Method and system enabling identification of information content having enhanced desirability to a user

US8108341B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Disney Enterprises, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jonathan David Barsook · Los Angeles, US
• Khai T. Tran · Burbank, US
• Marykate Haley · Pasadena, US
• Arun Ramagopal · West Hollywood, US
• David Ehlers · Burbank, US
• Jonathon Ruppel · Santa Monica, US
• Russell Armand · Los Angeles, US
• Miles Kemp · Los Angeles, US
• Sean Porter · Burbank, US
• Shashank Khetan · Culver City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 16, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/9577
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of enabling identification of information content having enhanced desirability to a user comprises collecting content into an information database, updating the collected content according to one or more updating schedules, filtering the updated content by reference to at least one theme, associating each of the filtered content items with a respective visual representation, and labeling the respective visual representations with one or more visual cues corresponding to one or more discrimination criteria. A system for enabling same comprises an information database configured to store collected content and accessible via a content server, an aggregator configured to update the collected content, an interactive content selection application configured to provide a user interface enabling filtering of the updated collected content, and a visualization module configured to associate the filtered content items with a visual representation and label each with one or more visual cues.