Programme survey system, arrangement and method

• US 20060074966A1
• Filed: 10/05/2004
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Isokoski, Arto, Kivela, Jorma
• Application Number:
  US10/957,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20060074966A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/72 of terrestrial networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/44 for identifying broadcast stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/91 Mobile communication networks for accessing the Internet H04H60/85

Abstract

Programme survey system, arrangement and method are disclosed. The system includes three interfaces: a first interface receiving programme information on a broadcast programme delivered to a receiver over a programme broadcasting channel, a second interface receiving programme-associated data information on broadcast-programme-associated data delivered to the receiver over a data channel, and a third interface receiving control information on the broadcast-programme-associated data signaled from the receiver over a return channel. The system also includes a processing unit creating associatively programme survey information from the programme information, the programme-associated data information, and the control information, the programme survey information including comparative information on various parts of the broadcast programme and broadcast-programme-associated data.

Claims

1. A programme survey system, comprising:

a first interface receiving programme information on a broadcast programme delivered to a receiver over a programme broadcasting channel;

a second interface receiving programme-associated data information on broadcast-programme-associated data delivered to the receiver over a data channel;

a third interface receiving control information on the broadcast-programme-associated data signaled from the receiver over a return channel; and

a processing unit creating associatively programme survey information from the programme information, the programme-associated data information, and the control information, the programme survey information including comparative information on various parts of the broadcast programme and broadcast-programme-associated data.

2. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the processing unit further estimates the preferences of a listening audience as part of the programme survey information.

3. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the broadcast-programme-associated data comprises user interactions, and the processing unit further rates the success of the user interactions as part of the programme survey information.

4. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the broadcast-programme-associated data comprises user transactions, and the processing unit further rates the success of the user transactions as part of the programme survey information.

5. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the processing unit further rates items of a play-list of the broadcast programme based on the programme survey information, whereby the rotation of the items in the play-list is based on the information on the rated items of the play-list.

6. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the processing unit further forms a user profile based on the received control information of that user, whereby the user is targeted with broadcast programme and broadcast-programme-associated data selected on the basis of the information on the user profile.

7. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the control information comprises at least one of a broadcast-programme-associated data reception start command, a broadcast-programme-associated data reception end command, a broadcast-programme-associated data interaction reply command, and a broadcast-programme-associated data transaction reply command.

8. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the programme broadcasting channel comprises a point-to-multipoint broadcast channel.

9. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the programme broadcasting channel comprises a downlink radio channel of a cellular radio network.

10. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the data channel comprises a downlink radio channel of a cellular radio network.

11. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the data channel comprises a downlink packet-switched radio channel of a cellular radio network.

12. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the return channel comprises an uplink radio channel of a cellular radio network.

13. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the return channel comprises an uplink packet-switched radio channel of a cellular radio network.

14. The programme survey system of claim 1, wherein the broadcast programme comprises at least one of a Visual Radio programme, an FM radio programme, an AM radio programme, a DAB programme, a DRM programme, an HDR programme, a DVB programme, an analogically broadcasted programme, and a digitally broadcasted programme.

15. An arrangement for a programme survey, comprising:

means for receiving programme information on a broadcast programme delivered to a receiver over a programme broadcasting channel;

means for receiving programme-associated data information on broadcast-programme-associated data delivered to the receiver over a data channel;

means for receiving control information on the broadcast-programme-associated data signaled from the receiver over a return channel; and

means for creating associatively programme survey information from the programme information, the programme-associated data information, and the control information, the programme survey information including comparative information on various parts of the broadcast programme and broadcast-programme-associated data.

16. A method for performing a programme survey, comprising:

receiving programme information on a broadcast programme delivered to a receiver over a programme broadcasting channel;

receiving programme-associated data information on broadcast-programme-associated data delivered to the receiver over a data channel;

receiving control information on the broadcast-programme-associated data signaled from the receiver over a return channel; and

creating associatively programme survey information from the programme information, the programme-associated data information, and the control information, the programme survey information including comparative information on various parts of the broadcast programme and broadcast-programme-associated data.