Personalization of information content by monitoring network traffic

摘要

A home network system that personalizes the selection of information content in accordance with an interest of a user of the network is disclosed. More specifically, a method and apparatus are described for automatically presenting an information content of interest to the user, being provided by an Internet site external to the network. The contents of interest may be determined in accordance with an access pattern of the user or a frequency of the use of particular topic in the content.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
monitoring data traffic at a gateway coupling between first and second data networks, said first data network including a first device having an input for receiving a control data for interactively operating with a second device on said second data network; analyzing said monitored data traffic to identify a first content provided by said second device, said first content being more frequently accessed to than other contents available on said second data network by a user using said first device; determining whether or not said first content is suitable for being rendered on said first device, when said first content is suitable for being rendered on said first device, analyzing said control data indicating a network location of said first content to provide a first data indicating said first content and a second data indicating a first way to access said first content, when said first content is not suitable for being rendered on said first device, analyzing a content not included in said first content to identify a second content of interest to said user, and analyzing said control data indicating a network location of said second content to provide a third data indicating said second content and a fourth data indicating a second way to access said second content; and selecting one of said first and second contents and corresponding one of said first and second ways, said first content and said first way being selected when said first content is determined to be suitable for rendering on said first device, said second content and said second way being selected when said first content is determined not to be suitable for rendering on said first device, wherein said first content is provided from more-frequently-accessed sites and said second content is provided from more-frequently-accessed topics.