User profile snapshots

a user profile and snapshot technology, applied in the field of personalization of content, can solve the problems of large volume of information accessible via the internet, easy to overwhelm someone wishing to locate items of interest, and relatively unsophisticated user modeling to date (such as information filtering agents), and users' experience is difficult to digest personalization content as well as profiles
US20080209351A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-08-28AOL LLC A DELAWARE LLC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
AOL LLC A DELAWARE LLC
Publication Date
2008-08-28
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A method for personalizing content for a particular user using profile snapshots in a computing system comprising a user interface configured to display content. The method comprises identifying a first snapshot of a user profile at a first point in time, identifying a second snapshot of a user profile at a second point in time occurring after the first point in time, maintaining a history of the first snapshot and the second snapshot, and allowing a user to access the history of the first snapshot and the second snapshot.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This applications claims priority to and benefit from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 892,201, filed Feb. 28, 2007, and entitled “Active and Passive Personalization Techniques,” which application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] The present invention relates to personalization of content. More particularly, the present invention relates to user interface techniques and active and passive personalization techniques to enhance a user's personalization experience.

[0004] 2. Background

[0005] With more and more content being continually added to the world wide information infrastructure, the volume of information accessible via the Internet, can easily overwhelm someone wishing to locate items of interest. Although such a large source pool of information is desirable, only a small amount is usually relevant to a given person. Personalization techniques are developin...

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