COOPERATIVE FILTERING ALGORITHM-BASED PERSONAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR IPTV

摘要

The present invention relates to a system for recommending a desired channel or program to an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) viewer, and particularly to a cooperative filtering algorithm-based personal preference program recommendation system for an IPTV. To achieve the object, according to an embodiment of the present invention, proposed is a cooperative filtering algorithm-based personal preference program recommendation system for an IPTV which comprises: a broadcasting provider which is an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) broadcasting provider to provide viewers with contents for TV in an Internet scheme; a service server which receives a broadcast signal and program information from the broadcasting provider, stores information corresponding to each database in the database, calculates priorities on the basis of a recommendation algorithm of quantitatively calculating priorities, and sets in array according to recommended priorities with a program being currently broadcasted or reproduced as the central figure; a relay apparatus which receives recommendation list information and broadcast signals from the service server, and transmits the received recommendation list information and broadcast signals through a network; and a TV which outputs the recommendation list information and broadcast signals from the relay apparatus.