System and method for personal video recording system menu control

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20040003405A1
SERIAL NO

10185116

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An on-screen program menu that displays available programs sorted, or grouped, by a display order (i.e., a ranking) is provided. Program listings are ranked by the user of a digital video recorder. These rankings are combined with sponsorship rankings to determine the resulting display order. The program listings can correspond to programs available for viewing or recording as well as programs that have already been recorded by the user's digital video recorder. The resulting display orders the programs by their overall rank. Programs are displayed in groups. When an event occurs, the next group of programs is displayed. The digital video recorder keeps track of programs that the user selects from the on-screen menu and sends the information, along with the user's demographic information, back to the DVR service provider. The DVR service provider creates reports for sponsors showing programs that were performed by different groups of people.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boston, Stephen B Cedar Park, TX 34 1288
Brown, Michael Wayne Georgetown, TX 274 16195
Hately, Andrew Douglas Austin, TX 38 1362
Paolini, Michael A Austin, TX 285 19386

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