Method of providing a personalized broadcast service

摘要

There is described a method of providing a personalized broadcast service. The method involves arranging for a content provider ( 40 ) to communicate with a user device ( 30 ) and a broadcast service ( 50 ). The device ( 30 ) presents its user ( 20 ). The method involves: receiving user profile information from the user ( 20 ); receiving programme content indicative data ( 110 ) at the broadcast service ( 50 ); providing to the device ( 30 ) an a priori recording schedule ( 130 ) derived from the profile information ( 100 ) and the indicative data ( 110 ); receiving programme content ( 140, 150 ) at the broadcast service ( 50 ) and the device ( 30 ) and recording said received programme content at the device ( 30 ); analyzing the received programme content at the broadcast service ( 50 ) to generate an a posteriori selection schedule ( 200 ); receiving the selection schedule ( 200 ) at the device and processing the programme content recorded at the device ( 30 ) pursuant to the selection schedule ( 200 ) to generate the personalized programme content for the user ( 20 ).