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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. 03, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2010
Applicants:

Laxmi Arte, Austin, TX (US);

Mousumi Dasgupta, Irving, TX (US);

Enrique Ruiz-velasco, Flower Mound, TX (US);

Shadman Zafar, Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

Laxmi Arte, Austin, TX (US);

Mousumi Dasgupta, Irving, TX (US);

Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Flower Mound, TX (US);

Shadman Zafar, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01);
Abstract

An approach is provided for selecting personalized content presented via a set-top box. Viewing data related to content experienced by a user is retrieved. Broadcast content is selected based on the viewing data from a plurality of programs that are designated to broadcast to a plurality of set-top boxes. A personalized programming channel is presented for the user using the selected broadcast content over a particular one of the set-top boxes associated with the user.


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