FEEDBACK BASED BROADCAST SCHEDULING

• US 20100146559A1
• Filed: 12/10/2008
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, An Mei, LEE, JANGWON
• Application Number:
  US12/332,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20100146559A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/262 Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62
• 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 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• 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

Abstract

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitated generating a broadcast schedule of content based on user feedback. Users can provide feedback such as ratings, interest (e.g., like or dislike), comments, reviews, critiques and so on regarding content available on a media distribution system. The feedback can be utilized to determine a schedule or order of content that is delivered via a broadcast mechanism. In addition, users can supply contemporaneous feedback during broadcast. Contemporaneous feedback can be employed to enable dynamic adjustment and/or reconfigurations of the broadcast schedule.

Claims

1. A method that facilitates automatic content scheduling, comprising:

obtaining feedback from at least one user, the feedback relates to one or more content available for broadcast;

generating a broadcast schedule of content based at least in part on the obtained feedback; and

delivering content in accordance with the generated schedule.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a list of available content accessible by the at least one user.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising aggregating feedback obtained from the at least one user.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein aggregating feedback includes at least one of computing an average of the feedback, computing a median of the feedback, or correlating the feedback.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing the obtained feedback to determine at least one of popularity of content, widespread interest of content or a collective significance of content.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising weighting obtained feedback in accordance with user profiles associated with the at least one user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein weighting feedback comprises determining weights based upon user profile classifications established via classifiers.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user profile classifications are retained in the user profiles.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the user profile retain information related to past feedback, frequency of past feedback and a role of a user that indicates a level of expertise.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving contemporaneous feedback during delivery of content wherein the contemporaneous feedback relates to currently playing content.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the contemporaneous feedback comprise a vote that indicates one of a desire to stop broadcast of currently playing content or a desire to continue broadcast of currently playing content.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

analyzing contemporaneous feedback relative to a threshold parameter; and

halting delivery of currently playing content if the threshold parameter is met.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising replacing currently playing content with other content.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising notifying the at least one user of the halted delivery.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing halted content to the at least one user via a separate distribution path.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein delivering content comprises broadcasting content.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a threshold such that feedback analysis is frozen and a static schedule is generated upon reaching the threshold.

18. An apparatus that facilitates content schedule generation, comprising:

a memory that retains instructions related to obtaining feedback from at least one user such that the feedback relates to one or more content available for broadcast, generating a broadcast schedule of content based at least in part on the obtained feedback and delivering content in accordance with the generated schedule; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, configured to execute the instructions retained in the memory.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, the memory further retains instructions related to creating a list of available content accessible by the at least one user.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, the memory further retains instructions related to aggregating feedback obtained from the at least one user.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein instructions related to aggregating feedback includes instructions related to at least one of computing an average of the feedback, computing a median of the feedback, or correlating the feedback.

22. The apparatus of claim 18, the memory further retains instructions related to analyzing the obtained feedback to determine at least one of popularity of content, widespread interest of content or a collective significance of content.

23. The apparatus of claim 18, the memory further retains instructions related to weighting obtained feedback in accordance with user profiles associated with the at least one user.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the user profile retain information related to past feedback, frequency of past feedback and a role of a user that indicates a level of expertise.

25. The apparatus of claim 18, the memory further retains instructions related to receiving contemporaneous feedback during delivery of content wherein the contemporaneous feedback relates to currently playing content.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the contemporaneous feedback comprise a vote that indicates one of a desire to stop broadcast of currently playing content or a desire to continue broadcast of currently playing content.

27. The apparatus of claim 25, the memory further retains instructions related to:

analyzing contemporaneous feedback relative to a threshold parameter; and

halting delivery of currently playing content if the threshold parameter is met.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, the memory further retains instructions related to replace currently playing content with other content.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, the memory further retains instructions related to notifying the at least one user of the halted delivery.

30. The apparatus of claim 28, the memory further retains instructions related to providing halted content to the at least one user via a separate distribution path.

31. An apparatus that facilitates automatic generation of content broadcast schedules, comprising:

means for obtaining feedback from at least one user, the feedback relates to one or more content available for broadcast;

means for generating a broadcast schedule of content based at least in part on the obtained feedback; and

means for delivering content in accordance with the generated schedule.

32. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable medium comprising;

code for causing a computer to obtain feedback from at least one user, the feedback relates to one or more content available for broadcast;

code for causing the computer to generate a broadcast schedule of content based at least in part on the obtained feedback; and

code for causing the computer to deliver content in accordance with the generated schedule.

33. At least one processor configured to:

obtain feedback from at least one user, the feedback relates to one or more content available for broadcast;

generate a broadcast schedule of content based at least in part on the obtained feedback; and

deliver content in accordance with the generated schedule.

34. A method that facilitates influence on a broadcast schedule, comprising:

obtaining a list of content available for broadcast by a distributor;

supplying feedback related to individual content items included on the list of content; and

receiving a broadcast stream of content according to a schedule determined based upon the supplied feedback.

35. The method of claim 34, further comprising providing contemporaneous feedback on currently playing content from the broadcast stream.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein the contemporaneous feedback includes a vote to one of stop or continue broadcast.

37. An apparatus that facilitates content scheduling, comprising:

a user interface that presents a list of content available for broadcast by a distributor, the user interface further collects feedback from at least one user;

a feedback provider that transmits the collected feedback to the distributor; and

a broadcast receiver that receives a broadcasted stream of content delivered in accordance with a schedule generated based upon the transmitted feedback.

38. The apparatus of claim 37, the feedback provider further transmits contemporaneous feedback to the distributor.

39. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the contemporaneous feedback comprises a vote to one of stop or continue broadcast.

40. An apparatus that facilitates content scheduling, comprising:

means for obtaining a list of content available for broadcast by a distributor;

means for supplying feedback related to individual content items included on the list of content; and

means for receiving a broadcast stream of content according to a schedule determined based upon the supplied feedback.

41. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable medium comprising;

code for causing a computer to obtain list of content available for broadcast by a distributor;

code for causing the computer to supply feedback related to individual content items included on the list of content; and

code for causing the computer to receive a broadcast stream of content according to a schedule determined based upon the supplied feedback.

42. At least one processor configured to facilitate content scheduling, comprising:

a first module for obtaining a list of content available for broadcast by a distributor;

a second module for supplying feedback related to individual content items included on the list of content; and

a third module for receiving a broadcast stream of content according to a schedule determined based upon the supplied feedback.