Media Player Feedback

• US 20130226962A1
• Filed: 04/02/2013
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Riggs, Brian, Ghaskadvi, Vijay S., Huff, Joel
• Granted Patent: US 11,301,465 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect

Abstract

Example configurations herein include a media player that initiates playback of content (e.g., play back of a movie in a web browser). Based on input from a respective user, the media player receives selections of playback commands (e.g., play, pause, stop, rewind, fast forward, etc.) applied to the content being played back by the media player. Based on the selections, the media player creates a log report. The log report records the selections of the playback commands applied to the content and indicates, for example, a corresponding time when the playback commands were applied. According to one configuration, the media player initiates distribution of the log report to notify a publisher associated with the content which playback commands were selected during playback of the content on the media player.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a first log report from a first media player, wherein the first log report comprises a first unique value associated with a publisher and the first media player, and wherein the first log report includes one or more playback commands applied to a first piece of content at the first media player;

storing the first log report in a repository;

receiving a second log report from a second media player, wherein the second log report comprises a second unique value associated with the publisher and the second media player, and wherein the second log report includes one or more playback commands applied to a second piece of content at the second media player;

storing the second log report in the repository along with the first log report; and

receiving a query to search the repository for playback information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the query includes a request for information associated with playback of specific content.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first log report does not include information that reveals an identity of the first media player and the second log report does not include information that reveals an identity of the second media player.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more playback commands includes at least one of play, stop, pause, fast forward, and rewind.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first log report and the second log report include feed events including at least one of subscribe, unsubscribe, check for update notification, check for update, complete, download start, download paused, download resumed, and download completed.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the query is received from the publisher.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying program code executable by a processing device, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code for, the method comprising:

receiving a first log report from a first media player, wherein the first log report comprises a first unique value associated with a publisher and the first media player, and wherein the first log report includes one or more playback commands applied to a first piece of content at the first media player;

storing the first log report in a repository;

receiving a second log report from a second media player, wherein the second log report comprises a second unique value associated with the publisher and the second media player, and wherein the second log report includes one or more playback commands applied to a second piece of content at the second media player;

storing the second log report in the repository along with the first log report; and

receiving a query to search the repository for playback information.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7, wherein the query includes a request for information associated with playback of specific content.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7, wherein the first log report does not include information that reveals an identity of the first media player and the second log report does not include information that reveals an identity of the second media player.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7, wherein the one or more playback commands includes at least one of play, stop, pause, fast forward, and rewind.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7, wherein the first log report and the second log report include feed events including at least one of subscribe, unsubscribe, check for update notification, check for update, complete, download start, download paused, download resumed, and download completed.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7, wherein the query is received from the publisher.

13. A system comprising:

a digital storage device; and

a processor coupled with the digital storage device, the processor configured to;

receive a first log report from a first media player, wherein the first log report comprises a first unique value associated with a publisher and the first media player, and wherein the first log report includes one or more playback commands applied to a first piece of content at the first media player;

store the first log report in the digital storage device;

receive a second log report from a second media player, wherein the second log report comprises a second unique value associated with the publisher and the second media player, and wherein the second log report includes one or more playback commands applied to a second piece of content at the second media player;

store the second log report in the storage device along with the first log report; and

receive a query to search the storage device for playback information

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the query includes a request for information associated with playback of specific content.

15. The system according to claim 13, wherein the first log report does not include information that reveals an identity of the first media player and the second log report does not include information that reveals an identity of the second media player.

16. The system according to claim 13, wherein the one or more playback commands includes at least one of play, stop, pause, fast forward, and rewind.

17. The system according to claim 13, wherein the first log report and the second log report include feed events including at least one of subscribe, unsubscribe, check for update notification, check for update, complete, download start, download paused, download resumed, and download completed.

18. The system according to claim 13, wherein the query is received from the publisher.