Method and apparatus to determine broadcast content and scheduling in a broadcast system
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- broadcasting meta-data to one or more client systems, the meta-data including descriptions of a plurality of data files for a future broadcast;
receiving ratings of each one of the plurality of data files from at least one of the one or more client systems;
adjusting the received ratings based on relevance values and believability factors;
automatically storing the future broadcast with the adjusted ratings; and
automatically broadcasting, for the future broadcast, a portion of the plurality of data files to the one or more client systems in response to the adjusted received ratings.
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Abstract
A broadcast system, method and apparatus providing content on demand. In one embodiment, the disclosed broadcast system includes a server that broadcasts meta-data to a plurality of clients. The meta-data describes a plurality of data files that are to be broadcast or potentially broadcast later by the server. Each client receives the broadcasted meta-data from the server and updates and maintains a local meta-data table and a content rating table. Based on the meta-data, previous access habits of the user and optional user classifications, the client system selectively receives and/or stores the data files that are later broadcast by the server. In one embodiment, the client systems transmit back to the server ratings of each one of the data files described by the meta-data based on the user'"'"'s previously accessed data files and optional user classifications. The server then determines the data files to be broadcast and the broadcast schedule based on the ratings received from the clients.
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15 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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broadcasting meta-data to one or more client systems, the meta-data including descriptions of a plurality of data files for a future broadcast; receiving ratings of each one of the plurality of data files from at least one of the one or more client systems; adjusting the received ratings based on relevance values and believability factors; automatically storing the future broadcast with the adjusted ratings; and automatically broadcasting, for the future broadcast, a portion of the plurality of data files to the one or more client systems in response to the adjusted received ratings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor having circuitry to execute instructions; a communications interface coupled with the processor, the communications interface operable to broadcast and receive data to and from one or more client systems; and a storage device coupled with the processor, having sequences of instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to; broadcast meta-data to one or more client systems, the meta-data including descriptions of a plurality of data files for a future broadcast; receive ratings of each one of the plurality of data files from at least one of the one or more client systems; adjust the received ratings based on relevance values and believability factors; automatically store the future broadcast with the adjusted ratings at the one or more client systems; and automatically broadcast, for the future broadcast, a portion of the plurality of data files to the one or more client systems in response to the adjusted received ratings. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a broadcasting unit; one or more clients coupled with the broadcasting unit; and a communication arrangement having a communications interface coupled with the broadcasting unit, the communications interface operable to transmit and receive data to and from the one or more clients, and wherein the communication arrangement further includes; a processor having circuitry to execute instructions; and a storage device coupled with the processor, having sequences of instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method including; broadcasting meta-data to one or more client systems, the meta-data including descriptions of a plurality of data files for a future broadcast; receiving ratings of each one of the plurality of data files from at least one of the one or more client systems adjusting the received ratings based on relevance values and believability factors; automatically storing the future broadcast with the adjusted ratings; and automatically broadcasting, for the future broadcast, a portion of the plurality of data files to the one or more client systems in response to the adjusted received ratings. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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