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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
May. 23, 2001
Jean Farineau, Levallois Perret, FR;
Jean Farineau, Levallois Perret, FR;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method of broadcasting multimedia information items, a receiver of multimedia information items broadcast by that method, and a user interface for consulting the information items. The invention relates to a method of broadcasting multimedia information items in a network comprising a transmitter and at least one receiver of information, the method including determining a class to which each information item belongs, broadcasting ahead of time a descriptor relating to each information item, at each receiver, qualifying the potential interest of each information item on the basis of the descriptors received and as a function of a user profile defined in the receiver, broadcasting the information items associated with the descriptors previously broadcast, and, in each receiver, storing locally each information item as a function of the qualification based on the descriptors. The invention also relates to a receiver and a user interface for consulting broadcast information items.