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Movie discovery system

  • US 9,326,033 B2
  • Filed: 06/17/2011
  • Issued: 04/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • at least one processor;

    at least one first computer storage medium configured to store a movie database comprising a plurality of microcategories assigned to each movie in said movie database;

    at least one second computer storage medium configured to store a user database comprising user profiles, each of said user profiles comprising microcategory weights corresponding to said plurality of microcategories;

    an interactive browser that;

    determines, via one or more of the at least one processors, an initial set of movies using a user profile for a first user;

    presents a plurality of microcategories on a user interface, each of said microcategories comprising a plurality of movies;

    receives input from a user to select one of said microcategories;

    updates a session profile comprising said microcategory weights based on said input, including updating session weights included in the session profile based on interactions with the interactive browser that are received from a user during an interactive browser session, with updated values of the session weights determined in accordance with different interaction types, the updated values of the session weights indicating different types of interactions with the interactive browser that are received from the user;

    updates said plurality of microcategories on said user interface; and

    initiates merging of each of the session weights into corresponding ones of the plurality of microcategory weights included in the each of said user profiles that is associated with the interactions of the user, the merging performed using, at least, exponentially weighted moving averages, upon completion of an interactive browser session associated with the session profile, at least one of the interaction types including a user selection of a movie.

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