviv, IL;
Yossef Tsuria, Shoham, IL;
Moshe Kranc, Jerusalem, IL;
Yishai Sered, Jerusalem, IL;
Gershon Bar-On, Mizrah Binyamin, IL;
Shabtai Atlow, Efrat, IL;
David Zviel, Efrat, IL;
NDS Limited, Staines, GB;
Abstract
A subscriber unit for use in a television system including a television network and transmitting apparatus for transmitting program schedule information, the subscriber unit including a receiving unit for receiving the program schedule information, a profile storage unit for storing at least one viewer preference profile of at least one television viewer, an intelligent agent for customizing the program schedule information based, at least in part, on the viewer preference profile, to produce a program guide including customized program schedule information, and display apparatus for displaying the program guide.