INTUITIVE TIMER

摘要

A method for determining a program of interest to a user and setting a timer to automatically record the program of interest. The method can interpret user inputs and watching habits, such as whether or not a user is present, to determine if a program being displayed for a user is a program of interest to the user. Once a program of interest is identified, a timer is set to record the next scheduled broadcast of the program of interest for the user. The user can then be notified, either before or after the timer is activated, that the automatic timer was set to record the program, and the user given the option of whether or not to keep the timer or recording.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving a plurality of programs at a receiver; displaying a first episode in a series of a selected program for viewing by a user; generating an entry in a log of selected programs for the selected program; determining a level of user interest for the selected program by a background process, the background process including determining if the user is present by detecting user commands during the displaying of the first episode of the selected program; ranking the selected program by the background process to determine if the selected program is a program of interest, the ranking based on the level of user interest; associating an interest marker with the selected program if the selected program is determined to be the program of interest; and recording a second episode in the series of the selected program if the user does not select the second episode of the selected program for viewing.