US 2011/0212756 A1 · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ONLINE PERFORMANCE SERVICE WITH RECOMMENDATION MODULE

Abstract

A method and system to recommend performances based on the performances' excitement-level as determined from events and characteristics associated with the performance and a subscriber's preference is described herein. A subscriber's preference influences the performance type and performance characteristics that are exciting to the subscriber. Recommendations for performances can be sent to the subscriber as a link or direct connection to a location of the online performance. Recommendations of a performance preserve the excitement of the performance by not revealing the score, outcome, or any statistics or commentary that would spoil the natural buildup of excitement from watching the live performance. Performance recommendations may include a start-time and end-time for watching only the exciting portions of the performance. Recommended portions of performances can be ranked to fit within a subscriber's customizable viewing-time, so that a subscriber can view only the most exciting portions of performances that fit within a limited time-frame.

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Dependent claims

An online recommendation system, the system comprising:

a recommendation engine, the recommendation engine is structured to generate:
a ranked list of performances each having a performance score to measure an excitement level of the performance, the performance score determined as a function of a plurality of event scores,
wherein each event score is based on one or more sets of characteristic scores generated from data associated with an event of a plurality of events related to the performance;
and
a storage device to store a portion of the data associated with the plurality of events related to the performance.

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A method for recommending one or more online sports presentations of a plurality of online sports presentations to one or more subscribers of an online sports recommendation service, the method comprising:

time-stamping the online sports presentations to indicate a series of discrete events for each respective one of the plurality of online sports presentations;
scoring a portion of the discrete events of the plurality of online sports presentations based on game characteristics determined from game data associated with the plurality of online sports presentations;
scoring the plurality of online sports presentations at least based on discrete event scores associated with a respective sports presentation of the plurality of online sports presentations;
and
sending one or more recommendations for online sports presentations of the plurality of online sports presentations to a subscriber of the one or more subscribers without revealing any statistics or highlights of any recommended performance, wherein
the recommendation is at least based on:
the scoring of the portion of discrete events, and one or more subscriber preferences, wherein a portion of the one or more recommended online sports presentations is displayed to the one or more subscribers based on a viewing-time selectable by the subscriber of the one or more subscribers, a watch-from-time, and a watch-to-time, wherein the watch-from-time and the watch-to-time are based on a peak excitement level associated with one or more of the portions of discrete events.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for an online performance service with recommendation module

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