Interactive television program guide system for determining user values for demographic categories

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7634786
APP PUB NO 20050155056A1
SERIAL NO

10923263

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An interactive television program guide system for determining user input values for demographic categories is provided. The system includes user television equipment having a receiver for receiving program guide information for the interactive television program guide, a user input receiver for receiving user input from user interface, a microprocessor which utilizes the user input received to determine user values for demographic categories, and memory for storing the user values determined. In one illustrative use of the system for targeting advertisements the receiver also receives advertisements, where the advertisements have preselected values for specified demographic categories. The user television equipment, preferably using a microprocessor, compares the preselected values for the specified demographic categories associated with the advertisements with values of corresponding demographic categories stored in memory to determine which advertisements should be displayed.

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ROVI GUIDES INC2160 GOLD STREET SAN JOSE CA 95002

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ellis, Michael D Boulder , US 500 39047
Hassell, Joel G Arvada , US 97 9177
Knee, Robert A Lansdale , US 105 11132
Reynolds, Steven J Littleton , US 44 3402

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