Content monitoring and control technology
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1. A method comprising:
- monitoring content playing activity of a media system that leverages a content delivery network in controlling content delivered to the media system, the monitoring of content playing activity comprising monitoring commands controlling playing of content by the media system and timing data associated with the commands;
identifying trends in the content playing activity of the media system based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands; and
performing, by a device, one or more operations related to at least one of the media system and the content delivery network based on the identified trends in the content playing activity of the media system,wherein identifying trends in the content playing activity of the media system based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands comprises detecting, based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands, a place in a content file to which users frequently fast-forward or rewind; and
wherein performing one or more operations related to at least one of the media system and the content delivery network based on the identified trends in the content playing activity of the media system comprises setting a hot index at the place in the content file to which users frequently fast-forward or rewind.
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Abstract
Content monitoring and control technology, in which content download activity, content playing activity, and/or remote control activity of a media system is monitored. Data descriptive of use of the media system is tracked based on the monitoring of the content download activity, the content playing activity, and/or the remote control activity. One or more operations are performed based on the tracked data descriptive of use of the media system.
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1. A method comprising:
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monitoring content playing activity of a media system that leverages a content delivery network in controlling content delivered to the media system, the monitoring of content playing activity comprising monitoring commands controlling playing of content by the media system and timing data associated with the commands; identifying trends in the content playing activity of the media system based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands; and performing, by a device, one or more operations related to at least one of the media system and the content delivery network based on the identified trends in the content playing activity of the media system, wherein identifying trends in the content playing activity of the media system based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands comprises detecting, based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands, a place in a content file to which users frequently fast-forward or rewind; and wherein performing one or more operations related to at least one of the media system and the content delivery network based on the identified trends in the content playing activity of the media system comprises setting a hot index at the place in the content file to which users frequently fast-forward or rewind. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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at least one computer; and at least one computer-readable medium coupled to the at least one computer having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the at least one computer, causes the at least one computer to perform operations comprising; monitoring content playing activity of a media system that leverages a content delivery network in controlling content delivered to the media system, the monitoring of content playing activity comprising monitoring commands controlling playing of content by the media system and timing data associated with the commands; identifying trends in the content playing activity of the media system based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands; and performing, using the at least one computer, one or more operations related to at least one of the media system and the content delivery network based on the identified trends in the content playing activity of the media system, wherein identifying trends in the content playing activity of the media system based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands comprises detecting, based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands, a place in a content file to which users frequently fast-forward or rewind; and wherein performing one or more operations related to at least one of the media system and the content delivery network based on the identified trends in the content playing activity of the media system comprises setting a hot index at the place in the content file to which users frequently fast-forward or rewind.
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22. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with at least one computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, operate to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:
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monitoring content playing activity of a media system that leverages a content delivery network in controlling content delivered to the media system, the monitoring of content playing activity comprising monitoring commands controlling playing of content by the media system and timing data associated with the commands; identifying trends in the content playing activity of the media system based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands; and performing one or more operations related to at least one of the media system and the content delivery network based on the identified trends in the content playing activity of the media system, wherein identifying trends in the content playing activity of the media system based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands comprises detecting, based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands, a place in a content file to which users frequently fast-forward or rewind; and wherein performing one or more operations related to at least one of the media system and the content delivery network based on the identified trends in the content playing activity of the media system comprises setting a hot index at the place in the content file to which users frequently fast-forward or rewind.
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