Interface for collecting user preferences
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- outputting a media asset for presentation to a user on a presentation device, based on preference information, the media asset including content;
identifying an element from within the content on the presentation device;
accepting a preference indication regarding the element; and
updating the preference information based on the preference indication.
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Abstract
Various techniques are disclosed for accepting preference information from a user, where the preference information is specific to content elements within a media asset, and the preference information is collected while the user is viewing a display of the media asset. These techniques allow a user to change his or her preference information quickly, easily, and efficiently, and to improve the use of, for example, a search engine, a portal page, a reverse-query portal page, or a video (for example, television) display. For example, the user may update/modify a search being performed by a search engine while viewing one of the media assets discovered during the search, without having to return to a search engine home page or a search results summary page.
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78 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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outputting a media asset for presentation to a user on a presentation device, based on preference information, the media asset including content;
identifying an element from within the content on the presentation device;
accepting a preference indication regarding the element; and
updating the preference information based on the preference indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A user interface comprising:
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a first portion for displaying a media asset, based on preference information, the media asset comprising content;
a second portion for distinguishing an element of the content; and
a third portion for accepting preference information related to the element. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. An apparatus comprising a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions including:
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a first code segment for presenting a media asset;
a second code segment for locating content elements of the media asset;
a third code segment for identifying the content elements within the media asset; and
a fourth code segment for accepting preference information related to a first content element from among the content elements. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A system comprising:
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a preference database operable to store preference information associated with a user;
a media asset database operable to store media asset information; and
a server operable to interact with the preference database, the media asset database, and a display viewed by the user, to thereby display a media asset, based on preference information, for viewing by the user, the server comprising instructions for providing;
a metadata presentation system operable to distinguish content elements within the media asset on the display, and a preference input system operable to input a user modification to the preference information with respect to a selected one of the content elements, while the media asset is being displayed on the display. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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