Method and apparatus for maintaining content view statistics in a named data network
US9147051B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 3, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A client device that obtains a data object for a local user, and can detect a check-in requirement in the data object that instructs the client device to share demographic information with a content broker. The client device generates a check-in message that indicates the data object, and includes identifying information for the local user or the local client device. The client device sends the check-in message to the content broker to share the identifying information. The content broker can analyze the check-in message to determine the user's identifying information, and to determine the data object being consumed by the user. The media broker then stores or aggregates the user's demographic information in a repository, in association with the data object. The media broker generates a response packet that grants the client device access to the data object's contents, and returns the response packet to the client device.
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