US20110029858A1 - Method and system for creating customized news digests - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to content delivery, and more particularly relates to methods and systems for creating a customized document from multiple content sources and advertisers.
- the currently-available electronic versions have not effectively combined the customization power of the Internet, the effectiveness of electronic delivery, and the reading convenience of the print medium into one single media. As a result, most users still use the online medium simply to scan content or read short stories and the print medium to read content.
- print content made available online is a website hosted by a newspaper, such as www.sun-sentinel.com, which is an online version of the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel newspaper.
- Such online versions of newspapers simply present the print media in an electronically friendly and easily accessible medium.
- the content is mostly the same for each user and is simply a reconstituted version of the content of the printed version of the newspaper.
- the content may be optimized for navigation, but it is not optimized for printing and reading.
- New York Times Digest summarizes the main news of the New York Times newspaper and prints it on letter-sized paper generally for fax delivery.
- the New York Times Digest is not customized and the same edition is provided to all of its readers.
- a system for delivering personalized digest documents to a plurality of users includes a profile module, a content management module, a document creation module, and an interface.
- the profile module receives a delivery preference of one of the users, and receives at least one of a user attribute and a content preference of the one user.
- the content management module searches at least one location for content items that match at least one of the user attribute and the content preference.
- the document creation module receives at least one of the content items that match, and compiles a personalized digest document for the one user that includes the at least one content item that matches.
- the personalized digest document is in a print-ready format, and the interface delivers the personalized digest document to the one user in accordance with the delivery preference of the one user.
- Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for delivering personalized digest documents to a plurality of users.
- a delivery preference of one of the users and at least one of a user attribute and a content preference of the one user there is received a delivery preference of one of the users and at least one of a user attribute and a content preference of the one user.
- At least one location is searched for content items that match at least one of the user attribute and the content preference.
- At least one of the content items that match is received, and a personalized digest document for the one user is complied.
- the personalized digest document includes the at least one content item that matches and is in a print-ready format.
- the personalized digest document is delivered to the one user in accordance with the delivery preference of the one user.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the system architecture in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 illustrates one document template in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a computer system useful for implementing an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart depicting the operation and control flow of the news digest creation process according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram depicting the information flow of the news digest creation process of FIG. 4 .
- FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate other document templates in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the present invention overcomes problems with conventional systems by matching a user's profile against a plurality of sources to create a content digest that is specifically customized to the user's preferences and optimized for reading.
- content includes a report of recent events or previously unknown information, and is generally material reported in a newspaper, in a news periodical, or on a newscast.
- the preferred embodiment of the present invention delivers only content of interest to the end-user, and thus avoids the waste that is inherent in typical print media (because a reader is only interested in a small portion of what is printed).
- the preferred embodiment of the present invention allows the advertiser to reach into a database of user profiles to build and deliver promotions and advertisements in a highly targeted way and placed in a context consistent with the content.
- the preferred embodiment automatically locates personalizing content, pushes the content directly to a subscriber, and prints the content in an easily readable format.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the system architecture of one embodiment of the present invention.
- the system includes a Push Content Module 102 , a Content Management Module 104 , a User Profile Module 106 , an Advertising Module 108 , a Document Creator Module 110 , and a Pull Content Module 112 , and a Desktop Client 114 .
- Each of these modules can be an independent device, a group of devices, a single device capable of multiple functions (e.g., with each function being a module), a set of computer instructions, or any other hardware and/or software capable of performing the function of the module.
- the Push Content Module 102 of this embodiment provides connectivity to the Content Management Module 104 and performs two key functions: (1) mapping fields between the system's database(s) and a content provider's information fields, and (2) running queries against the provider's servers to continuously update the system's content servers with the latest content.
- the content retrieved by the Push Content Module 102 is added to a database that is administered by the Content Management Module 104 .
- the Content Management Module 104 performs several actions related to the selection of content for each individual subscriber.
- the Content Management Module 104 catalogs, indexes, and maintains the content that is retrieved by the Push Content Module 102 .
- the Content Management Module 104 also serves the content to the Document Creator Module 110 so as to allow the generation of a consumer-ready document.
- the Content Management Module 104 can reside on any computer, but preferably resides on a network-connected computer system that runs scripts.
- the User Profile Module 106 performs the functions of registering, authenticating, and maintaining users in the system's subscriber database.
- the User Profile Module 106 also creates profiles associated with each individual subscriber.
- a user creates an account and submits profile properties, such as personal information, content preferences, delivery preferences, format preferences, and so on. These profile properties provide criteria that are used by the system to deliver a news digest that is completely personalized to that single user.
- the personal information in a user's profile includes the user's name, age, sex, zip code, and time zone.
- This personal information profile is used by the system to procure information that is specifically customized to that user. For instance, if the user profile indicates that the user is over the age of 65, news items aimed at senior citizens (such as news about Medicare reform) will most likely be of greater interest than articles aimed at younger audiences. Similarly, geographically specific news articles are more likely to be of interest to one living in or near the area where the particular news item occurred.
- the user's profile also includes content preferences such as local government, sports, real estate, legal, foreign affairs, religion, animals, weather, and so on. These content preference are used in this embodiment of the present invention to search for articles or other information containing keywords that are indicative of content consistent with the user's profile. For example, if a user's profile indicates an interest in sports content, then articles containing sports terms (e.g., “touchdown”) or appearing on sports-related web pages (e.g., www.ESPN.com) are retrieved.
