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US 7,165,098 · App. 09/437,304 · Granted Jan 16, 2007

On-line schedule system with personalization features

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Patent No.
US 7,165,098
App. No.
09/437,304
Granted
Jan 16, 2007
Kind
B1
Abstract

An on-line scheduling application allows users to personalize how television-related, entertainment-related, and social event related information is provided. Users may select one or more sources from which the information is obtained. Users may set up a date book that is also used as a source. Users may select one or more delivery schemes that the application uses to provide the information. One or more of the personalization features of the scheduling application may be incorporated into an on-line television programming guide.

Claims (56)

1. A method for providing a user with personalized schedule information for television-related, non-television-related and personal-related events, comprising:

providing the user with an opportunity to select at least one television-related information source from a plurality of television-related information sources for providing television program listings for the television-related events;

providing the user with an opportunity to specify first criteria for delivering the television program listings for the television-related events from the at least one selected television-related information source;

providing the user with an opportunity to select at least one non-television-related information source from a plurality of non-television-related information sources for providing schedule information for non-televised events;

providing the user with an opportunity to specify second criteria for delivering the schedule information for non-televised events from the at least one selected non-television-related information source;

providing the user with an opportunity to enter scheduling information for an event personal to the user;

providing the user with an opportunity to select a delivery scheme from a plurality of delivery schemes for delivering the personalized schedule information, wherein the personalized schedule information includes the television program listings for the television-related events based on the first specified criteria, the schedule information for non-televised events based on the second specified criteria, and the user entered scheduling information;

generating the personalized schedule information; and

delivering the personalized schedule information to the user based on the delivery scheme selected by the user.

2. The method defined in claim 1 , wherein providing the user with an opportunity to select at least one desired non-television-related information source from a plurality of non-television-related information sources comprises providing the user with an opportunity to select at least one desired non-television-related web site.

3. The method defined in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of delivery schemes comprises a plurality of delivery schemes selected from the group of delivery schemes consisting of: continuous delivery, e-mail, HTML mail, pager/digital phone reminder, and pager/digital phone notification.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing the user with an opportunity to specify display settings for displaying the personalized schedule information.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

maintaining a history of user preferences based on the information specified by the user.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

providing the user with reminders based on the history of user preferences.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the personalized schedule information further includes at least one video or video still related to one of the television program listings.

8. An on-line scheduling application system in which a user is provided with personalized schedule information for television-related, non-television-related and personal-related events, comprising:

means for providing the user with an opportunity to select at least one television-related information source from a plurality of television-related information sources for providing television program listings for the television-related events;

means for providing the user with an opportunity to specify first criteria for delivering the television program listings for the television-related events from the at least one selected television-related information source;

means for providing the user with an opportunity to select at least one non-television-related information source from a plurality of non-television-related information sources for providing schedule information for non-televised events;

means for providing the user with an opportunity to specify second criteria for delivering the schedule information for non-televised events from the at least one selected non-television-related information source;

means for providing the user with an opportunity to enter scheduling information for an event personal to the user;

means for providing the user with an opportunity to select a delivery scheme from a plurality of delivery schemes for delivering the personalized schedule information, wherein the personalized schedule information includes the television program listings for the television-related events based on the first specified criteria, the schedule information for non-televised events based on the second specified criteria, and the user entered scheduling information;

means for generating the personalized schedule information; and

means for delivering the personalized schedule information to the user based on the delivery scheme selected by the user.

9. The system defined in claim 8 , wherein the means for providing the user with an opportunity to select at least one desired non-television-related information source from a plurality of non-television-related information sources comprises means for providing the user with an opportunity to select at least one desired non-television-related web site.

10. The system defined in claim 8 , wherein the plurality of delivery schemes comprises a plurality of delivery schemes selected from the group of delivery schemes consisting of: continuous delivery, e-mail, HTML mail, pager/digital phone reminder, and pager/digital phone notification.

11. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:

means for providing the user with an opportunity to specify display settings for displaying the personalized schedule information.

12. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:

means for maintaining a history of user preferences based on the information specified by the user.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

means for providing the user with reminders based on the history of user preferences.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the personalized schedule information further includes at least one video or video still related to one of the television program listings.

