Method and apparatus for determining a group preference in a social network
US8620996B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 19, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04H20/103
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method (100) of electronically determining a group preference in a social network from multiple individual preferences of members of the social network is provided. One embodiment of the method (100) uses a combination of an individual's importance to a social network and a social network's importance to the individual as weighting factors when combining the individual preferences to generate a shared set of preferences. This group preference may be used to select content for broadcast to the network, including audio content and video content. A social network group preference determination apparatus (401) can determine the individual's importance to the social network by interrogating or monitoring the communication activity of portable electronic communication devices (402) belonging to the members of the social network.
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