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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
May. 08, 2001
Karen I. Trovato, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
James D. Schaffer, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Kaushal Kurapati, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Karen I. Trovato, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
James D. Schaffer, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Kaushal Kurapati, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for recommending a schedule of events to a user is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment of the system and method, each channel schedule is broken down into time slices. A novel fuzzy-now recommendation-time value is calculated for each time slice. This fuzzy-now recommendation-time value is a two dimensional value measured in units of recommendation-time, or 'enjoyment minutes'. By means of the calculated fuzzy-now recommendation-time values, recommended schedules may be generated using a wide variety of selection methods.