SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING A TEMPORAL CONTENT PROFILE

• US 20150052102A1
• Filed: 03/08/2013
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Perwaiz Nihal
• Original Assignee: Perwaiz Nihal
• Inventors: Nihal, Perwaiz
• Application Number:
  US14/376,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20150052102A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/610
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/00 Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD] real-time bi-directional transmission of motion video data H04N7/14 ; broadcast or conference over packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26603 for automatically generating descriptors from content, e.g. when it is not made available by its provider, using content analysis techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 represented by keywords
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

A method of creating a temporal content profile comprising the steps of receiving a content instance, receiving a metadata associated with the content instance, creating a content instance profile and creating a temporal content profile from the first content instance profile. In some embodiments, the temporal content profile comprises a first and a second content instance profile, each having a content instance and metadata. In some embodiments, the computer implemented methods comprise outputting a representation of a temporal content profile comprising the steps of receiving a representation of a content instance profile comprising a content instance and a metadata and outputting the representation of the temporal content profile to a user interface.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of creating a temporal content profile, the computer comprising a processor and a memory, the method comprising:

receiving a first temporal content having a first content instance and a second content instance;

receiving a first metadata associated with the first content instance and a second metadata associated with the second content instance where the first metadata comprises a first ratings data and the second metadata comprises a second ratings data;

creating a first content instance profile by synchronizing the first content instance with the first metadata;

creating a second content instance profile by synchronizing the second content instance with the second metadata; and

creating a first temporal content profile from the first content instance profile and the second content instance profile.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the first metadata further comprises a first content attribute and the second metadata further comprises a second content attribute.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2 further comprising automatically determining the second content attribute from the second content instance.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein:

the first metadata further comprises a first text data; and

the second metadata further comprises a second text data.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4 wherein:

the first temporal content is a media program; and

the first text data and the second text data comprises closed caption text data.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5 wherein:

the first temporal content further comprises a plurality of content instances over a duration of the media program;

the text data comprises a plurality of closed caption text data over the duration of the media program; and

the ratings data comprises a plurality of ratings data over the duration of the media program.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein a user generates one of the first metadata or the second metadata.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the first metadata comprises a first demographic data and the second metadata comprises a second demographic data.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein:

the first ratings data comprises a first audience measure associated with the first content instance, a second audience measure associated with the second content instance;

the step of creating the second content instance profile further comprises automatically determining an audience change measure between the first audience measure and the second audience measure at the second content instance; and

the step of creating the second content instance profile further comprises automatically determining an add audience measure reflecting an increase in the audience change measure and determining a loss audience measure reflecting a decrease in the audience change measure.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 9 further comprising:

receiving a second temporal content; and

the step of creating the second content instance profile further comprises determining a transfer audience measure reflecting a transfer of an audience between the first temporal content and the second temporal content.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing an alarm trigger;

comparing the alarm trigger to the temporal content profile; and

communicating an alarm when the alarm trigger is in the temporal content profile.

12. A computer implemented method to compare temporal content, the computer comprising a processor and a memory, the method comprising:

receiving a first temporal content and a second temporal content;

the first temporal content associated with a first metadata and the second temporal content associated with a second metadata;

the first metadata and the second metadata comprising at least one metadata field having at least one metadata field value;

selecting at least one metadata field as a selected metadata field;

synchronizing the first metadata and the second metadata on a selected metadata field value of the selected metadata field;

selecting at least one metadata field as a compared metadata field; and

comparing the metadata field value of the compared metadata field of the first metadata to the metadata field value of the compared metadata field of the second metadata to compare the first temporal content to the second temporal content.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 12 wherein:

the selected metadata field comprises a time-of-day field; and

the compared metadata field comprises a ratings field.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 12 wherein:

the selected metadata field comprises a time-of-day field, a channel field and a demographic field; and

the compared metadata field comprises a ratings field.

15. The computer implemented method of claim 12 wherein:

the selected metadata field comprises a program field; and

the compared metadata field comprises a ratings field.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 12 wherein:

the selected metadata field comprises a program field, a time-in-program field and a demographic field; and

the compared metadata field comprises a ratings field.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 12 wherein:

the first temporal content comprises a first media program;

the second temporal content comprises a second media program;

the selected metadata field value comprises a program field, a time-of-day field and a time-in-program field;

the compared metadata field value comprises an audience measure of each of the first and second media program; and

the comparison of the first temporal content to the second temporal content is a graphical representation of the audience measure of each of the first and second media program.

18. The computer implemented method of claim 12 further comprising receiving a third temporal content associated with a third metadata;

the third metadata comprising one or more metadata fields having one or more metadata field values;

synchronizing the third metadata on the selected metadata field value of the selected metadata field; and

comparing the metadata field value of the compared metadata field of the first metadata to the metadata field value of the compared metadata field of the third metadata field to compare the first temporal content to the third temporal content.

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20. A computer implemented method of outputting a representation of a first temporal content profile, the method comprising:

receiving a representation of a first temporal content profile comprising a first content instance profile;

the first content instance profile comprising a content instance synchronized with a metadata;

the metadata comprises a ratings data, a content attribute and a text data; and

outputting the representation of the first temporal content profile to a user interface.

21. The computer implemented method of claim 20 further comprising outputting a representation of a second temporal content profile to the user interface.

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