Systems and methods of reporting content-exposure events

• US 9,569,626 B1
• Filed: 04/10/2015
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quest Software, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dell Software, Inc. (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Brisebois, Michel Albert, Johnstone, Curtis T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lemma, Samson
• Application Number:
  US14/683,513
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 726/26
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/554 involving event detection and direct action
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/61 Time-dependent

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method is performed by a computer system. The method includes discovering content in a user environment. The method further includes generating one or more content fingerprints on a per-content basis. The method also includes providing information sufficient to identify the one or more content fingerprints to a central computer system. Further, the method includes receiving a user selection of particular content stored in the user environment. In addition, the method includes requesting, from the central computer system, information related to a level of exposure of the particular content across a plurality of platforms and a plurality of users. Moreover, the method includes receiving exposure information for the particular content in response to the request. Additionally, the method includes publishing the exposure information to a user associated with the user environment.

Claims

1. A computer system implemented method, the method comprising:

a hardware processor;

discovering content in a user environment;

generating one or more content fingerprints on a per-content basis;

providing information sufficient to identify the one or more content fingerprints to a central computer system;

receiving a user selection of particular content stored in the user environment;

requesting, from the central computer system, information related to a level of exposure of the particular content across a plurality of platforms and a plurality of users;

receiving exposure information for the particular content in response to the request;

publishing, by the hardware processor, the exposure information to a user associated with the user environment;

wherein the particular content comprises a plurality of content items;

identifying exposure events in relation to the plurality of content items that occurred during a particular time period;

arranging the exposure events by time intervals of the particular time period;

determining time densities of the exposure events by content item and time interval;

generating a visualization based, at least in part, on the time densities; and

the visualization comprises a heat map of the exposure events over the particular time period.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

wherein the exposure information comprises information related to time densities of exposure events by content item and time interval;

generating a visualization based, at least in part, on the exposure information; and

wherein the publishing comprises causing the visualization to be displayed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the exposure information is filtered, by direction of the user, to only include exposure events related to content with altered metadata.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the exposure information is filtered, by direction of the user, to only include exposure events for a particular organizational department.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the exposure information is filtered, by direction of the user, to only include exposure events initiated on mobile devices.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the exposure information is grouped, by direction of the user, by type of device on which exposure events were initiated.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular content comprises a plurality of content items.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the exposure information is grouped, by direction of the user, based on whether corresponding exposure events are associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) is internal or external to an organization.

9. An information handling system comprising:

a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor is configured for;

discovering content in a user environment;

generating one or more content fingerprints on a per-content basis;

providing information sufficient to identify the one or more content fingerprints to a central computer system;

receiving a user selection of particular content stored in the user environment;

requesting, from the central computer system, information related to a level of exposure of the particular content across a plurality of platforms and a plurality of users;

receiving exposure information for the particular content in response to the request;

publishing the exposure information to a user associated with the user environment;

wherein the particular content comprises a plurality of content items;

identifying exposure events in relation to the plurality of content items that occurred during a particular time period;

arranging the exposure events by time intervals of the particular time period;

determining time densities of the exposure events by content item and time interval;

generating a visualization based, at least in part, on the time densities and

the visualization comprises a heat map of the exposure events over the particular time period.

10. The information handling system of claim 9, the method comprising:

wherein the exposure information comprises information related to time densities of exposure events by content item and time interval;

generating a visualization based, at least in part, on the exposure information; and

wherein the publishing comprises causing the visualization to be displayed.

11. The information handling system of claim 9, wherein the exposure information is filtered, by direction of the user, to only include exposure events related to content with altered metadata.

12. The information handling system of claim 9, wherein the exposure information is filtered, by direction of the user, to only include exposure events initiated on mobile devices.

13. The information handling system of claim 9, wherein the exposure information is grouped, by direction of the user, by type of device on which exposure events were initiated.

14. The information handling system of claim 9, wherein the particular content comprises a plurality of content items.

15. The information handling system of claim 9, wherein the exposure information is grouped, by direction of the user, based on whether corresponding exposure events are associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) is internal or external to an organization.

16. A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed by a hardware processor for:

discovering content in a user environment;

generating one or more content fingerprints on a per-content basis;

providing information sufficient to identify the one or more content fingerprints to a central computer system;

receiving a user selection of particular content stored in the user environment;

requesting, from the central computer system, information related to a level of exposure of the particular content across a plurality of platforms and a plurality of users;

receiving exposure information for the particular content in response to the request;

publishing the exposure information to a user associated with the user environment;

wherein the particular content comprises a plurality of content items;

identifying exposure events in relation to the plurality of content items that occurred during a particular time period;

arranging the exposure events by time intervals of the particular time period;

determining time densities of the exposure events by content item and time interval;

generating a visualization based, at least in part, on the time densities and

the visualization comprises a heat map of the exposure events over the particular time period.