- content preferences such as local government, sports, real estate, legal, foreign affairs, religion, animals, weather, and so on. These content preference are used in this embodiment of the present invention to search for articles or other information containing keywords that are indicative of content consistent with the user's profile. For example, if a user's profile indicates an interest in sports content, then articles containing sports terms (e.g., “touchdown”) or appearing on sports-related web pages (e.g., www.ESPN.com) are retrieved.
- the user's profile can be very broad or very specific, depending on the user's selections during setup or in subsequent profile changes, and on the profile properties offered by a particular embodiment of the present invention. For example, with regard to content preferences related to sports in one embodiment, if a user indicates an interest in only one type of sporting event such as football, then only football related articles are retrieved. If the user further indicates that only a single team or a single player is of interest to the user, this is stored as a content preference so that only articles containing keywords that indicating that team or player are retrieved by the system.
- the delivery preferences of the user that are stored in the user profile indicate to the system how a user desires to receive the retrieved information.
- Exemplary delivery preferences include email, regular mail, web page, electronic file (such as in PDF format), fax, and others. These delivery preference choices provide the user with a variety of ways to receive and print the customized digest at their convenience. For instance, if the system delivers content to a particular user by creating a user-specific web page containing news articles that are specific to the interests of that user, the web page can be accessed and printed by the user from anywhere in the world on any Internet-connected computer. With delivery via a PDF format electronic file, a user can transport the document via a portable storage medium and print from a variety of locations.
- the news digest is automatically sent to the user's printer or faxed to the user each day (or other specified period), so that the digest can be easily read each day, without requiring any extra effort on the part of the user.
- the delivery method dictates the delivery format of the news digest
- the delivery format can vary.
- the user profile allows a user to specify format preferences.
- format preferences are particularly useful for electronic delivery methods, such as email.
- the news digest can be delivered to the user's inbox as a PDF formatted file attachment, a file formatted for a specific word processing program, or an HTML formatted file.
- the format preferences also specify properties such as color or black-and-white, font size, graphics or no graphics, graphic resolution or quality, number of pages, and the like.
- the delivery preferences also indicate a frequency of delivery. Delivery can be virtually any increment of time specified by the user, such as weekly, daily, or even hourly.
- the delivery frequency can vary periodically. For instance, a user may specify delivery every hour during the week, but only daily delivery or no delivery at all on weekends.
- Preferred embodiments of the present invention present multiple templates to the user and allow the user to select one of the templates to indicate the preferred presentation format for the digest.
- Exemplary document templates for a preferred embodiment of the present invention are shown in FIGS. 2 , 6 , and 7 . With all of these templates, the final document is delivered to the user in a “print-ready” format. That is, the delivered document is able to be printed on standard sized paper by at least a standard printer.
- each template choice provides the user with a different presentation format.
- the illustrated format choices share a resemblance to various news papers commonly available to the public.
- the present invention is not, however, limited to such formats and can be in any format. For example, other formats may contain no graphics at all, only graphics, or graphics with headlines only.
- the User Profile Module 106 also manages the synchronization events that activate the creation of a document for each individual subscriber.
- the User Profile Module 106 applies individual filters, based on each subscriber's content preferences, to the content provided by the Content Management Module 104 .
- the Document Creator Module 110 which is a server-based application in this embodiment, generates a document for each individual subscriber based on that user's preferences. In this exemplary embodiment, scripts are used to generate this document. If a user has requested that news content be delivered in the form of a web page, the Document Creator Module 110 creates a web page containing the relevant information. Further, if the user has requested both the creation of a web page and email delivery, every time the user is scheduled to receive a news digest the Document Creator Module 110 creates a web page containing the relevant information and then calls the same script generator that generated the web page to generate an email, with the appropriate modifications to convert the document into the email format.
- the system of this embodiment uses an approach similar to the email delivery method.
- the scripts generate a web page as described above, and then convert the web page on the server side to a PDF, HTML, or other file format document.
- the result is an electronic file that the Desktop Client is able to download and print.
- the Document Creator Module 110 integrates with the User Profile Module 106 to set each individual's profile.
- the Document Creator Module 110 integrates with the Content Management Module 104 to parse the content that is specific to each individual subscriber as specified by the Content Management Module 104 .
- the Document Creator Module 110 also integrates with the Advertising Module 108 to retrieve and display advertisements that suit individual profiles and/or the content.
- the documents generated by the Document Creator Module 110 are delivered to the Pull Content Module 112 for individual distribution to subscribers.
- the Pull Content Module 112 is responsible for the delivery of documents to each individual client in the format available to the end-user. In addition, the Pull Content Module 112 initiates and manages sessions a user's Desktop Client 114 and the rest of the system.
- the Desktop Client 114 is an application or software module that receives documents from the Pull Content Module 112 and manages the automatic printing function. More specifically, the Desktop Client 114 causes the appropriate output device (e.g., a printer) to automatically output (e.g., print) the news digest that is received from the Pull Content Module 112 at the interval specified by the user in the user's preferences. Thus, the Desktop Client 114 automatically presents a printed version of the personalized news digest to the user.
- the appropriate output device e.g., a printer
- Other delivery preferences that are followed by the Pull Content Module 112 and/or the Desktop Client 114 include time of delivery, color or black-and-white, resolution, and the number of pages to print.
