Asset scoring and ranking for content on demand insertion
First Claim
1. A system operable to direct asset selection from a plurality of assets for insertion of one or more of the assets into Content On Demand (COD) content, the system comprising:
- an interface operable to receive information of a COD content selection by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), to receive instructions from asset providers regarding when to insert the plurality of assets, and to receive instructions from the asset providers regarding insertion goals; and
an asset ranking module operable to;
identify assets that are available for insertion to the selected COD content from the plurality of assets;
calculate a flexibility score for each of the available assets that represents a likelihood of future availability of an asset, the flexibility score based on an instruction received for the asset;
calculate a scheduling score for each of the available assets based on a completed progress toward an insertion goal received for each of the available assets;
rank the available assets based on a combination of the scheduling score and the flexibility score for each of the available assets; and
direct the insertion of the one or more assets into the selected COD content based on the rank of the available assets.
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Abstract
Systems and methods presented herein provide for ranking of assets for insertion into selected COD content. In one embodiment, a system includes an interface operable to receive information of a COD content selection by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). The system also includes an asset ranking module operable to identify assets that are available for insertion to the selected COD content from the plurality of assets, to determine values of the available assets to a provider of the selected COD content, to rank the available assets based on the determined values, and to direct the insertion of the one or more assets into the selected COD content based on the rank of the available assets.
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18 Claims
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1. A system operable to direct asset selection from a plurality of assets for insertion of one or more of the assets into Content On Demand (COD) content, the system comprising:
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an interface operable to receive information of a COD content selection by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), to receive instructions from asset providers regarding when to insert the plurality of assets, and to receive instructions from the asset providers regarding insertion goals; and an asset ranking module operable to; identify assets that are available for insertion to the selected COD content from the plurality of assets; calculate a flexibility score for each of the available assets that represents a likelihood of future availability of an asset, the flexibility score based on an instruction received for the asset; calculate a scheduling score for each of the available assets based on a completed progress toward an insertion goal received for each of the available assets; rank the available assets based on a combination of the scheduling score and the flexibility score for each of the available assets; and direct the insertion of the one or more assets into the selected COD content based on the rank of the available assets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for directing asset selection from a plurality of assets for insertion of one or more of the assets into Content On Demand (COD) content, the method comprising:
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receiving information of a COD content selection by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE); receiving instructions from asset providers regarding when to insert the plurality of assets; receiving instructions from the asset providers regarding insertion goals; identifying assets that are available for insertion to the selected COD content from the plurality of assets; calculating a flexibility score for each of the available assets that represents a likelihood of future availability of an asset, the flexibility score based on an instruction received for the asset; calculating a scheduling score for each of the available assets based on completed progress toward an insertion goal received for each of the available assets; ranking the available assets based on a combination of the scheduling score and the flexibility score for each of the available assets; and directing the insertion of the one or more assets into the selected COD content based on the rank of the available assets. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, direct the processor to direct asset selection from a plurality of assets for insertion of one or more of the assets into Content On Demand (COD) content, the instructions further directing the processor to:
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receive information of a COD content selection by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), receive instructions from asset providers regarding when to insert the plurality of assets; receive instructions from the asset providers regarding insertion goals; identify assets that are available for insertion to the selected COD content from the plurality of assets; calculate a flexibility score for each of the available assets that represents a likelihood of future availability of an asset, the flexibility score based on an instruction received for the asset; calculate a scheduling score for each of the available assets based on completed progress toward an insertion goal received for each of the available assets; rank the available assets based on a combination of the scheduling score and the flexibility score for each of the available assets; and direct the insertion of the one or more assets into the selected COD content based on the rank of the available assets. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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