Title:
TELEVISION VIEWER PROFILE INITIALIZER AND RELATED METHODS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002067578
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A TV viewer profile initializer for reducing the time it takes for an implicit profiler-based TV recommender to produce accurate TV recommendations. The profiles initializer utilizes stereotype profiles from a substantial pool of TV viewing behavior of a representative number of TV viewers. By applying clustering methods to such data, stereotype profiles can emerge. New viewers are then be offered a selection of stereotype profiles to choose from to initialize their own personal TV viewing profile. Thus, a single choice will suffice to provide a predictable TV show recommender that is presumably fairly close to a viewer's own preferences. After this initialization, the profile can be adapted by the user's own viewing behavior to migrate from the initial stereotype towards a more accurate profile of the user.
Inventors:
SCHAFFER DAVID J
RANKIN PAUL J
MATHIAS KEITH E
MILANSKI JOHN
RANKIN PAUL J
MATHIAS KEITH E
MILANSKI JOHN
Application Number:
PCT/IB2002/000356
Publication Date:
April 17, 2003
Filing Date:
February 01, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV (NL)
International Classes:
H04H60/66; H04N5/445; H04N7/025; H04N7/03; H04N7/035; H04N7/16; H04N17/00; H04N21/25; H04N21/258; H04N21/4147; H04N21/442; H04N21/45; H04N21/454; H04N21/466; (IPC1-7): H04N5/445; H04N7/16; H04N7/173
Foreign References:
| US5758257A | 1998-05-26 | |||
| GB2351891A | 2001-01-10 | |||
| US5790935A | 1998-08-04 |
Other References:
EHRMANTRAUT M ET AL: "THE PERSONAL ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE - TOWARDS THE PRE-SELECTION OF INDIVIDUAL TV PROGRAMS", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CIKM, ACM, NEW YORK, NY, US, 12 November 1996 (1996-11-12), pages 243 - 250, XP002071337
SMYTH B ET AL: "SURFING THE DIGITAL WAVE GENERATING PERSONALISED TV LISTINGS USING COLLABORATIVE, CASE-BASEDRECOMMENDATION", CASE-BASED REASONING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, XX, XX, July 1999 (1999-07-01), pages 561 - 571, XP001030090
SMYTH B ET AL: "SURFING THE DIGITAL WAVE GENERATING PERSONALISED TV LISTINGS USING COLLABORATIVE, CASE-BASEDRECOMMENDATION", CASE-BASED REASONING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, XX, XX, July 1999 (1999-07-01), pages 561 - 571, XP001030090
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