Asset recommendations in a VOD system with asset effectiveness determinations
First Claim
1. An asset recommendation system operable to recommend insertion of assets into Video On Demand (VOD) content being selected by users through Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs), the system comprising:
- an asset effectiveness evaluation module communicatively coupled to a VOD system of a cable television headend and to an upstream internet hub, wherein the asset effectiveness evaluation module is operable to analyze upstream internet traffic through a cable television network, to identify internet websites selected by households from the upstream internet traffic in response to the households viewing the assets inserted in the VOD content, to associate the internet websites with the inserted assets, to determine periods of time between the asset insertions and the internet website selections, and to determine effectiveness of the assets based on the determined periods of time; and
a recommendation engine communicatively coupled to the asset effectiveness evaluation module and to an asset decision system, wherein the recommendation engine is operable to accumulate demographic information associated with the determined effectiveness of the assets, to generate an anonymous user profile based on the accumulated demographic information and the associated effectiveness of the assets, and to recommend assets for insertion to the asset decision system based on the anonymous user profile,wherein the asset decision system uses the anonymous user profile to identify other users with similar demographic information to retrieve and rank the assets for insertion to VOD content selections by the other users.
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Abstract
Systems and methods presented herein provide for asset recommendations based on asset effectiveness determinations. In one embodiment, an asset recommendation system operable to recommend insertion of assets into Video On Demand (VOD) content being selected by users through Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs). The system includes a recommendation engine communicatively coupled to an asset effectiveness evaluation module and to an asset decision system, wherein the recommendation engine is operable to accumulate demographic information associated with the determined effectiveness of the assets, to generate an anonymous user profile based on the accumulated demographic information and the associated effectiveness of the assets, and to recommend assets for insertion to the asset decision system based on the anonymous user profile. The anonymous user profile is used to identify other users with similar demographic information to retrieve and rank the assets for insertion to VOD content selections by the other users.
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1. An asset recommendation system operable to recommend insertion of assets into Video On Demand (VOD) content being selected by users through Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs), the system comprising:
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an asset effectiveness evaluation module communicatively coupled to a VOD system of a cable television headend and to an upstream internet hub, wherein the asset effectiveness evaluation module is operable to analyze upstream internet traffic through a cable television network, to identify internet websites selected by households from the upstream internet traffic in response to the households viewing the assets inserted in the VOD content, to associate the internet websites with the inserted assets, to determine periods of time between the asset insertions and the internet website selections, and to determine effectiveness of the assets based on the determined periods of time; and a recommendation engine communicatively coupled to the asset effectiveness evaluation module and to an asset decision system, wherein the recommendation engine is operable to accumulate demographic information associated with the determined effectiveness of the assets, to generate an anonymous user profile based on the accumulated demographic information and the associated effectiveness of the assets, and to recommend assets for insertion to the asset decision system based on the anonymous user profile, wherein the asset decision system uses the anonymous user profile to identify other users with similar demographic information to retrieve and rank the assets for insertion to VOD content selections by the other users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for recommending insertion of assets into Video On Demand (VOD) content being selected by users through Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs), the method comprising:
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detecting when the assets are inserted into the VOD content selections; analyzing upstream internet traffic through a cable television network; identifying internet websites selected by households from the upstream internet traffic in response to the households viewing the assets inserted into the VOD content selections; associating the internet websites with the inserted assets; determining periods of time between the asset insertions and the internet website selections; determining effectiveness of the assets based on the determined periods of time; accumulating demographic information associated with the determined effectiveness of the assets; generating an anonymous user profile based on the accumulated demographic information and the associated effectiveness of the assets; and recommending assets for insertion to an asset decision system based on the anonymous user profile, wherein the asset decision system uses the anonymous user profile to identify other users with similar demographic information to retrieve and rank the assets for insertion to VOD content selections by the other users. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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