Framework for correlating content on a local network with information on an external network
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1. A method of providing suggested content, comprising:
- employing a processor in a consumer electronic (CE) device for;
providing an information gatherer for identifying information comprising context related to user activities and content available on the local network including the current media content being accessed by the user, of interest to the user, wherein the local network comprises a home network including the consumer electronic device, andidentifying one or more Internet sources that contain related information to the identified information, wherein the Internet sources are external to the local network;
providing an extractor for extracting data related to keywords associated with said identified information by using the keywords associated with the identified information to construct a query for querying the identified Internet sources, wherein the extractor includes plug-ins for extracting information from Internet structured data sources, Internet unstructured data sources, and Internet semi-structure data sources; and
providing a correlator for determining correlations between the identified information and the data extracted from the identified Internet sources;
determining suggested media content based on the determined correlations between the identified information and the data extracted from the identified Internet sources;
removing media content from the suggested content based on content already available within the local network; and
providing remaining suggested media content to a user for selectionwherein the user is provided with relevant suggestions for additional media content different than that currently being accessed and that is not already present on the local network to assist a user to search for information relevant to the user with reduced query inputs to a remote control unit.
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Abstract
A correlation system and method implement a framework for correlating content available from a local network with information on an external network. The system identifies information related to content available on the local network of interest to the user and also identifies one or more external sources that contain such related information. Then the system extracts data related to the identified information from the external sources, and determines correlations between the identified information and the data extracted from the external network.
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1. A method of providing suggested content, comprising:
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employing a processor in a consumer electronic (CE) device for; providing an information gatherer for identifying information comprising context related to user activities and content available on the local network including the current media content being accessed by the user, of interest to the user, wherein the local network comprises a home network including the consumer electronic device, and identifying one or more Internet sources that contain related information to the identified information, wherein the Internet sources are external to the local network; providing an extractor for extracting data related to keywords associated with said identified information by using the keywords associated with the identified information to construct a query for querying the identified Internet sources, wherein the extractor includes plug-ins for extracting information from Internet structured data sources, Internet unstructured data sources, and Internet semi-structure data sources; and providing a correlator for determining correlations between the identified information and the data extracted from the identified Internet sources; determining suggested media content based on the determined correlations between the identified information and the data extracted from the identified Internet sources; removing media content from the suggested content based on content already available within the local network; and providing remaining suggested media content to a user for selection wherein the user is provided with relevant suggestions for additional media content different than that currently being accessed and that is not already present on the local network to assist a user to search for information relevant to the user with reduced query inputs to a remote control unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A correlation system for correlating data in a local network with data in one or more external network sources and suggesting media content based on data correlations, comprising:
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a processor; a contextual information gatherer that is configured to identify information comprising context related to media content available on the local network of interest to the user and user activities wherein the local network comprise a home network including consumer electronic devices; a data extractor that is configured to extract data related to said identified information by using the identified information construct a query for querying Internet sources, including Internet structured data sources, Internet unstructured data sources, and Internet semi-structure data sources; and a correlation module in a device in the local network, that is configured for determining correlations between the identified information and the data extracted from the Internet sources, determining suggested media content based on the determined correlations between the identified information and the data extracted from the external network sources, removing media content from the suggested content based on content already available within the local network, and providing remaining suggested media content to a user for selection; wherein the user is provided with relevant suggestions for additional media content different than that currently being accessed and that is not already present on the local network to assist a user to search for information relevant to the user with reduced query inputs to a remote control unit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A consumer electronics device capable of being connected to a local network to assist a user to search for information relevant to the user with reduced query inputs, comprising:
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a processor; a contextual information gatherer that is configured to identify information comprising context related to content available on the local network of interest to the user and user activities associated with the current media content being accessed by the user; a data extractor that is configured to construct a query to extract data related to said identified information from external Internet sources; and a correlation module that is configured to determine correlations between the identified information and the data extracted from the Internet sources, determining suggested content based on the determined correlations between the identified information and the data extracted from the Internet sources, removing content from the suggested content based on content already available within the local network, and providing remaining suggested content to a user for selection; wherein the user is provided with relevant suggestions for additional media content different than that currently being accessed and that is not already present on the local network to assist a user to search for information relevant to the user with reduced query inputs to a remote control unit. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of correlating data on a local network with data from one or more external network sources, comprising:
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employing a processor in a consumer electronic device for; providing an information gatherer for identifying information comprising context related to user activities with the consumer electronic device and user activities with media content, available on the local network, of interest to the user, and identifying one or more external network sources that contain such related information, wherein the external network sources are external to the local network; constructing a query representing the user'"'"'s intentions and context from said identified information, wherein said identified information comprises keywords; providing an extractor having plug-ins for extracting data related to said keywords from the Internet sources, the extractor having plug-ins for Internet unstructured data sources, Internet structured data source, and Internet semi-structured data sources; and providing a correlator for determining correlations between said keywords and the data extracted from the external network sources, determining suggested content based on the determined correlations between the identified information and the data extracted from the Internet sources, removing content from the suggested media content based on media content already available within the local network, and providing remaining suggested media content to a user for selection; wherein the user is provided with relevant suggestions for additional media content different than that currently being accessed and that is not already present on the local network to assist a user to search for information relevant to the user with reduced query inputs to a remote control unit.
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