Detecting and reporting on consumption rate changes
US8386601B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04H60/66
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A reporting system for providing reports on consumption rate changes for media content delivered over a network. A respective media consumption history is received for each of a plurality of entities at a storage. The histories are analyzed to identify selected media content for reporting based on changes in a consumption rate of the media content between at least two time intervals. A report including a reference to the selected media content is provided to a system. In an example, the system is a search engine indexing system and the invention enables the rapid indexing of new content and/or media content experiencing a surge in popularity. The consumption rate changes can be measured for monitored audiences comprising a subset of the audience. The monitored audience can be provided as a list of entities and/or selected based on the media consumption history and/or similarity to a known set of entities.
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