INTRODUCING NEW CONTENT ITEMS IN A COMMUNITY-BASED RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM
    1.
    发明公开
    INTRODUCING NEW CONTENT ITEMS IN A COMMUNITY-BASED RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM 审中-公开
    新内容元素的社交系统基于推荐产品介绍

    公开(公告)号:EP1563684A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-17

    申请号:EP03753862.6

    申请日:2003-10-27

    IPC分类号: H04N7/173

    摘要: The invention relates to a method of operating with content items, generating of a user preference profile, and introducing new content items in a community-based recommendation system. A virtual user terminal (115) determines a new user preference profile when detecting the availability of a new content item. The virtual user terminal (115) comprises an initialization processor (123) which sets a preference value in the user preference profile for the new content item. The virtual user terminal (115) further comprises a relation processor (125) which determines related content items, and a profile processor (127), which sets preference values in the user preference profile associated with the at least one related content item. Hence, an association is formed between the first content item and the related content items, thereby linking the new content item to existing content items, and thus increasing the probability that the new content item is recommended.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SELECTION LIST OF CONTENT ITEMS
    2.
    发明公开
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SELECTION LIST OF CONTENT ITEMS 有权
    方法和装置,提供一个列表供选择的内容

    公开(公告)号:EP1563682A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-17

    申请号:EP03751165.6

    申请日:2003-10-20

    IPC分类号: H04N7/16 H04N5/455

    摘要: The invention relates to a system for providing a selection list of content items to a user. The content items may comprise video content, audio content and multimedia content including received or recorded TV or radio programmes. An apparatus comprises a content receiver (103) for receiving content items. The content items may be stored in a content memory (105). The apparatus further comprises a duration processor (111), which determines a content item duration indication for each of the content items. A content item list processor (113) generates an ordered content list comprising content items ordered in response to the content item duration indication. The ordered list is presented to the user as a selection list by a user interface (107). The user may select a content item for presentation by highlighting the content item in the selection list. The content item duration indication may relate to a remaining time of a programme.

    STORING BIOS IN PERSISTENT SYSTEM MEMORY
    4.
    发明公开
    STORING BIOS IN PERSISTENT SYSTEM MEMORY 审中-公开
    BIOS存储在内存系统持久

    公开(公告)号:EP1563373A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-17

    申请号:EP03810546.6

    申请日:2003-10-08

    IPC分类号: G06F9/445

    CPC分类号: G06F9/4401

    摘要: When booting a personal computer, it needs to find instructions immediately to tell it what to run to start up the personal computer. These it finds within the so-called basic input/output system (BIOS) program. Usually the BIOS program is stored in a separate location, for example a ROM. It is usually shadowed into system memory (SM) to speed up its operation. The copying of the BIOS program to system memory (SM), amongst others, causes the boot process to be a relatively slow process. In the present invention, the system memory (SM) comprises a persistent system memory (PSM) and the BIOS program is stored in the persistent system memory (PSM). Furthermore, selected information used by the BIOS program is stored in persistent system memory (PSM) as well. As a result, the speed of booting the personal computer is significantly increased.

    ITEM IDENTIFICATION USING ELECTRONIC TAGS
    5.
    发明公开
    ITEM IDENTIFICATION USING ELECTRONIC TAGS 审中-公开
    电子标签的商品标识

    公开(公告)号:EP1556830A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-07-27

    申请号:EP03808799.5

    申请日:2003-09-22

    IPC分类号: G06K17/00 G06F17/30

    摘要: The present invention relates to a method and a system for identifying an item (1) to which a radio frequency tag is attached by means of a radio frequency tag detector (101), wherein radio frequency contact is established between the tag and the detector (101) and information associated with the item (1) and being stored by the tag is received by the detector (101). The invention is based on the idea that the data stored by the tag is mapped against a unique item identifier. This unique item identifier is then presented for a user of the detector (101). By employing the present invention, it is possible to identify an item (1) by attaching a small tag to it. This is particularly advantageous in the case where the item (1) to which the tag is attached is very small, such that it is practically difficult to write information on the item (1) itself or on the item casing.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DIGITAL RIGHTS
    6.
    发明公开
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DIGITAL RIGHTS 审中-公开
    系统和方法数字版权管理

    公开(公告)号:EP1556751A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-07-27

    申请号:EP03809388.6

    申请日:2003-09-22

    IPC分类号: G06F1/00 G06F17/60

    CPC分类号: G06F21/10 G06F2221/2121

    摘要: The present invention relates to methods and a system for managing digital rights. The invention is based on the idea that a digital voucher (100) is provided with access control information for accessing digital content located on a server (104) of a content provider. A consumer of the digital content reads the voucher (100) by means of a bar code reader, an RF detector (102) or the like. This reading means (102) is connected to some computing means (103) such as a computer, a mobile phone, a PDA, a set-top box etc. The computing means (103) transfers the access control information to a server (104) of a content provider. The server (104) to which the access control information is transferred processes the access control information, and depending on the result of the processing, the computing means (103) is given different levels of access to digital content located on the server (104).

    METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTHORIZING CONTENT OPERATIONS
    7.
    发明公开
    METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTHORIZING CONTENT OPERATIONS 审中-公开
    方法和设备授权使用内容的

    公开(公告)号:EP1556748A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-07-27

    申请号:EP03748459.9

    申请日:2003-10-15

    IPC分类号: G06F1/00

    摘要: Methods of and devices (D1) for authorizing an operation requested by a first user (P2) on a content item (C1) in accordance with a user right (UR1). The user right may identify the first user or a second user (P1) and authorizes the user in question to perform the requested operation on the content item. If the user right identifies the second user, the operation is authorized upon receipt of information linking a user right of the first user and the user right of the second user. Preferably the information comprises one or more domain certificates (DC1, DC2) identifying the first and second users as members of the same authorized domain (AD). Preferably a content right (CR1) enabling the operation is used, whereby the user right authorizes the second user to employ the content right.

    METHOD FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS AND AUDIO PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR APPLYING THIS METHOD
    10.
    发明公开
    METHOD FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS AND AUDIO PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR APPLYING THIS METHOD 审中-公开
    一种用于处理音频信号和音频处理系统的应用此方法

    公开(公告)号:EP1547438A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-06-29

    申请号:EP03798253.5

    申请日:2003-08-08

    IPC分类号: H04S1/00

    CPC分类号: H04S1/002

    摘要: In a method for processing audio signals composed audio signals (L+R) and (L-R) are derived from left (L) and right (R) audio signals. The energy content of the composed (L-R) audio signals above a predetermined frequency value is measured and compared with a predetermined threshold value. Then, when this energy content falls below said threshold value, a signal derived from and decorrelated with respect to the composed (L+R) audio signal is added to the composed (L-R) signal to obtain an improved composed (L-R) audio signal, and left (L) and right(R) audio signals are obtained back again from the composed (L+R) signal and the improved composed (L-R) audio signal.