TrendTV: An architecture for automatic change of TV channels based on social networks with multiple device support

• Published in: 2011 IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems Proceedings pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Sena, H. T. A., Dias, R., de Melo, Julio Paulino, Burlamaqui, Aquiles M. F.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.09.2011
• Subjects: Collaborative software; Computer architecture; Digital TV; Distributed information system; Electronic mail; Programming; Real time systems; Recom-mender systems; Social network services; Teamwork
• ISBN: 1612848885; 9781612848884
• ISSN: 1944-9429
• DOI: 10.1109/VECIMS.2011.6053843

In this work, we present the TrendTV architecture, a set of software layers that links various TV show viewers, producing a personalized recommendation system. In this architecture is possible to indicate the quality of a TV show in real time through the interaction between viewers using a social network that can be accessed through several different ways. Associated with a personalized Electronic Programming Guide, this social network allows the viewer to perform filtering on a particular subject from the indication made by other viewers through the interactivity over the Web, interactive TV or through a mobile device. The result is a dynamic database containing the classification of several TV programs built from that architecture, and an application that change automatically to the best channel at the moment.