US Patent Office Publishes First Digital Entertainment Guide For Mobile Devices From GIST Communications.GIST's UGuide Trial Version Of The 'TV Command Center' For Mobile Phones Making Waves in Telecom Industry NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- GIST Communications, delivering mobile digital services for managing TV content, announced that the patent application for its popular UGuide[TM] has been published by the US Patent Office. UGuide is designed to work with any PVR See DVR. , including set-top boxes and Media Center PCs, by enabling users to remotely manage and schedule recordings via a cellular network, using the application on a wireless mobile device. Upon availability, hundreds of users downloaded the UGuide in a matter of weeks. Discussions are now underway between GIST Communications and US mobile carriers for a commercial offering of its market-shaping, mobile EPG (Electronic Program Guide) An online listing of TV or other programs. Periodically, EPGs are downloaded into set-top boxes so that viewers can preview offerings by time or category and set reminders. that searches TV programming and analyzes viewers' program preferences to deliver personalized recommendations directly to the mobile phone. "The reaction to UGuide from both the telecommunication industry and consumers has been very positive, and we know with near certainty that we have the only remote digital content management service in the US market," said Jim Cantalini. "In concert with our direct dialogue with mobiles users, we're speaking with carriers to highlight the benefits to their customers, " added Cantalini. Any registered user can personalize the service, creating an individual profile containing preferences for a variety of content, such as digital radio programming, TV series, movies, genres, etc. These profile inputs, along with sophisticated collaborative filtering Also known as "social filtering" and "social information filtering," it refers to techniques that identify information a user might be interested in. There are different kinds of algorithms used, but the basic principle is to develop a rating system for matching incoming material. technology and other recommendation-generation techniques, hide between a simple, straightforward interface. GIST's easy to use UGuide gives consumers true remote control, also enabling them to use cell phones to schedule recordings on PVRs at home. The UGuide can be downloaded on a free trial basis at http://www.uguidetv.com. About GIST GIST Communications delivers digital services for managing TV entertainment though electronic program guides to the television and consumer electronics industry worldwide. Its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. UGuide[TM], is the only program guide for the mobile phone that delivers personalized programming recommendations and enables "on the go" remote video recording with Windows Media Centers See Media Center Edition. . Based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , GIST has deployed TV solutions in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Germany, France, Canada and Switzerland. Our clients include industry leaders such as Charter Cable Systems, EchoStar, Swisscom and Shaw Communications' Satellite Systems. |
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