TASTE NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method for controlling content presented to a viewing user based upon the viewing user'"'"'s determined similarity with other users who have rated the content, including:
- receiving an indication from the viewing user reducing a similarity threshold that represents a maximum taste distance between the viewer user and the other users who have rated the content;
identifying content that displayed to the viewing user and that is rated by other users who are outside of the reduced similarity threshold;
in response to the received indication, removing from a display the content identified as being outside of the reduced similarity threshold.
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling the content presented to a viewing user based upon the viewing user'"'"'s determined similarity with other users who have rated the content. An indication can be received from the viewing user that can change a similarity threshold that represents a maximum taste distance between the viewer user and the other users who have rated the content. If the similarity threshold is reduced, content that is displayed to the user and that is rated by other users who are outside of the reduced similarity threshold can be removed from the display in response to the indication received from the viewing user. If the similarity threshold is increased, content that is not already displayed to the user but that is within the increased similarity threshold can be added to the display in response to the received indication.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for controlling content presented to a viewing user based upon the viewing user'"'"'s determined similarity with other users who have rated the content, including:
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receiving an indication from the viewing user reducing a similarity threshold that represents a maximum taste distance between the viewer user and the other users who have rated the content; identifying content that displayed to the viewing user and that is rated by other users who are outside of the reduced similarity threshold; in response to the received indication, removing from a display the content identified as being outside of the reduced similarity threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 10)
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6. A method for controlling the content presented to a viewing user based upon the viewing user'"'"'s determined similarity with other users who have rated the content, including:
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receiving an indication from the viewing user increasing a similarity threshold that represents a maximum taste distance between the viewer user and the other users who have rated the content; identifying content that is not displayed to the viewing user and that is rated by other users who are within the increased similarity threshold; in response to the received indication, adding to a display the content identified as not being displayed to the user and that is within the increased similarity threshold. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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11. A system for controlling content presented to a viewing user based upon the viewing user'"'"'s determined similarity with other users who have rated the content, comprising:
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a taste focus device having a similarity threshold that is adjustable from a first value to a second value by the viewing user; a similarity engine adapted to determine the similarity of a user that has rated a given content with the viewing user; a difference module adapted to determine if a content that is rated by a user within the second threshold value was not displayed to the viewing user at the first threshold value and if a content that is rated by a user outside of the second threshold value was displayed to the user at the first threshold value; a display management module that, in response to the adjustments made by the viewing user to the similarity threshold of the taste focus device, causes to be added to the display content that the difference module determines is rated by a user within the second threshold value and was not displayed to the viewing user at the first threshold value, and causes to be removed from the display content that is rated by a user outside of the second threshold value and that was displayed to the user at the first threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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