DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE GENERATION METHOD, DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE GENERATION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM OF DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE GENERATION METHOD RECORDED

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically generate a distribution schedule adapted to a user's preference and reception environment, a distributor's distribution request and the like from a huge amount of content.

SOLUTION: A distribution schedule generation apparatus 1 uses a content distribution policy, content attribute information, user attribute information including use preference conditions, and use history information to calculate distribution priority values based on each user's use preference conditions and distribution priority values based on the content distribution policy, and uses both priority values to decide the distribution priority of each content. The description and registration of the content distribution policy and use preference conditions are standardized in an XML format, and contents of quality optimum to each user are selected and scheduled according to distribution time limit conditions and the user's content reception environment information.

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