This invention relates to customized electronic identification of desirable objects, such as news articles, in an electronic media environment, and in particular to a system that automatically constructs both a "target profile" for each target object in the electronic media based, for example, on the frequency with which each word appears in an article relative to its overall frequency of use in all articles, as well as a "target profile interest summary" for each user, which target profile interest summary describes the user's interest level in various types of target objects. The system then evaluates the target profiles against the users' target profile interest summaries to generate a user-customized rank ordered listing of target objects most likely to be of interest to each user so that the user can select from among these potentially relevant target objects, which were automatically selected by this system from the plethora of... |
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Claims1. A method for providing a user with access to selected ones of a plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics that are accessible via an electronic storage media, where said users are connected via user terminals and data communication connections to a target server system which accesses said electronic storage media, said method comprising the steps of: - automatically generating at least one user target profile interest summary for a user at a user terminal, each of said user target profile interest summary being indicative of ones of said target objects and sets of target object characteristics accessed by said user; and
- storing said at least one user target profile interest summary in a memory.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of: - enabling said user to access said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics stored on said electronic storage media via said user target profile interest summaries.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of enabling access comprises: - correlating said user target profile interest summaries, generated for said user, with target profiles generated for said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics to identify ones of said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics stored on said electronic storage media that are likely to be of interest to said user.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein said step of enabling access further comprises: transmitting a list, that identifies at least one of said identified ones of said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics, to said user; and - providing access to a selected one of said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics stored on said electronic storage media in response to said user selecting an item from said list.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein said step of providing access comprises: - transmitting data, in response to said user activating said user terminal to identify said selected item on said list, indicative of said user's selection of said selected item from said user terminal to said target server via a one of said data communication connections.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein said step of providing access further comprises: - retrieving, in response to receipt of said data from said user terminal, a one of a target object and set of target object characteristics identified by said selected item from said electronic storage media; and
- transmitting said retrieved one of said target object and set of target object characteristics to said user terminal for display thereon to said user.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of automatically generating comprises: - automatically updating said user target profile interest summary for said user as a function of said target objects and sets of target object characteristics retrieved by said user.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein said target object is a document having at least one page, said step of automatically generating comprises: - automatically updating said user target profile interest summary for said user as a function of the number of pages of said retrieved documents accessed by said user.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of automatically generating comprises: - automatically updating said user target profile interest summary for said user as a function of a length of time said user accessed said retrieved target objects and sets of target object characteristics.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein said user target profile interest summaries are stored in an autonomous server interposed between said user terminal and said target server. 11. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of: - transmitting data from said user terminal, indicative of target objects and sets of target object characteristics retrieved by said user from said electronic storage media, to said autonomous server to enable said autonomous server to update said user target profile interest summaries stored therein.
12. Apparatus for providing a user with access to selected ones of a plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics that are accessible via an electronic storage media, where said users are connected via user terminals and data communication connections to a target server system which accesses said electronic storage media, comprising: - means for automatically generating at least one user target profile interest summary for a user at a user terminal, each of said user target profile interest summaries being indicative of ones of said target objects and sets of target object characteristics accessed by said user; and
- means for storing said at least one user target profile interest summary in a memory.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising: - means for enabling said user to access said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics stored on said electronic storage media via said user target profile interest summaries.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said means for enabling access comprises: - means for correlating said user target profile interest summaries, generated for said user, with target profiles generated for said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics to identify ones of said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics stored on said electronic storage media that are likely to be of interest to said user.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein said means for enabling access further comprises: - means for transmitting a list, that identifies at least one of said identified ones of said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics, to said user; and
- means for providing access to a selected one of said plurality of target objects and sets of target object characteristics stored on said electronic storage media in response to said user selecting an item from said list.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said means for providing access comprises: - means for transmitting data, in response to said user activating said user terminal to identify said selected item on said list, indicative of said user's selection of said selected item from said user terminal to said target server via a one of said data communication connections.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said means for providing access further comprises: - means for retrieving, in response to receipt of said data from said user terminal, a target object identified by said selected item from said electronic storage media; and
- means for transmitting said retrieved target object to said user terminal for display thereon to said user.
18. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said means for automatically generating comprises: - means for automatically updating said user target profile interest summary for said user as a function of said target objects and sets of target object characteristics retrieved by said user.
19. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said target object is a document having at least one page, said means for automatically generating comprises: - means for automatically updating said user target profile interest summary for said user as a function of the number of pages of said retrieved documents accessed by said user.
20. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said means for automatically generating comprises: - means for automatically updating said user target profile interest summary for said user as a function of a length of time said user accessed said retrieved target objects and sets of target object characteristics.
21. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising: - autonomous server means interposed between said user terminal and said target server for storing said user target profile sets.
22. The apparatus of claim 21 further comprising: - means for transmitting data from said user terminal, indicative of target objects and sets of target object characteristics retrieved by said user from said electronic storage media, to said autonomous server to enable said autonomous server to update said user target profile interest summaries stored therein.
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