公开(公告)号：US10237599B1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-19

申请号：US14109071

申请日：2013-12-17

申请人： Cox Communications, Inc.

发明人： Douglas D. Gravino ,  Charles P. Scarborough ,  Thomas G. Holzman

IPC分类号： H04N21/258

摘要： Synchronization of users between a CATV system and a disparate video distribution system is provided. A network account identifier tied to a household subscriber account may be linked to a plurality of users in the household. A strong authentication may only be required once (or at infrequent intervals) to initially validate credentials and authorize a requesting device. Subsequently, the device may be configured to retrieve accounts for all users in the household. Because the device is now known to the service provider, easy user-switching rules may be applied. Each user in a household may get his own personalized recommendations, use his own preferences, or tie to other individualized service personas. Any changes or updates in personalized information for a video user may be synchronized back to the originating system such that the next time the particular video user uses a CATV system device, any changes/updates may be reflected.

公开(公告)号：US09980007B1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-22

申请号：US14216469

申请日：2014-03-17

申请人： Cox Communications, Inc.

发明人： Catherine Elizabeth Thompson ,  Katy Kozee ,  Thomas G. Holzman ,  Anant Patil

IPC分类号： H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/442

CPC分类号： H04N21/4756 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/4823 ,  H04N21/4826 ,  H04N21/4858

摘要： Generating and dynamically updating a personalized programming guide is provided. Personalized information associated with a user's viewing activity and interaction with a programming guide may be collected and communicated with a server. The server may share the personalized information with a database, which may process the information to identify one or more most watched channels and to determine recommendations for the user. Additional personalized settings may be collected, processed, and utilized to filter recommendations and relevant content. Recommendations and content tied to the user's favorite channels, most watched channels, and user-specified or automatically recognized genres and themes may be provided to the user via a client device or application. The user may access the personalized programming guide via a variety of client devices via various communication mechanisms.