Viewing history recording method and viewing history use method

• US 20060015902A1
• Filed: 11/13/2003
• Published: 01/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoshida, Atsushi, Araki, Shoichi, Kutsumi, Hiroshi, Matsuura, Satoshi
• Application Number:
  US10/534,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20060015902A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/46
• 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 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

In electric appliances (11) such as a digital TV and the like, a device agent (20) records viewing-and-listening date and time, a media type identifier and a content identifier in a group as viewing-and-listening history data. In server system (12), a user agent (30) receives viewing-and-listening history data from the device agent (20) and registers the viewing-and-listening history data in a viewing-and-listening history database. Each of external service concierges (40) and (50) accesses the server system (12) and collectively utilizes content viewing-and-listening histories in the electric appliances (11) that a user owns.

Claims

1. A viewing-and-listening history recording method for recording content viewing-and-listening history data in an electric appliance used for viewing and listening to contents, the method comprising the steps of:

interpreting an operation performed to the electric appliance by a user and extracting a content viewing-and-listening operation;

acquiring a content identifier for contents according to the extracted content viewing-and-listening operation; and

specifying viewing-and-listening date and time for the contents from the extracted content viewing-and-listening operation and recording the specified viewing-and-listening date and time and the content identifier in a group as viewing-and-listening history data in a viewing-and-listening history storage section.

2. A viewing-and-listening history utilization method for utilizing content viewing-and-listening histories in a plurality of appliances, the method comprising the steps of:

extracting, from content viewing-and-listening history data for contents specified by a common identifier in the plurality of appliances, a series of operation patterns performed to contents having the same identifier in the plurality of appliances;

specifying, from the extracted operation patterns, an operation pattern commonly performed to contents having a common attribute; and

creating an operation reproduction script for applying the specified operation pattern to other contents having the attribute.