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US 10,375,343 B2Granted
System and method for managing streaming services
AssigneeMimik Technology Inc.
InventorsSeyed M. Sharif-Ahmadi, Sam Armani
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Abstract
A gateway for location at a user premises is provided. Bother users and user devices are registered with the gateway which is provided by a service provider. Users access services, such as video streaming, on their user devices via the gateway. The gateway allows users to share content. The gateway collects information about the user's patterns of behavior for the system provider, and can be used to directly obtain feedback from the users.
Claims7
A method of obtaining feedback about a video stream, the method comprising:
- splitting, by a gateway, a display of a user device into two or more zones, wherein each zone is assigned to a respective user of two or more users;
- tracking, by a User Characteristics Catalog Engine (UCC-E), information about a user of said two or more users;
- providing said video stream, to said user device, through said gateway, wherein said video stream is displayed on a respective zone corresponding to said user, wherein said user device is associated with said two or more users, wherein said user device and said two or more users are registered with said gateway, said gateway including said information about said user, wherein said information includes user profile characteristics that characterize said user in terms of static attributes and dynamic attributes of said user, and wherein said dynamic attributes include attributes which relate to sensitivity of said user toward said user's surrounding social events;
- providing, at a conclusion of said video stream, a questionnaire to said user, said questionnaire is provided to obtain said feedback from said user, said questionnaire answerable on said user device, wherein said questionnaire includes questions and surveys regarding said video stream, and wherein said user accesses other users' feedback regarding in progress content in the respective two or more zones;
- retrieving, by said gateway, answers to said questionnaire from said user;
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- returning said answers and said information to a service provider server.
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