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Receiving apparatus and method, information distribution method, filtering and storing program, and recording medium

  • US 9,031,878 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2009
  • Issued: 05/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method of receiving content, comprising:

  • inputting profile information using a receiver device the receiver device including a storage device;

    receiving by the receiver device, and stored in the storage device, content profiles available to the receiver, a filtering and storing program and a Universal Resource Locator (URL) for the content, wherein the content is not received;

    activating the filtering and storing program and executing the filtering and storing program on a computer of the receiving device;

    reading the profile information stored in the storage device of the receiving device;

    temporarily downloading all content profiles into a cache area;

    matching the read profile information with the content profile by the computer to determine a matched URL;

    adjusting the content profile by the computer so that an appropriate number of target users from the matched read profile information is achieved, the appropriate number being based on an approximate total number of target users matching the adjusted content profile such that the strictness of the profile is used to limit the total number of target users based on cost;

    retrieving by the receiver device only the associated content based on the URL of the matched read profile information; and

    storing only the content that matched in the storage device.

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