SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BROADCAST DATA ANALYSIS

• US 20160117690A1
• Filed: 10/28/2014
• Published: 04/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Incorporated (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Helm, Sean L.
• Granted Patent: US 10,528,957 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/3912 Simulation models, e.g. distribution of spectral power density or received signal strength indicator [RSSI] for a given geographic region

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing broadcast data analysis. One embodiment of a method includes receiving broadcast related data for a discrete content segment from a plurality of vehicles at a plurality of different geographic locations, where the plurality of vehicles receives the discrete content segment at the respective geographic locations. Similarly, the method may include determining whether any of the broadcast related data may be filtered due to overlap of the plurality of different geographic locations, calculating a statistic based on the broadcast related data from the plurality of vehicles and providing information related to the content, based on a comparison of the discrete content segment and other discrete content segments.

Claims

1. A method for providing broadcast data analysis comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, broadcast related data for a discrete content segment from a plurality of vehicles at a plurality of different geographic locations, wherein the plurality of vehicles receives the discrete content segment at the respective geographic locations;

determining, by the computing device, whether any of the broadcast related data may be filtered due to overlap of any of the plurality of different geographic locations;

calculating, by the computing device, a statistic based on the broadcast related data from the plurality of vehicles; and

providing, by the computing device, information related to the statistic, based on a comparison of the discrete content segment and other discrete content segments.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast related data includes at least one of the following:

an identification of the discrete content segment received by at least one of the plurality of vehicles, a timestamp of when the discrete content segment was received by at least one of the plurality of vehicles, and an indication of whether the discrete content segment was viewed by a user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, in response to determining that at least a portion of the broadcast related data may be filtered due to overlap of any of the plurality of different geographic locations, the statistic is calculated without the filtered broadcast data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether the discrete content segment associated with the broadcast related data was viewed by a user and, in response to determining that the discrete content segment was viewed by the user, calculating another statistic associated with the discrete content segment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing information related to the discrete content segment includes creating a playlist that is determined based on the statistic.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether the discrete content segment is associated with a preferred content type and, in response to determining that the discrete content segment is not associated with the preferred content type, filtering the discrete content segment from calculation of the statistic.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the statistic is related to popularity of the discrete content segment based on at least one of the following:

most played content, most played content for a predetermined geographic location, and most played content for a predetermined content type.

8. A system for providing broadcast data analysis comprising:

a first antenna for receiving a broadcast signal, the broadcast signal including content;

a first tuner to tune to a plurality of different frequencies and to receive the content on at least one of the plurality of different frequencies; and

a vehicle computing device that includes a processor and a memory component, the memory component storing logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to perform at least the following;

determine an identity of the content;

determine a location of the vehicle computing device when the broadcast signal was received by the first tuner;

determine a timestamp when the broadcast signal was received by the first tuner; and

provide the identity of the content, the location, and the timestamp to a remote computing device, wherein the remote computing device receives similar information from a plurality of different vehicle computing devices to determine popularity data of the content that is broadcast in a plurality of different geographic locations.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a second antenna and a second tuner, wherein the first tuner is manually tuned to a channel by a user and wherein the second tuner automatically scans the plurality of different frequencies and collects metadata, location data, and timestamp data for the content that is broadcast on the plurality of different frequencies for sending to the remote computing device.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a positioning system to determine the location of the vehicle computing device when the content was received by the first tuner.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein determining the location of the vehicle computing device further includes determining a content providing station that broadcasts the content and determining a location of the content providing station.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the logic further causes the system to receive data related to a playlist, wherein at least a portion of the playlist is compiled from information sent by the vehicle computing device to the remote computing device.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the broadcast signal includes metadata and wherein determining the identity of the content comprises analyzing the metadata to determine the identity of the content.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein determining the identity of the content comprises analyzing a characteristic of the content and comparing the characteristic to data in a data storage component.

15. A system for analyzing broadcast data comprising:

a remote computing device that includes a processor and a memory component, the memory component storing logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to perform at least the following;

receive broadcast related data for a discrete content segment from a plurality of vehicles, wherein the plurality of vehicles receives the discrete content segment via an antenna and a tuner;

determine a location of the plurality of vehicles when the discrete content segment was received;

calculate a first statistic based on the broadcast related data received from the plurality of vehicles and wherein calculating the first statistic includes filtering out data from another vehicle with an overlapping geographic location;

create a playlist, based on the first statistic; and

provide the playlist for viewing by a playlist viewer.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the broadcast data includes at least one of the following:

an identification of the discrete content segment received by at least one of the plurality of vehicles, a timestamp on when the discrete content segment was received by at least one of the plurality of vehicles, and an indication of whether the discrete content segment was viewed by a user.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein determining the location of the plurality of vehicles includes determining a content providing station that broadcasts the content and determining a location of the content providing station.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein determining the location of the plurality of vehicles includes receiving location data from at least one of the plurality of vehicles.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the logic further causes the system to determine whether the discrete content segment associated with the broadcast data was viewed by a user and, in response to determining that the discrete content segment was viewed by the user, calculating another statistic associated with the discrete content segment.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the logic further causes the system to determine whether a user was listening to the discrete content segment and, in response to determining that the user was listening to the discrete content segment, the logic causes the system to calculate a second statistic regarding popularity of the discrete content segment.