ORCA Interactive Ltd. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120063744 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING RELATED PROGRAMS COMPRISING MEDIA CONTENT RELATED DATA - A system a method and a module for recording programs comprising media content data, transmitted by a media content provider via communication channels, where each program is associated with metadata containing details relating to the program. The method comprises: identifying related programs; online recording of programs of at least one predefined communication channel, that were identified as related programs, according to predefined recording rules, using a recording device and enabling at least one viewer to select and view recorded programs, using a video-audio display unit. The identification of related programs is carried out by analyzing the metadata associated with each transmitted program identifying at least one relation of at least one relation type between at least some of the programs. The identified related programs are associated with programs groups, each group representing the relation relating all programs in the group and the relation type associated therewith. | 03-15-2012 |
20120036523 | Adaptive Blending of Recommendation Engines - A computer implemented data processing system for adaptively blending a plurality of content recommendation engines. The system comprising: a computer implemented blending module; a plurality of computer implemented recommendation engines in operative association with the blending module; a user terminal in communication with the blending module, wherein the plurality of recommendation engines are in operative association with a content repository; and wherein the user terminal is operable to detect a particular user profile of a particular user associated therewith and deliver the particular user profile to the blending module; and wherein each recommendation engine is associated with specific predefined recommendation rules and operable to select particular content from the content repository in accordance with a particular user profile and predefined recommendation rules; and wherein the blending module is operable to adaptively assign weights to the plurality of recommendation engines for each particular user, responsive to the particular user profile thereof. | 02-09-2012 |
20110047570 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUICK NAVIGATION BETWEEN RECOMMENDATION SETS IN A TV CONTENT DISCOVERY SYSTEM - A method for quick navigation between recommendation sets in a TV content discovery system includes mapping of several physical buttons on a remote controller to a single virtual representation button on a TV screen. The virtual representation button provides a one click function of selecting and changing recommendation domains and/or recommendation sets within the recommendation domains. The virtual representation button may also be changed with the single click to indicate the status of the selected content | 02-24-2011 |