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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2000
William Bunney, Coconut Grove, FL (US);
Tetsuya Kozo, London, GB;
Sony International (Europe) GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
A system for distributing information comprises at least one content source ( ), at least one client ( ), a communication network ( ), a distribution server ( ), a profile data base ( ) associated with the distribution server ( ) in which client profile information is stored, and a target count unit ( ) in the distribution server ( ) for effecting a target count by comparing the client profile information of the profile data base ( ) with target client information of a target count request sent from one of the content sources ( ). Information from one of the content sources ( ) is distributed to at least one client ( ) by means of the distribution server ( ) corresponding to the result of the target count effected by the target count unit ( ).