- the Pull Content Module 112 delivers a news digest that has a total number of printed pages that is less than or equal to the total number of printed pages specified in the user's delivery preferences, and the Desktop Client 114 prints the news digest with such this same number of pages.
- the Desktop Client 114 in this embodiment of the present invention, is an application that executes on the user's personal computer (PC).
- the Desktop Client can be any other combination of hardware and/or software, such as a server, a PDA or palmtop, or a “smart” printer.
- the Desktop Client 114 also accepts a user's preference selections and communicates them to the User Profile Module 106 .
- the Desktop Client 114 includes a graphical user interface that provides communication between the user and the system.
- the Desktop Client 114 is responsible for authenticating the user and/or user's computer with the User Profile Module 106 to ensure proper document management and delivery.
- the Push Content Module 102 performs functions for ensuring that the most current or pertinent content is on the first page of, or at least within, the resulting news digest.
- the Push Content Module 102 locates news items that have been posted most recently, or news items that are most current, and indicates to the Document Creator Module 110 that these content items are to be in the digest that will be communicated to the user.
- Embodiments of the present invention can utilize any known or future developed techniques for analyzing content. Such techniques currently include keyword searching, string searching, file header interpretation, and others. These searching methods allow the system of the present invention to locate news items or other content that are logically consistent with the user's preferences.
- embodiments of the present invention locate, retrieve, and present to a user only items of interest to that user based on the user's preferences. This provides advertisers with an advantage as compared with a conventional newspaper that is likely to contain a large amount of content that is not of interest to the reader, and therefore, never read by the reader.
- an advertiser placing advertisements in a conventional newspaper can only hope that their advertisement will be positioned in a place that will be read by a large number of readers or by those readers most of interest to the advertiser.
- an advertiser can take full advantage of the targeted content and place advertisements within the news digest where the advertising is guaranteed to be among content that is of interest to that digest's reader.
- an Advertising Module 108 is coupled to the Document Creator Module 110 .
- the Advertising Module 108 allows advertisers to place ads in news digests that contain content items that indicate that the reader of that digest has an interest in the advertiser's product or service.
- the Advertising Module 108 analyzes the user's preferences (such as location, gender, age, profession, education, and interests), and determines advertisements that are likely to be of interest to a person with such demographics.
- the Advertising Module 108 communicates with the Document Creator Module 110 to determine where in the digest a particular article or content item will appear, and then interjects the appropriate advertisements into the news digest by sending the advertisements and selected locations to the Document Creator Module 110 .
- the system of the present invention By matching a user's profile against multiple sources of content, the system of the present invention generates a news digest that is completely customized to that user's preferences.
- Such customization has at least two very special and distinct advantages.
- an advertiser is given the ability to reach into a base of users and build and deliver promotions and advertisements in a highly targeted manner.
- Such an approach to advertisement selection and placement in a printed news digest involves a novel combination of the power of the Internet and the convenience of print.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an exemplary computer system for implementing the modules described above.
- the computer system includes one or more processors, such as processor 304 .
- the processor 304 is connected to a communication infrastructure 302 (e.g., a communications bus, cross-over bar, or network).
- the computer system also includes a display interface 308 that forwards graphics, text, and other data from the communication infrastructure 302 (or from a frame buffer not shown) for display on the display unit 310 .
- the computer system also includes a main memory 306 , preferably random access memory (RAM), and also includes a secondary memory 312 .
- the secondary memory 312 includes, in this example, a hard disk drive 314 and/or a removable storage drive 316 , representing a floppy disk drive, a magnetic tape drive, an optical disk drive, or the like.
- the removable storage drive 316 reads from and/or writes to a removable storage unit 318 in a well known manner.
- the removable storage unit 318 is read by and written to by removable storage drive 316 .
- the removable storage unit 318 includes a computer usable storage medium having stored therein computer software and/or data.
- the secondary memory 312 includes other similar means for allowing computer programs or other instructions to be loaded into the computer system, such as a removable storage unit 322 and an interface 320 .
- a removable storage unit 322 and an interface 320 examples include a program cartridge and cartridge interface (such as that found in video game devices), a removable memory chip (such as an EPROM or PROM) and associated socket, and other removable storage units 322 and interfaces 320 which allow software and data to be transferred from the removable storage unit 322 to the computer system.
- the computer system also includes a communications interface 324 that allows software and data to be transferred between the computer system and external devices.
- communications interface 324 include a modem, a network interface (such as an Ethernet card), a communications port, and a PCMCIA slot and card.
- Software and data transferred via communications interface 324 are in the form of signals that are electronic, electromagnetic, optical, or in another form capable of being received by communications interface 324 . These signals are provided to communications interface 324 via a communications path (i.e., channel) 326 .
- This channel 326 carries signals is implemented using wire or cable, fiber optics, a phone line, a cellular phone link, an RF link, and/or other communications channels.
- computer program medium generally refer to media such as main memory 306 and secondary memory 312 , removable storage drive 316 , and a hard disk installed in a hard disk drive 314 .
- These computer program products are means for providing software to the computer system.
- the computer readable medium allows the computer system to read data, instructions, messages or message packets, and other computer readable information from the computer readable medium.
- the computer readable medium may include non-volatile memory (such as a floppy disk, ROM, Flash memory, CD-ROM, or other permanent storage). It is useful for transporting information, such as data and computer instructions, between computer systems.
