Targeted display of advertisements based on users profile partial match.

摘要

An apparatus for the intelligent display of advertisements (114; 160-164; 182; 196) to a television services user (112) includes a transmitter (26), a receiver (64) and a display (66) on which an electronic television program guide (88), television programs, and advertisements (114; 160-164; 182; 196) are displayed. Advertising and electronic program guide data are transmitted to a receiver (64) used by one or more television service users. The electronic program guide data includes information characterizing television programs listed in an electronic program guide. Similarly, the advertising data includes advertisements and information characterizing the transmitted advertisements. A selection history contains information characterizing those programs selected by a user (112) for viewing. Received advertisements are displayed to the user (112) based upon a comparison between the information characterizing each of the plurality of advertisements and the information in the selection history.