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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:
Feb. 21, 2012

Filed:

May. 23, 2005
Applicants:

Scott Allan Kendall, Westfield, IN (US);

Carrie Michelle Evans, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

Scott Allan Kendall, Westfield, IN (US);

Carrie Michelle Evans, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04H 60/33 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus such as a television signal receiver provides an electronic program guide based on user preference data collected at different time intervals in a day. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a memory operative to store first and second sets of user preference data collected at respective first and second time intervals in a day, and a processor operative to enable display of an electronic program guide including a list of channels. The channels are arranged in the list based on one of the first and second sets of user preference data.


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