Method of selecting content for a user
OwnerDonald L. Nicholas, Louis N. Weiss +3inventors
InventorsDonald L. Nicholas, Louis N. Weiss, David H. Starr, Gail Odeneal, Roxanne M. O'Connell
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Abstract
An on-line server system that selects media information for a user according to the user's preferences. The server system comprises a content subsystem, a profile subsystem, and an administration subsystem. The content subsystem collects, stores, and updates media information. The profile subsystem creates a user profile. The administration subsystem is adapted and constructed to match the user profile with media information from the content subsystem and periodically generate an electronic newsletter.
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An on-line server system that selects media information for a user according to the user's preferences, comprising:
- a content subsystem, wherein said content subsystem collects, stores and updates media information;
- a profile subsystem, wherein said profile subsystem creates a user profile;
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- an administration subsystem, wherein said administration subsystem is adapted and constructed to match the user profile with media information from the content subsystem, and
- said administration subsystem periodically generates an electronic newsletter.
A method of selecting content for a Website user, comprising:
- (i) comparing a user profile with a content score for each of a plurality of content summaries;
- (ii) identifying at least one content summary having a content score most closely correlated to the user profile, wherein the content summary comprises a freestanding idea representative of a source of the content;
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- (iii) providing at least one content summary to the user in an electronic newsletter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.