CORRELATING ELECTRONIC MAIL WITH MEDIA MONITORING

• US 20150288627A1
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Published: 10/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Rowe, Simon Michael, Arini, Nicholas Salvatore
• Application Number:
  US13/801,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20150288627A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes

Abstract

A system and method for correlating electronic mail (email) with media monitoring is provided. The system includes a data store with a computer readable medium storing a program of instructions for the correlation of email with media monitoring; a processor that executes the program of instructions; an email retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of emails; an email analyzer unit to analyze the plurality of emails to determine which of the plurality of emails are a receipt; an email extracting unit to extract relevant data from the plurality of emails that area analyzed as a receipt; and a correlation detection unit to determine if the extracted relevant data corresponds to any data associated with the media monitoring.

Claims

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21. A system for correlating electronic mail (email) with media monitoring, comprising:

a device, comprising a data store comprising an email extraction lookup table, a metering lookup table, and a correlation lookup table, and a processor configured to execute an email retrieval unit, an email analyzer unit, an email extracting unit, and a correlation detection unit;

wherein the email retrieval unit is configured to retrieve a plurality of emails;

wherein the email analyzer unit is configured to analyze the plurality of emails to determine which of the plurality of emails are a receipt;

wherein the email extracting unit is configured to;

extract, from each of the plurality of emails that are analyzed as a receipt, an identification of a purchaser, an identification of a purchased item, and an identification of a purchase time, and

store, for each of the plurality of emails, the extracted identifications in the email extraction lookup table; and

wherein the correlation detection unit is configured to, for each entry stored in the email extraction lookup table;

compare the extracted identifications in said entry to one or more entries in the metering lookup table, each entry in the metering lookup table comprising an identification of a media consumer, an identification of an item associated with the consumed media, and an identification of a consumption time, and

store, in the correlation lookup table, an identification of each entry in the metering lookup table correlated with said entry in the email extraction lookup table.

2. The system according to claim 21, wherein the email analyzer unit analyzes by scanning each of the plurality of emails for information pertaining to a good or service, a location, a purchase price, or text indicating that the scanned email is a purchase.

3. The system according to claim 21, wherein the media monitoring is performed by a metering device.

5. The system according to claim 21, wherein the plurality of emails are sourced from a user.

6. The system according to claim 21, wherein the plurality of emails are sourced from a plurality of users.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the metering device stores data associated with each of the plurality of users'"'"'monitored media consumption.

9. The system according to claim 21, wherein the correlation detection unit detects a time difference between the extracted relevant data and a time associated with the corresponding data from the media monitoring.

10. The system according to claim 21, wherein the correlation detection unit detects a similarity degree between the extracted relevant data and the corresponding data from the media monitoring.

22. A method implemented on a processor for correlating electronic mail (email) with media monitoring, comprising:

retrieving, by an email retrieval unit executed by a processor of a device, from a data store, a plurality of emails;

determining, by an email analyzer unit executed by the processor, which of the plurality of emails are a receipt;

extracting, by an email extracting unit executed by the processor, from each of the plurality of emails that are determined to be a receipt, an identification of a purchaser, an identification of a purchased item, and an identification of a purchase time;

storing, by the email extracting unit for each of the plurality of emails, the extracted identifications in an email extraction lookup table stored in the data store; and

for each entry stored in the email extraction lookup table;

comparing, by a correlation detection unit executed by the processor, the extracted identifications in said entry to one or more entries in the metering lookup table, each entry in a metering lookup table stored in the data store comprising an identification of a media consumer, an identification of an item associated with the consumed media, and an identification of a consumption time, and

storing, by the correlation detection unit in a correlation lookup table stored in the data store, an identification of each entry in the metering lookup table correlated with said entry in the email extraction lookup table.

12. The method according to claim 22, wherein the determination of which of the plurality of emails are a receipt is performed by scanning each of the plurality of emails for information pertaining to a good or service, a location, a purchase price, or text indicating that the scanned email is a purchase.

13. The method according to claim 22, wherein the media monitoring is performed by a metering device.

15. The method according to claim 22, wherein the plurality of emails are sourced from a user.

16. The method according to claim 22, wherein the plurality of emails are sourced from a plurality of users.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the metering device stores data associated with each of the plurality of users'"'"' monitored media consumption.

19. The method according to claim 22, further comprising determining a time difference between the extracted relevant data and a time associated with the corresponding data from the media monitoring.

20. The method according to claim 22, further comprising detecting a similarity degree between the extracted relevant data and the corresponding data from the media monitoring.