Differential dynamic delivery of content according to user expressions of interest

• US 8,185,814 B2
• Filed: 07/08/2004
• Issued: 05/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William Kress, Burkhart, Michael John, Eisenhauer, Daniel G., Schumacher, Daniel Mark, Watson, Thomas J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): LUDWIG, MATTHEW J
• Application Number:
  US10/887,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20060010365A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,875 Days
• Field of Search: 715/511, 715/202, 715/209, 715/229, 715/234, 715/273, 715/204, 715/279, 715/704, 715/515, 715/531
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/117 Tagging; Marking up details of markup languages G06F40/143; Designating a block; Setting of attributes style sheets, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation [XSLT], G06F40/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context

Abstract

More particularly, methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for differential dynamic content delivery. Typical embodiments include providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element bearing a preview designation; presenting the selected structural element to a prospective user participant; and receiving from the prospective user participant an indication of interest in the selected structural element. Typical embodiments also include recording the indication of interest in association with the selected structural element.

Claims

1. A method for differential dynamic content delivery, the method comprising:

providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document;

selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element bearing a preview designation;

providing a preview of the selected structural element to a prospective user participant;

receiving from the prospective user participant an indication of interest in the selected structural element; and

recording the presentation for the prospective user participant based on said indication of interest and on the prospective user participant not attending a presentation session.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising recording the indication of interest in association with the selected structural element.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing a presentation control instruction based on said indication of interest and on the prospective user participant not attending the presentation session;

wherein the presentation control instruction involves recording the presentation if the prospective user participant does not attend the presentation and if the selected structural element is presented during the presentation session.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating a presentation control instruction that includes a presentation action identifier and one or more optional parameters; and

selecting a classified structural element includes selecting a classified structural element in dependence upon the presentation action identifier and the parameters.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

receiving from a user participating in the presentation a key phrase and optional parameters for invoking a presentation action; and

parsing the key phrase and parameters against a voice response grammar into the presentation control instruction.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising creating a session document from a presentation document, including:

identifying a presentation document for the presentation, the presentation document including a presentation grammar and a structured document having structural elements classified with classification identifiers;

identifying a user participant for the presentation, the user having a user profile comprising user classifications; and

filtering the structured document in dependence upon the user classifications and the classification identifiers.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising creating a presentation document, including:

creating, from an original document, a structured document comprising one or more structural elements;

classifying a structural element of the structured document according to a presentation attribute; and

creating a presentation grammar for the structured document, wherein the presentation grammar for the structured document includes grammar elements each of which includes an identifier for at least one structural element of the structured document.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of user participants includes the prospective user participant, a first user participant and a second user participant, the method further comprising:

presenting during the presentation session a first version of the presentation to the first user participant and a second version of the presentation to the second user participant based on differences in user classifications between the first user participant and the second user participant.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the preview is provided before the presentation session, the method further comprising:

determining whether the prospective user participant attends the presentation during the presentation session based on maintaining a log on list for the presentation.

10. A system for differential dynamic content delivery, the system comprising a computer processing unit, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processing unit, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document;

selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element bearing a preview designation;

providing a preview of the selected structural element to a prospective user participant;

receiving from the prospective user participant an indication of interest in the selected structural element; and

recording the presentation for the prospective user participant based on said indication of interest and on the prospective user participant not attending a presentation session.

11. The system of claim 10 further comprising recording the indication of interest in association with the selected structural element.

12. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

performing a presentation control instruction based on said indication of interest and on the prospective user participant not attending the presentation session;

wherein the presentation control instruction involves recording the presentation if the prospective user participant does not attend the presentation and if the selected structural element is presented during the presentation session.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

creating a presentation control instruction that includes a presentation action identifier and one or more optional parameters; and

selecting a classified structural element includes selecting a classified structural element in dependence upon the presentation action identifier and the parameters.

14. The system of claim 13 further comprising:

receiving from a user participating in the presentation a key phrase and optional parameters for invoking a presentation action; and

parsing the key phrase and parameters against a voice response grammar into the presentation control instruction.

15. The system of claim 10 further comprising creating a session document from a presentation document, including:

identifying a presentation document for the presentation, the presentation document including a presentation grammar and a structured document having structural elements classified with classification identifiers;

identifying a user participant for the presentation, the user having a user profile comprising user classifications; and

filtering the structured document in dependence upon the, user classifications and the classification identifiers.

16. The system of claim 15 further comprising creating a presentation document, including:

creating, in dependence upon an original document, a structured document comprising one or more structural elements;

classifying a structural element of the structured document according to a presentation attribute; and

creating a presentation grammar for the structured document, wherein the presentation grammar for the structured document includes grammar elements each of which includes an identifier for at least one struthira1 element of the structured document.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein a plurality of user participants includes the prospective user participant, a first user participant and a second user participant, the system further comprising:

presenting during the presentation session a first version of the presentation to the first user participant and a second version of the presentation to a second user participant based on differences in user classifications between the first user participant and the second user participant.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the preview is provided before the presentation session, the system further comprising:

determining whether the prospective user participant attends the presentation during the presentation session based on maintaining a log on list for the presentation.

19. A computer program product for differential dynamic content delivery, the computer program product disposed in a signal bearing medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable of:

providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document;

selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element bearing a preview designation;

providing a preview of the selected structural element to a prospective user participant;

receiving from the prospective user participant an indication of interest in the selected structural element; and

recording the presentation for the prospective user participant based on said indication of interest and on the prospective user participant not attending a presentation session.

20. The computer program product of claim 19 further comprising recording the indication of interest in association with the selected structural element.

21. The computer program product of claim 19, further comprising:

performing a presentation control instruction based on said indication of interest and on the prospective user participant not attending the presentation session;

wherein the presentation control instruction involves recording the presentation if the prospective user participant does not attend the presentation and if the selected structural element is presented during the presentation session.

22. The computer program product of claim 19, further comprising:

creating a presentation control instruction that includes a presentation action identifier and one or more optional parameters; and

selecting a classified structural element includes selecting a classified structural element in dependence upon the presentation action identifier and the parameters.

23. The computer program product of claim 22 further comprising:

receiving from a user participating in the presentation a key phrase and optional parameters for invoking a presentation action; and

parsing the key phrase and parameters against a voice response grammar into the presentation control instruction.

24. The computer program product of claim 19 further comprising creating a session document from a presentation document, including:

identifying a presentation document for the presentation, the presentation document including a presentation grammar and a structured document having structural elements classified with classification identifiers;

identifying a user participant for the presentation, the user having a user profile comprising user classifications; and

filtering the structured document in dependence upon the user classifications and the classification identifiers.

25. The computer program product of claim 24 further comprising creating a presentation document, including:

creating, in dependence upon an original document, a structured document comprising one or more structural elements;

classifying a structural element of the structured document according to a presentation attribute; and

creating a presentation grammar for the structured document, wherein the presentation grammar for the structured document includes grammar elements each of which includes an identifier for at least one structural element of the structured document.

26. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein a plurality of user participants includes the prospective user participant, a first user participant and a second user participant, the computer program product further comprising:

presenting during the presentation session a first version of the presentation to the first user participant and a second version of the presentation to a second user participant based on differences in user classifications between the first user participant and the second user participant.

27. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the preview is provided before the presentation session, the computer program product further comprising:

determining whether the prospective user participant attends the presentation during the presentation session based on maintaining a log on list for the presentation.