Personal broadcast server system for providing a customized broadcast

• US 8,667,161 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2008
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dedicated Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: Black Hills Media, LLC (Concert Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: De Bonet, Jeremy S., Viola, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): TODD, GREGORY G
• Application Number:
  US12/211,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20120042337A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,995 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219, 709/231, 725/34, 725/35, 725/36, 725/46, 705/14.49, 705/14.53, 705/14.66, 705/14.67
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/635 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/637 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialization, adaptation or distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/735 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1854 with non-centralised forwarding system, e.g. chaincast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 : being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 : Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 : Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 : involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 : Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309

Abstract

A personal broadcast server system provides a customized broadcast to one or more users over a transmission media. A data storage device stores a plurality of broadcast elements. A data management system stores a user profile and a user state for each of the one or more users and also stores information associated with each of the plurality of broadcast elements. A broadcast element selector, having at least one broadcast element selector function, selects broadcast elements from the data storage device based on information contained in the data management system. A broadcast server receives the selected broadcast elements from the data storage device and provides the selected broadcast elements to a user over the transmission media. The personal broadcast server system may provide streaming audio, streaming video, or other forms of broadcast signals.

Claims

1. A method for customizing video broadcasting for individual end users, comprising:

creating a first data structure (referred herein as a VALUE data structure) representative of a first set of properties related to a user;

creating a second data structure (referred herein as a KNOWN data structure) representative of whether said first set of properties is known;

creating a third data structure (referred herein as a TARGET data structure) representative of a target set of properties related to a video element;

creating a fourth data structure (referred herein as a WANT data structure) representative of whether said target set of properties is wanted;

comparing said first, second, third, and fourth data structures using bit-wise binary operations to determine whether said first set of properties are wanted as a target set of properties;

storing the video element into a cache memory upon determining that the first set of properties are wanted as the target set of properties;

selecting a video element from the cache memory;

comparing an identifier of the selected video element to an identifier of a most recently played video element; and

rejecting the selected video element if it is identical or similar to the most recently played video element.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said bit-wise binary operations are performed according to the Boolean equation:

(not WANT) or (KNOWN and ((TARGET xor VALUE))).

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said bit-wise binary operations are performed according to the Boolean equation:

(not WANT) or (KNOWN and ((TARGET and VALUE) or ((not TARGET) and (not (VALUE))).

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said first, second, third, and fourth data structures are 16-bit computer words.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said first, second, third, and fourth data structures are 32-bit computer words.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said first, second, third, and fourth data structures comprise multiple computer words.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of said first set of properties and at least one of said target set of properties are represented as a single bit.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of said first set of properties and at least one of said target set of properties are represented as multiple bits.

9. A method in a computer system for selecting a video element to transmit to a remote listener, comprising:

creating a first data structure (referred herein as a VALUE data structure) representative of a first set of demographic properties related to a remote listener;

creating a second data structure (referred herein as a KNOWN data structure) representative of whether said first set of demographic properties related to the remote listener is known;

creating a third data structure (referred herein as a TARGET data structure) representative of a target set of demographic properties relating to a video element;

creating a fourth data structure (referred herein as a WANT data structure) representative of whether said target set of demographic properties is wanted to be targeted;

comparing said first, second, third, and fourth data structures using bit-wise binary operations to determine whether the video element should be transmitted to the remote listener;

storing the video element into a cache memory upon determining that the first set of properties are wanted as the target set of properties;

selecting a video element from the cache memory;

comparing an identifier of the selected video element to an identifier of a most recently played video element; and

rejecting the selected video element if it is identical or similar to the most recently played video element.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said bit-wise binary operations are performed according to the Boolean equation:

(not WANT) or (KNOWN and ((TARGET xor VALUE))).

11. The method of claim 9 wherein said bit-wise binary operations are performed according to the Boolean equation:

(not WANT) or (KNOWN and ((TARGET and VALUE) or ((not TARGET) and (not (VALUE))).

12. The method of claim 9 wherein said first, second, third, and fourth data structures are computer words.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein said first, second, third, and fourth data structures are 32-bit computer words.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein said first, second, third, and fourth data structures comprise multiple computer words.

15. The method of claim 9 wherein at least one of said first set of properties and at least one of said target set of properties are represented as a single bit.

16. The method of claim 9 wherein at least one of said first set of properties and at least one of said target set of properties are represented as multiple bits.

17. The method of claim 9 wherein said first set of demographic properties includes the age of the remote listener.

18. The method of claim 9 wherein said first set of demographic properties includes the gender of the remote listener.

19. The method of claim 9 wherein said first set of demographic properties includes the marital status of the remote listener.

20. The method of claim 9 wherein said first set of demographic properties includes the city where the remote listener lives.

21. The method of claim 9 wherein said video element is an advertisement.

22. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program, executable by a machine, for customizing video broadcasting for individual end users, the computer program comprising executable instructions for:

creating a first data structure (referred herein as a VALUE data structure) representative of a first set of properties related to a user;

creating a second data structure (referred herein as a KNOWN data structure) representative of whether said first set of properties is known;

creating a third data structure (referred herein as a TARGET data structure) representative of a target set of properties related to a video element;

creating a fourth data structure (referred herein as a WANT data structure) representative of whether said target set of properties is wanted;

comparing said first, second, third, and fourth data structures using bit-wise binary operations to determine whether said first set of properties are wanted as a target set of properties;

storing the video element into a cache memory upon determining that the first set of properties are wanted as the target set of properties;

selecting a video element from the cache memory;

comparing an identifier of the selected video element to an identifier of a most recently played video element; and

rejecting the selected video element if it is identical or similar to the most recently played video element.

23. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program, executable by a machine, for selecting a video element to transmit to a remote listener, the computer program comprising executable instructions for:

creating a first data structure (referred herein as a VALUE data structure) representative of a first set of demographic properties related to a remote listener;

creating a second data structure (referred herein as a KNOWN data structure) representative of whether said first set of demographic properties related to the remote listener is known;

creating a third data structure (referred herein as a TARGET data structure) representative of a target set of demographic properties relating to a video element;

creating a fourth data structure (referred herein as a WANT data structure) representative of whether said target set of demographic properties is wanted to be targeted;

comparing said first, second, third, and fourth data structures using bit-wise binary operations to determine whether the video element should be transmitted to the remote listener;

storing the video element into a cache memory upon determining that the first set of properties are wanted as the target set of properties;

selecting a video element from the cache memory;

comparing an identifier of the selected video element to an identifier of a most recently played video element; and

rejecting the selected video element if it is identical or similar to the most recently played video element.