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Broadcast interactive multimedia system

  • US 5,797,001 A
  • Filed: 09/26/1996
  • Issued: 08/18/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for receiving data elements by each of a plurality of users of the data elements, the data elements being communicated from a common database wherein:

  • (i) interest categories for the database are defined which express the collective interest of the users;

    (ii) at least one of the interest categories is assigned to each data element; and

    (iii) data attributes for each of the data elements are identified, one of the data attributes being an interest level for each of the interest categories such that each interest level expresses an estimate of the collective interest of the users in each of the interest categories assigned to each data element, the method comprising the steps of(a) generating a user profile indicative of data elements of interest for each particular user,(b) selecting and locally storing data elements of interest for each particular user in correspondence to the selections of each user with respect to the communicated data elements and with reference to the user profile, and(c) modifying the user profile in correspondence to the data attributes of data elements selected by each particular user, and returning to step (b).

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