Commercial recommender
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1. A method for recommending commercials to viewers, comprising:
- detecting one or more commercial segments from video signals;
extracting descriptive information from the one or more commercial segments; and
selecting one or more commercials based on the descriptive information for recommendation.
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Abstract
System and method for recommending commercials are disclosed. Commercials from video signals are identified and extracted. Transcript information about the identified commercials are learned and extracted. Each commercials are then classified into different categories according to their transcript information. User preferences to the commercials are determined. The commercials with the user preferences are then used to build or train a decision tree in order to select commercials to recommend to the user. The selected commercials are then recommended using a personal channel.
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1. A method for recommending commercials to viewers, comprising:
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detecting one or more commercial segments from video signals;
extracting descriptive information from the one or more commercial segments; and
selecting one or more commercials based on the descriptive information for recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for recommending commercials, comprising:
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a processor for controlling a commercial detector module for detecting one or more commercials;
a module for detecting one or more commercials from video signals;
a module for extracting descriptive information from the detected commercials;
a recommender module for selecting commercials to recommend to a user based on the descriptive information; and
a dynamic personal channel module for creating a dynamic channel for presenting selected commercials.
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12. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps of recommending commercials, comprising:
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detecting one or more commercial segments from video signals;
extracting descriptive information from the commercial segment; and
selecting one or more commercials based on the descriptive information for recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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