TRACKING USER BEHAVIOR VIA APPLICATION MONITORED CHANNEL CHANGING NOTIFICATIONS
An intelligent television and methods for user interaction between the intelligent television and the user are provided. In general, a user is provided with navigation, notification, and setup options which enable one or more functions associated with the intelligent television. The presentation of options is based on input received by the intelligent television. As a user provides input to the intelligent television via a remote control or other input device, the intelligent television is configured to interpret the input and provide interactive functionality in the form of content presented to the display of the intelligent television.
1 . A method, comprising:
detecting a first signal source change made at an intelligent television (TV);
sending a first notification of the first signal source change detected to a live TV application, wherein the first notification includes first viewing information associated with the first signal source change;
storing, in a memory associated with the intelligent TV, the first viewing information associated with the first signal source change; and
associating the first viewing information with a user of the intelligent TV.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first signal source change is made by the user.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a second signal source change made at the intelligent TV;
sending a second notification of the second signal source change detected to the live TV application, wherein the second notification includes second viewing information associated with the second signal source change;
storing, in the memory associated with the intelligent TV, the second viewing information associated with the second signal source change; and
associating the second viewing information with the user of the intelligent TV.
4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
comparing, via a processor associated with the intelligent TV, the stored first viewing information with the stored second viewing information; and
determining, via the processor, at least one match between the first and second viewing information.
5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
determining, based at least partially on the determined at least one match, a user viewing behavior associated with the user.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least one match is at least one of a time associated with the first and second signal source change, a channel associated with the first and second signal source change, TV content associated with the first and second signal source change, and a viewing time of the TV content associated with the first and second signal source.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the first signal source change further comprises:
setting a listener associated with the live TV application of the intelligent TV;
monitoring, via the listener, an event associated with at least one signal source of the intelligent TV, wherein the event includes changing from a first signal source to a second signal source of the intelligent TV; and
identifying, via the live TV application, an occurrence of the event associated with the at least one signal source of the intelligent TV.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the first signal source corresponds to a first live TV channel and the second signal source corresponds to a second live TV channel.
9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the listener is set automatically via the live TV application.
10 . A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, perform the method comprising:
detecting a first signal source change made at an intelligent television (TV);
sending a first notification of the first signal source change detected to a live TV application, wherein the first notification includes first viewing information associated with the first signal source change;
storing, in a memory associated with the intelligent TV, the first viewing information associated with the first signal source change; and
associating the first viewing information with a user of the intelligent TV.
11 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first signal source change is made by the user.
12 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:
detecting a second signal source change made at the intelligent TV;
sending a second notification of the second signal source change detected to the live TV application, wherein the second notification includes second viewing information associated with the second signal source change;
storing, in the memory associated with the intelligent TV, the second viewing information associated with the second signal source change; and
associating the second viewing information with the user of the intelligent TV.
13 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:
comparing, via a processor associated with the intelligent TV, the stored first viewing information with the stored second viewing information; and
determining, via the processor, at least one match between the first and second viewing information.
14 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining, based at least partially on the determined at least one match, a user viewing behavior associated with the user.
15 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the at least one match is at least one of a time associated with the first and second signal source change, a channel associated with the first and second signal source change, TV content associated with the first and second signal source change, and a viewing time of the TV content associated with the first and second signal source.
16 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein detecting the first signal source change of the method further comprises:
setting a listener associated with the live TV application of the intelligent TV;
monitoring, via the listener, an event associated with at least one signal source of the intelligent TV, wherein the event includes changing from a first signal source to a second signal source of the intelligent TV; and
identifying, via the live TV application, an occurrence of the event associated with the at least one signal source of the intelligent TV.
17 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the first signal source corresponds to a first live TV channel and the second signal source corresponds to a second live TV channel.
18 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the listener is set automatically via the live TV application.
19 . A system, comprising:
an intelligent television (TV) having a display and a tuner, wherein the tuner is configured to receive and convert broadcast content signals to be displayed by the display;
an input device associated with the intelligent TV;
a memory; and
a microprocessor operable to:
detect a first signal source change made at the intelligent TV;
send a first notification of the first signal source change detected to a live TV application, wherein the first notification includes first viewing information associated with the first signal source change;
store, in the memory, the first viewing information associated with the first signal source change; and
associate the first viewing information with a user of the intelligent TV.
20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the first signal source change is made via the input device associated with the intelligent TV.