Time based content source driven recommendation for given context of content delivery system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10902071-B2
Application number	US-201515502125-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2015
Priority date	Aug 5, 2014
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

There is disclosed a computer device for providing recommendations to a user device associated with a user, the computer device including a processor configured to: determine a set of recommendations for the user based on a current user con text; transmit a recommendation message to the user device based on the determined set of recommendations; monitor the information from which the set of recommendations are derived; wherein at least one recommendation is associated with a perishable asset, the processor being configured to determine the set of recommendations additionally based on the state of the perishable asset.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer device for providing recommendations to a user device associated with a user, the computer device including a processor configured to:
receive a set of information from which recommendations can be derived, wherein the information includes at least one perishable asset;
receive external data corresponding to the set of information, which external data indicates a state of the perishable asset;
determine a set of recommendations for the user from the set of information, based on a current user context, including a recommendation associated with the perishable asset;
transmit a recommendation message to the user device based on the determined set of recommendations;
monitor the external data in order to determine a change; and
selectively modify the state of the perishable asset in dependence on the determined change of the monitored external data,
wherein the perishable asset is associated with a level of activity, wherein in dependence on the external data indicating that activity associated with the perishable asset has fallen below a threshold, the state of the perishable asset is modified and the perishable asset is not considered for recommendation.

2. The computer device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to monitor the current user context in order to identify any change in the current user context, wherein if the state of the perishable asset changes based on a change in the current user context, a modified recommendation is transmitted.

3. The computer device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit a notification of the modified state.

4. The computer device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to revise the recommendation message based on the modified state, and transmit the revised recommendation message.

5. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein if the state of the perishable asset is modified to perished, the asset is not considered for recommendation.

6. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the perishable asset is further associated with a fixed time period, wherein on expiry of the fixed time period the perishable asset is not considered for recommendation.

7. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the level of activity is determined by a frequency with which the perishable asset is one or both of recommended and consumed.

8. The computer device of claim 7 , wherein in dependence on a change in the current user context, a new set of recommendations is determined for the user based on the changed user context, and a new recommendation message is transmitted.

9. A recommendation engine including the computer device of claim 1 .

10. The computer device of claim 1 , wherein the information that is derived reflects at least one of: ratings, social media entries, data from video sharing websites, and news feeds.

11. A method for providing recommendations to a user device associated with a user comprising:
receiving a set of information from which recommendations can be derived, wherein the information includes at least one perishable asset;
receiving external data corresponding to the set of information, which external data indicates the state of the perishable asset;
determining a set of recommendations for the user from the set of information, based on a current user context, including a recommendation associated with the perishable asset;
transmitting a recommendation message to the user device based on the determined set of recommendations;
monitoring the external data;
determining a change in the external data; and
selectively modifying the state of the perishable asset in dependence on the determined change in the external data,
wherein the perishable asset is associated with a level of activity, further comprising in dependence on the external data indicating that activity associated with the perishable asset has fallen below a threshold, not considering the perishable asset for recommendation.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising monitoring the current user context in order to identify any change in the current user context, wherein if the state of the perishable asset changes based on a change in the current user context, a modified recommendation is transmitted.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising revising the recommendation message based on the modified state, and transmitting the revised recommendation message.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising, if the state of the perishable asset is modified to perished, not considering the asset for recommendation.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the perishable asset is further associated with a fixed time period, further comprising on expiry of the fixed time period not considering the perishable asset for recommendation.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising determining the level of activity by a frequency with which the perishable asset is recommended.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein in dependence on a change in the current user context, determining a new set of recommendations for the user based on the changed user context, and transmitting a new recommendation message.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the information that is derived reflects at least one of: ratings, social media entries, data from video sharing websites, and news feeds.

Assignees

• Piksel Inc

Inventors

• Shaw Philip
• Brett Leigh
• Bullett Kristan
• Carvajal Jose
• Stekolshchik Felix
• Johar Puneet
• Maas Hans-Jurgen
• Heiland Peter
• Tillmann Ralf Wilhelm
• Christie Mark

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0282 Primary

  Rating or review of business operators or products · CPC title

• G06Q30/0631

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title

• G06F16/435

  Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles · CPC title

• G06F16/9535 Primary

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title