CUSTOMIZED CONTENT CHANNEL GENERATION AND DELIVERY FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS
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Abstract
A customized content selection and delivery system is operable to create a customized content channel package for a subscriber and customized content channel package to a customer premises over a content delivery network. A multi-level analysis based on measured content consumption metrics is performed to select content provider channels for the customized content channel package.
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21. A customized content selection and delivery system comprising:
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a data storage to store content consumption metrics and user information, wherein the content consumption metrics include metrics measured by equipment receiving content channels from the system via a content delivery network, wherein the content consumption metrics comprise at least a plurality of whether a user watched a content provider channel, how long was the channel watched, how many days was the channel watched, how many times did the user come back to the channel at the same time of day, number of days since the user last watched the channel, is the user a regular weekly viewer, is the user a seasonal viewer, what is interval in tuning to the channel, how long did the user watch the channel relative to overall viewing duration of the user, how many days did the user watch the channel, and how many times did the user come back to the channel at the same time of the day; a content management server, including at least one processor, to select a plurality of the content provider channels to include in a customized content channel package for the user based on derived metrics determined from the content consumption metrics, wherein the selected content provider channels are packaged into the customized content channel package and delivered to the user via the content delivery network. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A device to receive a customized content channel package, the device comprising:
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a network interface connected to a network to receive content provider channels; a decoder to decode the content provider channels for playback; and a processor to; measure content consumption metrics and transmit the content consumption metrics to a content selection and delivery system via the network interface, wherein the content consumption metrics comprise at least a plurality of; whether the device was tuned to a content provider channel, how long did the device tune to the content provider channel, how many days did the device tune to the content provider channel, how many times did the device tune back to the content provider channel at the same time of day, how many days since the device tuned to the content provider channel, does the device tune to the content provider channel on a weekly basis, does the device tune to the content provider channel seasonally, what is an interval in tuning to the content provider channel, how long did the device tune to the content provider channel relative to an overall viewing duration, and how many days did the device tune to the content provider channel; and receive, from the content selection and delivery system via the network interface, the customized content channel package comprising a plurality of the content provider channels selected based on derived metrics determined from the content consumption metrics. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer-implemented method for customized content delivery over a network, the method comprising:
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receiving, via a network interface connected to a network, content provider channels; decoding the content provider channels for playback; measuring, by a processor, content consumption metrics and transmitting the content consumption metrics to a content selection and delivery system via the network, wherein the content consumption metrics comprise at least a plurality of; whether a user watched a content provider channel, how long was the channel watched, how many days was the channel watched, how many times did the user come back to the channel at the same time of day, number of days since the user last watched the channel, is the user a regular weekly viewer, is the user a seasonal viewer, what is interval in tuning to the channel, how long did the user watch the channel relative to overall viewing duration of the user, how many days did the user watch the channel, and how many times did the user come back to the channel at the same time of the day; receiving, via the network interface, a customized content channel package comprising a plurality of the content provider channels selected based on derived metrics determined from the content consumption metrics. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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