Method and apparatus for precision interest matching locally stored content
AssigneeAbsio Corporation
InventorsDaniel L. Kruger, Mitchell J. Tanenbaum, David A. Kruger
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Abstract
Methods and systems for delivering selected content to users are provided. More particularly, profile information associated with an individual user is applied to select content for presentation to that user. While the user is viewing streamed content, content selected through application of the user profile can also be presented to the user. The selected content can be inserted into space reserved within a data stream for such selected content, or can be presented in place of other content delivered as part of the requested content.
Claims20
A method for presenting content, comprising:
- receiving profile information related to a first user;
- receiving at least one of first selected content and first selected content metadata from a content provider;
- storing at least a first set of selected content included in the received first selected content or identified in the first selected content metadata;
- identifying a first item of content included in the stored set of selected content;
- presenting first requested content;
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- during or immediately following presenting the first requested content, presenting the identified first item of content.
A device, comprising:
- a communication interface;
- a processor;
- data storage;
- profile information stored on data storage, the profile information including a first category of profile information and a second category of profile information;
- application programming stored on the data storage, wherein the application programming includes instructions operable to provide at least some profile information included in the first category of profile information belonging to at least a first user to a search server using a link established over the communication interface, wherein the application programming receives at least one of content and content metadata in response to providing the search server with the information included in the first category of profile information, wherein the application programming applies profile information included in the second category of profile information belonging to at least the first user to the at least one of content and content metadata to produce a first filtered list of content, wherein the application programming stores at least one item of content identified in the filtered list of content on the data storage;
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- a user output device, wherein the user output device is operable to present broadcast content to the at least a first user during a first period of time, and wherein the user output device is operable to present the stored at least one item of content during a second period of time.
A computer program product including computer executable instructions stored on a tangible medium, the instructions comprising:
- instructions to apply a first category of profile information related to a user to identify a first set of content relevant to at least a first user;
- instructions to store content included in the identified first set of content in a storage device;
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- instructions to present a first selected item of content included in the identified first set of content in coordination with a first requested item of content, wherein the content included in the identified first set of content is stored in the storage device prior to a presentation of the first selected item of content in coordination with the first requested item of content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.