Method and apparatus for collecting and providing viewer feedback to a broadcast
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- presenting a broadcast to a viewer;
receiving feedback to the broadcast from the viewer;
generating a rating of the broadcast based at least in part on the received feedback to the broadcast from the viewer, and providing to the viewer ratings of other broadcasts based at least in part on received viewer feedback to the other broadcasts from other viewers.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus to collect and provide viewer feedback to broadcasts. According to one aspect of the present invention, a rating is generated for a broadcast by a server system. The rating is based at least in part on viewer feedback to the broadcast, and the rating indicates a likelihood of interest in the broadcast for potential subsequent viewers. Access to the rating is then provided so that predications can be made as to whether or not the broadcast will be of interest to potential subsequent viewers. According to another aspect of the present invention, the rating is provided from the server system to an entertainment system, and the broadcast can be selected for viewing at an entertainment system based on the rating generated by the server system. In one embodiment, the viewer feedback is received at the entertainment system in response to a feedback questionnaire.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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presenting a broadcast to a viewer;
receiving feedback to the broadcast from the viewer;
generating a rating of the broadcast based at least in part on the received feedback to the broadcast from the viewer, and providing to the viewer ratings of other broadcasts based at least in part on received viewer feedback to the other broadcasts from other viewers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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17. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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presenting a broadcast to a viewer;
receiving feedback to the broadcast from the viewer;
generating a rating of the broadcast based at least in part on the received feedback to the broadcast from the viewer, and providing to the viewer ratings of the broadcasts based at least in part on received viewer feedback to the other broadcasts from other viewers.
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21. An entertainment system controller comprising:
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a storage medium to store a questionnaire regarding a broadcast that is presented to a viewer on a display device;
control circuitry to provide a feedback questionnaire to the viewer;
a viewer interface to receive feedback to the broadcast from the viewer based on the feedback questionnaire; and
a communications interface to provide the feedback to the broadcast from the viewer to a server system and to receive ratings from the server system regarding other available broadcasts based on viewer feedback from other viewers, the ratings indicating a likelihood of interest in the available broadcasts for the viewer, wherein the control circuitry further provides the ratings regarding other available broadcasts to the viewer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30)
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27. An entertainment server system comprising:
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a communications interface to receive viewer feedback to a broadcast from a plurality of different viewers of the broadcast; and
a processor to generate a rating of the broadcast based at least in part on the received viewer feedback to the broadcast, the rating indicating a likelihood of interest in the first broadcast for potential subsequent viewers, wherein the communications interface provides the rating of the broadcast to viewer entertainment systems for display to potential subsequent viewers of the broadcast the potential subsequent viewers including the plurality of different viewers of the broadcast.
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