System and associated terminal, method and computer program product for recording content usage statistics

• US 20050086334A1
• Filed: 10/17/2003
• Published: 04/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Vermola, Larri, Aaltonen, Janne La., Salo, Juha H., Hannikainen, Ari
• Application Number:
  US10/688,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20050086334A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25808 Management of client data terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A terminal for recording content usage statistics comprises a memory and a controller. The memory is capable of storing at least one piece of content. The controller, in turn, is capable of accessing at least one piece of content from the memory. The controller is also capable of operating a client application, which is capable of being triggered to obtain a location of the terminal by the controller accessing the piece(s) of content. The memory is also capable of storing, into a content usage log, at least one content usage statistic relating to the controller accessing the piece(s) of content. For example, at least one content usage statistic can include the location of the terminal. Additionally, or alternatively, for example, at least one content can include one or more statistics related to the terminal and/or the piece(s) of content accessed from the memory of the terminal.

Claims

1. A system for recording at least one content usage statistic comprising:

a terminal capable of being triggered to obtain a location of the terminal by accessing at least one piece of content, wherein the terminal is also capable of storing, into a content usage log, at least one content usage statistic relating to the terminal accessing the at least one piece of content, and wherein at least one content usage statistic comprises the location of the terminal; and

a destination capable of receiving the content usage log including the at least one content usage.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is capable of receiving at least one piece of content in accordance with a broadband data broadcast technique, and wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of content for at least one channel comprising at least one of a television, radio and data channel.

3. A system according to claim 2, wherein the terminal is capable of sending the content usage log to the destination when a return channel between the terminal and the destination is at least one of available and established.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is capable of accessing at least one piece of content comprising at least one piece of pre-broadcast content related to broadcast content, and wherein the terminal is capable of sending the content usage log to the destination before the broadcast content is broadcast.

5. A system according to claim 4, wherein the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content comprises a set of at least one television program over a given time period for at least one television channel, wherein the terminal is capable of accessing the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content at least a predefined period of time before the broadcast content is broadcast, and wherein the predefined period of time comprises the given time period.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is capable of storing at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one statistic related to at least one of the terminal and the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is capable of accessing at least one piece of content from a memory of a terminal in an offline manner.

8. A system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is capable of being repeatedly triggered to obtain a location of the terminal and store at least one content usage statistic for at least one period of time, and wherein the terminal is further capable of sending the content usage log to the destination after each period of time.

9. A system according to claim 1, wherein the destination is capable of receiving the content usage log including the at least one content usage statistic such that a network entity is capable of sending, to the terminal, at least one piece of content based upon the at least one content usage statistic.

10. A system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is capable of storing at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one of a type of the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory, a time the at least one piece of content was accessed from memory, information regarding used connection types, and information regarding available connection types comprising at least one of a signal strength, capacity and utilization rate of the connection types.

11. A system for recording at least one content usage statistic comprising:

a terminal capable of accessing at least one piece of content from a memory, wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of pre-broadcast content related to broadcast content, wherein the terminal is also capable of storing, into a content usage log, at least one content usage statistic relating to the terminal accessing the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content; and

a destination capable of receiving the content usage log including the at least one content usage statistic before the broadcast content is broadcast.

12. A system according to claim 11, wherein the terminal is capable of receiving at least one piece of content in accordance with a broadband data broadcast technique, and wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of content for at least one channel comprising at least one of a television, radio and data channel.

13. A system according to claim 12, wherein the terminal is capable of sending the content usage log to the destination when a return channel between the terminal and the destination is at least one of available and established.

14. A system according to claim 11, wherein the terminal is capable of storing at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one statistic related to at least one of the terminal and the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory.

15. A system according to claim 11, wherein the terminal is capable of accessing at least one piece of content from a memory of a terminal in an offline manner.

16. A system according to claim 11, wherein the terminal is capable of repeatedly accessing at least one piece of content and storing at least one content usage statistic for a period of time before the broadcast content is broadcast, and wherein the terminal is capable of sending the content usage log to the destination after the period of time and before the broadcast content is broadcast.

17. A system according to claim 11, wherein the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content comprises a set of at least one television program over a given time period for at least one television channel, wherein the terminal is capable of accessing the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content at least a predefined period of time before the broadcast content is broadcast, and wherein the predefined period of time comprises the given time period.

