Personalized content management

Abstract

A personalized content manager is disclosed. The personalized content manager comprises an apparatus, system, method, and computer readable medium that includes or performs the steps of receiving input regarding the filtering of broadband content, filtering the broadband content with one or more content categories based on the filtering input, filtering the content with one or more of a plurality of content sources based on the filtering input, and generating a personalized content management interface screen that includes a list of titles of the filtered content.

What we claim is:  
     
         1 . A personalized content management interface, comprising: 
 a dynamic graphical user interface (“GUI”), comprising: 
 one or more category buttons capable of being selected, wherein the category button(s) represents a category of content that may be accessed by a user;  
 one or more source buttons, including a source button for real-time stream, capable of being selected, wherein the source button(s) represents a source of content that may be accessed by a user; and  
 a content list, wherein one category button and one source button are selected and the content list includes any content, if any, that is within the category of content represented by the selected category button and that is provided by the source of content represented by the selected source button.  
   
     
     
         2 . The personalized content management interface of  claim 1  wherein the content list comprises a content title that may be selected to access corresponding content.  
     
     
         3 . The personalized content management interface of  claim 1  in which the dynamic GUI is displayed at a client on a display device and the client has a bandwidth capacity, wherein the content list is filtered to only include content that has a bandwidth requirement less than or equal to the bandwidth capacity.  
     
     
         4 . The personalized content management interface of  claim 1  wherein the one or more source buttons include a source button for local cache content.  
     
     
         5 . The personalized content management interface of  claim 1  wherein the one or more source buttons include a source button for edge-of-net content.  
     
     
         6 . The personalized content management interface of  claim 1  wherein the dynamic GUI displays available now content.  
     
     
         7 . The personalized content management interface of  claim 1  wherein the dynamic GUI displays scheduled content.  
     
     
         8 . The personalized content management interface of  claim 1  comprising a plurality of source buttons, wherein: 
 a plurality of source buttons are selected; and  
 the content list includes content from the plurality of selected source buttons.  
 
     
     
         9 . The personalized content management interface of  claim 1  wherein content list is sorted by a user profile that describes the user's viewing habits.  
     
     
         10 . The personalized content management interface of  claim 1  further comprising a user machine and a display, wherein the dynamic GUI is generated by software resident on the user machine and is displayed on the display.  
     
     
         11 . A method of personalized content management, comprising the steps of: 
 displaying a personalized content management interface;    receiving selection of one or more category buttons;    receiving selection of one or more source buttons, wherein the source buttons include a multicast stream button; and    generating a list of content that comprises content titles for content that is within the category of content represented by the selected category button and that is provided by the source of content represented by the selected source button.    
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11  wherein the generating comprises sorting the list of content according to a user profile.  
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11  wherein the method is executed at a client with a bandwidth capacity and wherein the generating comprises filtering the list of content to only include content that has a bandwidth requirement that is less than bandwidth capacity of the client.  
     
     
         14 . A client, that has a bandwidth capacity, comprising: 
 a user machine, that includes: 
 a processor;  
 a display; and  
 a memory that includes client software with a personal content manager module containing instructions for generating: 
 a dynamic graphical user interface (“GUI”), that is displayed on the display, the dynamic GUI comprising: 
 one or more category buttons capable of being selected, wherein the category button(s) represents a category of content that may be accessed by a user;  
 one or more source buttons, including a source button for real-time stream, capable of being selected, wherein the source button(s) represents a source of content that may be accessed by a user; and  
 a content list, wherein one category button and one source button are selected and the content list includes any content, if any, that is within the category of content represented by the selected category button, that is provided by the source of content represented by the selected source button and that has a bandwidth that is less than or equal to the client bandwidth capacity.  
 
 
   
     
     
         15 . A system for providing broadband content that comprises: 
 a signal origination point that originates broadband content;    a transmission medium that receives and transmits the broadband content transmitted from the signal origination point;    a service provider that received the transmitted broadband content; and    the client of  claim 14 , wherein the client received the transmitted broadband content from the service provider.    
     
     
         16 . A method of personalized content management, comprising the steps of: 
 receiving input regarding the filtering of broadband content;    filtering the broadband content with one or more content categories based on the filtering input;    filtering the content with one or more of a plurality of content sources based on the filtering input; and    generating a personalized content management interface screen that includes a list of titles of the filtered content.    
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising the step of: 
 receiving the broadband content.    
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising the step of: 
 receiving a plurality of program nuggets, at least some of the program nuggets corresponding to received broadband content.    
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising the steps of: 
 sorting the filtered content with a user profile, wherein: 
 the user profile comprises rankings of viewed content;  
 the sorting step sorts the filtered content in an order corresponding to the rankings of viewed content; and  
 the generating step generates a personalized content management interface screen that includes a list of titles of the filtered and sorted content.  
   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising the steps of: 
 determining if user filtering input is received, whereby the filtering and generating steps are repeated if user filtering input is received.    
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the receiving filtering input step includes receiving default settings.  
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the receiving filtering input step includes: 
 receiving one or more user category selections; and    receiving one or more user source selections.    
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein: 
 the generating step includes displaying a plurality of category buttons and a plurality of source buttons;    the receiving one or more user category selections step receives one or more user selections of category buttons; and    the receiving one ore more user source selections step receives one or more user selections of source buttons.    
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the filtering the content with one or more content categories step includes: 
 comparing user selected categories to program nugget data that corresponds with the content.    
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the filtering the content with one or more sources step includes: 
 comparing user selected sources to program nugget data that corresponds with the content.    
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising: 
 filtering the content with input schedule data.    
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising: 
 filtering the content with available now status.    
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising: 
 filtering the content with bandwidth capacity.    
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising: 
 receiving a user title selection, wherein the title is selected from the list of titles in the personalized content interface screen; and    displaying the content corresponding to the selected title.    
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising: 
 conducting a word search of the list of titles in the personalized content interface screen; and    generating a personalized content interface screen including titles of content matching the word search.    
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the generating a personalized content interface screen step generates a dynamic graphical user interface (“GUI”) that includes: 
 one or more category buttons capable of being selected, wherein the category button(s) represents a category of content that may be accessed by a user;  
 one or more source buttons, including a source button for real-time stream, capable of being selected, wherein the source button(s) represents a source of content that may be accessed by a user; and  
 a content list, wherein one category button and one source button are selected and the content list includes any content, if any, that is within the category of content represented by the selected category button and that is provided by the source of content represented by the selected source button.  
 
     
     
         32 . A computer-readable medium containing instructions for performing the method of  claim 16 .  
     
     
         33 . A user machine comprising: 
 a processor; and    a memory containing instructions, for execution by the processor, for performing the method of claim  16 .