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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Preetinderpal Singh Mangat, Surrey, CA;
Peter Duyen Hung Hoang, Delta, CA;
Daniel Frank, North Vancouver, CA;
Shannon Yen Yun Lee, Vancouver, CA;
Joshua Trusz, Vancouver, CA;
Sang Young Park, Burnaby, CA;
Daniel Daigle, Vancouver, CA;
Helen Joan Hem Lam, Richmond, CA;
William Michael Mozell, North Vancouver, CA;
David Seymour, Vancouver, CA;
Cody Kenneth Snyder, Maple Ridge, CA;
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for providing a customizable channel guide, and more specifically, a personalized channel guide for a user, are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, indications of types of content for which the user has an interest are received. Information about content that is available for viewing is accessed. Personalized channels for the user are generated based on the received indications of the types of content for which the user has an interest and based on the information about content that is available for viewing. Each separate personalized channel provides the user with access to a separate type of content for which the user has an interest. A listing of at least some of the personalized channels is displayed to thereby enable the user to select one of the personalized channels.