18. A system according to claim 11, wherein the destination is capable of receiving the content usage log including the at least one content usage statistic such that a network entity is capable of sending, to the terminal, at least one piece of content based upon the at least one content usage statistic.

19. A system according to claim 11, wherein the terminal is capable of storing at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one of a type of the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory, a time the at least one piece of content was accessed from memory, information regarding used connection types, and information regarding available connection types comprising at least one of a signal strength, capacity and utilization rate of the connection types.

20. A terminal for recording at least one content usage statistic comprising:

a memory capable of receiving and storing at least one piece of content; and

a controller capable of accessing at least one piece of content from the memory, wherein the controller is capable of operating a client application, wherein the client application is capable of being triggered to obtain a location of the terminal by the controller accessing the at least one piece of content, and

wherein the memory is also capable of storing, into a content usage log, at least one content usage statistic relating to the controller accessing the at least one piece of content, wherein at least one content usage statistic comprises the location of the terminal.

21. A terminal according to claim 20, wherein the memory is capable of receiving at least one piece of content in accordance with a broadband data broadcast technique, and wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of content for at least one channel comprising at least one of a television, radio and data channel.

22. A terminal according to claim 21, wherein the controller is capable of sending the content usage log to a destination when a return channel between the terminal and the destination is at least one of available and established.

23. A terminal according to claim 20, wherein the memory is capable of receiving and storing at least one piece of content comprising at least one piece of pre-broadcast content related to broadcast content, wherein the controller is capable of sending the content usage log to a destination before the broadcast content is broadcast.

24. A terminal according to claim 23, wherein the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content comprises a set of at least one television program over a given time period for at least one television channel, wherein the controller is capable of accessing the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content at least a predefined period of time before the broadcast content is broadcast, and wherein the predefined period of time comprises the given time period.

25. A terminal according to claim 20, wherein the memory is capable of storing at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one statistic related to at least one of the terminal and the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory of the terminal.

26. A terminal according to claim 20, wherein the controller is capable of accessing at least one piece of content from a memory of a terminal in an offline manner.

27. A terminal according to claim 20, wherein the controller is capable of repeatedly accessing at least one piece of content, the client application is capable of repeatedly obtaining a location of the terminal, and the memory is capable of repeatedly storing at least one content usage statistic for at least one period of time, and wherein the controller is further capable of sending the content usage log to a destination after each period of time.

28. A terminal according to claim 20, wherein the memory is capable of storing at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one of a type of the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory, a time the at least one piece of content was accessed from memory, information regarding used connection types, and information regarding available connection types comprising at least one of a signal strength, capacity and utilization rate of the connection types.

29. A terminal for recording at least one content usage statistic comprising:

a memory capable of receiving and storing at least one piece of content, wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of pre-broadcast content related to broadcast content; and

a controller capable of accessing at least one piece of content from the memory,

wherein the memory is also capable of storing, into a content usage log, at least one content usage statistic relating to accessing the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content, and wherein the controller is capable of sending the content usage log to a destination before the broadcast content is broadcast.

30. A terminal according to claim 29, wherein the memory is capable of receiving at least one piece of content in accordance with a broadband data broadcast technique, and wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of content for at least one channel comprising at least one of a television, radio and data channel.

31. A terminal according to claim 29, wherein the terminal is capable of sending the content usage log to the destination when a return channel between the terminal and the destination is at least one of available and established.

32. A terminal according to claim 29, wherein the memory is capable of storing at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one statistic related to at least one of the terminal and the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory of the terminal.

33. A terminal according to claim 29, wherein the controller is capable of accessing at least one piece of content from a memory of a terminal in an offline manner.

34. A terminal according to claim 29, wherein the controller is capable of repeatedly accessing at least one piece of content and the memory is capable of repeatedly storing at least one content usage statistic for a period of time before the broadcast content is broadcast, and wherein the controller is capable of sending the content usage log to a destination after the period of time and before the broadcast content is broadcast.

35. A terminal according to claim 29, wherein the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content comprises a set of at least one television program over a given time period for at least one television channel, wherein the controller is capable of accessing the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content at least a predefined period of time before the broadcast content is broadcast, and wherein the predefined period of time comprises the given time period.

