TRIAL LISTENING CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A trial listening content distribution system comprising:
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a content distribution server,wherein the terminal apparatus receives plural kinds of content data for trial listening from the content distribution server, and plays one of the received content data for trial listening, andthe terminal apparatus includes;
a content database that stores the plural kinds of received content data for trial listening;
a usage history information recording unit that records usage history information of a user;
a user preference estimating unit that estimates user preference on the basis of the recorded usage history information of the user, and generates preference information;
a content extracting unit that calculates similarity between the generated preference information and each of the content data for trial listening stored in the content database, and extracts content data for trial listening having high similarity from the content database; and
a content data playing unit that plays the extracted content data for trial listening.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a content distribution system capable of improving user convenience and effectively distributing content for trial listening. A terminal apparatus includes: a content database that stores plural kinds of content data for trial listening received from a content distribution server; a usage history information recording unit that records usage history information of a user; a user preference estimating unit that estimates user preference on the basis of the usage history information of the user recorded in the usage history information recording unit, and generates preference information; a content extracting unit that calculates similarity between the preference information and each of the content data for trial listening stored in the content database, and extracts content data for trial listening having high similarity from the content database; and a content data playing unit that plays the extracted content data for trial listening.
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6 Claims
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1. A trial listening content distribution system comprising:
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a terminal apparatus; and a content distribution server, wherein the terminal apparatus receives plural kinds of content data for trial listening from the content distribution server, and plays one of the received content data for trial listening, and the terminal apparatus includes; a content database that stores the plural kinds of received content data for trial listening; a usage history information recording unit that records usage history information of a user; a user preference estimating unit that estimates user preference on the basis of the recorded usage history information of the user, and generates preference information; a content extracting unit that calculates similarity between the generated preference information and each of the content data for trial listening stored in the content database, and extracts content data for trial listening having high similarity from the content database; and a content data playing unit that plays the extracted content data for trial listening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A terminal apparatus that receives plural kinds of content data for trial listening from a content distribution server and plays one of the received content data for trial listening, comprising:
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a content database that stores the plural kinds of received content data for trial listening; a usage history information recording unit that records usage history information of a user; a user preference estimating unit that estimates user preference on the basis of the recorded usage history information of the user, and generates preference information; a content extracting unit that calculates similarity between the generated preference information and each of the content data for trial listening stored in the content database, and extracts content data for trial listening having high similarity from the content database; and a content data playing unit that plays the extracted content data for trial listening.
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