Method and apparatus for collecting and providing viewer feedback to a broadcast
First Claim
1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- transmit a survey to a computer of a first viewer;
receive preferences of the first viewer associated with a broadcast in response to a request from the first viewer to provide the preferences;
generate, via a processor, ratings for the broadcast based at least in part on the received preferences of the first user, wherein the ratings are further based on a plurality of viewers who are currently viewing the broadcast together, wherein the plurality of viewers comprise viewer characteristic categories in common and the ratings are further based on a weighted average of the plurality of viewers; and
transmit content to a second viewer'"'"'s computer, wherein the content is based in part on ratings associated with preferences from at least the first viewer.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus to collect and provide viewer feedback to broadcasts. According to one aspect of the present invention, a rating is generated for a broadcast by a server system. The rating is based at least in part on viewer feedback to the broadcast, and the rating indicates a likelihood of interest in the broadcast for potential subsequent viewers. According to another aspect of the present invention, the rating is provided from the server system to an entertainment system, and the broadcast can be selected for viewing at an entertainment system. In one embodiment, the viewer feedback is received at the entertainment system in response to a feedback questionnaire.
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12 Claims
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1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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transmit a survey to a computer of a first viewer; receive preferences of the first viewer associated with a broadcast in response to a request from the first viewer to provide the preferences; generate, via a processor, ratings for the broadcast based at least in part on the received preferences of the first user, wherein the ratings are further based on a plurality of viewers who are currently viewing the broadcast together, wherein the plurality of viewers comprise viewer characteristic categories in common and the ratings are further based on a weighted average of the plurality of viewers; and transmit content to a second viewer'"'"'s computer, wherein the content is based in part on ratings associated with preferences from at least the first viewer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method, comprising:
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transmitting a survey to a computer of a first viewer; receiving preferences of the first viewer associated with a broadcast in response to a request from the first viewer to provide the preferences; generating, via a processor, ratings for the broadcast based at least in part on the received preferences of the first user, wherein the ratings are further based on a plurality of viewers who are currently viewing the broadcast together, wherein the plurality of viewers comprise viewer characteristic categories in common and the ratings are further based on a weighted average of the plurality of viewers; and transmitting content to a second viewer'"'"'s computer, wherein the content is based in part on ratings associated with preferences from at least the first viewer. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; transmit a survey to a computer of a first viewer; receive preferences of the first viewer associated with a broadcast in response to a request from the first viewer to provide the preferences; generate, via the processor, ratings for the broadcast based at least in part on the received preferences of the first user, wherein the ratings are further based on a plurality of viewers who are currently viewing the broadcast together, wherein the plurality of viewers comprise viewer characteristic categories in common and the ratings are further based on a weighted average of the plurality of viewers; and transmit content to a second viewer'"'"'s computer, wherein the content is based in part on ratings associated with preferences from at least the first viewer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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