Method of providing content items

• US 8,589,367 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2010
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sighart, Harald, Inoto, Ruben, Weiler, Christian, Burgstaller, Rainer
• Primary Examiner(s): DWIVEDI, MAHESH H
• Application Number:
  US12/829,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20100274849A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,236 Days
• Field of Search: 707/705, 707/736, 706/12
• US Class Current: 707/705
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3326 using relevance feedback from the user, e.g. relevance feedback on documents, documents sets, document terms or passages
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9536 Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering

Abstract

A method for providing content items located on a server to a client is disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for a server to provide a content recommendation list to a client device, comprising:

receiving a first request for a content recommendation list from a client device via a communications network;

generating a first portion of a content recommendation list comprising a list of at least one available content item;

transferring the first portion of the content recommendation list to the client device;

receiving feedback from the client device regarding at least one content item listed in the first portion of the content recommendation list;

generating on the server a second portion of the content recommendation list comprising a list of a plurality of additional available content items based on the received feedback in advance of receiving a second recommendation list request from the client device;

expanding the partially transferred content recommendation list at the server by appending the second portion of the content recommendation list to the first portion of the content recommendation list and maintaining the second portion of the content recommendation list on the server, in dependence on received feedback, at least until a second request for a content recommendation list is received;

receiving a second request for a content recommendation list from the client device; and

transferring the second portion of the content recommendation list to the client device, wherein the second portion of the content recommendation list is transferred separately from the transfer of the first portion of the content recommendation list,

wherein the second portion of the content recommendation list is configured to be automatically appended to the end of the first portion of the content recommendation list on the client device, such that the first portion and the appended second portion form part of an overall, selectable content recommendation list on the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the second request for a content recommendation list from the client device comprises detecting that a user of the client device has attempted to move past a last content item in the first portion of the content recommendation list.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the second request for a content recommendation list from the client device comprises a user of the client device rating a last content item in the first portion of the content recommendation list.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the second request for a content recommendation list from the client device comprises a user of the client device requesting a last content item in the first portion of the content recommendation list.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein transferring the first portion of the content recommendation list and transferring the second portion of the content recommendation list each comprise transferring a visual representation of at least one available content item.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for a content item listed in the content recommendation list from the client device; and

transferring the requested content item to the client device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the content recommendation list is generated based on a user profile associated with the client device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback received regarding the at least one content item listed in the first portion of the content recommendation list comprises implicit feedback.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the content recommendation list and the second portion of the content recommendation list form part of an overall content recommendation list stored on the server;

and

wherein the content recommendation list is associated with one of a user profile and the client device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the server stores content recommendation list information relating to portions, including the first and second portions, of content recommendation lists previously transferred to the client device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the content recommendation list information relating to portions, including the first and second portions, of the content recommendation list previously transferred to the client device are updated based on the received feedback.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the server comprises a managing unit, a recommending unit, and a streaming unit;

wherein generating the first and second portions of the content recommendation lists comprises the recommending unit receiving correlated information and feedback information from the managing unit;

wherein transferring the first and second portions of the content recommendation list to the client device comprises the streaming unit receiving content item correlated information from the managing unit and the streaming unit transferring a list of content items and content item correlated information to the client device; and

wherein first recommendation list information relating to content recommendation lists previously transferred to the client device and second recommendation list information relating to content recommendation lists not yet transferred to the client device are maintained by the managing unit.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein each portion of the content recommendation list comprises a list of less than ten available content items.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein at least two content items are transferred as concatenated common content items to the client device.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, at the server, at least one of first recommendation list information and second recommendation list information, the first recommendation list information relating to the first and the second content recommendation lists transferred from the server to the client device, the second recommendation list information relating to a third content recommendation list to be transferred from the server to the client device,

wherein the first recommendation list information and the second recommendation list information are part of recommendation list information relating to the overall content recommendation list,

wherein the second recommendation list information relating to the third content recommendation list is updated in dependence on the user feedback each time user feedback is received at the server.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

assigning the first and second requests for a content recommendation lists to a specific data channel; and

assigning the first, second, and third portions of the content recommendation list to the specific data channel,

wherein the user feedback regarding at least one content item only affects the second recommendation list information of the specific data channel and does not affect second recommendation list information of another data channel, such that the specific data channel is independent from other data channels.

17. A method for a client device to receive a content recommendation list from a content server, comprising:

transmitting a first request for a content recommendation list to a content server via a communications network;

receiving a first portion of a content recommendation list comprising one or more content recommendation list entries arranged in an ordered sequence at the content server in dependence on a user feedback profile, each content recommendation list entry representing a content item;

providing a visual representation of the content recommendation list entries in the first portion of the content recommendation list through a client user interface, each entry being selectable and arranged such that for each entry user feedback can be generated and corresponding user feedback information sent to the content server;

transmitting to the content server user feedback information regarding at least one content recommendation list entry listed in the first portion of the content recommendation list;

transmitting a second request for a content recommendation list to the content server;

receiving a second portion of the content recommendation list comprising a plurality of additional content recommendation list entries that are based on the transmitted user feedback information regarding the at least one content recommendation list entry listed in the first portion of the content recommendation list, wherein the second portion of the content recommendation list is generated in advance of receiving the second request and is maintained on the server appended to the first portion of the content recommendation list and the second portion of the content recommendation list is received separately from the first portion of the content recommendation list;

automatically appending the second portion of the content recommendation list that was generated based on the user feedback information to the end of the first portion of the content recommendation list on the client device, wherein the client device maintains the first portion with the second portion appended thereto such that the first portion and the appended second portion form part of an overall, selectable content recommendation list; and

providing a visual representation of the received portions, including both the first portion and the second portion of the content recommendation list.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein transmitting the second request for a content recommendation list comprises a user attempting to move past a last content item in the first portion of the content recommendation list.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein transmitting the second request for a content recommendation list comprises a user rating a last content item in the first portion of the content recommendation list.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein transmitting the second request for a content recommendation list comprises a user requesting a last content item in the first portion of the content recommendation list.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

requesting a content item listed in a portion of the content recommendation list from the content server; and

receiving the content item from the content server.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein the feedback transmitted regarding the at least one content item listed in the first portion of the content recommendation list consists of one of implicit feedback and explicit feedback.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein transmitting the first request for a content recommendation list to a content server via a communications network includes transmitting user profile information associated with the client device.

24. The method of claim 17, wherein transmitting a request for a content recommendation list comprises transmitting a request for a list containing less than ten available content items.

25. The method of claim 17, wherein the content server stores at least one of first recommendation list information and second recommendation list information, the first recommendation list information relating to the first and the second content recommendation lists received by the client device, the second recommendation list information relating to a third content recommendation list to be transferred from the content server to the client device,

wherein the first recommendation list information and the second recommendation list information are part of recommendation list information relating to an overall content recommendation list that is maintained on the content server and that includes the first, second, and third content recommendation lists,

wherein the second recommendation list information relating to the third content recommendation list is updated in dependence on the user feedback each time user feedback is transmitted to the content server.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

wherein the first and second requests for content recommendation lists and the first, second, and third portions of the content recommendation list are assigned to a specific data channel,

wherein the user feedback regarding at least one content item only affects the second recommendation list information of the specific data channel and does not affect second recommendation list information of another data channel, such that the specific data channel is independent from other data channels.