15. An on-line scheduling application in which a user is provided with personalized schedule information for television-related, non-television-related and personal-related events, comprising:

a scheduling system comprising:

a data server configured to provide television-related and non-television-related scheduling information, wherein the television-related scheduling information includes television program times, television channels, and television program titles; and

a transmission server configured to provide the information from the data server to a server for delivery to the user; and

a multimedia system configured to:

provide the user with an opportunity to select at least one television-related information source from a plurality of television-related information sources for providing television program listings for the television-related events;

provide the user with an opportunity to specify first criteria for delivering the television program listings for the television-related events from the at least one selected television-related information source;

provide the user with an opportunity to select at least one desired non-television-related information source from a plurality of non-television-related information sources for providing schedule information for non-televised events;

provide the user with an opportunity to specify second criteria for delivering the schedule information for non-televised events from the at least one selected non-television-related information source;

provide the user with an opportunity to enter scheduling information for an event personal to the user;

provide the user with an opportunity to select a delivery scheme from a plurality of delivery schemes for delivering the personalized schedule information, wherein the personalized schedule information includes the television program listings for the television-related events that are obtained by the data server from the at least one selected television-related information source based on the first specified criteria, the schedule information for non-televised events obtained by the data server from the at least one selected non-television-related information source based on the second specified criteria, and the user entered scheduling information; and

receive and deliver the personalized schedule information to the user, wherein the personalized schedule information is delivered to the user based on the delivery scheme selected by the user.

16. The system defined in claim 15 , wherein:

the multimedia system is further configured to provide the user with an opportunity to select at least one desired non-television-related web site; and

the data server is further configured to obtain at least a portion of the non-television-related schedule information from the selected web site.

17. The system defined in claim 16 , wherein the plurality of delivery schemes comprises a plurality of delivery schemes selected from the group of delivery schemes consisting of: continuous delivery, e-mail, HTML mail, pager/digital phone reminder, and pager/digital phone notification.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the multimedia system is further configured to provide the user with an opportunity to specify display settings for displaying the personalized schedule information.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the multimedia system is further configured to maintain a history of user preferences based on the information specified by the user.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the multimedia system is further configured to provide the user with reminders based on the history of user preferences.

21. The system of claim 15 , wherein the personalized schedule information further includes at least one video or video still related to one of the television program listings.

Assignments (13)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
To: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 25, 2019
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Nov 25, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: APTIV DIGITAL INC.; GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; INDEX SYSTEMS INC.; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; SONIC SOLUTIONS LLC; STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.; UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2019
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
To: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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MERGER Recorded Jun 12, 2015
From: UV CORP.
To: TV GUIDE, INC.
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MERGER Recorded Jun 12, 2015
From: TV GUIDE, INC.
To: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
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MERGER Recorded Jun 12, 2015
From: UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
To: UV CORP.
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PATENT RELEASE Recorded Jul 24, 2014
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ALL MEDIA GUIDE, LLC; APTIV DIGITAL, INC.; GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; INDEX SYSTEMS INC.; ROVI CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.; TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.; UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 24, 2014
From: APTIV DIGITAL, INC.; GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; INDEX SYSTEMS INC.; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; SONIC SOLUTIONS LLC; STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.; UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2011
From: APTIV DIGITAL, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION; GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; INDEX SYSTEMS INC, A BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS COMPANY; ROVI CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION; ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION; STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2010
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION)
To: ALL MEDIA GUIDE, LLC; APTIV DIGITAL, INC.; GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; INDEX SYSTEMS INC.; ODS PROPERTIES, INC.; ROVI DATA SOLUTIONS, INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS TV GUIDE DATA SOLUTIONS, INC.); ROVI GUIDES, INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.); ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS MACROVISION CORPORATION); ROVI SOLUTIONS LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS MACROVISION EUROPE LIMITED); ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.; TV GUIDE, INC.; TV GUIDE ONLINE, LLC; UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 15, 2008
From: APTIV DIGITAL, INC.; GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.; INDEX SYSTEMS INC; MACROVISION CORPORATION; ODS PROPERTIES, INC.; STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.; TV GUIDE ONLINE, LLC; UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
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