Systems, methods and products for assessing subscriber content access
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1. A method for reporting a subscriber'"'"'s content access selections, comprising:
- storing a date and time when content is delivered to a subscriber'"'"'s device;
storing channel numbers associated with subscriber events describing commands entered as the subscriber views the content;
comparing a channel number associated with a subscriber event to a table that associates channel numbers to channel identifiers;
retrieving a channel identification code associated with a network;
uploading the channel identification code and the subscriber event to a network server in the network;
merging, by the network server, content metadata with the channel identification code and the subscriber event to describe the subscriber'"'"'s content access selections; and
comparing the date and time to the subscriber'"'"'s content access selections to determine when the content was displayed by the subscriber'"'"'s device.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for reporting a subscriber'"'"'s content access selections to marketers. One such method stores when content is provided to a subscriber and when that content is displayed by the subscriber. The method then reports when the content is provided and when the content is viewed, thus describing the subscriber'"'"'s content selections.
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1. A method for reporting a subscriber'"'"'s content access selections, comprising:
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storing a date and time when content is delivered to a subscriber'"'"'s device; storing channel numbers associated with subscriber events describing commands entered as the subscriber views the content; comparing a channel number associated with a subscriber event to a table that associates channel numbers to channel identifiers; retrieving a channel identification code associated with a network; uploading the channel identification code and the subscriber event to a network server in the network; merging, by the network server, content metadata with the channel identification code and the subscriber event to describe the subscriber'"'"'s content access selections; and comparing the date and time to the subscriber'"'"'s content access selections to determine when the content was displayed by the subscriber'"'"'s device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
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a processor executing instructions stored in memory that cause the processor to; store a date and time when content is delivered to a subscriber'"'"'s device; store channel numbers associated with subscriber events describing commands entered as the subscriber views the content; compare a channel number associated with a subscriber event to a table that associates channel numbers to channel identifiers; retrieve a channel identification code associated with the channel number; upload the channel identification code and the subscriber event to a network server in a network; merge, by the network server, content metadata with the channel identification code and the subscriber event to describe the subscriber'"'"'s content access selections; and compare the date and time to the subscriber'"'"'s content access selections to determine when the content was displayed by the subscriber'"'"'s device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing processor executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
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receiving a first date and time identifier that indicates when content is delivered to at least one subscriber'"'"'s device; storing channel numbers associated with subscriber events describing commands entered as the subscriber views the content; comparing a channel number associated with a subscriber event to a table that associates channel numbers to channel identifiers; retrieving a channel identification code associated with the channel number; uploading the channel identification code and the subscriber event to a network server in a network; uploading the first date and time identifier to the network server; merging, by the network server, content metadata with the channel identification code and the subscriber event to describe the subscriber'"'"'s content access selections; applying priority assignments to the content metadata such that metadata from an electronic programming guide has a lower priority than national ad metadata and local ad insert metadata has a higher priority than the national ad metadata; and comparing the first date and time identifier to the subscriber'"'"'s content access selections to determine when the content was displayed by the subscriber'"'"'s device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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