Patent ID: 9256877
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for updating a user profile on a server based on user content items stored on a client, the server being able to communicate with the client via a communication network, comprising: a) for each of said user content items stored on the client, providing characteristic information suitable to identify a respective user content item; b) transferring the characteristic information of the user content items from the client to the server; c) comparing the characteristic information of the user content items stored on the client device with characteristic information stored on the server and suitable to identify the server content items; and d) updating the user profile on the server based on the comparison carried out in c) by generating automatic feedback in response to the characteristic information of the user content items stored on the client device matching characteristic information stored on the server and generating user feedback information based on a user input related to the respective server content item, wherein the user profile comprises a plurality of channels, one of the user content items is assignable to at least one of the plurality of channels, and the user profile is updated, based on the respective user content item, merely with respect to a respective one of the plurality of channels to which the respective user content item is assignable, wherein steps b-d are repeated each time a user content item is added to and/or deleted from the client, wherein the user input includes explicit and implicit input, and wherein the implicit input is based in part on skipping of a transfer process of a server content item.