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System and method for scheduling broadcast of and access to video programs and other data using customer profiles

  • US 6,020,883 A
  • Filed: 02/23/1998
  • Issued: 02/01/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of scheduling customer access to data from a plurality of data sources, comprising the steps of:

  • creating at least one customer profile for each eligible recipient of said data, said customer profile indicating the customer'"'"'s preferences for data having predetermined characteristics;

    creating content profiles for each data source of said data, said content profiles indicating the degree of content of said predetermined characteristics in data from each data source;

    inputting recipient identity information;

    selecting a customer profile which corresponds to said recipient identity information;

    relating said selected customer profile with the content profiles for the data available from each data source to the customer at a particular time;

    determining a subset of data having content profiles which are determined in said relating step to most closely match said selected customer profile; and

    presenting said subset of data to said customer for selection.

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