Media content notification via communications network
DCFirst Claim
1. At least one computer readable medium containing instructions for receiving, storing, and providing user information used to identify content of interest to a user, the instructions comprising:
- accessing a first database comprising information about a user, the information about the user comprising user interest information and a user identifier;
accessing at least one second database comprising information related to available content;
matching the user interest information and the information related to available content to identify content of potential interest to the user; and
periodically transmitting a notification to the user, the notification comprising the identified content of potential interest and corresponding to a notification criteria obtained by receiving a user identifier from the user, communicating the user identifier to the first database, and receiving the notification criteria from the first database.
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Abstract
The notification system identifies media content based on personal preferences of individual users and provides notification of identified media content to the users. In one embodiment, the system includes a number of user nodes that communicate with a registration site and a notification site via the interne. The notification site includes a media content database and a processor running contents election logic. The processor accesses the media content database in order to identify content that may be of interest to particular users of the user nodes. In this regard, content for a particular user may be identified by matching interest information obtained from the registration site with the content information of the media content database.
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20 Claims
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1. At least one computer readable medium containing instructions for receiving, storing, and providing user information used to identify content of interest to a user, the instructions comprising:
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accessing a first database comprising information about a user, the information about the user comprising user interest information and a user identifier; accessing at least one second database comprising information related to available content; matching the user interest information and the information related to available content to identify content of potential interest to the user; and periodically transmitting a notification to the user, the notification comprising the identified content of potential interest and corresponding to a notification criteria obtained by receiving a user identifier from the user, communicating the user identifier to the first database, and receiving the notification criteria from the first database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. The at least one computer readable medium of 5, wherein the notification is received via at least one of a computer device, a wired or wireless telephone, a pager, regular mail, and a communications network device.
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10. A data processing system configured to identify content of interest to at least one user, the system comprising:
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one or more databases comprising user preference information and information related to available content; a processor operable to match the user preference information and the information related to available content to identify content of potential interest to at least one user; and periodically transmitting a notification to the at least one user, the notification comprising the identified content of potential interest and corresponding to a notification criteria obtained by receiving a user identifier from the user, communicating the user identifier to the one or more databases, and receiving the notification criteria from the one or more databases. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for notifying a user about content of potential interest, the system comprising:
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a registrar system comprising at least one first processor, at least one registration database, and at least one first executable program module that, when executed by the at least one first processor, receives user information related to at least one user, stores the user information in at least one registration database, receives one or more requests for at least a portion of the user information from each of a plurality of third-party websites, and, for each of the one or more requests, retrieves at least a portion of the user information from the at least one registration database, and sends the at least a portion of the user information to the requesting one of the plurality of third-party websites; and a notification system comprising at least one second processor, at least one content database comprising information related to available content, and at least one second executable program module that, when executed by the at least one second processor, obtains at least a portion of the user information related to the at least one user, wherein the obtained at least a portion of the user information comprises user interest information, matches the user interest information and the information related to available content to identify content of potential interest to the at least one user, and periodically transmits a notification to the at least one user, wherein the notification comprises the identified content of potential interest and corresponds to a notification criteria obtained by receiving a user identifier from the user, communicating the user identifier to the registration system, and receiving the notification criteria from the registration system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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