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System and method for determining the desirability of video programming events using keyword matching

  • US 20020087979A1
  • Filed: 11/16/2001
  • Published: 07/04/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining the desirability of programming events, comprising:

  • receiving metadata describing programming events, the metadata for a programming event comprising goodness of fit scores associated with categories of a classification hierarchy and at least one of descriptive data and keyword data; and

    ranking the programming events in accordance with viewing preferences expressed in at least one viewer profile, each of the at least one viewer profiles comprising preference scores associated with categories of the classification hierarchy and at least one keyword, the ranking using the metadata goodness of fit scores and the viewer profile category preference scores to determine rank based on category matching, the ranking further using the at least one of metadata descriptive data and metadata keywords and the at least one keyword of the at least one viewer profile to determine rank based upon keyword matching.

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