System and method for behavioral model clustering in television usage, targeted advertising via model clustering, and preference programming based on behavioral model clusters

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8495680
APP PUB NO 20030101449A1
SERIAL NO

10043698

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The method and system for TV user profile data prediction and modeling allows accurate and narrowly focused behavioral clustering. A client-side system classifies television consumers into representative user profiles. The profiles target individual user advertising and program preference category groups. A contextual behavioral profiling system determines the user's monitor behavior and content preferences, and the system may be continually updated with user information. A behavioral model database is queried by various system modules. The programming, including targeted advertising for television and interactive television is based on the profile data prediction, modeling and preference determination. The system is enabled to present a complete program sequence to the viewer based on the preference determination and stored programming. The latter is referred to as automatic program sequence (virtual channel) creation and the virtual channel can be presented as a separate channel in an electronic programming guide (EPG).

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  • THOMSON LICENSING;THOMSON LICENSING;METABVTE NETWORKS INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bentolila, Isaac San Francisco, US 6 1650
Humpleman, Richard Fremont, US 38 6061
Ismail, Isaac Labeeb San Francisco, US 2 1012
Zhou, Yiming Union City, US 21 3094

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