User interface for collecting viewer ratings of media content and facilitating adaption of content recommenders

• US 6,990,635 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2001
• Issued: 01/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Kurapati, Kaushal, Schaffer, James David
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Cao (Kevin)
• Application Number:
  US09/768,913
• Publication Number:
  US 20020097265A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,826 Days
• Field of Search: 345/716, 345/723, 345/733, 725/37, 725/38, 725/39, 725/40, 725/46, 715/745, 715/747, 715/716, 715/733
• US Class Current: 715/747
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/475 End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A user interface for a TV recommender system includes a display screen having a first region for displaying a rating derived from a previously defined TV viewing preference profile contained in the recommender system; and a second region displaying preference settings in the profile which were used to derive the rating. The user interface enables the preference settings to be changed if the rating derived by the profile is incorrect. Additionally, the user interface allows for new features to be added to the profile, which were not previously a part of the profile.

Claims

1. A user interface for a recommender system, the user interface comprising:

a display screen having;

a first region for displaying a rating derived from a previously defined preference profile contained in the recommender system; and

a second region displaying preference settings in the profile which were used to derive the rating;

wherein the preference settings can be changed if the rating derived by the profile is incorrect.

2. The user interface according to claim 1, wherein the profile is an explicit-based preference profile.

3. The user interface according to claim 1, wherein the profile is an implicit-based preference profile.

4. The user interface according to claim 1, further comprising a third region for displaying a rating derived from a previously defined second profile contained in the recommender system.

5. The user interface according to claim 4, wherein the profile is an explicit-based preference profile and the second profile is an implicit-based preference profile.

6. The user interface according to claim 4, further comprising a fourth region displaying preference settings in the second profile which were used to derive the rating.

7. The user interface according to claim 6, wherein the preference settings displayed in the fourth region can be changed if the rating derived by the profile is incorrect.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein first and second profile both relate to the same user.

9. The user interface according to claim 1, wherein the second region further enables features to be added to the profile.

10. The user interface according to claim 1, wherein the recommender comprises a television show recommender and the preference profile comprises a television show viewing preference profile.

11. The interface of claim 1, wherein the preferences are changeable by a user viewing the first and second regions and specifying the change with respect to the second region of the display screen.

12. A method for correcting a previously defined preference profile used in a recommender system to more accurately reflect a user'"'"'s preferences, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying a rating derived from the previously defined preference profile;

displaying preference settings in the profile which were used to derive the rating; and

enabling the user to change at least one of the preference settings if the rating derived by the profile is incorrect.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the profile is an explicit-based preference profile.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the profile is an implicit-based preference profile.

15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising displaying a rating derived from a previously defined second profile contained in the recommender system.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the profile is an explicit-based preference profile and the second profile is an implicit-based preference profile.

17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising displaying preference settings in the second profile which were used to derive the rating.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising the step of enabling the user to change at least one of the preference settings in the second profile if the rating derived by the second profile is incorrect.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein first and second profile both relate to the same user.

20. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of enabling the user to add features to the profile.

21. The method according to claim 12, wherein the recommender comprises a television show recommender and the preference profile comprises a television show viewing preference profile.

22. A recommender system comprising:

a preference profile;

a user interface including a display screen having;

a first region for displaying a rating derived from the profile; and

a second region displaying preference settings in the profile which were used to derive the rating;

wherein the preference settings can be changed if the rating derived by the profile is incorrect.

23. The recommender system according to claim 22, wherein the profile is an explicit-based preference profile.

24. The recommender system according to claim 22, wherein the profile is an implicit-based preference profile.

25. The recommender system according to claim 22, further comprising a second preference profile and a third region for displaying a rating derived from the second preference profile.

26. The recommender system according to claim 25, wherein the profile is an explicit-based preference profile and the second profile is an implicit-based preference profile.

27. The recommender system according to claim 25, further comprising a fourth region displaying preference settings in one of the profiles which were used to derive the corresponding rating.

28. The recommender system according to claim 27, wherein the preference settings displayed in the fourth region can be changed if the rating derived by the profile is incorrect.

29. The system of claim 25, wherein first and second profile both relate to the same user.

30. The recommender system according to claim 22, wherein the second region further enables features to be added to the profile.

31. The recommender system according to claim 22, wherein the recommender comprises a television show recommender and the preference profile comprises a television show viewing preference profile.

32. The interface of claim 22, wherein the preferences are changeable by a user viewing the first and second regions and specifying the change with respect to the second region of the display screen.