Streaming-Content Analytics

• US 20130060912A1
• Filed: 09/07/2012
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Reality Mobile LLC
• Original Assignee: Reality Mobile LLC
• Inventors: Rensin, David Kallett, Geoghegan, Brian J., Grenfell, Richard E., Osborne, Sean C., Winters, Kevin J., O'Brien, Sean, Wise, Adam
• Application Number:
  US13/606,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20130060912A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2408 Monitoring of the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. client requests monitoring data switching networks utilization H04L43/0876; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25808 Management of client data terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• 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 21/26603 for automatically generating descriptors from content, e.g. when it is not made available by its provider, using content analysis techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes accessing data associated with one or more source logs. The data associated with the source logs corresponds to activity of a user at a particular time. The method also includes identifying the user and a device associated with the source logs; and mapping at least a portion of the data associated with the source logs to a user session associated with the user and the device. The user session corresponds to activity of the user while using the device. The information also includes providing data corresponding to a particular period of time based on the user session. The data corresponds to the particular period of time includes streaming content and geographic data captured during the particular period of time.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing, by one or more processors associated with one or more computer servers, data associated with one or more source logs, the data associated with the one or more source logs corresponding to activity of a user at one or more times;

identifying, by the one or more processors, the user and a device associated with the one or more source logs;

mapping, by the one or more processors, at least a portion of the data associated with the one or more source logs to a user session associated with the user and the device, the user session corresponding to activity of the user while using the device; and

providing, by the one or more processors, data corresponding to a particular period of time based on the user session, wherein the data corresponding to the particular period of time comprises streaming content and geographic data captured during the particular period of time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the streaming content comprises video data, audio data, or any combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a new user session for the user based at least in part on whether the user has an existing user session.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user session comprises one or more sub-sessions, each sub-session comprising information about connectivity, position, frames history, alert, watch, or any combination thereof, the sub-sessions being associated with time, position, or transmission data of the one or more source logs.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining a type of status change associated with the one or more source logs; and

updating data contained in one or more of the sub-sessions of the user session based on the type of the status change.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the type of status change comprises a status update, a position update, a command request, or any combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising updating data associated with a connectivity sub-session of the user session in response to detecting the status update.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising updating a position sub-session of the user session in response to detecting the position update.

9. The method of claim 4, further comprising mapping data from the one or more source logs to one or more of the sub-sessions based at least in part on the type of the status change associated with the one or more source logs.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising mapping at least a portion of data from a viewers log and a view history log to a view history sub-session.

11. The method of claim 4, wherein a connectivity sub-session of the user session comprises data corresponding to a period of time the device is in communication with a server.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

indicating whether the user session remains open after completing the provision of the data; and

loading into memory the open user session in response to re-accessing the one or more source logs.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more source logs comprise data associated with a prior status report and a current status change.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the accessing of the one or more source logs is performed in accordance to a pre-determined schedule.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the accessing of the one or more source logs is performed in response to receiving data associated with a status change.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising querying a geographic information system (GIS) service for an address corresponding to one or more locations corresponding to information in the one or more source logs.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more source logs further comprise global positioning system (GPS) data.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the user session in a database that is separate from the one or more source logs.

19. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software to:

access data associated with one or more source logs, the data associated with the one or more source logs corresponding to activity of a user at one or more times;

identify the user and a device associated with the one or more source logs;

map at least a portion of the data associated with the one or more source logs to a user session associated with the user and the device, the user session corresponding to activity of the user while using the device; and

provide data corresponding to a particular period of time based on the user session, wherein the data corresponding to the particular period of time comprises streaming content and geographic data captured during the particular period of time.

20. A device comprising:

a processor; and

one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the processor and embodying software to;

access data associated with one or more source logs, the data associated with the one or more source logs corresponding to activity of a user at one or more times;

identify the user and a device associated with the one or more source logs;

map at least a portion of the data associated with the one or more source logs to a user session associated with the user and the device, the user session corresponding to activity of the user while using the device; and

provide data corresponding to a particular period of time based on the user session, wherein the data corresponding to the particular period of time comprises streaming content and geographic data captured during the particular period of time.