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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1996
Seiji Miike, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masahiro Kajiura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tetsuya Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ono, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kazuo Sumita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, , JP;
Abstract
An information filtering apparatus for providing articles to a user includes an article extraction section that retrieves articles from articles stored in an article storage section using a user-profile. An excerpt generating section generates excerpts of the retrieved article by calculating similarities between the retrieved articles and the user-profile to generate the excerpt including the user's necessary information. An abstract generating section combines excerpts to form an abstract. The user-profile for each user in the user-profile storage section is modified in accordance with user feedback.