Selective receiver of news items
First Claim
1. A receiver adapted to receive and to present selectively broadcast news items so that each news item broadcast is allocated a vector representing the news category to which the news item belongs and a pertinence factor representing the pertinence of that item in the category, which receiver includes filter means for selecting news items to be presented by said receiver as a function of a degree of interest profile for each category, the degree of interest of a news item being weighted by said pertinence factor, and modulator means for modulating said pertinence factor allocated to at least some news categories.
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Abstract
A receiver receives and selectively presents broadcast news items. Each news item broadcast is allocated a vector representing the news category to which the news item belongs and a pertinence factor representing the pertinence of that item in the category. The receiver includes a filter for selecting news items to be presented by the receiver as a function of a degree of interest profile for each category. The degree of interest of a news item is weighted by the pertinence factor. The receiver further includes a modulator for modulating the pertinence factor allocated to at least some news categories. The modulator for modulating the pertinence factor effects the modulation as a function of data relating to previous consultations of news items in the same category.
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- 1. A receiver adapted to receive and to present selectively broadcast news items so that each news item broadcast is allocated a vector representing the news category to which the news item belongs and a pertinence factor representing the pertinence of that item in the category, which receiver includes filter means for selecting news items to be presented by said receiver as a function of a degree of interest profile for each category, the degree of interest of a news item being weighted by said pertinence factor, and modulator means for modulating said pertinence factor allocated to at least some news categories.
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