SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED CHANNEL SETTING TO SOCIAL TELEVISION VIEWER

• US 20140137147A1
• Filed: 11/11/2013
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Comigo Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Comigo Ltd.
• Inventors: MORAN, DOV, LENTZITZKY, MOTTY
• Granted Patent: US 9,185,463 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/25
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1078 Logging; Metering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2135 Metering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

A method of sharing usage data of multimedia content is provided. The method comprises providing a set of media channels, providing access, to one or more pre-selected remote users, to usage data regarding consumption of the multimedia content, and selectively restricting access of at least a portion of the usage data to at least a portion of the remote users.

Claims

1. A method of sharing usage data of multimedia content, the method comprising:

providing a set of media channels;

providing access, to one or more pre-selected remote users, to usage data regarding consumption of said multimedia content; and

selectively restricting access of at least a portion of said usage data to at least a portion of said remote users.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

defining one or more remote user categories;

assigning at least some of said pre-selected remote users to said remote user categories; and

defining, for at least one or more of said remote user categories, access restrictions of at least a portion of said usage data for remote users assigned to the one or more remote user categories.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

defining one or more media categories;

assigning at least some of said media channels to said media categories; and

defining, for at least one or more of said media categories, access restrictions of at least a portion of said usage data for media channels assigned to the one or more media categories.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

defining one or more remote user categories and one or more media categories;

assigning at least some of said pre-selected remote users to said remote user categories, and at least some of said media channels to said media categories; and

defining, for at least one or more combinations of one of the remote user categories and one of the media categories, access restrictions of at least a portion of said usage data relating to media channels assigned to the media category, for remote users assigned to the remote user category.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said usage data is selected from at least one of the group consisting of:

viewing history, recording history, user comments and combinations thereof.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said selectively restricting access is based on a time schedule.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said selectively restricting access is based on programming.

8. A computer implemented method for sharing usage data of multimedia content, said method comprising at least one processor executing instructions to perform the following operations:

providing a set of media channels;

providing access, to one or more pre-selected remote users, to usage data regarding consumption of said multimedia content; and

selectively restricting access of at least a portion of said usage data to at least a portion of said remote users.

9. The computer implemented method according to claim 8, further comprising:

defining one or more remote user categories;

assigning at least some of said pre-selected remote users to said remote user categories; and

defining, for at least one or more of said remote user categories, access restrictions of at least a portion of said usage data for remote users assigned to the one or more remote user categories.

10. The computer implemented method according to claim 8, further comprising:

defining one or more media categories;

assigning at least some of said media channels to said media categories; and

defining, for at least one or more of said media categories, access restrictions of at least a portion of said usage data for media channels assigned to the one or more media categories.

11. The computer implemented method according to claim 8, further comprising:

defining one or more remote user categories and one or more media categories;

assigning at least some of said pre-selected remote users to said remote user categories, and at least some of said media channels to said media categories; and

defining, for at least one or more combinations of one of the remote user categories and one of the media categories, access restrictions of at least a portion of said usage data relating to media channels assigned to the media category, for remote users assigned to the remote user category.

12. The computer implemented method according to claim 8, wherein said usage data is selected from at least one of the group consisting of:

viewing history, recording history, user comments and combinations thereof.

13. The computer implemented method according to claim 8, wherein said selectively restricting access is based on a time schedule.

14. The computer implemented method according to claim 8, wherein said selectively restricting access is based on programming.

15. A system for sharing usage data of multimedia content comprising a communication network in communication with a plurality of client terminals, said communication network comprising at least one central unit processor operable to:

provide access, to one or more client terminals, to usage data regarding consumption of said multimedia content; and

selectively restrict access of at least a portion of said usage data to at least a portion of said client terminals.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein said central processing unit is further operable to:

define one or more remote user categories;

assign at least some of said pre-selected remote users to said remote user categories; and

define, for at least one or more of said remote user categories, access restrictions of at least a portion of said usage data for remote users assigned to the one or more remote user categories.

17. The system according to claim 15, wherein said central processing unit is further operable to:

define one or more media categories;

assign at least some of said media channels to said media categories; and

define, for at least one or more of said media categories, access restrictions of at least a portion of said usage data for media channels assigned to the one or more media categories.

18. The system according to claim 15, wherein said central processing unit is further operable to:

define one or more remote user categories and one or more media categories;

assign at least some of said pre-selected remote users to said remote user categories, and at least some of said media channels to said media categories; and

define, for at least one or more combinations of one of the remote user categories and one of the media categories, access restrictions of at least a portion of said usage data relating to media channels assigned to the media category, for remote users assigned to the remote user category.

19. The system according to claim 15, wherein said usage data is selected from at least one of the group consisting of:

viewing history, recording history, user comments and combinations thereof.

20. The system according to claim 15, wherein said selectively restricting access is based on one or more of a time schedule and programming.