US Patent:
20140080457, Mar 20, 2014
Inventors:
Dakshi Agrawal - Monsey NY, US
Michael G. Hill - Fort Lauderdale FL, US
Sihyung Lee - Seoul, KR
Mudhakar Srivatsa - White Plains NY, US
Dinesh C. Verma - New Castle NY, US
Joseph W. Ziskin - Westport CT, US
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY
International Classification:
H04W 8/24
Abstract:
A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for providing content to a communications device. In an embodiment of the invention, a communications network receives a first content portion from a content provider and sends the first content portion to the communications device. The communications network also sends a second content portion to the communications device, and this second content portion is customized for the user of the communications device based on selected information about the user that the communications network has. In one embodiment, the communications network uses the selected information about the user to customize the second content portion for the user, and sends the customized second content portion to the communications device. In an embodiment, the communications network sends the selected information to the content provider, and the content provider uses the selected information to customize the second content portion.