Method for transmitting multimedia information elements, receiver of multimedia information elements distributed by said method and user interface for consulting said information elements
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of broadcasting multimedia information items in a network comprising a transmitter and at least one receiver of information, comprising:
- determining a class to which each information item belongs in accordance with a predetermined classification,broadcasting ahead of time a descriptor relating to each information item characterizing the class to which the information item belongs and the memory capacity necessary for storing the information item,in each receiver, qualifying based on the descriptors received the potential interest of each information item as a function of a user profile defined in the receiver,in each receiver, sorting the information items in decreasing potential interest order as a function of the user profile defined in the receiver,in each receiver, selecting the items having the highest potential interest so that the capacity necessary for storing all the selected items does not exceed the capacity offered by the memory space dedicated to storage of the selected items,broadcasting the information items associated with the descriptors previously broadcast, andin each receiver, locally storing the information items selected in the above manner,wherein the user profile is updated automatically as a function of how a user consults the information items stored in the receiver.
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Abstract
A method of broadcasting multimedia information items, a receiver of multimedia information items broadcast by that method, and a user interface for consulting the information items. The invention relates to a method of broadcasting multimedia information items in a network comprising a transmitter and at least one receiver of information, the method including determining a class to which each information item belongs, broadcasting ahead of time a descriptor relating to each information item, at each receiver, qualifying the potential interest of each information item on the basis of the descriptors received and as a function of a user profile defined in the receiver, broadcasting the information items associated with the descriptors previously broadcast, and, in each receiver, storing locally each information item as a function of the qualification based on the descriptors. The invention also relates to a receiver and a user interface for consulting broadcast information items.
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1. A method of broadcasting multimedia information items in a network comprising a transmitter and at least one receiver of information, comprising:
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determining a class to which each information item belongs in accordance with a predetermined classification, broadcasting ahead of time a descriptor relating to each information item characterizing the class to which the information item belongs and the memory capacity necessary for storing the information item, in each receiver, qualifying based on the descriptors received the potential interest of each information item as a function of a user profile defined in the receiver, in each receiver, sorting the information items in decreasing potential interest order as a function of the user profile defined in the receiver, in each receiver, selecting the items having the highest potential interest so that the capacity necessary for storing all the selected items does not exceed the capacity offered by the memory space dedicated to storage of the selected items, broadcasting the information items associated with the descriptors previously broadcast, and in each receiver, locally storing the information items selected in the above manner, wherein the user profile is updated automatically as a function of how a user consults the information items stored in the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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