Method and system for presenting non-linear content based on linear content metadata

• US 8,601,031 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Moon, Hannah Y, Morley, D. Beau
• Primary Examiner(s): Coby, Frantz
• Application Number:
  US13/334,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20120143699A1
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 707/913, 707/722, 707/736, 707/758, 707/802, 707/912, 725/46, 725/70, 725/135, 725/142, 709/219, 705/10
• US Class Current: 707/802
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0272 Period of advertisement exposure
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0275 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/912 Applications of a database
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia

Abstract

A system and method may include receiving a non-linear content identifier request. The system and method may further include identifying linear content metadata associated with the non-linear content identifier request, the linear content metadata representing at least one metadata keyword. The system and method also may include identifying a relationship between the at least one metadata keyword and at least one non-linear content keyword.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, via a communication module, a non-linear content identifier request for non-linear content, wherein the non-linear content identifier request comprises a linear content identifier associated with linear content selected by a viewer and location data associated with the viewer;

identifying, via a matching module, linear content metadata associated with the linear content identifier of the non-linear content identifier request, the linear content metadata representing at least one metadata keyword; and

identifying, via the matching module, a relationship between the at least one metadata keyword and at least one non-linear content keyword bid on by one or more advertisers associated with a time slot.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising filtering the relationship between the at least one metadata keyword and the at least one non-linear content keyword based on a filtering parameter to generate at least one filtered non-linear content keyword.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the filtering parameter specifies at least one of a location, a time slot, a date range, and/or a linear content rating.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one non-linear content keyword comprises at least one of a number sequence, a letter sequence, and a number and letter sequence.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the relationship identifies a complete match between the at least one metadata keyword and the at least one non-linear content keyword.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the relationship identifies a partial match between the at least one metadata keyword and the at least one non-linear content keyword.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a plurality of non-linear content identifiers associated with the at least one non-linear content keyword; and

ranking the plurality of non-linear content identifiers relative to one another.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of non-linear content identifiers are ranked based on a bid amount.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising updating an advertising table based on the ranking of the plurality of non-linear content identifiers.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating a non-linear content identifier response including the at least one non-linear content keyword, the plurality of non-linear content identifiers, and the ranking of the plurality of non-linear content identifiers.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a non-linear content request including a first non-linear content identifier of the plurality of non-linear content identifiers; and

retrieving non-linear content associated with the first non-linear content identifier.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising sending a non-linear content response including the non-linear content.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the linear content metadata comprises a text file that includes the at least one metadata keyword.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the text file comprises a word description of linear content.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata keyword comprises a single word.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata keyword comprises a word phrase.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a similar metadata keyword that is similar to the at least one metadata keyword.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-linear content identifier request includes the linear content metadata.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying at least one of synonyms of the metadata keyword and words having common letter or number sequences with the metadata keyword.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the at least one metadata keyword comprise removing a common metadata keyword.

21. A computer readable media comprising code to perform the acts of the method of claim 1.

22. A system comprising:

a server communicatively coupled to a network, the server to receive a non-linear content identifier request for non-linear content, wherein the non-linear content identifier request comprises a linear content identifier associated with linear content selected by a viewer and location data associated with the viewer, and to identify linear content metadata associated with the linear content identifier of the non-linear content identifier request, the linear content metadata representing at least one metadata keyword, the server further being configured to identify a relationship between the at least one metadata keyword and at least one non-linear content keyword bid on by one or more advertisers associated with a time slot.

23. A system comprising:

an electronic communication module of an electronic data server communicatively coupled to a network, the communication module to receive a non-linear content identifier request for non-linear content, wherein the non-linear content identifier request comprises a linear content identifier associated with linear content selected by a viewer and location data associated with the viewer;

an electronic database module of the data server communicatively coupled to a database;

an electronic matching module of the data server communicatively coupled to the communication module and to the database module, the matching module to identify linear content metadata associated with the linear content identifier of the non-linear content identifier request, the linear content metadata representing at least one metadata keyword, and the matching module to instruct the database module to search the database to identify a relationship between the at least one metadata keyword and at least one non-linear content keyword bid on by one or more advertisers associated with a time slot.