IP Library Granted Patent US 9,084,024
Granted Patent B2
US 9,084,024 · App. 14/280,709 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Suggestive content based on habit

Inventors: Edward Michael Silver (Atlanta, GA); Linda Ann Roberts (Decatur, GA)
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
H04N21/4826H04N21/44222H04N21/4532H04N21/4622H04N21/4667H04N21/4668H04N21/4882H04N21/84H04N5/445H04N21/42676H04N21/4586
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Patent No.
US 9,084,024
App. No.
14/280,709
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Suggestions for content are based on either designation by or a habit of a user. Favored genres of content are determined at different times of day. Should content be requested at a particular time of day for which no favored genre of content is determined, then one of the known favored genres of content is suggested.

Claims (43)

1. A method, comprising:

storing, in memory, different content selections at times of days;

determining, by a processor, favored genres of content from the different content selections;

associating, in the memory, the favored genres of content to a corresponding one of the times of days;

receiving, by the processor, a request for content associated with a particular time of day;

determining, by the processor, that none of the favored genres of content is associated with the particular time of day;

selecting, by the processor, a favored genre of content from the favored genres of content; and

suggesting, by the processor in response to the request for content associated with the particular time of day, the favored genre of content at the particular time of day.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a current time matches the particular time of day.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting a content offering associated with the favored genre of content.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising suggesting a title associated with the favored genre of content.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising suggesting a title of a program associated with the favored genre of content.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating an electronic programming guide that suggests the favored genre of content at the particular time of day.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying the favored genre of content.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

monitoring different content selections made at different times of days;

determining favored genres of content from the different content selections;

associating the favored genres of content to a corresponding one of the different times of days;

receiving a request for content associated with a particular time of day;

determining that none of the favored genres of content is associated with the particular time of day;

selecting a favored genre of content from the favored genres of content; and

suggesting the favored genre of content in response to the request for content associated with the particular time of day.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a current time matches the particular time of day.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise selecting a content offering associated with the favored genre of content.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise suggesting a title associated with the favored genre of content.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise suggesting a title of a program associated with the favored genre of content.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise generating an electronic programming guide that suggests the favored genre of content at the particular time of day.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise displaying the favored genre of content.

15. A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

monitoring different content selections received at different times of days;

determining favored genres of content from the different content selections;

associating the favored genres of content to a corresponding one of the different times of days;

receiving a request for content at a particular time of day;

determining that none of the favored genres of content is associated with the particular time of day;

selecting a favored genre of content from the favored genres of content; and

suggesting the favored genre of content at the particular time of day in response to the request for content.

16. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a current time matches the particular time of day.

17. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise selecting a content offering associated with the favored genre of content.

18. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise suggesting a title associated with the favored genre of content.

19. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise suggesting a title of a program associated with the favored genre of content.

20. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise generating an electronic programming guide that suggests the favored genre of content at the particular time of day.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2015
From: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 034872/0428 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 3, 2015
From: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 034880/0846 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 3, 2015
From: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 034880/0856 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 3, 2015
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 034881/0514 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2014
From: SILVER, EDWARD MICHAEL; ROBERTS, LINDA ANN
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032929/0363 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13848081 · Mar 21, 2013
Continuation 09955217 · Sep 19, 2001
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