Method and apparatus for customizing messaging within a cable system
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1. A method for customized messaging within a cable system, the method comprises:
- obtaining a user profile of a user of the cable system;
obtaining audience specific messages, wherein each of the audience specific messages includes a desired user profile;
comparing the user profile with the desired user profile for at least some of the audience specific messages; and
for each comparison where the user profile sufficiently matches the desired user profile of a message of at least some of the audience specific messages, adding the message to a list of custom messages for the user.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for customize messaging within a cable system includes processing that begins by obtaining a user profile of a user of the cable system. The processing continues by obtaining audience specific messages that includes a desired user profile. The desired user profile indicates targeted user profiles. The processing then continues by comparing the user profile of the user with the desired user profile for an audience specific message. When the user profile sufficiently matches the desired user profile of the message, the audience specific message is added to a list of custom messages for the user.
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1. A method for customized messaging within a cable system, the method comprises:
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obtaining a user profile of a user of the cable system;
obtaining audience specific messages, wherein each of the audience specific messages includes a desired user profile;
comparing the user profile with the desired user profile for at least some of the audience specific messages; and
for each comparison where the user profile sufficiently matches the desired user profile of a message of at least some of the audience specific messages, adding the message to a list of custom messages for the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for custom messaging within a cable system, the method comprises:
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maintaining a database of user profiles for each of a plurality of users affiliated with the cable system;
maintaining a database of a plurality of messages;
customizing messaging from the database of the plurality of messages for a user of the plurality of users based on the user profile of the user to produce custom messages; and
providing at least one of the custom messages to the user via the cable system. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for customized messaging within a cable system, the apparatus comprises:
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processing module; and
memory operably coupled to the processing module, wherein the memory includes operational instructions that cause the processing module to;
obtain a user profile of a user of the cable system;
obtain audience specific messages, wherein each of the audience specific messages includes a desired user profile;
compare the user profile with the desired user profile for at least some of the audience specific messages; and
for each comparison where the user profile sufficiently matches the desired user profile of a message of the at least some of the audience specific messages, add the message to a list of custom messages for the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for custom messaging within a cable system, the apparatus comprises:
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processing module; and
memory operably coupled to the processing module, wherein the memory includes operational instructions that cause the processing module to;
maintain a database of user profiles for each of a plurality of users affiliated with the cable system;
maintain a database of a plurality of messages;
customize messaging from the database of the plurality of messages for a user of the plurality of users based on the user profile of the user to produce custom messages; and
provide at least one of the custom messages to the user via the cable system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for customizing messages within a cable system, the method comprises:
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obtaining customizing information regarding a commercial message;
receiving the commercial message; and
customizing the commercial message based on the customizing information. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus for customizing messages within a cable system, the apparatus comprises:
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processing module; and
memory operably coupled to the processing module, wherein the memory includes operational instructions that cause the processing module to;
obtain customizing information regarding a commercial message;
receive the commercial message; and
customize the commercial message based on the customizing information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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