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Method for transmitting multimedia information elements, receiver of multimedia information elements distributed by said method and user interface for consulting said information elements

  • US 20040034682A1
  • Filed: 11/22/2002
  • Published: 02/19/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of broadcasting multimedia information items ([#i]) in a network comprising a transmitter (2, 3, 4, 5) and at least one receiver (7) of information, consisting of:

  • determining a class ([ai, bi, ci]) to which each information item ([#i]) belongs in accordance with a predetermined classification, broadcasting ahead of time a descriptor relating to each information item ([#i]) characterizing the class ([ai, bi, ci]) to which the information item belongs and the memory capacity necessary for storing it, in each receiver (7), qualifying on the basis of the descriptors received the potential interest of each information item ([#i]) as a function of a user profile defined in the receiver (7), in each receiver (7), sorting the information items ([#i]) in decreasing potential interest order as a function of the user profile defined in the receiver (7), in each receiver (7), selecting the items at the top of the sorted list (i.e. the items having the highest potential interest) so that the capacity necessary for storing all the selected items does not exceed the capacity offered by the memory space dedicated to this application, broadcasting the information items ([#i]) associated with the descriptors previously broadcast, and in each receiver (7), locally storing the information items ([#i]) selected in the above manner, which method is characterized in that the user profile is updated automatically as a function of how the user consults the information items ([#i]) stored in the receiver (7).

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