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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1999
Alan Sullivan, Hagerstown, MD (US);
Ivan Pope, London, GB;
Other;
Abstract
A system and method for controlling information output based on user feedback about the information that includes a plurality of information sources. At least one neural network module selects one or more of a plurality of objects to receive information from the plurality of information sources based on a plurality of inputs and a plurality of weight values during that epoch. At least one server, associated with the neural network module, provides one or more of the objects to a plurality of recipients. The recipients provide feedback during an epoch. At the conclusion of an epoch, the neural network takes the feedback that has been provided from the recipients and generates a rating value for each of the objects. Based on the rating value and selections made, the neural network redetermines the weight values. The neural network then selects the objects to receive information during a subsequent epoch.