Method and system of manipulating data based on user-feedback

• US 8,296,422 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2010
• Issued: 10/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Rimon, Noam
• Primary Examiner(s): Bilgrami, Asghar
• Application Number:
  US12/775,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20110276680A1
• Time in Patent Office: 901 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224, 709/219
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739

Abstract

A method and system for providing content data to a user that includes providing a sample that is previewed by the user. The content data includes e-books, albums, games, videos and other electronic data. The user can then decide whether to accept the content based on the sample. If the sample is rejected, the user profile is updated to reflect the rejection. If the sample is accepted, the entire content is provided to the user. The amount of the content viewed or listened to by the user is tracked to determine how much of the content was actually listened to or viewed.

Claims

1. A method of providing data comprising:

providing sample content to a user device, the sample content being a portion of content data;

identifying a response to the sample content by a user of the user device;

providing second sample content to the user device based on the sample content;

wherein additional content data is provided to the-user device when the response indicates a positive indication, that indicates that a user at the user device desires the additional content data, wherein additional content is not provided to the user device when the response indicates a negative indication, that indicates that a user at the user device does not desire the additional content data, wherein the response indicates;

an elapsed time that the sample content was provided prior to receiving the positive indication or the negative indication; and

updating a user profile data based on the response wherein the sample content is provided to the user device based on a content ranking, the ranking based on the response to the sample content by the user and the elapsed time indicated by the response, and wherein parameters of the sample content include transmission speed and the transmission speed of the sample content is greater than a transmission threshold.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sample content comprises a preselected quantity of content.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sample content is provided to the user device based on a rating associated with the sample content.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the rating is based on subject matter of the content.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein parameters of the sample content are shown in a graph, the parameters including electronic graphic data.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the electronic graphic data of the sample content is greater than an electronic graphic data threshold.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the electronic graphic data threshold is determined according to a rating associated with the sample content.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission speed threshold is determined according to a rating associated with the sample content.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein a fee is charged for the additional content data provided to the user based on the elapsed time indicated in the response.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring when the user stops the sample content; and

calculating a first time that the user spends using the sample content.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

monitoring when the user stops the additional content data; and

calculating a second time that the user spends in using the additional content data.

12. The method according to claim 1,

monitoring when the user stops the sample content;

calculating a first time that the user spends using the sample content;

monitoring when the user stops the additional content data;

calculating a second time that the user spends in using the additional content data;

wherein the rating is modified based on the first time and the second time.

13. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

setting a time limit to the elapsed time that the sample content was provided prior to receiving the positive indication or the negative indication.

14. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

deleting sample content when the number of the negative indications indicated by the response to the sample content exceeds a predetermined value.

15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

identifying different users using a particular user device.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sample content are provided to the user based on the user profile data, independently of user selecting operation.

17. The method according to claim 1,

monitoring when the user stops the sample content;

calculating a first amount of sample content accessed by the user;

monitoring when the user stops the additional content data; and

calculating a second amount of content accessed by the user;

wherein the rating is modified based on the first amount and the second amount.

18. A method of providing data comprising:

providing a sample content to a user device based on user profile data, the sample content being a portion of content data;

identifying a response to the provided sample content by a user of the user device;

updating the user profile data based on the response to the provided sample content;

providing the content data corresponding to the provided sample content to the user device, when the response indicates a positive indication, that indicates that a user at the user device desires the content data corresponding to the provided sample content; and

providing another sample content, which is a portion of another content data, to the user device, when the response indicates a negative indication, that indicates that a user at the user device does not desire the content data corresponding to the provided sample content;

wherein the response indicates an elapsed time that the sample content was provided prior to receiving the positive indication or the negative indication, and

wherein the sample content is provided to the user device based on a content ranking, the ranking based on the response to the sample content by the user and the elapsed time indicated by the response, and

wherein parameters of the sample content include transmission speed and the transmission speed of the sample content is greater than a transmission threshold.

19. A system for providing data comprising:

a content module that provides sample content, the sample content being a portion of content data;

a user device that receives that sample content and identifies a response to the sample content by a user of the user device;

wherein the system generates user profile data based on the response to the sample content;

wherein the content module provides second sample content to the user device based on the sample content;

wherein additional content data is provided to the user device, from the content module, when the response indicates a positive indication, that indicates that a user at the user device desires the additional content data,

wherein additional content is not provided to the user device when the response indicates a negative indication, that indicates that a user at the user device does not desire the additional content data,

wherein the response indicates;

an elapsed time that the sample content was provided prior to receiving the positive indication or the negative indication;

wherein the user profile data is updated based on the response, and

wherein the Sample content is provided to the user device based on a content ranking, the ranking based on the response to the sample content by the user and the elapsed time indicated by the response, and

wherein parameters of the sample content include transmission speed and the transmission speed of the sample content is greater than a transmission speed threshold.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein the sample content comprises a preselected quantity of content.

21. The system according to claim 19, wherein a fee is charged for the additional content data provided to the user based on the elapsed time indicated in the response.

22. The system according to claim 19, further comprising:

wherein the content module monitors when the user stops the sample content; and

calculates a first time that the user spends using the sample content.

23. A system for providing data comprising:

a user device; and

a content module adapted to;

provide a sample content to the user device based on user profile data, the sample content being a portion of content data;

identify a response to the provided sample content by a user of the user device;

update the user profile data based on the response to the provided sample content;

provide the content data corresponding to the provided sample content to the user device, when the response indicates a positive indication, that indicates that a user at the user device desires the content data corresponding to the provided sample content; and

provide another sample content, which is a portion of another content data, to the user device, when the response indicates a negative indication, that indicates that a user at the user device does not desire the content data corresponding to the provided sample content;

wherein the response indicates an elapsed time that the sample content was provided prior to receiving the positive indication or the negative indication, and

wherein the sample content is provided to the user device based on a content ranking, the ranking based on the response to the sample content by the user and the elapsed time indicated by the response, and

wherein parameters of the sample content include transmission speed and the transmission speed of the sample content is greater than a transmission threshold.

24. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code that when executed by a processor executes steps of providing data comprising:

providing sample content to a user device, the sample content being a portion of content data;

identifying a response to the sample content by a user of the user device;

providing second sample content to the user device based on the sample content;

wherein additional content data is provided to the user device when the response indicates a positive indication, that indicates that a user at the user device desires the additional content data,

wherein additional content is not provided to the user device when the response indicates a negative indication, that indicates that a user at the user device does not desire the additional content data,

wherein the response indicates;

an elapsed time that the sample content was provided prior to receiving the positive indication or the negative indication; and

updating a user profile data based on the response

wherein the sample content is provided to the user device based on a Content ranking, the ranking based on the response to the sample content by the user and the elapsed time indicated by the response, and

wherein parameters of the sample content include transmission speed and the transmission speed of the sample content is greater than a transmission threshold.