Method and apparatus for recommending television programming through a celebrity or using a celebrity profile

摘要

A method for making a recommendation in a lifestyle recommendation machine. The method includes the steps of: generating a user profile based on explicit and/or implicit directions of a user; making a recommendation for an item, service, and/or event based on the user profile; and reporting the recommendation to the user through an agent, where the agent is preferably a celebrity. In another embodiment the method includes the steps of: substituting a user profile based on explicit and/or implicit directions of a user with a celebrity profile of a celebrity; making a recommendation for an item, service, and/or event based on the celebrity profile; and reporting the recommendation to the user.