Systems, Methods And Apparatus For Identifying Preferred Sporting Events Based On Viewing Preferences

1 . A method, comprising:

receiving viewing preferences on a receiving device;

receiving sports data from a sports data provider, wherein the sports data includes a likelihood of an occurrence of at least one content characteristic;

receiving programming information for a plurality of candidate sporting events that are available to be viewed;

analyzing the programming information to filter the plurality of candidate sporting events based at least in part on the viewing preferences and the sports data to determine one or more preferred sporting events with the likelihood of the occurrence of the at least one content characteristic;

outputting a notification of the one or more preferred sporting events;

determining whether the one or more preferred sporting events is selected for viewing within a predetermined time window; and

in response to determining that the one or more preferred sporting events is not selected for viewing within the predetermined time window, automatically recording the one or more preferred sporting events.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a selection of the one or more preferred sporting events; and

displaying the selected sporting event on a presentation device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining multiple preferred sporting events with the likelihood of the occurrence of the at least one content characteristic; and

automatically recording a set of the multiple preferred sporting events that is not being viewed.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the viewing preferences comprise one or more of a sports team, a player, a division, a conference, a league, and a geographic region.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sports data comprises statistics related to the plurality of candidate sporting events available to be viewed.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the statistics comprises active team statistics, active player statistics, a game score, a likelihood of a comeback, a rivalry, a likelihood of an exciting event, or a combination thereof.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification comprises one or more of a visual notification, an audio notification, and a tactile notification.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification is output by a presentation device.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification indicates one or more player positions, a likelihood of an exciting event, a description of a game's status, a game score, or a combination thereof.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sports data provider is a crowd-sourced data source.

11 . A receiving device, comprising:

a user communication module to receive viewing preferences;

a communication module to receive sports data and programming information for a plurality of candidate sporting events that are available to be viewed, wherein the sports data includes a likelihood of an occurrence of at least one content characteristic;

a control logic to analyze the programming information to filter the plurality of candidate sporting events based at least in part on the viewing preferences and the sports data to determine one or more preferred sporting events with the likelihood of the occurrence of the at least one content characteristic; and

a rendering module to output a notification of the one or more preferred sporting events,

wherein the control logic is further configured to

determine whether the one or more preferred sporting events is selected for viewing within a predetermined time window, and

in response to determining that the one or more preferred sporting events is not selected for viewing within the predetermined time window, automatically record the one or more preferred sporting events.

12 . The receiving device of claim 11 , wherein the user communication module receives a selection of the one or more sporting events, and wherein the rendering module outputs the selected sporting event to a presentation device.

13 . The receiving device of claim 11 , wherein the control logic automatically is configured to:

determine multiple preferred sporting events with the likelihood of the occurrence of the at least one content characteristic; and

automatically record a set of the multiple preferred sporting events that is not being viewed.

14 . The receiving device of claim 11 , wherein the viewing preferences comprise one or more of a sports team, a player, a division, a conference, a league, and a geographic region.

15 . The receiving device of claim 11 , wherein the sports data comprises statistics related to the plurality of candidate sporting events available to be viewed.

16 . The receiving device of claim 15 , wherein the statistics comprises active team statistics, active player statistics, a game score, a likelihood of a comeback, a rivalry, a likelihood of an exciting event, or a combination thereof.

17 . The receiving device of claim 11 , wherein the notification comprises one or more of a visual notification, an audio notification, and a tactile notification.

18 . The receiving device of claim 11 , wherein the notification is output by a presentation device.

19 . The receiving device of claim 11 , wherein the notification indicates one or more player positions, a likelihood of an exciting event, a description of a game's status, a game score, or a combination thereof.

20 . The receiving device of claim 11 , wherein the sports data provider is a crowd-sourced data source.