System and method for a subject-based channel distribution of automatic, real-time delivery of personalized informational and transactional data
First Claim
1. A personalized intelligence system comprising:
- one or more channel databases containing informational data about a plurality of subject matters of interest including at least two subject matters from a list of a finance channel, a sports channel, a weather channel, a travel channel, a business channel, a personalized radio channel, a personalized television channel, and a news channel, each channel providing a plurality of predefined services based on content from the data stored relative to that channel and allowing a subscriber to that channel to personalize the plurality of services in the channel;
a subscription receiving means for receiving subscriptions from a plurality of users, each subscription including a selection of at least one channel from a plurality of channels, at least one service from the plurality of predefined services for each channel, and at least one personalized feature for each service of each channel selected;
an OLAP system for processing reports against the informational data contained in the database;
service processing means for processing for each of a plurality of subscribers, each channel selection, server selection, and personalization selection based on information from the one or more channel databases, including the generation of at least one report by the OLAP system that includes the results of the processing of the channel, service, and personalization inputs for each of the plurality of subscribers; and
output forwarding means for automatically forwarding output from the services to one or more subscriber output devices specified for that service.
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
This invention relates to an automatic real-time personalized intelligence network that actively delivers a plurality of channels of personalized and timely informational and transactional content from an OLAP-based system to individuals through use of a high-speed processing and output delivery system to email, Excel, pager, mobile phone, fax, telephone, personal digital assistants and other terminal devices. The channels may include one or more of a sports channel, a weather channel, a travel channel, a finance channel, a business channel, a news channel, a radio content channel, and a television content channel. Users may subscribe to various channels of content and to specific services within each channel that are delivered when a predetermined condition occurs (e.g., based on a schedule, when an exception condition occurs, or in response to a specific initiation request).
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A personalized intelligence system comprising:
-
one or more channel databases containing informational data about a plurality of subject matters of interest including at least two subject matters from a list of a finance channel, a sports channel, a weather channel, a travel channel, a business channel, a personalized radio channel, a personalized television channel, and a news channel, each channel providing a plurality of predefined services based on content from the data stored relative to that channel and allowing a subscriber to that channel to personalize the plurality of services in the channel;
a subscription receiving means for receiving subscriptions from a plurality of users, each subscription including a selection of at least one channel from a plurality of channels, at least one service from the plurality of predefined services for each channel, and at least one personalized feature for each service of each channel selected;
an OLAP system for processing reports against the informational data contained in the database;
service processing means for processing for each of a plurality of subscribers, each channel selection, server selection, and personalization selection based on information from the one or more channel databases, including the generation of at least one report by the OLAP system that includes the results of the processing of the channel, service, and personalization inputs for each of the plurality of subscribers; and
output forwarding means for automatically forwarding output from the services to one or more subscriber output devices specified for that service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A method for delivering personalized intelligence to subscribers comprising the steps of:
-
providing one or more channel databases containing informational data about a plurality of subject matters of interest for a plurality of subscribers including at least two subject matters of interest including at least two subject matters from the list of a finance channel, a sports channel, a weather channel, a travel channel, a business channel, a personalized radio channel, a personalized television channel, and a news channel, each channel providing a plurality of services with content from the data stored in the channel;
receiving subscriptions from a plurality of users, each subscription including a selection of at least one channel from a plurality of channels, at least one service from the plurality of predefined services for each channel, and at least one personalized feature for each service of each channel selected;
processing services for each of a plurality of subscribers, each channel selection, server selection, and personalization selection by that subscriber using an OLAP system based on the contents of the one or more channel databases, including generating at least one report by the OLAP system that includes the results of the processing of the channel, service, and personalization inputs for each of the plurality of subscribers; and
automatically forwarding output from the services to one or more subscriber terminal devices specified for that service. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
Specification