Content recommendations based on personal preferences
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJames T. Sofos, Lee M. Chow, David J. Piepenbrink
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Abstract
A method and system for recommending multimedia content includes collecting consumption information for a plurality of users. The consumption information, along with real-time contextual information, may be used to generate collections of recommended multimedia content, including obtainable multimedia assets. The collections may be offered to a user for purchase. The user may be provided access to the multimedia assets. A unified storefront application, providing access to multimedia content via an Internet-protocol television portal, a web portal, and a mobile portal, may be used to offer and provide access to the multimedia assets.
Claims28
A method for recommending multimedia content in a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN), comprising:
- retrieving consumption information describing multimedia content provided by the MCDN that is associated with a user;
- obtaining contextual information describing a real-time interaction by the user with the MCDN;
- based on the consumption information and the contextual information, generating recommended multimedia content including at least one obtainable multimedia asset;
- and
- making the recommended multimedia collection accessible to the user via at least one of:
- a web portal, an Internet-protocol television portal provided by the MCDN, and a mobile portal.
Customer premises equipment (CPE) for use within a client configuration of a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN), comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory media accessible to the processor, including processor executable instructions to:
- send to an MCDN server contextual information describing a real-time interaction with the CPE by a user of the CPE;
- receive recommended multimedia content, including at least one obtainable multimedia asset;
- and
- make the recommended multimedia content accessible to the user,
- wherein the recommended multimedia content is also made accessible to the user from at least one of:
- an Internet website and a mobile wireless network platform.
A computer-readable memory media, including instructions for implementing a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN), said instructions executable to:
- access consumption information relating to multimedia content provided to an MCDN client;
- access contextual information relating to real-time user interaction with the MCDN client;
- based on the consumption information and the contextual information, generate recommended multimedia content, including at least one obtainable multimedia asset;
- and
- make the recommended multimedia content accessible to a user via at least two of:
- a web portal, an Internet-protocol television portal provided by the MCDN, and a wirelessly accessible mobile portal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.