36. A terminal according to claim 29, wherein the memory is capable of storing at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one of a type of the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory, a time the at least one piece of content was accessed from memory, information regarding used connection types, and information regarding available connection types comprising at least one of a signal strength, capacity and utilization rate of the connection types.

52. A method according to claim 29, wherein the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content comprises a set of at least one television program over a given time period for at least one television channel, wherein accessing at least one piece of content comprises accessing the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content at least a predefined period of time before the broadcast content is broadcast, and wherein the predefined period of time comprises the given time period.

53. A method according to claim 29, wherein storing at least one content usage statistic comprises storing at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one of a type of the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory, a time the at least one piece of content was accessed from memory, information regarding used connection types, and information regarding available connection types comprising at least one of a signal strength, capacity and utilization rate of the connection types.

37. A method of recording at least one content usage statistic comprising:

accessing at least one piece of content from a memory of a terminal;

obtaining a location of the terminal, wherein accessing the at least one piece of content triggers obtaining the location of the terminal; and

storing at least one content usage statistic relating to accessing the at least one piece of content into a content usage log, wherein at least one content usage statistic comprises the location of the terminal.

38. A method according to claim 37 further comprising:

receiving at least one piece of content into the memory of the terminal in accordance with a broadband data broadcast technique, wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of content for at least one channel comprising at least one of a television, radio and data channel.

39. A method according to claim 38 further comprising:

sending the content usage log to a destination when a return channel between the terminal and the destination is at least one of available and established.

40. A method according to claim 37 further comprising:

receiving at least one piece of content into the memory of the terminal, wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of pre-broadcast content related to broadcast content;

sending the content usage log to a destination; and

thereafter

broadcasting the broadcast content.

41. A method according to claim 40, wherein the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content comprises a set of at least one television program over a given time period for at least one television channel, wherein accessing at least one piece of content comprises accessing at least one piece of pre-broadcast content at least a predefined period of time before the broadcast content is broadcast, and wherein the predefined period of time comprises the given time period.

42. A method according to claim 37, wherein storing at least one content usage statistic comprises storing at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one statistic related to at least one of the terminal and the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory of the terminal.

43. A method according to claim 37, wherein accessing at least one piece of content comprises accessing at least one piece of content from a memory of a terminal in an offline manner.

44. A method according to claim 37, wherein accessing at least one piece of content, obtaining a location of the terminal, and storing at least one content usage statistic comprise repeatedly accessing at least one piece of content, obtaining a location of the terminal, and storing at least one content usage statistic for at least one period of time, and wherein the method further comprises:

sending the content usage log to a destination after each period of time.

45. A method according to claim 37, wherein storing at least one content usage statistic comprises storing at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one of a type of the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory, a time the at least one piece of content was accessed from memory, information regarding used connection types, and information regarding available connection types comprising at least one of a signal strength, capacity and utilization rate of the connection types.

46. A method of recording at least one content usage statistic comprising:

accessing at least one piece of content from a memory of a terminal, wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of pre-broadcast content related to broadcast content;

storing at least one content usage statistic relating to accessing the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content into a content usage log;

sending the content usage log to a destination; and

thereafter

broadcasting the broadcast content.

47. A method according to claim 46 further comprising:

receiving at least one piece of content into the memory of the terminal in accordance with a broadband data broadcast technique, wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of pre-broadcast content for at least one channel comprising at least one of a television, radio and data channel.

48. A method according to claim 47, wherein sending the content usage log comprises sending the content usage log to a destination when a return channel between the terminal and the destination is at least one of available and established.

49. A method according to claim 46, wherein storing at least one content usage statistic comprises storing at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one statistic related to at least one of the terminal and the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory of the terminal.

50. A method according to claim 46, wherein accessing at least one piece of content comprises accessing at least one piece of content from a memory of a terminal in an offline manner.

51. A method according to claim 46, wherein accessing at least one piece of content and storing at least one content usage statistic comprise repeatedly accessing at least one piece of content and storing at least one content usage statistic for a period of time before broadcasting the broadcast content, and wherein sending the content usage log comprises sending the content usage log to a destination after the period of time and before broadcasting the broadcast content.

