Systems and methods for determining effectiveness of asset insertion

• US 9,565,458 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2015
• Issued: 02/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canoe Ventures, LLC
• Original Assignee: Canoe Ventures, LLC
• Inventors: Canney, Jason, Davies, Dan, Knudson, Ed, Pizzurro, Chris, Hassell, Joel, Liu, Yong, Munhall, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Pankaj
• Assistant Examiner(s): NEWLIN, TIMOTHY R
• Application Number:
  US14/732,462
• Publication Number:
  US 20160360250A1
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• 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 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

One system herein is operable to determine effectiveness of asset insertion in VOD content. The VOD content is selected by a user through a CPE. The system is operable to analyze upstream internet traffic through a cable television network, to identify household identifications from the upstream internet traffic, and to detect an internet website selected by the user from the upstream internet traffic based on the user'"'"'s household identification. The system is also operable to couple to a VOD asset insertion system of a headend in the cable television network to detect an asset inserted into the VOD content selected by the CPE, to associate the internet website with the inserted asset, to determine a period of time between insertion of the asset and the selection of the internet website by the user, and to determine an effectiveness of the asset based on the determined period of time.

Claims

1. A system operable to determine effectiveness of asset insertion in Video On Demand (VOD) content, the VOD content being selected by a user through a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), the system comprising:

an engagement detector operable to analyze upstream internet traffic through a cable television network, to identify household identifications (HHIDs) from the upstream internet traffic, and to detect an internet website selected by the user from the upstream internet traffic based on the user'"'"'s HHID; and

an asset association module communicatively coupled to the engagement detector and to a VOD asset insertion system of a headend in the cable television network, wherein the asset association module is operable to detect a video asset inserted into the VOD content selected by the CPE, to associate the internet website with the inserted video asset, to determine a period of time between insertion of the video asset and the selection of the internet website by the user, and to determine an effectiveness of the video asset based on the determined period of time,

wherein the asset association module is operable to determine the effectiveness of the video asset based on an additive hazard attribution model.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the asset association module is further operable to direct the VOD asset insertion system to insert the video asset into another VOD content selected by the CPE based on the determined effectiveness of the video asset.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a database comprising demographic information of a plurality of other users having CPEs coupled to a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS),

wherein the asset association module is further operable to determine an identity of the user, to determine demographic information of the user, and to recommend insertion of the video asset into VOD selections of a set of the other users having demographic information that is similar to the determined demographic information of the user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the system is further operable to privatize the upstream internet traffic of the first household.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an Asset Insertion Decision System operable to rank and qualify the video asset from a plurality of video assets prior to insertion.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the asset association module is further operable to determine the effectiveness of the video asset by iteratively estimating decay parameters of channels using collected channel viewing data and sales data.

7. A method of determining effectiveness of asset insertion in Video On Demand (VOD) content, the method comprising:

detecting a video asset inserted into a VOD content selected by a customer premise equipment (CPE);

processing upstream internet traffic from a plurality of households;

identifying a household identification (HHID) of a first of the households from the upstream internet traffic;

detecting an internet website selected by the first household from the upstream internet traffic;

associating the internet website with the inserted asset;

determining a period of time between insertion of the video asset and selection of the internet website; and

determining an effectiveness of the video asset based on the determined period of time based on an additive hazard attribution model.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

directing the VOD asset insertion system to insert the video asset into another VOD content selected by the CPE based on the determined effectiveness of the video asset.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining an identity of the user;

determining demographic information of the user;

identifying a plurality of other users having CPEs coupled to a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) from a database of demographic information, wherein the identified other users have demographic information that is similar to the identified user; and

recommending insertion of the video asset into VOD selections of the identified other users.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

privatizing the upstream internet traffic of the first household.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

ranking and qualifying the video asset from a plurality of video assets prior to insertion.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein:

determining the effectiveness of the video asset comprises iteratively estimating decay parameters of channels using collected channel viewing data and sales data.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when directed by a processor in a Video On Demand (VOD) architecture, directs the processor to determine effectiveness of asset insertion in VOD content, the instructions further directing the processor to:

detect a video asset inserted into a VOD content selected by a customer premise equipment (CPE);

process upstream internet traffic from a plurality of households;

identify a household identification (HHID) of a first of the households from the upstream internet traffic;

detect an internet website selected by the first household from the upstream internet traffic;

associate the internet website with the inserted asset;

determine a period of time between insertion of the video asset and selection of the internet website; and

determine an effectiveness of the video asset based on the determined period of time based on an additive hazard attribution model.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions that direct the processor to determine the effectiveness of the video asset by iteratively estimating decay parameters of channels using collected channel viewing data and sales data.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising instructions that direct the processor to:

direct the VOD asset insertion system to insert the video asset into another VOD content selected by the CPE based on the determined effectiveness of the video asset.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising instructions that direct the processor to:

determine an identity of the user;

determine demographic information of the user;

identify a plurality of other users having CPEs coupled to a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) from a database of demographic information, wherein the identified other users have demographic information that is similar to the identified user; and

recommend insertion of the video asset into VOD selections of the identified other users.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising instructions that direct the processor to:

privatize the upstream internet traffic of the first household.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising instructions that direct the processor to:

rank and qualify the video asset from a plurality of video assets prior to insertion.