- Computer programs are stored in main memory 306 and/or secondary memory 312 . Computer programs may also be received via communications interface 324 . Such computer programs, when executed, enable the computer system to perform the functions and provide the features of the present invention as discussed herein. Accordingly, such computer programs represent controllers of the computer system.
- a script is a specific type of computer program that includes one or more lines of computer instructions residing on a computer readable medium, such as main memory 306 , secondary memory 312 , removable storage drive 316 , and a hard disk installed in hard disk drive 314 .
- Scripts are read by the processor 304 and cause the computer to perform functions. For example, in the embodiment described above, scripts are used to cause the computer to read user-profile information from a database containing the user-profile information. Scripts are also used in that embodiment to instruct the computer system to search, via communication interface 324 , multiple locations (e.g., remote locations) for news articles that are logically consistent with the user profile preferences. Possible remote locations for searching include any media storage area that is communicatively coupled to the Content Management Module 104 , which includes any content accessible via the Internet or any other network. The scripts then instruct the computer to retrieve the matching content for storage in memory or communication to the user.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart depicting the operation and control flow of the news digest creation process according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- the process begins with step 402 and proceeds directly to step 404 .
- a user registers information in a user profile module 106 .
- a search is performed by the Push Content Module 102 , in accordance with the criteria of the user profile.
- the Content Management Module 104 receives the located content and sends it to the Document Creator Module 110 in step 408 .
- decision block 410 a determination is made as to whether or not advertising will be placed in the final document.
- step 412 the Advertising Module 110 receives the user profile from user profile module 106 .
- step 414 the Advertising Module 110 receives the content located by the Push Content Module 102 in step 406 .
- step 416 the Advertising Module analyzes the user profile and the located content and communicates to the document creator 110 where to insert the specific advertising content.
- step 418 the document creator receives content from the Advertising Module 108 and compiles a digest document.
- step 410 the Document Creator Module 110 receives content from the Content Management Module 104 and compiles a digest document.
- step 418 the news digest content is communicated from the Document Creator Module 110 to the Desktop Client 114 in step 420 .
- the Desktop Client 114 presents the content to the user in a manner specified by the user during the registration process of step 402 . The process then ends at step 424 .
- FIG. 5 shows information flow in the process of FIG. 4 .
- a push process 502 continuously or periodically receives content from a content provider 504 .
- the push process 502 compares the content received from the content provider 504 to saved content stored on a content database 506 . If the content is not already in the content database 506 , the push process 502 sends the new content to the content database 506 for storage.
- a user 508 enters user data into a user process 510 .
- the user data is used to create a user profile in a profile database 512 .
- the profile database 512 stores all user profiles and communications the profiles to the document creation module 514 .
- the document creation module 514 utilizes the user profile to retrieve content from the content database 506 that is specific to the user profile.
- an advertiser 516 sends advertising content to an advertisement process 518 .
- the advertisement process 518 sends new advertising content to an advertisement database 520 by comparing advertising content previously stored in the database 520 to the new content received from the advertiser 516 .
- the content within the content database 506 is filtered and only content that is consistent with a particular user profile is received by the document creation module 514 .
- advertising content within the advertisement database 520 is filtered and only advertisements that are consistent with a particular user profile are received by the document creation module 514 .
- the document creation module 514 then creates a document that includes the filtered content and advertisements. This document is sent to a document database 520 for storage.
- a pull process 524 pulls the appropriate document from the document database 520 and delivers the document to the user 508 .
- the pull process 524 pulls the document in conformance with the user's preferences, as stated in the user profile.
- the preferences of this embodiment include method of delivery, time of delivery, and frequency of delivery.
- embodiments of the present invention allow users to receive a “periodic news digest” (or “electronically delivered newspaper”) in their homes or offices.
- a “periodic news digest” or “electronically delivered newspaper”
- the invention generates a completely customized periodical that is electronically delivered or even physically mailed to its subscribers.
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- This application is a continuation of, and claims priority from, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/377,761, filed on Mar. 16, 2006, which application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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- The present invention relates generally to content delivery, and more particularly relates to methods and systems for creating a customized document from multiple content sources and advertisers.
- Currently there is a gap in the delivery of information between providers of print content (e.g., newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals) and providers of online content (e.g., MSN, Yahoo!, and AOL). Most providers of print content, in addition to delivering their content in the traditional manner, have begun to also use the Internet to deliver their content. The Internet allows them to utilize electronic delivery methods, primarily websites, newsletters, emails, and electronic alerts. However, such current electronic versions of the printed content are often repurposed versions of the original printed content.
- The currently-available electronic versions have not effectively combined the customization power of the Internet, the effectiveness of electronic delivery, and the reading convenience of the print medium into one single media. As a result, most users still use the online medium simply to scan content or read short stories and the print medium to read content.
- One example of print content made available online is a website hosted by a newspaper, such as www.sun-sentinel.com, which is an online version of the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel newspaper. Such online versions of newspapers simply present the print media in an electronically friendly and easily accessible medium. However, the content is mostly the same for each user and is simply a reconstituted version of the content of the printed version of the newspaper. The content may be optimized for navigation, but it is not optimized for printing and reading.
- Another example of news content available is the New York Times Digest. The New York Times Digest summarizes the main news of the New York Times newspaper and prints it on letter-sized paper generally for fax delivery. However, the New York Times Digest is not customized and the same edition is provided to all of its readers.
