Patent ID: 6714917
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
In a telecommunications environment comprising a residential unit for providing a subscriber the ability to select and interact with content, the residential unit including at least a storage medium and a processor, a computer implemented method of associating a subscriber interacting with a device with particular characteristics, the method comprising utilizing the processor to:monitor subscriber interactions with a device; process at least a portion of the subscriber interactions to generate a session profile, wherein the session profile is generated without knowledge of the identity of the subscriber and identifies subscriber traits including non-subscriber interaction traits; compare at least a portion of the session profile with at least a portion of subscriber profiles stored in the storage medium, the subscriber profiles being a compilation of session profiles generated over multiple interaction sessions that have been grouped together based on similarities; and associate, based on similarities between the subscriber profile and the session profile, the subscriber with particular characteristics identified in one of the subscriber profiles.