Method of Operating a Channel Recommendation System

• US 20070204308A1
• Filed: 05/03/2007
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dizpersion Corporation
• Original Assignee: Dizpersion Corporation
• Inventors: Carswell, Ian, Nicholas, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 9,172,915 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/86
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/222 Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/254 Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server arrangements for maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00; network services using third party service providers H04L67/53
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2547 Third Party Billing, e.g. billing of advertiser
• 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 21/44226 on social networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The invention provides a method of operating a channel recommendation system, including, providing a channel recommendation bid interface, receiving a bid request on the interface, and displaying a recommendation link to the channel on at least one user recommendation display device based on the bid request. Real time viewership information may also be used in the operation of the channel recommendation system. The invention further provides a method of operating a shared information system, including, receiving a recorded clip recommendation request, determining a recipient based on the recommendation request, wherein the recipient is a user different from the recommendation source, determining a recorded video clip based on the recommendation request, determining an ad based on a profile associated with the recipient, and associating the determined clip and the determined ad with the recipient. Real time viewership information may also be used in the operation of the shared information system.

Claims

1. A method of operating a channel recommendation system, the method comprising:

providing a channel recommendation bid interface;

receiving a channel recommendation bid request on the interface; and

displaying a recommendation link to the channel on at least one user recommendation display device based on the channel recommendation bid request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the link to the channel is one of a plurality of channel links on a recommendation listing interface.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the channel recommendation bid request includes a bid amount and, wherein the channel links are ordered based on the bid amount.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the channel recommendation bid request includes a transaction specification, wherein the channel links are ordered based on the transaction specification.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the channel links are ordered based on one of a group or individual profile.

6. A method of operating a channel recommendation system, the method comprising:

providing a channel recommendation bid interface;

receiving a channel recommendation bid request via the interface;

determining a real-time viewership of at least one channel based on the bid request; and

displaying a recommendation link to the channel on at least one user recommendation display device based on the channel recommendation bid request and the determined real-time viewership.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the link to the channel is one of a plurality of channel links on a recommendation listing interface.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the channel links are ordered based on the real-time viewership.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the channel recommendation bid request includes a bid amount, and wherein the channel links are ordered based on the bid amount.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the channel recommendation bid request includes a transaction specification, and wherein the channel links are ordered based on the transaction specification.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the channel links are ordered based on one of a group or individual profile.

12. A method of operating a shared information system, the method comprising:

receiving a recorded clip recommendation request from a recommendation source;

determining a recipient based on the recommendation request, wherein the recipient is a user different from the recommendation source;

determining a recorded video clip based on the recommendation request;

determining an ad based on a group or individual profile associated with the determined recipient; and

associating the determined clip and the determined ad with the determined recipient.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the recorded video clip is stored on a network decoder.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

displaying the determined clip on a recipient video display device.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the recommendation source is a subscriber to a television service.

16. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

displaying a clip identifier on a channel recommendation page.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

monitoring activity on the channel recommendation page in real time;

providing time sensitive ads to the channel recommendation page based on the monitored activity.

18. A method of operating a shared information system, the method comprising:

determining at least one video clip based on real time viewership information;

determining at least one subscriber based on a group or individual profile; and

associating the determined video clip with the determined subscriber.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising:

determining an ad based on a geographic location of the determined subscriber;

associating the ad with the associated video clip.

20. The method of claim 18 further comprising:

determining an ad based on a profile associated with the determined subscriber;

associating the ad with the associated video clip.

21. The method of claim 18 further comprising:

displaying a link to the video clip on a channel recommendation page.

22. A method of operating a shared information system, the method comprising:

determining viewership of a plurality of channels in real time;

categorizing the determined viewership by geographic regions;

providing a plurality of sponsorship offers based on the geographic categories;

receiving at least one sponsorship bid to at least one of the sponsorship offers from at least one advertiser;

determining a geographic location of video clip recommendation recipients;

determining a sponsorship based on the received bid and the determined geographic location; and

associating the determined sponsorship with at least one of the video clip recommendation recipients.

23. The method of claim 22 further comprising:

determining a recipient profile, determining the sponsorship based on the determined recipient profile.

24. The method of claim 22 further comprising:

displaying a link to the associated video clip on a channel recommendation page.

25. The method of claim 24 further comprising:

monitoring activity on the channel recommendation page in real time;

providing time sensitive ads to the channel recommendation page based on the monitored activity.