- Additionally, while there have been significant advances in the delivery of advertising online, little has been done in the area of advertising on printed media. As a result, there remains a significant inefficiency inherent to the media. Readers commonly find that only a small portion of content in a publication is of interest to them. Accordingly, an advertiser suffers dispersion by advertising to a large audience while only a select few are actually of interest to the advertiser.
- Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a system for delivering personalized digest documents to a plurality of users. The system includes a profile module, a content management module, a document creation module, and an interface. The profile module receives a delivery preference of one of the users, and receives at least one of a user attribute and a content preference of the one user. The content management module searches at least one location for content items that match at least one of the user attribute and the content preference. The document creation module receives at least one of the content items that match, and compiles a personalized digest document for the one user that includes the at least one content item that matches. The personalized digest document is in a print-ready format, and the interface delivers the personalized digest document to the one user in accordance with the delivery preference of the one user.
- Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for delivering personalized digest documents to a plurality of users. According to the method, there is received a delivery preference of one of the users and at least one of a user attribute and a content preference of the one user. At least one location is searched for content items that match at least one of the user attribute and the content preference. At least one of the content items that match is received, and a personalized digest document for the one user is complied. The personalized digest document includes the at least one content item that matches and is in a print-ready format. The personalized digest document is delivered to the one user in accordance with the delivery preference of the one user.
- Other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description. It should be understood, however, that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the present invention, are given by way of illustration only and various modifications may naturally be performed without deviating from the present invention.
- To describe the foregoing and other exemplary purposes, aspects, and advantages, we use the following detailed description of an exemplary embodiment of the invention with reference to the drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the system architecture in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 illustrates one document template in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a computer system useful for implementing an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 is a flowchart depicting the operation and control flow of the news digest creation process according to one embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 5 is a diagram depicting the information flow of the news digest creation process ofFIG. 4 . -
FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate other document templates in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention. - While the invention as claimed can be modified into alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the drawings and detailed description thereto are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the scope of the present invention.
- Before describing in detail embodiments that are in accordance with the present invention, it should be observed that the embodiments reside primarily in combinations of method steps and system components related to systems and methods for placing computation inside a communication network. Accordingly, the system components and method steps have been represented where appropriate by conventional symbols in the drawings, showing only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments of the present invention so as not to obscure the disclosure with details that will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of the description herein. Thus, it will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, common and well-understood elements that are useful or necessary in a commercially feasible embodiment may not be depicted in order to facilitate a less obstructed view of these various embodiments.
- The present invention, according to a preferred embodiment, overcomes problems with conventional systems by matching a user's profile against a plurality of sources to create a content digest that is specifically customized to the user's preferences and optimized for reading. In the context of the present invention, “content” includes a report of recent events or previously unknown information, and is generally material reported in a newspaper, in a news periodical, or on a newscast. For the end-user, the preferred embodiment of the present invention delivers only content of interest to the end-user, and thus avoids the waste that is inherent in typical print media (because a reader is only interested in a small portion of what is printed). For an advertiser, the preferred embodiment of the present invention allows the advertiser to reach into a database of user profiles to build and deliver promotions and advertisements in a highly targeted way and placed in a context consistent with the content. The preferred embodiment automatically locates personalizing content, pushes the content directly to a subscriber, and prints the content in an easily readable format.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the system architecture of one embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the system includes aPush Content Module 102, aContent Management Module 104, aUser Profile Module 106, anAdvertising Module 108, a Document Creator Module 110, and aPull Content Module 112, and aDesktop Client 114. Each of these modules can be an independent device, a group of devices, a single device capable of multiple functions (e.g., with each function being a module), a set of computer instructions, or any other hardware and/or software capable of performing the function of the module. - The
Push Content Module 102 of this embodiment provides connectivity to theContent Management Module 104 and performs two key functions: (1) mapping fields between the system's database(s) and a content provider's information fields, and (2) running queries against the provider's servers to continuously update the system's content servers with the latest content. The content retrieved by thePush Content Module 102 is added to a database that is administered by theContent Management Module 104. - The
Content Management Module 104 performs several actions related to the selection of content for each individual subscriber. In particular, theContent Management Module 104 catalogs, indexes, and maintains the content that is retrieved by thePush Content Module 102. TheContent Management Module 104 also serves the content to the Document Creator Module 110 so as to allow the generation of a consumer-ready document. TheContent Management Module 104 can reside on any computer, but preferably resides on a network-connected computer system that runs scripts. - The
User Profile Module 106 performs the functions of registering, authenticating, and maintaining users in the system's subscriber database. TheUser Profile Module 106 also creates profiles associated with each individual subscriber. A user creates an account and submits profile properties, such as personal information, content preferences, delivery preferences, format preferences, and so on. These profile properties provide criteria that are used by the system to deliver a news digest that is completely personalized to that single user. - In this embodiment, the personal information in a user's profile includes the user's name, age, sex, zip code, and time zone. This personal information profile is used by the system to procure information that is specifically customized to that user. For instance, if the user profile indicates that the user is over the age of 65, news items aimed at senior citizens (such as news about Medicare reform) will most likely be of greater interest than articles aimed at younger audiences. Similarly, geographically specific news articles are more likely to be of interest to one living in or near the area where the particular news item occurred.
