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Active and passive personalization techniques

US8082511B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2008
Grant dateDec 20, 2011
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/535
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for personalizing content for a particular user in a computing system comprising a user interface configured to display content. The method comprises identifying a long term profile having one or more features in a feature set and a long term level of importance associated with each term in the feature set, identifying a short term profile having one or more features in the feature set and a short term level of importance associated with each term in the feature set, identifying input related to the display of the one or more content items on the user interface, and using the input to modify the short term level of importance and the long term level of importance associated with each term in the feature set to form a modified user interest set.

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