Interactive video distribution systems – Operator interface – To facilitate tuning or selection of video signal
Reexamination Certificate
2002-01-09
2011-10-25
Nguyen-Ba, Hoang-Vu A (Department: 2421)
Interactive video distribution systems
Operator interface
To facilitate tuning or selection of video signal
C725S034000, C725S035000, C705S014490, C705S014520, C705S014530, C705S014660, C705S014670, C707S899000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08046797
ABSTRACT:
The method and system for TV user profile data prediction and modeling allows accurate and narrowly focused behavioral clustering. A client-side system classifies television consumers into representative user profiles. The profiles target individual user advertising and program preference category groups. A contextual behavioral profiling system determines the user's monitor behavior and content preferences, and the system may be continually updated with user information. A behavioral model database is queried by various system modules. The programming, including targeted advertising for television and interactive television is based on the profile data prediction, modeling and preference determination. The system is enabled to present a complete program sequence to the viewer based on the preference determination and stored programming. The latter is referred to as automatic program sequence (virtual channel) creation and the virtual channel can be presented as a separate channel in an electronic programming guide (EPG).
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Bentolila Isaac
Humpleman Richard
Ismail Labeeb K.
Zhou Yiming
Duffy Vincent E.
Fogelson Joel M.
Nguyen-Ba Hoang-Vu A
Shedd Robert D.
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