- The user's profile also includes content preferences such as local government, sports, real estate, legal, foreign affairs, religion, animals, weather, and so on. These content preference are used in this embodiment of the present invention to search for articles or other information containing keywords that are indicative of content consistent with the user's profile. For example, if a user's profile indicates an interest in sports content, then articles containing sports terms (e.g., “touchdown”) or appearing on sports-related web pages (e.g., www.ESPN.com) are retrieved.
- The user's profile can be very broad or very specific, depending on the user's selections during setup or in subsequent profile changes, and on the profile properties offered by a particular embodiment of the present invention. For example, with regard to content preferences related to sports in one embodiment, if a user indicates an interest in only one type of sporting event such as football, then only football related articles are retrieved. If the user further indicates that only a single team or a single player is of interest to the user, this is stored as a content preference so that only articles containing keywords that indicating that team or player are retrieved by the system.
- The delivery preferences of the user that are stored in the user profile indicate to the system how a user desires to receive the retrieved information. Exemplary delivery preferences include email, regular mail, web page, electronic file (such as in PDF format), fax, and others. These delivery preference choices provide the user with a variety of ways to receive and print the customized digest at their convenience. For instance, if the system delivers content to a particular user by creating a user-specific web page containing news articles that are specific to the interests of that user, the web page can be accessed and printed by the user from anywhere in the world on any Internet-connected computer. With delivery via a PDF format electronic file, a user can transport the document via a portable storage medium and print from a variety of locations. This also allows the user to recall the news digest for later reading or to transmission it to another person. In one embodiment, the news digest is automatically sent to the user's printer or faxed to the user each day (or other specified period), so that the digest can be easily read each day, without requiring any extra effort on the part of the user.
- While in some embodiments, the delivery method dictates the delivery format of the news digest, in this embodiment the delivery format can vary. For this reason, the user profile allows a user to specify format preferences. Such format preferences are particularly useful for electronic delivery methods, such as email. For example, the news digest can be delivered to the user's inbox as a PDF formatted file attachment, a file formatted for a specific word processing program, or an HTML formatted file. The format preferences also specify properties such as color or black-and-white, font size, graphics or no graphics, graphic resolution or quality, number of pages, and the like.
- In this embodiment of the present invention, the delivery preferences also indicate a frequency of delivery. Delivery can be virtually any increment of time specified by the user, such as weekly, daily, or even hourly. In addition, the delivery frequency can vary periodically. For instance, a user may specify delivery every hour during the week, but only daily delivery or no delivery at all on weekends.
- While this embodiment provides such delivery methods formats, and frequencies, the present invention is not so limited. Further embodiments use any other delivery method that allows the user to receive the news digest in physical and/or electronic form, along with any other delivery formats and frequencies.
- Preferred embodiments of the present invention present multiple templates to the user and allow the user to select one of the templates to indicate the preferred presentation format for the digest. Exemplary document templates for a preferred embodiment of the present invention are shown in
FIGS. 2 , 6, and 7. With all of these templates, the final document is delivered to the user in a “print-ready” format. That is, the delivered document is able to be printed on standard sized paper by at least a standard printer. As can be seen inFIGS. 2 , 6, and 7, each template choice provides the user with a different presentation format. The illustrated format choices share a resemblance to various news papers commonly available to the public. The present invention is not, however, limited to such formats and can be in any format. For example, other formats may contain no graphics at all, only graphics, or graphics with headlines only. - The
User Profile Module 106 also manages the synchronization events that activate the creation of a document for each individual subscriber. TheUser Profile Module 106 applies individual filters, based on each subscriber's content preferences, to the content provided by theContent Management Module 104. - The Document Creator Module 110, which is a server-based application in this embodiment, generates a document for each individual subscriber based on that user's preferences. In this exemplary embodiment, scripts are used to generate this document. If a user has requested that news content be delivered in the form of a web page, the Document Creator Module 110 creates a web page containing the relevant information. Further, if the user has requested both the creation of a web page and email delivery, every time the user is scheduled to receive a news digest the Document Creator Module 110 creates a web page containing the relevant information and then calls the same script generator that generated the web page to generate an email, with the appropriate modifications to convert the document into the email format.
- To generate an electronic file in PDF or another requested file format, the system of this embodiment uses an approach similar to the email delivery method. The scripts generate a web page as described above, and then convert the web page on the server side to a PDF, HTML, or other file format document. The result is an electronic file that the Desktop Client is able to download and print.
