Preparing content packages

• US 8,996,650 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2011
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Mahajan, Rahul
• Primary Examiner(s): Osman, Ramy M
• Application Number:
  US13/269,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20130054667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,271 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/203, 709/217, 709/223, 709/246, 709/219, 707/722, 707/740, 725 45- 46, 705/14.53, 705/14.66, 705/14.69
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0254 based on statistics
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063

Abstract

Preparing a content package by determining a requesting user profile based on the requesting user identity. This includes calculating an inclusion value for a content file based on at least one factor. The factor may be a social networking factor. The social networking factor is based on a profile attribute linking the requesting user identity to at least one friend user identity and a content rating attribute linking the content file to the friend profile. Other factors are a content aging factor based on a content age value and a request length factor based on a content length value. The calculated inclusion value is compared to an inclusion condition. If the calculated inclusion value satisfies the inclusion condition, incorporating the content file into the content package.

Claims

1. A system for preparing a content package, the system comprising:

a dashboard to

receive a user request including a requesting user identity;

a data management module, executed by a processor, to

determine a requesting user profile based on the requesting user identity; and

a package generator to

calculate an inclusion value for a content file based on at least one profile attribute associated with the requesting user profile, at least one content file attribute associated with the content file and at least one factor, wherein the at least one factor comprises at least one of

a social networking factor based on a requesting user profile attribute linking the requesting user identity to at least one friend user identity having an associated friend user profile, a content rating attribute linking the content file to the friend user profile, and a content rating value associated with the content rating attribute and the friend user profile, wherein the social networking factor is determined as a ratio of a composite figure of values associated with ratings by friends assigned to the content file according to a rating scale and another composite figure of values associated with ratings by users assigned to the content file according to the rating scale, over a maximum rating value on a numeric scale for rating the content file,

a content aging factor based on a content age value associated with the content file, and

a request length factor based on a content file length value associated with the content file, and

compare the calculated inclusion value to an inclusion condition and if the calculated inclusion value satisfies the inclusion condition,

select the content file for the content package, and

incorporate the selected content file into the content package.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the package generator calculates the inclusion value based on at least one of

a specified interest factor based on at least one package modifier designated by the user and the content file attribute,

a population rating factor based on at least one content rating value linking the content file to a plurality of user profiles, wherein the plurality of user profiles include the content rating value linked with a content rating attribute associated with the content file,

a content usage factor based on at least one link between the content file and a user identity, wherein the link is based on a usage of the content file by a user associated with the user identity, and

a location-based information factor based on location-based information associated with a user identity.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the content file is part of an initial relevant content set identified through a preliminary metadata search of at least one content source.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one package modifier includes a mood associated with the user.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the social networking factor is based on content rating values assigned by non-friend users to the content file.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the content aging factor is based on a content decay factor.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the request length factor is based on a requested package length value associated with the user request.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one factor is calculated according to an equation comprising at least one of

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one profile attribute associated with the requesting user profile includes an authorization of a requesting user that is associated with the requesting user identity to use the content file that is selected for the content package.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one profile attribute associated with the requesting user profile includes a history of usage of the content file that is selected for the content package by a requesting user that is associated with the requesting user identity.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the content aging factor is determined as a function of the content age value based on an age associated with the content file, a value associated with a content type assigned to the content file, a value associated with a defined age group, and a scaling factor for maximum probability distribution.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the request length factor is determined as a function of a value based on a length of time associated with viewing or consuming the content file, a value associated with a length of time associated with the content package, and a value which describes a slope of a distribution curve associated with the content type assigned to the content file.

