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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2005
David Lockett, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Adam Feder, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael F. Klar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
James Barton, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Andrew M. Goodman, Portola Valley, CA (US);
David C. Platt, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Beach, Columbus, IN (US);
David A. Brown, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Lockett, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Adam Feder, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael F. Klar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
James Barton, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Andrew M. Goodman, Portola Valley, CA (US);
David C. Platt, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Beach, Columbus, IN (US);
David A. Brown, Mountain View, CA (US);
TiVo Inc., Alviso, CA (US);
Abstract
A multimedia mobile personalization system provides a remote control that detects a user's electronic tag, e.g. an RFID tag. The remote control notifies a multimedia device of the user's identity. The multimedia devices tailors it operations to the user's preferences stored locally. Multimedia content such as broadcast or recorded television programs, music play lists, and the like could be sorted, displayed, or restricted, depending on the user identifier.