Content related to "consumer-system"

(1) Report on user models and content selection methods (D6.3)

This deliverable presents an overview and current development in the fields of user modelling and content selection within WP6, “Personalisation and Feedback”. The report presents a step towards achieving the two of the main goals of the WP6, namely to develop user models of the LIVE Production Support System and to develop the concept of personalised content recommendations within the iTV staging (production) process.

(1) Requirements for Consumer Profiling Data

This technical document defines the requirements for the Consumer profiling data which are needed within WP6 to build Consumer and Audience profiles (models).

(1) D8.5 Second prototype broadcast gateway services and consumer system component

The document at hand serves as an installation and usage guide to the second prototype ver-sion of the broadcast gateway and the consumer system services, the actual deliverable D8.5. It is intended to allow for installation and using the developed software. Further details on the implementation are not part of this deliverable. After a short introduction on what is included in the delivered software package, the docu-ment is separated into two parts. One is dedicated to the installation and configuration of the components (see chapter 4) and the other one deals with the usage of the components (see chapter 5). The first part of chapter 4 gives an overview on the software and hardware re-quirements to perform the installation of the different components. Later on, in chapter 4, the instructions to install the tools are given. Chapter 5 presents the offered interfaces and roughly describes their usage scenario in the LIVE production support system.

(1) First Specification of the Personalized Content Recommender System (Deliverable 6.1)

This document describes the first specification of the Recommender System, which is one of the five basic system components of the LIVE system. The specification is the result of the work carried out within the WP6, Personalization and Feedback. The specification is based on the user requirements described in the Deliverable 9.1, and the basic system architecture, de-fined in D9.2. The document provides a general view of the Recommender System which should allow for different usage scenarios. It represents the WP6’s current view of the final, fully functional Recommender System to be used in the production of LIVE TV programs. The document includes: • User requirements. Users of the Recommender System services and the functionalities that they require are defined. • Usage scenarios are proposed both for Video Conductor as well as for the Consumer. • Functionalities. A list of functionalities provided by the Recommender system is de-fined. • Based on the scenarios, six use cases of RS are defined in more detail. • Internal system architecture of the RS is defined including components that comprise the Recommender System. • Services and Interfaces. Services which are offered by the RS are described together with proposed interfaces. • Activity diagrams. The activity diagrams define workflows that are performed inside the recommender system.

(1) End-user interactive view

A poster demonstrating end-user interactive concepts of the LIVE system

(1) Content Recommendation System in the Production of Multi-Channel TV Programs

This paper presents the concept of content recommendations for the production of multi-channel TV shows. Within the 6th Framework project “LIVE – Live Staging of Media Events” [3] we are developing a production support system which will have a functionality of content recommendations and will support production of multi-channels programs. The paper outlines a concept of a multi-channel show and presents a possible workflow scenario on how to use content recommendations in the production. The details of the semantic content annotations are given and an example on computation of personalized recommendation of archive content is presented.

(1) WP4 - Staging and Content Research - Consumer interfaces

The central aspect of this presentation is the conceptualisation of visions of consumer interfaces. It is based on the scribbles and screens provided on the review meeting in Vienna in March 2007. It envisages propositions of interfaces for two possible iTV (interactive Televi-sion) platforms, namely MHP (Multimedia Home Platform) and IPTV (Internet Protocol Television). The interface proposals rest upon the implications that both platforms provide.

(1) D8.3 Report on the integration of the first system prototype

This document mainly gives a detailed summary on the components of the first prototype of the LIVE production support system. It reflects the implementation and integration plan and depicts the differences to the first prototype’s current status. Results from the evaluation of the first system integration test are given as well as conclusions based on the tests.

(1) Recommender System Evaluation : Scenarios and User interface

A presentation of WP6 plans and their development status. Evaluation of developed tools and scenarios.

