Interactive video distribution systems – Operator interface – To facilitate tuning or selection of video signal
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-21
2006-02-21
Srivastava, Vivek (Department: 2617)
Interactive video distribution systems
Operator interface
To facilitate tuning or selection of video signal
C725S047000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07003792
ABSTRACT:
A smart agent (SA) is provided which resides locally in a local client device and by iterative means integrates the habit, statistics and psycho-demographic information of a user to infer the user's preferences. The SA may also utilize the preferences to filter information delivered to the local device. The invention further discloses a means of collecting, combining, integrating and inferring information from the user to arrive at a psycho-demographic profile of the user, and a means of utilizing such psycho-demographic profile to select or filter information delivered to the user, thereby achieving targeting. The invention also discloses a means of classifying and identifying the information delivered so that it can be matched, filtered or selected.
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Fish & Neave IP Group of Ropes & Gray LLP
Index Systems, Inc.
Srivastava Vivek
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