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Selection of content for downloading

  • US 20020040326A1
  • Filed: 09/24/2001
  • Published: 04/04/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of selecting categorised content items for download to a mobile device, the method involving the steps of:

  • (a) monitoring, at the device, use of content items downloaded to the device by detecting both positive usage events indicative of a user'"'"'s preference for a particular content item and negative usage events indicative of a user'"'"'s dislike of a particular content item, (b) deriving a category-based user-preference profile on the basis of the detected usage events and category indicator information associated with each item, the detected positive and negative usage events being respectively used to increase and decrease preferences indicated by the profile, for the content item categories associated with the content items to which the events relate; and

    (c) controlling the download of content items to the device from a content source on the basis of the preference profile and the categorisation of the content items available from the content source.

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