Abstract:
An information console is a system for providing information, entertainment and communication capabilities to any person or hospital patients, and those recovering at home comprising of a user interface for enabling the patient to interact with the system, a display unit for displaying video as well as providing visual feedback to the patient, an audio unit for outputting audio as well as providing audible feedback to the patient and a software system for responding to patient requests provided via the user interface to control the display unit and the audio unit. Also the same system is used by the persons undergoing recuperation from illness or injury at home for providing entertainment and communication capabilities.
Abstract:
A system and method to compute attribute-based similarity between items using collaborative filtering techniques are described. Events input by a user over a network are received, the events further including a plurality of items and associated item metadata. A similarity value is further computed between each pair of items within the plurality of stems based on corresponding attributes of each item stored within the item metadata. Finally, recommendations of the items to the user are presented based on the corresponding calculated similarity value.