MANAGING DIGITAL CONTENT CONSUMPTION DATA

• US 20150052216A1
• Filed: 08/14/2013
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Matthews, John, Hayutin, Wes, Duryee, Christopher, Slagle, James, Morgan, Chris, Sanders, Todd
• Application Number:
  US13/966,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20150052216A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/216
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing data reflecting digital content consumption by computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving a plurality of digital content consumption data objects, each digital content consumption data object comprising a timestamp and an identifier of a digital content item being consumed by the computer system at the moment of time defined by the timestamp; storing the plurality of digital content consumption data objects in a memory; receiving a request for digital content consumption information for a specified period of time; and retrieving from the memory two or more digital content consumption data objects having timestamps within the specified period of time.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a plurality of digital content consumption data objects reflecting consumption by a computer system of digital content, each digital content consumption data object comprising a timestamp and an identifier of a digital content item being consumed by the computer system at a moment of time defined by the timestamp;

storing the plurality of digital content consumption data objects in a memory;

receiving a request for digital content consumption information for a specified period of time; and

retrieving from the memory a digital content consumption data object having a timestamp within the specified period of time.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a digital content consumption report in view of the digital content consumption data object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer system comprises one or more virtual machines executed by one or more physical servers.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital content comprises at least one of:

an executable file, binary data, a document, a media content file, or a binary data stream.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each object of the plurality of digital content consumption data objects comprises at least one of:

a number of processors in the computer system or an amount of memory in the computer system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the plurality of digital content consumption data objects comprises obtaining output of an operating system command returning a status of a process being executed by the computer system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the plurality of digital content consumption data objects comprises retrieving a hardware parameter from a system file residing on the computer system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer system is provided by an external computer system communicatively coupled to the processor by a network.

9. A system comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, to;

receive a plurality of digital content consumption data objects reflecting consumption by a computer system of digital content, each digital content consumption data object comprising a timestamp and an identifier of a digital content item being consumed by the computer system at a moment of time defined by the timestamp;

store the plurality of digital content consumption data objects in a memory;

receive a request for digital content consumption information for a specified period of time; and

retrieve from the memory a digital content consumption data objects having a timestamp within the specified period of time.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the processors are further configured to generate a digital content consumption report in view of the two or more digital content consumption data objects.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising one or more virtual machines executed by one or more physical servers.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the digital content comprises at least one of:

an executable file, binary data, a document, a media content file, or a binary data stream.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein each object of the plurality of digital content consumption data objects comprises at least one of:

a number of processors or an amount of memory.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein receiving the plurality of digital content consumption data objects comprises obtaining output of an operating system command returning a status of a process being executed by the computer system.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein receiving the plurality of digital content consumption data objects comprises retrieving a hardware parameter from a system file residing on the computer system.

16. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive, by the processor, a plurality of digital content consumption data objects, each digital content consumption data object comprising a timestamp and an identifier of a digital content item being consumed by the computer system at a moment of time defined by the timestamp;

store the plurality of digital content consumption data objects in a memory;

receive a request for digital content consumption information for a specified period of time; and

retrieving from the memory a digital content consumption data object having a timestamp within the specified period of time.

17. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 16, wherein the executable instructions further cause the computer system to generate a digital content consumption report in view of the two or more digital content consumption data objects.

18. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 16, wherein the digital content comprises at least one of:

an executable file, binary data, a document, a media content file, or a binary data stream.

19. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 16, wherein each object of the plurality of digital content consumption data objects comprises at least one of:

a number of processors in the computer system or an amount of memory in the computer system.

20. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 16, wherein receiving the plurality of digital content consumption data objects comprises obtaining output of an operating system command returning a status of a process being executed by the computer system.