Abstract:
A system and method for customizing an advertisement based on a surrounding broadcast are provided. A start of a new advertisement is detected (S2) and its characteristic data, including a video characteristic and/or an audio characteristic are extracted (S4). Also surrounding broadcast data, including the video characteristic and/or the audio characteristic of the surrounding broadcast are extracted (at S3). A replacement advertisement, may be selected (S7) based on a comparison (S6) of the surrounding broadcast data with advertisement characteristic of the new advertisement and of stored advertisements; and based on the surrounding broadcast data, the video characteristic and/or the audio characteristic of the replacement advertisement are customized (S8). The selecting of the replacement advertisement and customizing it are performed such that its characteristic data match most closely the surrounding broadcast data.
Abstract:
A method and arrangement for modifying settings of a television program recommender displays the rating (recommended or not recommended) for a selected television program, and also displays icons for selection by the user to indicate whether the user agrees or disagrees with the recommendation. The television program recommender then updates its settings based on the user's icon selection. In addition, if the user indicates that he/she disagrees with the recommendation, the television program recommender determines and displays the number of times that the user needs to indicate his/her desires with respect to the selected television program in order for the recommendation to agree with the user's desires..
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus for selecting at least one program item to be stored on the basis of user preferences. The apparatus comprises a receiver (110) for obtaining program schedule data related to at least one program item, and a timer (150) arranged to ascertain a period of time in which at least one program item is to be stored, a user preference module (130) arranged to obtain user preferences for at least one program item to be stored in the ascertained period of time, and a selection unit (140) arranged to select, using the program schedule data and the user preferences, at least one program item to be stored over a long period of time which is substantially longer than regular periods of nonusage of the apparatus. The invention takes into consideration that the user preferences for storing the program items may depend on the period of time in which the program items are to be selected.
Abstract:
The invention relates to adaptive scheduling and resource management techniques such as Markov decision problems that can be used to achieve maximum perceived user quality within time and resource constrained environments.
Abstract:
The invention relates to adaptive scheduling and resource management techniques such as Markov decision problems that can be used to achieve maximum perceived user quality within time and resource constrained environments.
Abstract:
A scheduler (100) which implements a method for determining a flexible schedule (205) for executing a plurality of tasks (301-308) in a system having a plurality of resources (101-103, 109-113). The schedule (205) comprises for each task (301-308) a starting time, an ending time, an assignment of resources (101-103, 109-113) to said task (301-308), as well as a collection of times and processing speeds. Using this information, the execution of a task can vary in speed when for example multiple tasks need the same resource. To do this, the scheduler first defines a partial schedule using windows (w0,...,w15) and then determines the length of the windows (w0,...,w15) and the processing speed of each task in each window using linear programming and column generation.
Abstract:
The present invention relates compositions and methods for microRNA (miRNA) expression profiling of colorectal cancer. In particular, the invention relates to a diagnostic kit of molecular markers for identifying one or more mammalian target cells exhibiting or having a predisposition to develop colorectal cancer, the kit comprising a plurality of nucleic acid molecules, each nucleic acid molecule encoding a miRNA sequence, wherein one or more of the plurality of nucleic acid molecules are differentially expressed in the target cells and in one or more control cells, and wherein the one or more differentially expressed nucleic acid molecules together represent a nucleic acid expression signature that is indicative for the presence of or the predisposition to develop colorectal cancer. The invention further relates to corresponding methods using such nucleic acid expression signatures for identifying one or more mammalian target cells exhibiting or having a predisposition to develop colorectal cancer as well as for preventing or treating such a condition. Finally, the invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and/or treatment of colorectal cancer.
Abstract:
A method and arrangement for modifying settings of a television program recommender displays the rating (recommended or not recommended) for a selected television program, and also displays icons for selection by the user to indicate whether the user agrees or disagrees with the recommendation. The television program recommender then updates its settings based on the user's icon selection. In addition, if the user indicates that he/she disagrees with the recommendation, the television program recommender determines and displays the number of times that the user needs to indicate his/her desires with respect to the selected television program in order for the recommendation to agree with the user's desires..
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of processing data, the method comprising steps of enabling to (210) encrypt first data for a first source, and encrypt second data for a second source, (220) provide the encrypted first and second data to a server that is precluded from decrypting the encrypted first and second data, and from revealing identities of the first and second sources to each other, (230) perform a computation on the encrypted first and second data to obtain a similarity value between the first and second data so that the first and second data is anonymous to the second and first sources respectively, the similarity value. providing an indication of a similarity between the first and second data. The method may further comprise a step (240) of using the similarity value to obtain a recommendation of a content item for the first or second source. The first or second data may comprises a user profile or user ratings of content items. One of the applications of the method may be in collaborative filtering systems.