SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINE GRAIN PAYMENT FOR MEDIA SERVICES

• US 20100043020A1
• Filed: 08/15/2008
• Published: 02/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Labs Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Labs Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shahraray, Behzad, Liu, Zhu, Renger, Bernard S., Basso, Andrea, Gibbon, David C.
• Application Number:
  US12/192,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20100043020A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2547 Third Party Billing, e.g. billing of advertiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/475 End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4784 receiving rewards
• 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 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for recommending media content, the method comprising generating a playlist representing one or more media segments, receiving comments describing the one or more media segments, transmitting the playlist and received comments to one or more viewers, and charging a fee for displaying the media segment represented by the playlist. In one aspect, the fee charged is paid in full or in part by one or more of a recommending party, a third party, one or more viewer, and an advertiser in exchange for inserting advertising content in one or more of the playlist and the comments. Referral credit can be granted recursively when the viewer recommends the playlist to a second viewer and a second fee is charged. In one aspect, received comments are generated based on one or more of media segment metadata, text or audio comments from a recommending party, and previously generated comments describing the media segment. Statistics representing viewing habits of and personal information about the viewer may be collected for use with an election based on the collected statistics.

Claims

1. A method of recommending media content, the method comprising:

generating a playlist representing one or more media segments;

receiving comments describing the one or more media segments;

transmitting the playlist and received comments to one or more viewers; and

charging a fee for displaying one or more media segment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the fee charged is paid in full or in part by one or more of a recommending party, a third party, one or more viewer, and an advertiser in exchange for inserting advertising content in one or more of the playlist and the comments.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a referral credit is granted recursively when the viewer recommends the playlist to a second viewer and a second fee is charged.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein received comments are generated based on one or more of media segment metadata, text or audio comments from a recommending party, and previously generated comments describing the media segment.

5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising collecting statistics representing viewing habits of and personal information about the viewer.

6. The method of claim 5, the method further comprising holding an election based on collected statistics.

7. A system for recommending media content, the system comprising:

a module configured to generate a playlist representing one or more media segments;

a module configured to receive comments describing the one or more media segments;

a module configured to transmit the playlist and received comments to one or more viewers; and

a module configured to a fee for displaying one or more media segment.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the fee charged is paid in full or in part by one or more of a recommending party, a third party, one or more viewer, and an advertiser in exchange for inserting advertising content in one or more of the playlist and the comments.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein a referral credit is granted recursively when the viewer recommends the playlist to a second viewer and a second fee is charged.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein received comments are generated based on one or more of media segment metadata, text or audio comments from a recommending party, and previously generated comments describing the media segment.

11. The system of claim 7, the system further comprising a module configured to collect statistics representing viewing habits of and personal information about the viewer.

12. The system of claim 11, the system further comprising a module configured to hold an election based on collected statistics.

13. A computer-readable medium storing a computer program having instructions for recommending media content, the instructions comprising:

generating a playlist representing one or more media segments;

receiving comments describing the one or more media segments;

transmitting the playlist and received comments to one or more viewers; and

charging a fee for displaying one or more media segment.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the fee charged is paid in full or in part by one or more of a recommending party, a third party, one or more viewer, and an advertiser in exchange for inserting advertising content in one or more of the playlist and the comments.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein a referral credit is granted recursively when the viewer recommends the playlist to a second viewer and a second fee is charged.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein received comments are generated based on one or more of media segment metadata, text or audio comments from a recommending party, and previously generated comments describing the media segment.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, the instructions further comprising collecting statistics representing viewing habits of and personal information about the viewer.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, the instructions further comprising holding an election based on collected statistics.