Patent ID: 8732149
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A content output device comprising: a storage unit storing a plurality of contents, each of the plurality of contents being associated with an attribute thereof; a first output control unit operable to output a predetermined content among the plurality of contents stored in the storage unit to a screen; a related content identifying unit operable to identify, among the plurality of contents stored in the storage unit, a set of related contents whose attributes are related to an attribute of the predetermined content; a user preference identifying unit operable to classify the plurality of contents stored in the storage unit into a plurality of groups by attribute, calculate the number of contents belonging to each group, detect one or more groups that have the number of contents which exceeds a predetermined number, and identify a set of high-preference contents which are the contents included in the detected groups; a second output control unit operable to output, to the screen, one or more contents that belong to both the set of related contents and the set of high-preference contents; and a user preference function generating unit operable to generate a user preference function that is used to calculate a user preference level of each content belonging to the set of high-preference contents, wherein the second output control unit calculates the user preference level of each content belonging to the set of high-preference contents by using the user preference function, processes the one or more contents so that the one or more contents are to be highlighted according to different levels in correspondence with the calculated user preference levels, and then outputs the one or more contents to the screen.