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US007.9747 14B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 7,974,714 B2 Hoffberg (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 5, 2011 (54) INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE 3,967.241 A 6, 1976 Kawa SYSTEMAND METHOD 3,993,976 A 1 1/1976 Ginsburg 4,025,851 A 5, 1977 Haselwood et al. (76) Inventor: Steven Mark Hoffberg, West Harrison, 4,100,370 A 7, 1978 Suzuki et al. NY (US) (Continued) (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 EP PCT/EPOOf 13.194 T 2001 U.S.C. 154(b) by 383 days. (Continued) (21) Appl. No.: 11/467,928 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (22) Filed: Aug. 29, 2006 Ding et al., U.S. Appl. No. 60/212,546, filed Jun 20, 2000, US Provisional Patent Application, pp. 1-8.* (65) Prior Publication Data (Continued) US 2007/OO53513 A1 Mar. 8, 2007 Primary Examiner — Vivian Chin Related U.S. Application Data Assistant Examiner — Daniel R Sellers (63) Continuation of application No. 11/045,689, filed on (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Steven M. Hoffberg; Jan. 29, 2005, which is a continuation of application Ostrolenk Faber LLP No. 09/680,049, filed on Oct. 5, 2000, now Pat. No. 6,850,252. (57) ABSTRACT Provisional application No. 60/157,829, filed on Oct. An intelligent electronic appliance preferably includes a user (60) interface, data input and/or output port, and an intelligent 5, 1999. processor. A preferred embodiment comprises a set top box (51) Int. C. for interacting with broadband media streams, with an adap (2006.01) tive user interface, content-based media processing and/or H04R 3/02 (2006.01) media metadata processing, and telecommunications integra GIIB 2L/02 (2006.01) tion. An adaptive user interface models the user, by observa HO)4N 5/78 (2006.01) tion, feedback, and/or explicit input, and presents a user inter (52) U.S. Cl. ............ 700/94; 381/73.1: 360/75; 386/321 face and/or executes functions based on the user model. A Field of Classification Search .................... 700/94; content-based media processing system analyzes media con (58) tent, for example audio and video, to understand the content, 381/712, 71.3, 94.1, 94.9, 73.1, 71.8, 71.12, for example to generate content-descriptive metadata. A 381/71.14; 360/75, 77.06: 386/321 media metadata processing system operates on locally or See application file for complete search history. remotely generated metadata to process the media in accor (56) References Cited dance with the metadata, which may be, for example, an electronic program guide, MPEG 7 data, and/or automati U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS cally generated format. 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