- The Document Creator Module 110 integrates with the
User Profile Module 106 to set each individual's profile. The Document Creator Module 110 integrates with theContent Management Module 104 to parse the content that is specific to each individual subscriber as specified by theContent Management Module 104. The Document Creator Module 110 also integrates with theAdvertising Module 108 to retrieve and display advertisements that suit individual profiles and/or the content. The documents generated by the Document Creator Module 110 are delivered to thePull Content Module 112 for individual distribution to subscribers. - The
Pull Content Module 112 is responsible for the delivery of documents to each individual client in the format available to the end-user. In addition, thePull Content Module 112 initiates and manages sessions a user'sDesktop Client 114 and the rest of the system. - The
Desktop Client 114 is an application or software module that receives documents from thePull Content Module 112 and manages the automatic printing function. More specifically, theDesktop Client 114 causes the appropriate output device (e.g., a printer) to automatically output (e.g., print) the news digest that is received from thePull Content Module 112 at the interval specified by the user in the user's preferences. Thus, theDesktop Client 114 automatically presents a printed version of the personalized news digest to the user. - Other delivery preferences that are followed by the
Pull Content Module 112 and/or theDesktop Client 114 include time of delivery, color or black-and-white, resolution, and the number of pages to print. For example, in this embodiment thePull Content Module 112 delivers a news digest that has a total number of printed pages that is less than or equal to the total number of printed pages specified in the user's delivery preferences, and theDesktop Client 114 prints the news digest with such this same number of pages. TheDesktop Client 114, in this embodiment of the present invention, is an application that executes on the user's personal computer (PC). However, in further embodiments the Desktop Client can be any other combination of hardware and/or software, such as a server, a PDA or palmtop, or a “smart” printer. - The
Desktop Client 114 also accepts a user's preference selections and communicates them to theUser Profile Module 106. TheDesktop Client 114 includes a graphical user interface that provides communication between the user and the system. In addition, theDesktop Client 114 is responsible for authenticating the user and/or user's computer with theUser Profile Module 106 to ensure proper document management and delivery. - In this embodiment, the
Push Content Module 102,Content Management Module 104,User Profile Module 106, andAdvertising Module 108 perform functions for ensuring that the most current or pertinent content is on the first page of, or at least within, the resulting news digest. In one embodiment of the present invention, each time the digest is created according to the user's preferences, thePush Content Module 102 locates news items that have been posted most recently, or news items that are most current, and indicates to the Document Creator Module 110 that these content items are to be in the digest that will be communicated to the user. - Embodiments of the present invention can utilize any known or future developed techniques for analyzing content. Such techniques currently include keyword searching, string searching, file header interpretation, and others. These searching methods allow the system of the present invention to locate news items or other content that are logically consistent with the user's preferences.
- As described above, embodiments of the present invention locate, retrieve, and present to a user only items of interest to that user based on the user's preferences. This provides advertisers with an advantage as compared with a conventional newspaper that is likely to contain a large amount of content that is not of interest to the reader, and therefore, never read by the reader. In particular, an advertiser placing advertisements in a conventional newspaper can only hope that their advertisement will be positioned in a place that will be read by a large number of readers or by those readers most of interest to the advertiser. On the other hand, in preferred embodiments of the present invention, an advertiser can take full advantage of the targeted content and place advertisements within the news digest where the advertising is guaranteed to be among content that is of interest to that digest's reader.
- In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention shown in
FIG. 1 , anAdvertising Module 108 is coupled to the Document Creator Module 110. TheAdvertising Module 108 allows advertisers to place ads in news digests that contain content items that indicate that the reader of that digest has an interest in the advertiser's product or service. - The
Advertising Module 108 analyzes the user's preferences (such as location, gender, age, profession, education, and interests), and determines advertisements that are likely to be of interest to a person with such demographics. TheAdvertising Module 108 communicates with the Document Creator Module 110 to determine where in the digest a particular article or content item will appear, and then interjects the appropriate advertisements into the news digest by sending the advertisements and selected locations to the Document Creator Module 110. - By matching a user's profile against multiple sources of content, the system of the present invention generates a news digest that is completely customized to that user's preferences. Such customization has at least two very special and distinct advantages. First, for the end user, only content that matters to the end-user is delivered, so as to avoid the waste that is typical of conventional print media (because a reader is only interested in a small portion of what is printed). Further, an advertiser is given the ability to reach into a base of users and build and deliver promotions and advertisements in a highly targeted manner. Such an approach to advertisement selection and placement in a printed news digest involves a novel combination of the power of the Internet and the convenience of print.
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FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an exemplary computer system for implementing the modules described above. The computer system includes one or more processors, such asprocessor 304. Theprocessor 304 is connected to a communication infrastructure 302 (e.g., a communications bus, cross-over bar, or network). The computer system also includes adisplay interface 308 that forwards graphics, text, and other data from the communication infrastructure 302 (or from a frame buffer not shown) for display on thedisplay unit 310. - The computer system also includes a
main memory 306, preferably random access memory (RAM), and also includes asecondary memory 312. Thesecondary memory 312 includes, in this example, ahard disk drive 314 and/or aremovable storage drive 316, representing a floppy disk drive, a magnetic tape drive, an optical disk drive, or the like. Theremovable storage drive 316 reads from and/or writes to aremovable storage unit 318 in a well known manner. Theremovable storage unit 318 is read by and written to byremovable storage drive 316. Theremovable storage unit 318 includes a computer usable storage medium having stored therein computer software and/or data. - In alternative embodiments, the
secondary memory 312 includes other similar means for allowing computer programs or other instructions to be loaded into the computer system, such as aremovable storage unit 322 and aninterface 320. Examples of such include a program cartridge and cartridge interface (such as that found in video game devices), a removable memory chip (such as an EPROM or PROM) and associated socket, and otherremovable storage units 322 andinterfaces 320 which allow software and data to be transferred from theremovable storage unit 322 to the computer system. - The computer system also includes a