13. A method for preparing a content package, the method comprising:

receiving a user request including a requesting user identity;

determining, by a processor, a requesting user profile based on the requesting user identity; and

calculating an inclusion value for a content file based on at least one profile attribute associated with the requesting user profile, at least one content file attribute associated with the content file and at least one factor, wherein the at least one factor comprises at least one of

a social networking factor based on a requesting user profile attribute linking the requesting user identity to at least one friend user identity having an associated friend user profile, a content rating attribute linking the content file to the friend user profile, and a content rating value associated with the content rating attribute and the friend user profile, wherein the social networking factor is determined as a ratio of a composite figure of values associated with ratings by friends assigned to the content file according to a rating scale and another composite figure of values associated with ratings by users assigned to the content file according to the rating scale, over a maximum rating value on a numeric scale for rating the content file,

a content aging factor based on a content age value associated with the content file, and

a request length factor based on a content file length value associated with the content file, and

comparing the calculated inclusion value to an inclusion condition and if the calculated inclusion value satisfies the inclusion condition,

selecting the content file for the content package; and

incorporating the selected content file into the content package.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein calculating the inclusion value is based on at least one of

a specified interest factor based on at least one package modifier designated by the user and the content file attribute,

a population rating factor based on at least one content rating value linking the content file to a plurality of user profiles, wherein the plurality of user profiles include the content rating value linked with a content rating attribute associated with the content file,

a content usage factor based on at least one link between the content file and a user identity, wherein the link is based on a usage of the content file by a user associated with the user identity, and

a location-based information factor based on location-based information associated with a user identity.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the social networking factor is based on content rating values assigned by non-friend users to the content file.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one factor is calculated according to an equation comprising at least one of

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) storing computer readable instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method for preparing a content package, the method comprising:

receiving a user request including a requesting user identity;

determining a requesting user profile based on the requesting user identity; and

calculating an inclusion value for a content file based on at least one profile attribute associated with the requesting user profile, at least one content file attribute associated with the content file and at least one factor, wherein the at least one factor comprises at least one of

a social networking factor based on a requesting user profile attribute linking the requesting user identity to at least one friend user identity having an associated friend user profile, a content rating attribute linking the content file to the friend user profile, and a content rating value associated with the content rating attribute and the friend user profile, wherein the social networking factor is determined as a ratio of a composite figure of values associated with ratings by friends assigned to the content file according to a rating scale and another composite figure of values associated with ratings by users assigned to the content file according to the rating scale, over a maximum rating value on a numeric scale for rating the content file,

a content aging factor based on a content age value associated with the content file, and

a request length factor based on a content file length value associated with the content file, and

comparing the calculated inclusion value to an inclusion condition and if the calculated inclusion value satisfies the inclusion condition,

selecting the content file for the content package; and

incorporating the selected content file into the content package.

18. The CRM of claim 17, wherein calculating the inclusion value is based on at least one of

a specified interest factor based on at least one package modifier designated by the user and the content file attribute,

a population rating factor based on at least one content rating value linking the content file to a plurality of user profiles, wherein the plurality of user profiles include the content rating value linked with a content rating attribute associated with the content file,

a content usage factor based on at least one link between the content file and a user identity, wherein the link is based on a usage of the content file by a user associated with the user identity, and

a location-based information factor based on location-based information associated with a user identity.

19. A system for preparing a content package, the system comprising:

an interface to

receive a user request including a requesting user identity;

a processor to

determine a requesting user profile based on the requesting user identity;

calculate an inclusion value for a content file based on at least one profile attribute associated with the requesting user profile, at least one content file attribute associated with the content file and at least one factor, wherein the at least one factor comprises at least one of

a social networking factor based on a requesting user profile attribute linking the requesting user identity to at least one friend user identity having an associated friend user profile, a content rating attribute linking the content file to the friend user profile, and a content rating value associated with the content rating attribute and the friend user profile, wherein the social networking factor is determined as a ratio of a composite figure of values associated with ratings by friends assigned to the content file according to a rating scale and another composite figure of values associated with ratings by users assigned to the content file according to the rating scale, over a maximum rating value on a numeric scale for rating the content file,

a content aging factor based on a content age value associated with the content file, and

a request length factor based on a content file length value associated with the content file, and

compare the calculated inclusion value to an inclusion condition and if the calculated inclusion value satisfies the inclusion condition,

select the content file for the content package, and

incorporate the selected content file into the content package.