Arrangement for distributing content, profiling center, receiving device and method

• US 20020124050A1
• Filed: 02/07/2002
• Published: 09/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Middeljans, Jakobus
• Application Number:
  US10/068,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20020124050A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• 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 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; 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 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8358 involving watermark protecting executable software by watermarking G06F21/16; image watermarking in general G06T1/0021; watermarks inserted in still images for transmission purposes H04N1/32144; inserting watermarks during video coding H04N19/467
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

An arrangement (100) for distributing content (200), comprising an aggregator (101) arranged for bundling the content (200) according to a segment profile (209) and distributing the content (200) to a receiving device (120), the receiving device (120) comprising user profile maintenance means (210) for maintaining a user profile (211), and profile transmitting means (212) for transmitting the user profile (211) to a profiling center (220), the profiling center (220) being arranged for aggregating user profiles (211) received from plural receiving devices (120) into an aggregated profile (221), and for making the aggregated profile (221) available to the aggregator (101) for use as the segment profile (209). Also a method of profiling consumer behavior.

Claims

1. An arrangement (100) for distributing content (200), comprising an aggregator (101) arranged for bundling the content (200) according to a segment profile (209) and distributing the content (200) to a receiving device (120),

the receiving device (120) comprising user profile maintenance means (210) for maintaining a user profile (211), and profile transmitting means (212) for transmitting the user profile (211) to a profiling center (220),

the profiling center (220) being arranged for aggregating user profiles (211) received from plural receiving devices (120) into an aggregated profile (221), and for making the aggregated profile (221) available to the aggregator (101) for use as the segment profile (209).

2. The arrangement (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein metadata (201) related to the content (200) is embedded into the content (200) by means of a watermark.

3. A profiling center (220) for use in the arrangement (100) of claim 1, being arranged for aggregating user profiles (211) received from plural receiving devices (120) into an aggregated profile (221), and for making the aggregated profile (221) available to an aggregator (101) for use as a segment profile (209).

4. The profiling center (220) as claimed in claim 3, being further arranged to additionally aggregate a rights profile (231) received from a rights clearinghouse (230) into the aggregated profile (221).

5. The profiling center (220) as claimed in claim 3, being further arranged to additionally aggregate a financial profile (241) received from a financial clearinghouse (240) into the aggregated profile (221).

6. A. receiving device (120) for use in the arrangement (100) of claim 1, comprising user profile maintenance means (210) for maintaining a user profile (211), and profile transmitting means (212) for transmitting the user profile (211) to a profiling center (220).

7. The receiving device (120) as claimed in claim 6, wherein the profile transmitting means (212) are arranged for transmitting only a portion of the user profile (211) which has been modified since a previous transmission of the user profile (211).

8. A method of profiling consumer behavior, comprising receiving user profiles (211) from plural receiving devices (120), aggregating said received user profiles (211) into an aggregated profile (221), and making the aggregated profile (221) available to an aggregator (101) for use as a segment profile (209).

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, comprising additionally aggregating a rights profile (231) received from a rights clearinghouse (230) into the aggregated profile (221).

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, comprising additionally aggregating a financial profile (241) received from a financial clearinghouse (240) into the aggregated profile (221).