communications interface 324 that allows software and data to be transferred between the computer system and external devices. Examples ofcommunications interface 324 include a modem, a network interface (such as an Ethernet card), a communications port, and a PCMCIA slot and card. Software and data transferred viacommunications interface 324 are in the form of signals that are electronic, electromagnetic, optical, or in another form capable of being received bycommunications interface 324. These signals are provided tocommunications interface 324 via a communications path (i.e., channel) 326. Thischannel 326 carries signals is implemented using wire or cable, fiber optics, a phone line, a cellular phone link, an RF link, and/or other communications channels. - The terms “computer program medium,” “computer usable medium,” and “computer readable medium” generally refer to media such as
main memory 306 andsecondary memory 312,removable storage drive 316, and a hard disk installed in ahard disk drive 314. These computer program products are means for providing software to the computer system. The computer readable medium allows the computer system to read data, instructions, messages or message packets, and other computer readable information from the computer readable medium. The computer readable medium, for example, may include non-volatile memory (such as a floppy disk, ROM, Flash memory, CD-ROM, or other permanent storage). It is useful for transporting information, such as data and computer instructions, between computer systems. - Computer programs (also called computer control logic) are stored in
main memory 306 and/orsecondary memory 312. Computer programs may also be received viacommunications interface 324. Such computer programs, when executed, enable the computer system to perform the functions and provide the features of the present invention as discussed herein. Accordingly, such computer programs represent controllers of the computer system. - A script is a specific type of computer program that includes one or more lines of computer instructions residing on a computer readable medium, such as
main memory 306,secondary memory 312,removable storage drive 316, and a hard disk installed inhard disk drive 314. Scripts are read by theprocessor 304 and cause the computer to perform functions. For example, in the embodiment described above, scripts are used to cause the computer to read user-profile information from a database containing the user-profile information. Scripts are also used in that embodiment to instruct the computer system to search, viacommunication interface 324, multiple locations (e.g., remote locations) for news articles that are logically consistent with the user profile preferences. Possible remote locations for searching include any media storage area that is communicatively coupled to theContent Management Module 104, which includes any content accessible via the Internet or any other network. The scripts then instruct the computer to retrieve the matching content for storage in memory or communication to the user. -
FIG. 4 is a flowchart depicting the operation and control flow of the news digest creation process according to one embodiment of the present invention. The process begins withstep 402 and proceeds directly to step 404. Instep 404, a user registers information in auser profile module 106. Then, in step 406 a search is performed by thePush Content Module 102, in accordance with the criteria of the user profile. Once content is found by thePush Content Module 102, theContent Management Module 104 receives the located content and sends it to the Document Creator Module 110 instep 408. Next, indecision block 410, a determination is made as to whether or not advertising will be placed in the final document. If the determination is positive, instep 412 the Advertising Module 110 receives the user profile fromuser profile module 106. Instep 414, the Advertising Module 110 receives the content located by thePush Content Module 102 instep 406. Next, instep 416, the Advertising Module analyzes the user profile and the located content and communicates to the document creator 110 where to insert the specific advertising content. Then, instep 418 the document creator receives content from theAdvertising Module 108 and compiles a digest document. - If the determination of
step 410 is negative, then the next step isstep 418 in which the Document Creator Module 110 receives content from theContent Management Module 104 and compiles a digest document. - After
step 418, the news digest content is communicated from the Document Creator Module 110 to theDesktop Client 114 instep 420. Instep 422, theDesktop Client 114 presents the content to the user in a manner specified by the user during the registration process ofstep 402. The process then ends atstep 424. -
FIG. 5 shows information flow in the process ofFIG. 4 . As shown, apush process 502 continuously or periodically receives content from acontent provider 504. Thepush process 502 compares the content received from thecontent provider 504 to saved content stored on acontent database 506. If the content is not already in thecontent database 506, thepush process 502 sends the new content to thecontent database 506 for storage. - A
user 508 enters user data into auser process 510. The user data is used to create a user profile in aprofile database 512. Theprofile database 512 stores all user profiles and communications the profiles to thedocument creation module 514. Thedocument creation module 514 utilizes the user profile to retrieve content from thecontent database 506 that is specific to the user profile. - In this embodiment of the present invention, an
advertiser 516 sends advertising content to anadvertisement process 518. Theadvertisement process 518 sends new advertising content to anadvertisement database 520 by comparing advertising content previously stored in thedatabase 520 to the new content received from theadvertiser 516. - The content within the
content database 506 is filtered and only content that is consistent with a particular user profile is received by thedocument creation module 514. Similarly, advertising content within theadvertisement database 520 is filtered and only advertisements that are consistent with a particular user profile are received by thedocument creation module 514. Thedocument creation module 514 then creates a document that includes the filtered content and advertisements. This document is sent to adocument database 520 for storage. - A
pull process 524 pulls the appropriate document from thedocument database 520 and delivers the document to theuser 508. Thepull process 524 pulls the document in conformance with the user's preferences, as stated in the user profile. The preferences of this embodiment include method of delivery, time of delivery, and frequency of delivery. - Accordingly, by combining an innovative methodology with novel software tools, embodiments of the present invention allow users to receive a “periodic news digest” (or “electronically delivered newspaper”) in their homes or offices. In addition, by leveraging the profiles built by or for each end user, the invention generates a completely customized periodical that is electronically delivered or even physically mailed to its subscribers.
- While there has been illustrated and described what are presently considered to be the preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various other modifications may be made, and equivalents may be substituted, without departing from the true scope of the present invention. Additionally, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation to the teachings of the present invention without departing from the central inventive concept described herein. Furthermore, an embodiment of the present invention may not include all of the features described above. Therefore, it is intended that the present invention not be limited to the particular embodiments disclosed, but that the invention include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.
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