INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20090089833A1
• Filed: 12/01/2008
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kashitani, Tatsuki, Asano, Yasuharu, Miyazaki, Mitsuhiro, Saito, Mari, Yamamoto, Noriyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,418,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/33 Arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions

Abstract

An information processing method includes the steps of: obtaining biometric information expressing biometric responses exhibited by a user during content playback; obtaining metadata for each content of which biometric information is obtained; identifying attributes linked to the biometric information within the attributes included in the obtained metadata and identifying, in the case of content wherein identified attribute values differ but the user exhibits similar biometric responses during playback, the different value of the attribute linked to the biometric information as a value not necessary to be distinguished; reconfiguring a profile by merging the information relating to the value which is identified which is not necessary to be distinguished, from the information included in the user profile; identifying recommended content based on the reconfigured profile; and presenting the identified recommended content information to the user.

Claims

1. An information terminal comprising:

biometric information obtaining means configured to obtain biometric information expressing biometric responses exhibited by a user during content playback;

metadata obtaining means configured to obtain metadata for each content of which biometric information is obtained by said biometric information obtaining means;

identifying means configured to

identify attributes linked to the biometric information within the attributes included in the metadata obtained by said metadata obtaining means and

identify, in the case of content wherein identified attribute values differ but the user exhibits similar biometric responses during playback, the different value of the attribute linked to the biometric information as a value not necessary to be distinguished;

profile managing means configured to merge the information relating to the value which is identified by said identifying means and which is not necessary to be distinguished, from the information included in the user profile, to reconfigure the profile;

recommended content identifying means configured to identify recommended content based on the profile reconfigured by said profile managing means; and

recommending means configured to present the recommended content information identified by said recommended content identifying means to the user.

2. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

obtaining biometric information expressing biometric responses exhibited by a user during content playback;

obtaining metadata for each content of which biometric information is obtained;

identifying attributes linked to the biometric information within the attributes included in the obtained metadata and

identifying, in the case of content wherein identified attribute values differ but the user exhibits similar biometric responses during playback, the different value of the attribute linked to the biometric information as a value not necessary to be distinguished;

reconfiguring a profile by merging the information relating to the value which is identified which is not necessary to be distinguished, from the information included in the user profile;

identifying recommended content based on the reconfigured profile; and

presenting the identified recommended content information to the user.

3. A program to cause a computer to execute processing comprising the steps of:

obtaining biometric information expressing biometric responses exhibited by a user during content playback;

obtaining metadata for each content of which biometric information is obtained;

identifying attributes linked to the biometric information within the attributes included in the obtained metadata and

identifying, in the case of content wherein identified attribute values differ but the user exhibits similar biometric responses during playback, the different value of the attribute linked to the biometric information as a value not necessary to be distinguished;

reconfiguring a profile by merging the information relating to the value which is identified which is not necessary to be distinguished, from the information included in the user profile;

identifying recommended content based on the reconfigured profile; and

presenting the identified recommended content information to the user.

4. An information terminal comprising:

a biometric information obtaining unit configured to obtain biometric information expressing biometric responses exhibited by a user during content playback;

a metadata obtaining unit configured to obtain metadata for each content of which biometric information is obtained by said biometric information obtaining unit;

an identifying unit configured to

identify attributes linked to the biometric information within the attributes included in the metadata obtained by said metadata obtaining unit and

identify, in the case of content wherein identified attribute values differ but the user exhibits similar biometric responses during playback, the different value of the attribute linked to the biometric information as a value not necessary to be distinguished;

a profile managing unit configured to merge the information relating to the value which is identified by said identifying unit and which is not necessary to be distinguished, from the information included in the user profile, to reconfigure the profile;

a recommended content identifying unit configured to identify recommended content based on the profile reconfigured by said profile managing unit; and

a recommending unit configured to present the recommended content information identified by said recommended content identifying unit to the user.