Device and method for automatic filter adjustment

A device for adjusting filter parameters, the device comprises or can be connected to

• a display, a physical user interface and a memory,
• the device further comprises a processing unit that is or can be operatively connected to the display, the physical user interface and the memory,
• wherein the memory comprises a sorted list of items comprising a plurality of items in an ordered manner,
• wherein the order of the items is determined by their rank, and
• wherein the processing unit is configured to generate a graphical representation of the items in the list in an ordered manner on the display,
• wherein the processing unit is further configured to respond to the physical user interface so as to allow a user to rearrange and/or drop items in the graphical representation of the list of items to thus generate a re-ordered list,
• wherein the processing unit is further configured to modify the rank of the items in the list according to the graphical representation after rearrangement in response to the physical user interface,
• wherein the processing unit is further configured to modify a relative rating history based on the re-ordered list and to generate from the modified relative rating history a modified set of filter parameters,
• wherein the processing unit is further configured to respond to the physical user interface so as to allow a user to qualify each item as belonging to one of a predetermined number of like-degree related clusters,
• wherein the each item is characterized by at least one feature-value pair that represents a value of a feature of the item and wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine a like-degree indicating factor for at least some of the feature-value pairs characterizing the items in the re-ordered list so that a product of feature-value pair like-degree indicating factors for a particular item matches the rank of the item in the re-ordered list when compared to a product of feature-value pair like-degree indicating factors of other items in the reordered list, and
• wherein the like-degree indicating factor is a skewing factor for a particular feature-value pair and wherein the product of the skewing factors of the feature-value pairs characterizing a specific item is the skewing factor of said item.