54. A computer program product for recording at least one content usage statistic, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

a first executable portion for accessing at least one piece of content from a memory of a terminal;

a second executable portion for obtaining a location of the terminal, wherein the first executable portion accessing the at least one piece of content triggers the second executable portion to obtain the location of the terminal; and

a third executable portion for storing at least one content usage statistic relating to accessing the at least one piece of content into a content usage log, wherein at least one content usage statistic comprises the location of the terminal.

55. A computer program product according to claim 54 further comprising:

a fourth executable portion for receiving at least one piece of content into the memory of the terminal in accordance with a broadband data broadcast technique, wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of content for at least one channel comprising at least one of a television, radio and data channel.

56. A computer program product according to claim 55 further comprising:

a fifth executable portion for sending the content usage log to a destination when a return channel between the terminal and the destination is at least one of available and established.

57. A computer program product according to claim 54 further comprising:

a fourth executable portion for receiving at least one piece of content into the memory of the terminal, wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of pre-broadcast content related to broadcast content; and

a fifth executable portion for sending the content usage log to a destination before the broadcast content is broadcast.

58. A computer program product according to claim 57, wherein the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content comprises a set of at least one television program over a given time period for at least one television channel, wherein the first executable portion is adapted to access at least one piece of pre-broadcast content at least a predefined period of time before the broadcast content is broadcast, and wherein the predefined period of time comprises the given time period.

59. A computer program product according to claim 54, wherein the third executable portion is adapted to store at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one statistic related to at least one of the terminal and the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory of the terminal.

60. A computer program product according to claim 54, wherein the first executable portion is adapted to access at least one piece of content from a memory of a terminal in an offline manner.

61. A computer program product according to claim 54, wherein the first executable portion is adapted to repeatedly access at least one piece of content, the second executable portion is adapted to repeatedly obtain a location of the terminal, and the third executable portion is adapted to repeatedly store at least one content usage for at least one period of time, and wherein the computer program product further comprises:

a fourth executable portion for sending the content usage log to a destination after each period of time.

62. A computer program product according to claim 54, wherein the third executable portion is adapted to store at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one of a type of the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory, a time the at least one piece of content was accessed from memory, information regarding used connection types, and information regarding available connection types comprising at least one of a signal strength, capacity and utilization rate of the connection types.

63. A computer program product of recording at least one content usage statistic comprising:

a first executable portion for accessing at least one piece of content from a memory of a terminal, wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of pre-broadcast content related to broadcast content;

a second executable portion for storing at least one content usage statistic relating to accessing the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content into a content usage log; and

a third executable portion for sending the content usage log to a destination before the broadcast content is broadcast.

64. A computer program product according to claim 63 further comprising:

a fourth executable portion for receiving at least one piece of content into the memory of the terminal in accordance with a broadband data broadcast technique, wherein the at least one piece of content comprises at least one piece of pre-broadcast content for at least one channel comprising at least one of a television, radio and data channel.

65. A computer program product according to claim 64, wherein the third executable portion is adapted to send the content usage log to a destination when a return channel between the terminal and the destination is at least one of available and established.

66. A computer program product according to claim 63, wherein the second executable portion is adapted to store at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one statistic related to at least one of the terminal and the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory of the terminal.

67. A computer program product according to claim 63, wherein the first executable portion is adapted to access at least one piece of content from a memory of a terminal in an offline manner.

68. A computer program product according to claim 63, wherein the first executable portion is adapted to repeatedly access at least one piece of content and the second executable portion is adapted to storing at least one content usage statistic comprise repeatedly accessing at least one piece of content and storing at least one content usage statistic for a period of time before broadcasting the broadcast content, and wherein the third executable portion is adapted to send the content usage log to a destination after the period of time and before the broadcast content is broadcast.

69. A computer program product according to claim 63, wherein the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content comprises a set of at least one television program over a given time period for at least one television channel, wherein the first executable portion is adapted to access the at least one piece of pre-broadcast content at least a predefined period of time before the broadcast content is broadcast, and wherein the predefined period of time comprises the given time period.

70. A computer program product according to claim 63, wherein the second executable portion is adapted to store at least one content usage statistic further comprising at least one of a type of the at least one piece of content accessed from the memory, a time the at least one piece of content was accessed from memory, information regarding used connection types, and information regarding available connection types comprising at least one of a signal strength, capacity and utilization rate of the connection types.