Electronic apparatus, content recommendation method, and storage medium for updating recommendation display information containing a content list

• US 9,582,582 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2009
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ohashi, Takeshi, Ogawa, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): SYED, FARHAN M
• Application Number:
  US12/576,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20100094799A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,699 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a storage section, a first generation section, a second generation section, an update section, and an output section. The storage section stores contents, titles thereof, and viewing history information on viewing histories of the contents by a user. The first generation section generates, based on the stored viewing history information, recommendation display information containing as a recommended-content list a list of titles of contents that the user has not viewed among the stored contents. The second generation section generates dependence information on first and second contents among the stored contents by analyzing text information on a network, the second content being created dependently on the first content. The update section updates, based on the dependence information, the recommendation display information so that the user is prevented from viewing the second content before the first content. The output section outputs the updated recommendation display information.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a storage means for storing a plurality of contents, titles of the plurality of contents, and viewing history information on viewing histories of the plurality of contents by a user;

a first generation means for generating, based on the stored viewing history information, recommendation display information that contains as a recommended-content list a list of titles of contents that the user has not viewed out of the plurality of stored contents;

a second generation means for generating dependence information that indicates an audience preference for viewing a first content out of the plurality of contents before viewing a second content out of the plurality of contents wherein the preference is based on whether the first content served as a basis for the creation of the second content;

an update means for updating, based on the dependence information, the recommendation display information so that the user is prevented from viewing the second content before the first content; and

an output means for outputting the updated recommendation display information.

2. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a storage section configured to store a plurality of contents, titles of the plurality of contents, and viewing history information on viewing histories of the plurality of contents by a user;

a first generation section configured to generate, based on the stored viewing history information, recommendation display information that contains as a recommended-content list a list of titles of contents that the user has not viewed out of the plurality of stored contents;

a second generation section configured to generate dependence information that indicates an audience preference for viewing a first content out of the plurality of contents before viewing a second content out of the plurality of contents based on whether the first content served as a basis for the creation of the second content;

an update section configured to update, based on the dependence information, the recommendation display information so that the user is prevented from viewing the second content before the first content; and

an output section configured to output the updated recommendation display information.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the update section adds a title of the first content to the recommended-content list when the second content is contained in the recommended-content list but the first content is excluded therein.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the update section updates the recommendation display information so that a title of the second content is displayed in subordination to the title of the first content.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the update section updates the recommendation display information so that information notifying that, before the second content, the first content is to be viewed is output, when a title of the second content displayed on the recommended-content list is selected based on the recommendation display information by an operation of the user.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the update section deletes a title of the second content from the recommended-content list when the title of the second content is contained in the recommended-content list but a title of the first content is excluded therein.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the storage section stores creation year information indicating creation years of the plurality of contents and a predetermined keyword indicating dependence, and

wherein the second generation section includes

an extraction section configured to extract a first title out of the plurality of titles from text information,

a retrieval section configured to retrieve a second title different from the first title and the predetermined keyword from a predetermined range of a text in text information, the predetermined range including the extracted first title, and

a judgment section configured to judge, when a predetermined number or more of the second titles are retrieved and the predetermined keyword is retrieved, that a content having an earlier creation year of the creation years is the first content and a content having later creation years of the creation years is the second content out of the two contents corresponding to the first title and the second title, based on the stored creation year information.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the storage section stores creation year information indicating creation years of the plurality of contents, and

wherein the second generation section includes

a retrieval section configured to retrieve character names in the plurality of contents from text information, and

a judgment section configured to judge, when the retrieved character names are common to two contents out of the plurality of contents, that a content having an earlier creation year of the creation years is the first content and a content having a later creation year of the creation years is the second content out of the two contents, based on the stored creation year information.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein the retrieval section retrieves main character names in the plurality of contents, and

wherein the judgment section judges, when the retrieved character names are common to two contents out of the plurality of contents and the main character names in the two contents are different from each other, that a content having an earlier creation year of the creation years is the first content and a content having a later creation year of the creation years is the second content.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the second generation section includes

a retrieval section configured to retrieve main character names in the plurality of contents from text information, and

a judgment section configured to judge, when at least two of the main character names are retrieved from one content out of the plurality of contents and at least two of the main character names are individually retrieved as main character names of other contents out of the plurality of contents, that the other contents are the first contents and the one content is the second content.

11. A content recommendation method, comprising:

storing a plurality of contents, titles of the plurality of contents, and viewing history information on viewing histories of the plurality of contents by a user;

generating, based on the stored viewing history information, recommendation display information that contains as a recommended-content list a list of titles of contents that the user has not viewed out of the plurality of stored contents;

generating dependence information that indicates an audience preference for viewing a first content out of the plurality of contents before viewing a second content out of the plurality of contents wherein the preference is based on whether the first content served as a basis for the creation of the second content;

updating, based on the dependence information, the recommendation display information so that the user is prevented from viewing the second content before the first content; and

outputting the updated recommendation display information.

12. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by an electronic apparatus, causes the electronic apparatus to perform a method, the method comprising:

storing a plurality of contents, titles of the plurality of contents, and viewing history information on viewing histories of the plurality of contents by a user;

generating, based on the stored viewing history information, recommendation display information that contains as a recommended-content list a list of titles of contents that the user has not viewed out of the plurality of stored contents;

generating dependence information that indicates an audience preference for viewing a first content out of the plurality of contents before viewing a second content out of the plurality of contents wherein the preference is based on whether the first content served as a basis for the creation of the second content;

updating, based on the dependence information, the recommendation display information so that the user is prevented from viewing the second content before the first content; and

outputting the updated recommendation display information.