INTERESTS AND DEMOGRAPHICS PROFILE FOR ADVANCED BROADCAST SERVICES

• US 20130205327A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: EYER, Mark
• Application Number:
  US13/841,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20130205327A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/24
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0204 Market segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/442 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/29; arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information H04H60/35; monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; monitoring in wireless networks H04W24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4758 for providing answers, e.g. voting

Abstract

A digital broadcast receiver has a storage device and a processing device. The storage device is configured to store a questionnaire received from at least one service provider of a digital broadcast system, and answers to the questionnaire. The questionnaire comprises a data structure common to at least two service providers. The processing device is configured to manipulate the questionnaire and answers. The questionnaire pertains to viewer preferences, demographics, and interests (PDI) information.

Claims

1. A method of a receiver for receiving contents, the method comprising:

downloading a table by a receiver, the table having a predefined data structure and including information related to a preference, demographic, or interest of a user;

presenting a user interface including at least one query to the user;

storing at least one reply to the at least one query in a memory of the receiver;

accessing a reply stored in the memory through an application program interface (API) of the receiver; and

filtering metadata delivered with the contents based on the reply.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the predefined data structure includes the at least one query and at least one reply format.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the reply format is one of a string, multiple choice, checklist, and an integer.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:

downloading a table by a receiver, the table having a predefined data structure and including information related to a preference, demographic, or interest of a user;

presenting a user interface including at least one query to the user;

storing at least one reply to the at least one query in a memory of the receiver;

accessing a reply stored in the memory through an application program interface (API) of the receiver; and

filtering metadata delivered with the contents based on the reply.

5. A receiver configured to receive contents, comprising:

a processor configured to

download a table having a predefined data structure, the table including information related to a preference, demographic, or interest of a user, and

present a user interface with at least one query to a user;

a memory configured to store at least one reply to the at least one query;

an application programming interface configured to access a reply stored in the memory; and

a filter configured to filter metadata delivered with the contents.