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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Hiromi Iida, Osaka, JP;
Iku Ohama, Osaka, JP;
Shohji Ohtsubo, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A content output device for outputting contents to be displayed to users, including: a storage unit storing a plurality of contents, each being associated with its attribute; a first output control unit for outputting a predetermined content among the contents to a screen; a related content identifying unit for identifying, among the contents stored in the storage unit, a set of related contents whose attributes are related to an attribute of the predetermined content; a user preference identifying unit for identifying, among the contents stored in the storage unit, contents that match the preference of the user; and a second output control unit for outputting, to the screen, one or more contents that belong to both the set of related contents and the contents identified by the user preference identifying unit, thereby outputting images that are most likely to be desired by thy user.