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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2000
J. David Schaffer, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Kwok Pun Lee, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Kaushal Kurapati, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Srinivas Gutta, Buchanan, NY (US);
J. David Schaffer, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Kwok Pun Lee, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Kaushal Kurapati, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Srinivas Gutta, Buchanan, NY (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A television programming recommender is disclosed that selectively obtains feedback information from a user to update one or more profiles associated with the user. Previously obtained implicit and explicit preferences are utilized to selectively focus the collection of feedback information to further update and refine the implicit and explicit preferences. The present invention obtains feedback from a user in a manner that maximizes the value of the obtained information and improves the performance of the television programming recommender. The present invention automatically requests feedback from the user upon the occurrence of predefined criteria. The nature of the requested feedback, and the manner in which the obtained feedback is used to adjust a profile, can vary.