A user-centered remote control system for personalized multimedia channel selection

The available TV programs within the increasing digital channels have led to the problem of information overload. To solve this problem, we propose a user-centered control system to provide personalized and automated channel selection services. This system has a client-server architecture. The mobile client is a remote control device for interacting with TV and any information modified ubiquitously through the mobile device is sent to the service server for further processing. A wireless environment is developed to access the proposed approach, in which a user can interact with the multimedia broadcasting system with his personal hand-held device. The experimental results show that the system can efficiently learn a user's interests and perform sensible channel selection. Also the system is able to continuously collect a user's feedback and learn his most up-to-date preferences to ensure the quality of service.