Systems and methods for creating an interest profile for a user

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9116979
APP PUB NO 20120330975A1
SERIAL NO

13309661

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Profiling systems and methods of creating and using user interest profiles are described. In some example embodiments, the method includes: creating a topic set which includes topics which are organized in a hierarchical structure which includes a plurality of topic levels including an upper topic level and a lower topic level, each topic in the lower topic level being a subtopic of at least one of the topics in the upper topic level; monitoring interest in a plurality of documents for a user to identify one or more documents-of-interest to the user; and based on the monitored interest for the user, creating an interest profile for the user by determining a measure of topical interest for the user for at least one of the topics at the upper topic level and for a subtopic of that topic, the subtopic being at the lower topic level.

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ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC333 BLOOR STREET EAST 9TH FLOOR TORONTO M4W 1G9

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lee, Hyun Chul Thornhill, CA 159 846
Miao, Yingbo Toronto, CA 5 187
Xu, Liqin Markham, CA 23 570

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