Media Content Notification Via Communications Network
First Claim
1. A computer readable medium containing instructions for receiving, storing and providing user information used to identify content of interest to a user, by:
- accessing a first database adapted to provide information about an user, the first database including at least one first entry associating interest information with the user and at least one second entry identifying the user; and
providing the information received and stored in the first database to an apparatus adapted to use the information to identify content of interest to the user.
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Abstract
The notification system identifies media content based on personal preferences of individual users and provides notification of identified media content to the users. In one embodiment, the system includes a number of user nodes that communicate with a registration site and a notification site via the interne. The notification site includes a media content database and a processor running contents election logic. The processor accesses the media content database in order to identify content that may be of interest to particular users of the user nodes. In this regard, content for a particular user may be identified by matching interest information obtained from the registration site with the content information of the media content database.
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14 Claims
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1. A computer readable medium containing instructions for receiving, storing and providing user information used to identify content of interest to a user, by:
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accessing a first database adapted to provide information about an user, the first database including at least one first entry associating interest information with the user and at least one second entry identifying the user; and providing the information received and stored in the first database to an apparatus adapted to use the information to identify content of interest to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. The computer readable medium of 1, wherein the notification is received via at least one of a computer device, a wired or wireless telephone, a pager, regular mail, and a communications network device.
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11. A data processing system configured to identify content of interest to at least one user comprising:
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a first database adapted to store at least one file of information regarding at least one media content; and a processor operable for accessing the first database and receiving and processing preference information useful in identifying at least one media content of potential interest to at least one user; whereupon receiving the preference information, the processor searches the first database and identifies at least one media content of interest to the at least one user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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