Social network-based automated program channel recommender
US9264784B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/01
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Method, device, and non-transitory storage medium to obtain program historical data and social network data associated with users that receive one or more programs via one or more channels; calculate a social similarity value; calculate a channel-interest similarity value; calculate a similarity index value based on the social similarity value and the channel-interest similarity value; calculate a program weight value for each program; calculate a stay-time, for each channel, that indicates a time period each of the users remained on each channel; calculate based on each program weight value, each stay-time, and each similarity index value, a channel weight for each channel; and select based on each channel weight, one or more channels to recommend to at least one of the users.
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