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Server-side preference prediction based on customer billing information to generate a broadcast schedule

  • US 20030046683A1
  • Filed: 08/28/2001
  • Published: 03/06/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for supporting a broadcast service, comprising:

  • for each of a plurality of customers of the broadcast service, determining, by executing server software, predicted content that the customer'"'"'s client software is expected to acquire from the service on behalf of the customer, based on (1) billing information for the customer received from the customer'"'"'s client software and that describes previously broadcast content acquired by the client software on behalf of the customer, and (2) a description of available content that will be available for broadcast by the service and that can be acquired by the plurality of customers'"'"' client software; and

    deriving a broadcast schedule for the service based on the predicted content for the plurality of customers, wherein the schedule includes a description of some of the available content.

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