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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:
Mar. 08, 2016

Filed:

May. 12, 2009
Applicants:

David Lockett, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Adam Feder, Mountain View, CA (US);

James M. Barton, Alviso, CA (US);

Michael F. Klar, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Andrew M. Goodman, Portola Valley, CA (US);

David C. Platt, Mountain View, CA (US);

Brian Beach, Columbus, IN (US);

David Avraham Brown, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

David Lockett, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Adam Feder, Mountain View, CA (US);

James M. Barton, Alviso, CA (US);

Michael F. Klar, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Andrew M. Goodman, Portola Valley, CA (US);

David C. Platt, Mountain View, CA (US);

Brian Beach, Columbus, IN (US);

David Avraham Brown, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

TiVo Inc., Alviso, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/441 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 5/4403 (2013.01); H04N 5/44582 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/441 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4753 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4442 (2013.01);
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.


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