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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:
Oct. 10, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:

The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Romulo Pontual, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);

Sui-Ky Ringo Ling, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Gordon H. Chen, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);

Hans M. Hagberg, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (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 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4826 (2013.01);
Abstract

A user device and method for operating the same includes a memory and a controller storing an external recommendation list received from a head end in the memory. The controller generates a most viewed programming list and generates a recommend recording list based on the external recommendation list and the most viewed programming list. The controller stores at least one content from the recording recommendation list in the memory.


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