METHOD, SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR COLLECTING CONTENTS USAGE INFORMATION

• US 20100115091A1
• Filed: 06/11/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Kyung, Park, Jongkwan, Sohn, Kyoungchan, Kim, Sung
• Granted Patent: US 8,583,782 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

Disclosed is a method, a system, and a recording medium for collecting content usage information. The method includes the steps of transmitting a usage tracking report message from a DCD client of the terminal to the DCD server; and receiving the usage tracking report message in the DCD server. The usage tracking report message includes first information for identifying a corresponding session, second information including a transaction identifier, third information for identifying a corresponding application, and fourth information including content usage information. Advantageously, the DCD server collects content usage information so that users are provided with highly-preferred contents. The fact that the DCD server collects content usage information and transmits no contents unnecessary to users avoids wasting the network bandwidth and improves content delivery efficiency of the terminals, CP, and DCD server.

Claims

1. A method for collecting content usage information in a DCD server from a Terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

transmitting a Usage Tracking Report Message from a DCD client of the Terminal to the DCD server; and

receiving the Usage Tracking Report Message in the DCD server,

wherein the Usage Tracking Report Message includes first information for identifying a corresponding session, second information including a transaction identifier, third information for identifying a corresponding application, and fourth information including content usage information.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fourth information includes at least one of Content-ID information for identifying a corresponding content, Channel-ID information for identifying a corresponding channel, content usage time information relating to content usage time, and content usage detail information relating to content usage tracking.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the content usage time information includes timestamp information regarding when content is first accessed.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the content usage detail information includes usage-count information regarding the number of times content is accessed.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting a Usage Tracking Report Request Message from the DCD server to the DCD client of the Terminal; and

receiving the Usage Tracking Report Request Message in the DCD client.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the Usage Tracking Report Request Message includes at least one of Session-ID information for identifying a corresponding session, information including Transaction ID information, and Application-ID information for identifying a corresponding application.

7. A system for collecting content usage information in a DCD server from a Terminal, the system comprising:

a terminal including a DCD client which transmits a Usage Tracking Report Message; and

a DCD server receiving the Usage Tracking Report Message,

wherein the Usage Tracking Report Message includes first information for identifying a corresponding session, second information including a transaction identifier, third information for identifying a corresponding application, and fourth information including content usage information.

8. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the fourth information includes at least one of Content-ID information for identifying a corresponding content, Channel-ID information for identifying a corresponding channel, content usage time information relating to content usage time, and content usage detail information relating to content usage tracking.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the content usage time information includes timestamp information regarding when content is first accessed.

10. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the content usage detail information includes usage-count information regarding the number of times content is accessed.

11. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the DCD server transmits a Usage Tracking Report Request Message to the DCD client of the Terminal.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the DCD client of the terminal receives the Usage Tracking Report Request Message and transmits the Usage Tracking Report Message to the DCD server based on the received Usage Tracking Report Request Message.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the Usage Tracking Report Request Message includes at least one of Session-ID information for identifying a corresponding session, information including Transaction ID information, and Application-ID information for identifying a corresponding application.

14. A method for collecting content usage information by a terminal so as to collect the content usage information in a DCD server, the method comprising the steps of:

generating a Usage Tracking Report Message by a DCD client of the terminal; and

transmitting the Usage Tracking Report Message by the DCD client of the Terminal to the DCD server;

wherein the Usage Tracking Report Message includes first information for identifying a corresponding session, second information including a transaction identifier, third information for identifying a corresponding application, and fourth information including content usage information.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the fourth information includes at least one of Content-ID information for identifying a corresponding content, Channel-ID information for identifying a corresponding channel, content usage time information relating to content usage time, and content usage detail information relating to content usage tracking.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the content usage time information includes timestamp information regarding when content is first accessed.

17. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the content usage detail information includes usage-count information regarding the number of times content is accessed.

18. The method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising the step of:

receiving a Usage Tracking Report Request Message transmitted from the DCD server in the DCD client,

wherein the DCD client of the terminal transmits the Usage Tracking Report Message to the DCD server based on the received Usage Tracking Report Request Message.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the Usage Tracking Report Request Message includes at least one of Session-ID information for identifying a corresponding session, information including Transaction ID information, and Application-ID information for identifying a corresponding application.

20. A computer-readable recording medium with a program for realizing a function for collecting content usage information, the computer-readable recording medium comprising:

a function for transmitting a Usage Tracking Report Message from a DCD client of the Terminal to the DCD server; and

a function for receiving the Usage Tracking Report Message in the DCD server,

wherein the Usage Tracking Report Message includes first information for identifying a corresponding session, second information including a transaction identifier, third information for identifying a corresponding application, and fourth information including content usage information.

21. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 20, wherein the fourth information includes at least one of Content-ID information for identifying a corresponding content, Channel-ID information for identifying a corresponding channel, content usage time information relating to content usage time, and content usage detail information relating to content usage tracking.

22. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 21, wherein the content usage time information includes timestamp information regarding when content is first accessed.

23. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 21, wherein the content usage detail information includes usage-count information regarding the number of times content is accessed.

24. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 20, further comprising:

a function for transmitting a Usage Tracking Report Request Message from the DCD server to the DCD client of the Terminal; and

a function for receiving the Usage Tracking Report Request Message in the DCD client.

25. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 24, wherein the Usage Tracking Report Request Message includes at least one of Session-ID information for identifying a corresponding session, information including a Transaction ID information, and Application-ID information for identifying a corresponding application.