System and method for picture-in-picture assisted time-adaptive surfing for a content presentation system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8782703
APP PUB NO 20080316358A1
SERIAL NO

11812782

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Systems and/or methods are disclosed herein to identify a user interacting with a content presentation system, adaptively learn, in a passive manner, a user's pattern of accessing content over time, and globally store the user's identifying and use information. Specifically, disclosed are systems and/or methods for switching from a first signal provided to a second signal, including identifying a user of a first content presentation system, creating a first preferred channel list which includes channel information for each of select ones of plural signals, where the preferred channel list is created based on the identity of the user and based on channel use information for the user during a recurring first time period, presenting substantially simultaneously to the user a first signal of the select ones of plural signals in a first frame and a second signal of the select ones of plural signals in a second frame.

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  • IMAGINE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Beadle, Edward R Melbourne, US 50 1379
DeLay, John L Mason, US 18 122

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