Information navigation apparatus
First Claim
1. An information navigation apparatus comprising:
- a content information database for storing content information about digital content;
a content selection history memory unit for storing a user'"'"'s content selection history; and
a preference analysis unit for analyzing the user'"'"'s preferences based on said content information and said user'"'"'s content selection history.
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Abstract
An information navigation apparatus monitors a user'"'"'s preferential tendencies among huge amounts of digital content using as objective a criterion as possible, and displays content information that would facilitate the user'"'"'s content selection based on the monitored data. The apparatus is capable of accommodating the user'"'"'s modification of his or her preferential tendencies on the spot. The information navigation apparatus comprises a content selection history memory unit for storing a user'"'"'s content selection history, a content information database for storing content information about digital content, a preference analysis unit for analyzing the user'"'"'s preferences based on said content information and said user'"'"'s content selection history, and display means for displaying the result of analysis of the user'"'"'s preferences by said preference analysis unit.
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20 Claims
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1. An information navigation apparatus comprising:
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a content information database for storing content information about digital content;
a content selection history memory unit for storing a user'"'"'s content selection history; and
a preference analysis unit for analyzing the user'"'"'s preferences based on said content information and said user'"'"'s content selection history. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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10. An information navigation method comprising:
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storing content information about digital content;
storing a user'"'"'s content selection history;
analyzing a user'"'"'s preferences based on said content information and the user'"'"'s content selection history; and
displaying the result of analysis of said user'"'"'s preferences. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An information navigation apparatus comprising:
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a preference analysis unit for analyzing a user'"'"'s preferences; and
an information navigation function for facilitating the user'"'"'s information selection based on the analysis performed by said preference analysis unit such that the selection of information matches the user'"'"'s preferences.
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20. An information navigation apparatus comprising:
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a content selection history memory unit for storing a user'"'"'s content selection history; and
a preference analysis unit for analyzing the user'"'"'s preferences based on the digital contents information acquired from the outside of said information navigation apparatus and said user'"'"'s content selection history.
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