Interactive personal information system and method
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Abstract
The interactive personal information system and method delivers personalized information to users by having a publisher, or a multilevel structure of primary and secondary publishers, collect information items into at least one database for periodic delivery of collections of information items to users as personalized information. The collections are selected based on user profiles that are refined based on collecting and analyzing subjective responses from the users. The personalized information can be delivered in various formats and can include various interactive tools to increase its utility. Different levels of publishers can provide information items and response analysis to other publishers. Information items can be sought by publishers based on user requests and response analysis.
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424 Claims
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321. A method of delivering personalized information to users, comprising:
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collecting information items;
storing said information items on at least one database;
associating a plurality of users as a group based on a common attribute;
establishing a group profile for said group and storing said group profiles on at least one database;
periodically delivering a collection of information items to each user as personalized information, wherein at least a portion of information items from said collection is chosen based on said group profile;
collecting group information responses other than information item usage from said group related to group information items; and
refining said group profile based, at least in part, on said group information responses. - View Dependent Claims (323, 324, 325, 328, 345, 349, 352, 353, 358, 359, 365, 366, 378, 379, 388, 423)
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