Content recommendations based on communal preferences
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1. A content recommendation method, comprising:
- retrieving consumption information collected for a plurality of consumers, wherein the consumption information is associated with multimedia content available from a multimedia content distribution network;
obtaining contextual information indicative of a current interaction by a user with the network, wherein the contextual information includes information about at least one of;
current browsing, current viewing, current recording, and current network account activity;
identifying portions of the consumption information based on a current time and day and geographical location of the user;
generating a collection of recommended multimedia content, including at least one obtainable multimedia asset, based on;
the contextual information;
the portions of the consumption information; and
multimedia asset rankings indicative of at least one of;
most purchased multimedia assets; and
most viewed multimedia assets;
making the collection accessible to the user via at least one of;
a web portal, an Internet-protocol television portal provided by the network, and a mobile portal; and
providing the user access to the selected multimedia asset from the unified storefront application, via at least one of;
a web portal, an Internet-protocol television portal provided by the network, and a mobile portal.
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Abstract
A method and system for recommending multimedia content includes collecting consumption information for a plurality of consumers. The consumption information may be used to generate collections of recommended multimedia content, including obtainable multimedia assets. The collections may be offered to a consumer for purchase. The consumer may be provided access to the multimedia assets. A unified storefront application, providing access to multimedia content via an Internet-protocol television portal, a web portal, and a mobile portal, may be used to offer and provide access to the multimedia assets.
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1. A content recommendation method, comprising:
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retrieving consumption information collected for a plurality of consumers, wherein the consumption information is associated with multimedia content available from a multimedia content distribution network; obtaining contextual information indicative of a current interaction by a user with the network, wherein the contextual information includes information about at least one of;
current browsing, current viewing, current recording, and current network account activity;identifying portions of the consumption information based on a current time and day and geographical location of the user; generating a collection of recommended multimedia content, including at least one obtainable multimedia asset, based on; the contextual information; the portions of the consumption information; and multimedia asset rankings indicative of at least one of; most purchased multimedia assets; and most viewed multimedia assets; making the collection accessible to the user via at least one of;
a web portal, an Internet-protocol television portal provided by the network, and a mobile portal; andproviding the user access to the selected multimedia asset from the unified storefront application, via at least one of;
a web portal, an Internet-protocol television portal provided by the network, and a mobile portal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A customer premises equipment device, comprising:
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a processor; and a network interface configured to connect to a multimedia content distribution network; a computer readable medium including stored, processor executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; accessing aggregated consumption information indicative of multimedia content received by a plurality of network clients; accessing contextual information describing a current network interaction by a user; identifying portions of the consumption information based on a current time and day and geographical location of the user; receiving a collection of recommended multimedia content, generated based on; the portions of consumption information; the contextual information, including at least one obtainable multimedia asset; and multimedia asset rankings indicative of at least one of; most purchased multimedia assets; and most viewed multimedia assets; and offering the collection of recommended multimedia content to the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-readable memory medium including stored, processor executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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accessing aggregated consumption information relating to multimedia available to a plurality of network clients via a multimedia content network; accessing contextual information describing a current interaction by a user with the multimedia content network; identifying portions of the aggregated consumption information based on a current time and day and geographical location of the user; based at least on the aggregated consumption information, the contextual information, and multimedia asset rankings indicative of at least one of;
most purchased multimedia assets and most viewed multimedia assets;generating a recommended collection of multimedia content including at least one obtainable multimedia asset; and making the recommended collection accessible to the user via a portal selected from the group of portals including;
a web portal, an Internet-protocol television portal provided by the network, and a wirelessly accessible mobile portal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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