Method and system for providing a user profile
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsClaudine Viegas Conrado, Joanna Elzbieta Kabala, Cornelius Wilhelmus Antonius Marie Van Overveld
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Abstract
A method of and system for providing a user profile, comprising user profile maintenance means for maintaining the user profile, visualization means for representing a content item visually as an icon and representing the user profile as a corresponding shape comprising at least one icon representing a content item, and consistency guarding means for guarding the consistency between the user profile and the corresponding shape. The consistency is guarded by changing the corresponding shape in dependence on a change in the user profile, and/or by changing the user profile in dependence on a manipulation of the corresponding shape.
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A method of providing a user profile wherein the user profile is at least based on content viewed by a user, comprising representing the user profile as a corresponding shape comprising at least one icon representing a content item, and guarding the consistency between the user profile and the corresponding shape.
A computer implement system (100) for providing a user profile, comprising user profile maintenance means (110) for maintaining the user profile, wherein the user profile is at least based on content viewed by a user, visualization means (120) for representing the user profile as a corresponding shape (102) comprising at least one icon (101) representing a content item, and consistency guarding (130) means for guarding the consistency between the user profile and the corresponding shape (102).
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