Generating Recommendations for Content Servers
AssigneeFrance Telecom
InventorsRoberto AGRO, Vincent Murphy
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Abstract
A multimedia content server including a memory area in which metadata is stored in association with at least one content accessible via said server and usable for selecting at least one of said contents with a view to formulating a request for access to the selected content, said server including: storage means adapted to store in a data structure all or part of the metadata stored in said memory area; means for sending said data structure to a recommendation engine adapted to obtain on the basis of the metadata contained in said data structure content recommendations in the form of second metadata for at least one content accessible via said server; means for enriching the metadata stored in said memory area with said content recommendations.
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A multimedia content server including a memory area in which first metadata is stored in association with at least one content accessible via said server and usable for selecting at least one of said contents with a view to formulating a request for access to the selected content, wherein said server includes:
- storage means adapted to store in a data structure all or part of said first metadata stored in said memory area;
- means for sending said data structure to a recommendation engine adapted to obtain on the basis of the first metadata contained in said data structure content recommendations in the form of second metadata for at least one other content accessible via said server;
- means for obtaining said content recommendations;
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- means for enriching the first metadata stored in said memory area with said content recommendations.
A method of updating a memory area of a multimedia content server, said memory area including first metadata associated with at least one content accessible via said server and usable for selecting at least one of said contents with a view to formulating a request for access to the selected content, said method being executed by said server and includes:
- a step of storing in a data structure all or part of the first metadata stored in said memory area;
- a step of sending said data structure to a recommendation engine adapted to obtain on the basis of the first metadata contained in said data structure content recommendations in the form of second metadata for at least one other content accessible via said server;
- a step of obtaining said content recommendations;
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- a step of enriching the first metadata stored in said memory area with said content recommendations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.