Patents Examined by Kalpana Bhardawaj
  • Patent number: 8935189
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions to collect explicit feedback from a user regarding user content preferences. Multiple data sources are monitored. Topics associated with the multiple data sources are classified. The importance of the topics to the user is characterized. Content is delivered to the user when a selected topic exceeds an importance threshold for the user. Implicit feedback from the user that characterizes refined user content preferences is tracked. The instructions to characterize the importance of topics evaluates the explicit feedback and the implicit feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Mabry W. Tyson, Douglas E. Appelt, Min Yin, William Jarrold