(1) SID4: Production and Consumer Recommendation Systems

This presentation presents consumer and LIVE video production recommender systems. It describes consumer recommendations scenarios and differences between standard production and production with Recommender System. Presented at SID 4 in Salzburg on July 2007.

(1) JAME – System Concepts and New Technologies for iTV Services

This paper gives an overview on the JAME technology and its appropriate tools namely, JAME Producer and JAME Author, which constitute two different solutions for the production of so called page based iTV services.

(1) JAME Author - An iTV Authoring System

JAME Author is an advanced MHP/OCAP authoring system for the straightforward creation of sophisticated, well-designed iTV services. By combining the efficiency, reliability and flexibility of JAME with the advantages of an easy-to-use graphical authoring tool, JAME Author adresses the needs of iTV designers, editors and many other media professionals. An assortment of features well-known from popular graphics tools and special TV/MHP related functions such as a built-in emulator for testing during creation right on-site ease and accelerate the process. This makes JAME Author a valuable tool for drafting first ideas and creating complete services. By using JAME Author, you define the design and behaviour of separate pages and connect them to a comprehensive iTV service by an inter page navigation structure. The integrated template and resource management allows the reuse of given and proven looks and helps you to support your branding. After finishing, the project can be deployed by transferring an archive, including all the created data and the MHP application JAME Engine, into an MHP compliant playout system. Further information and a free 30-days trial version can be found at http://www.jame.tv

(1) WP 6 – Personalization and Feedback

Presentation of possible recommender system usage scenarios in LIVE. Integration of WP9 and WP5 (content description requirements and system specification). Indication of research needed for this integration.

(0.7) Personal content recommender based on a hierarchical user model for the selection of TV programmes

In this paper we present our approach to user modeling for a personalized selection of multimedia content tested on a corpus of TV programmes. The idea of this approach is to classify content (TV programmes) based on the calculation of similarities between the description of content and the user model for each descrip- tion attribute. Calculated similarities are then combined into a classi¯cation decision using the Support Vector Machines. The basis for the calculation of similarities is a hierarchical structure of the user model, overlaid upon a taxonomy of TV pro- gramme genres. Preliminary results show that it works well with a varying quality of content descriptions including incomplete genre classi¯cation and arbitrary number of description attributes. The evaluation of the system performance was based on content described using the TV-Anytime standard, but the approach can be adapted for search of other types of content with multi-attribute descriptions.

(0.7) D9.6 Report on requirement monitoring

As the final document of WP9 this report lists various revised issues that have been described in separate deliverables in former times. Chapter 3 depicts the relevant actors and roles within the LIVE system. The final usage scenarios that could be observed during the preparation, production and post-processing of the Olympic Trial are described in chapter 4. They were the precondition for the revision of the final requirements presented in chapter 5. The description of the final requirements is oriented towards the presentation of the revised requirements in [LIVE D9.4] and follows the same outline. They again served as a foundation for the revision of the final system architecture of the LIVE production support system. Chapter 6 picks up the already defined workflows from [LIVE D9.5] and adapts and amends them according to the final requirements from chapter 5. This is accomplished by providing a componentbased view on the one hand and more detailed inspections on components which have been subject to major changes on the other. The first part intends to give an overview on the performed adaptations of the architecture for each component. The latter part is meant to serve as a guideline for the developers of the various components and tools on which interfaces will be needed between which components and which data has to be exchanged.

(0.7) D8.6 Report on the integration of the second system prototype

This document reports on the process of integration, testing and operation of the second prototype version of the LIVE System. It presents the complexity of the system including the implemented internal and external interfaces. In order to verify the development of the required and agreed function set and to ensure a certain level of stability, scalability and performance, extensive system testing was performed. The chosen approach, its realisation and conclusion comprise a major part of the report. In contrast to the first system prototype this version was foreseen to come to operation during the Summer Olympics 2008. A production team at the ORF in Vienna should be supported in their task to produce a multichannel interactive live programme. The operation of the system during the Olympic field trial is summarised from an integration point of view.