METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTION OF INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method of selecting information to be sent to a user of an electronic device, whereinactions undertaken by the user are monitored;
- said actions are compared with historical or contemporary action records of location and time of one or more first actions preceding a second action of the user or of a group of users, wherein said records comprise information on statistical correlations between the preceding one or more first actions and the second action;
for one or more first actions that have been undertaken, the statistical correlation with the second action is compared with a threshold for either the user personally or for a group of users to which the user belongs, andwhen the correlation exceeds a threshold, information relating to the second action and/or an intermediate action between the action undertaken and the second action is selected.
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Abstract
Personal and/or group records of actions and events are kept, and statistical correlations between such actions and events are established. Actions undertaken by a user of an electronic device are monitored. If the statistical correlation between the first action that has been undertaken and a second action, e.g. a buying action, exceeds a threshold, information relating to the second action is selected and sent to the electronic device. The invention identifies and makes use of iamiliar paths leading to a second action and reacts to the undertaking of a first action preceding the second action by sending information to the user. Sending information is timed with the occurrence of an action which is a part of a path that is familiar to the user and leads to the second action.
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1. A method of selecting information to be sent to a user of an electronic device, wherein
actions undertaken by the user are monitored; -
said actions are compared with historical or contemporary action records of location and time of one or more first actions preceding a second action of the user or of a group of users, wherein said records comprise information on statistical correlations between the preceding one or more first actions and the second action; for one or more first actions that have been undertaken, the statistical correlation with the second action is compared with a threshold for either the user personally or for a group of users to which the user belongs, and when the correlation exceeds a threshold, information relating to the second action and/or an intermediate action between the action undertaken and the second action is selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for selecting information to be sent to a user of an electronic device, the system comprising:
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a monitor for monitoring actions undertaken by the user; a comparator for comparing said actions with historical or contemporary action records of location and time of one or more first actions preceding a second action of the user or of a group of users, wherein said records comprise information on statistical correlations between the preceding one or more first actions and the second action, and, for one or more first actions that have been undertaken, comparing the statistical correlation with the second action with a threshold for either the user personally or for a group of users to which the user belongs; and a selector for selecting information relating to the second action and/or an intermediate action between the action undertaken and the second action when the correlation exceeds a threshold.
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