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System and method for scheduling broadcast of and access to video programs and other data using customer profiles    
United States Patent6020883   
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Inventor(s)Herz; Frederick (Davis, WV), Ungar; Lyle (Philadelphia, PA), Zhang; Jian (Cherry Hill, NJ), Wachob; David (Elkins Park, PA), Salganicoff; Marcos (Philadelphia, PA)
AbstractA system and method for scheduling the receipt of desired movies and other forms of data from a network which simultaneously distributes many sources of such data to many customers, as in a cable television system. Customer profiles are developed for the recipient describing how important certain characteristics of the broadcast video program, movie or other data are to each customer. From these profiles, an "agreement matrix" is calculated by comparing the recipient's profiles to the actual profiles of the characteristics of the available video programs, movies, or other data. The agreement matrix thus characterizes the attractiveness of each video program, movie, or other data to each prospective customer. "Virtual" channels are generated from the agreement matrix to produce a series of video or data programming which will provide the greatest satisfaction to each customer. Feedback paths are also provided so that the customer's profiles and/or the profiles of the video programs or other data may be modified to reflect actual usage. Kiosks are also developed which assist customers in the selection of videos, music, books, and the like in accordance with the customer's objective profiles.



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Inventor     Herz; Frederick (Davis, WV) , Ungar; Lyle (Philadelphia, PA) , Zhang; Jian (Cherry Hill, NJ) , Wachob; David (Elkins Park, PA) , Salganicoff; Marcos (Philadelphia, PA)
Owner/Assignee     Herz; Fred (Davis, WV)
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Publication Date     February 1, 2000
Application Number     09/028,024
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Filing Date     February 23, 1998
US Classification     715/721 715/745 725/122 725/31 725/46
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Examiner     Miller; John W.
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Attorney/Law Firm     Woodcock Washburn Kurtz Mackiewicz & Norris LLP
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Parent Case     This Application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/346,425 filed Nov. 29, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,758,257.
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