Methods and apparatus to access media

• US 9,400,984 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2014
• Issued: 07/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company LLC (MOOD Media Corporation)
• Original Assignee: The Nielsen Company LLC (MOOD Media Corporation)
• Inventors: Ramaswamy, Arun, Bosworth, Alan Nguyen
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Hung
• Assistant Examiner(s): Park, Sunghyoun
• Application Number:
  US14/488,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20150006246A1
• Time in Patent Office: 678 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1015 to users
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to share media are disclosed. An example system includes an application program distribution interface to download an application program to a user device, the application program to receive user input from a first user. The example system also includes a query interface to receive representative information and an indication of a second user from the user device. The example system also includes a media content recognizer to identify the media content based on the representative information, a media access provider to selectively provide the second user with access to the media content, and an audience-interest interface to credit audience-interest to the media content when the second user is provided access to the media content.

Claims

1. A system to share media, comprising:

an application program distribution interface to download an application program to a user device, the application program to receive user input from a first user to cause the user device to;

initiate a sampling of ambient sound detectable by the user device;

collect representative information corresponding to media content contributing to the ambient sound, the media content being presented by a media presentation device separate from the user device; and

receive an indication of a second user to receive access to the media content;

a query interface to receive the representative information and the indication of the second user from the user device via internetwork communications;

a media content recognizer to identify the media content based on the representative information;

a media access provider to selectively provide the second user with access to the media content; and

an audience-interest interface to credit audience-interest to the media content when the second user is provided access to the media content.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the media access provider is further to send to the first user a hyperlink to access to the media content.

3. The system as defined in claim 2, further including an advertisement interface to indicate a first advertisement to combine with a presentation of the media content when the media content is accessed via the hyperlink by the first user and to indicate a second advertisement to combine with a presentation of the media content when the media content is accessed by the second user.

4. The system as defined in claim 3, wherein the first advertisement is selected based on at least one of a first demographic characteristic of the first user, an identity of the media content, or a characteristic of the media content, and the second advertisement being selected based on at least one of a second demographic characteristic of the second user, an identity of the media content, or the characteristic of the media content.

5. The system as defined in claim 4, further including an advertiser interface to:

submit at least one of the first demographic characteristic, the second demographic characteristic, the identity of the media content, or the characteristic of the media content to an advertisement network proprietor; and

receive a first advertisement identifier of the first advertisement and a second advertisement identifier of the second advertisement, the advertisement interface to indicate the first advertisement based on the first advertisement identifier and to indicate the second advertisement based on the second advertisement identifier.

6. The system as defined in claim 1, further including a cloud-based digital video recorder interface to initiate storing of at least one of a copy of the media content, a copy of a television program episode advertised in the media content, a copy of a movie advertised in the media content, or a copy of a song advertised in the media content, the storing occurring at a cloud-based digital video recorder location in response to receiving a request from the mobile device to store the media content.

7. The system as defined in claim 1, the audience-interest interface is to award an audience-interest credit to at least one of the media content, a television program episode advertised in the media content, a movie advertised in the media content, or a song advertised in the media content based on the query interface receiving the representative information from the user device.

8. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the representative information is at least one of a code from the media content or a signature of the media content.

9. A method to share media, comprising:

downloading an application program to a user device, the application program to receive user input from a first user to cause the user device to;

initiate a sampling of ambient sound detectable by the user device;

collect representative information corresponding to media content contributing to the ambient sound, the media content being presented by a media presentation device separate from the user device; and

receive an indication of a second user to receive access to the media content;

receiving the representative information and the indication of the second user from the user device via internetwork communications;

identifying the media content based on the representative information;

selectively providing the second user with access to the media content; and

crediting audience-interest to the media content when the second user is provided access to the media content.

10. The method as defined in claim 9, further including sending a hyperlink to the first user to access to the media content.

11. The method as defined in claim 10, further including:

indicating a first advertisement to combine with a presentation of the media content when the media content is accessed via the hyperlink by the first user; and

indicating a second advertisement to combine with a presentation of the media content when the media content is accessed by the second user.

12. The method as defined in claim 11, wherein the first advertisement is selected based on at least one of a first demographic characteristic of the first user, an identity of the media content, or a characteristic of the media content, and the second advertisement is selected based on at least one of a second demographic characteristic of the second user, an identity of the media content, or the characteristic of the media content.

13. The method as defined in claim 12, further including:

submitting at least one of the first demographic characteristic, the second demographic characteristic, the identity of the media content, or the characteristic of the media content to an advertisement network proprietor; and

receiving a first advertisement identifier of the first advertisement and a second advertisement identifier of the second advertisement, the advertisement interface to indicate the first advertisement based on the first advertisement identifier and to indicate the second advertisement based on the second advertisement identifier.

14. The method as defined in claim 9, further including initiating storing of at least one of a copy of the media content, a copy of a television program episode advertised in the media content, a copy of a movie advertised in the media content, or a copy of a song advertised in the media content, the storing occurring at a cloud-based digital video recorder location in response to receiving a request from the mobile device to store the media content.

15. The method as defined in claim 9, wherein the crediting of the audience-interest further includes awarding an audience-interest credit to at least one of the media content, a television program episode advertised in the media content, a movie advertised in the media content, or a song advertised in the media content based on receiving the representative information from the user device.

16. The method as defined in claim 9, wherein the representative information is at least one of a code from the media content or a signature of the media content.

17. A tangible computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

download an application program to a user device, the application program to receive user input from a first user to cause the user device to;

initiate a sampling of ambient sound detectable by the user device;

collect representative information corresponding to media content contributing to the ambient sound, the media content being presented by a media presentation device separate from the user device; and

receive an indication of a second user to receive access to the media content;

receive the representative information and the indication of the second user from the user device via internetwork communications;

identify the media content based on the representative information;

selectively provide the second user with access to the media content; and

credit audience-interest to the media content when the second user is provided access to the media content.

18. The tangible computer readable medium as defined in claim 17, further including instructions that, when executed, cause the machine to send a hyperlink to the first user to access to the media content.

19. The tangible computer readable medium as defined in claim 18, further including instructions that, when executed, cause the machine to:

indicate a first advertisement to combine with a presentation of the media content when the media content is accessed via the hyperlink by the first user; and

indicate a second advertisement to combine with a presentation of the media content when the media content is accessed by the second user.

20. The tangible computer readable medium as defined in claim 19, wherein the first advertisement is selected based on at least one of a first demographic characteristic of the first user, an identity of the media content, or a characteristic of the media content, and the second advertisement being selected based on at least one of a second demographic characteristic of the second user, an identity of the media content, or the characteristic of the media content.