RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR ELECTRONIC GAME SHOPPING CHANNEL

摘要

A recommendation service is provided for recommending computer video game titles to players. The recommendation service offers suggestions for game titles to purchase or rent based on playing usage related parameters for each particular player. A profile is created based on several factors that represents the player's affinity to each factor. Communication and use of player usage data may be strictly conditioned on a player's knowledge and consent.

主权项

1. In a network of distributed personal video game systems connected to a server via a network, a method for recommending video game related information to a player comprising:
establishing a connection between the player's personal video game playing device and a server over a network; monitoring the player's game playing usage; weighting said player's game playing usage by age; and recommending at least one further video game for the player to download over the network based at least in part on said player's playing usage weighted by age.