US5801747 Патенты
A method and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring tele vision viewing activity to determine preferred categories of programming and preferred channels of a viewer. To facili tate viewer access to preferred programming, the display of an electronic program guide may be configured in accor dance with the monitored viewing activity to provide fast access to the preferred programming. The monitored view ing activity may also be used to provide a lock-out feature to prevent or limit the viewing of specified channels or categories of programming, or to identify and provide infor mation of interest
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