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US 10,708,651 B2Granted
Dynamic content ratings
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorIlirjan Papa
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Abstract
According to some aspects, methods and systems may include determining that events associated with requests or accessing content items have occurred. The methods and systems may also include authorizing transmission of the content items to the requesting devices based on credential information associated with the requests, and determining a viewership quantity metric associated with the requests.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more computing devices and from a user device, a request for access to a content item, wherein the request comprises an indication of a content platform on which the content item is to be provided;
- receiving, by the one or more computing devices and from the user device, a plurality of indications that the user device is accessing the content item, wherein different indications of the plurality of indications are received at periodic intervals, and wherein each indication of the plurality of indications corresponds to a trick play operation corresponding to a respective different portion of the content item;
- determining, based on the plurality of indications, an accessed amount of the content item that was accessed by the user device via the content platform;
- updating, based on the content platform and based on a comparison between the accessed amount of the content item and a threshold amount of the content item, a viewership quantity metric associated with the content item;
- determining, based on the updated viewership quantity metric, a popularity of the content item;
- and
- causing display of output associated with the popularity of the content item on a display screen.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more computing devices and from a user device, a request for access to a content item, wherein the request comprises an indication of a content platform on which the content item is to be provided;
- receiving, by the one or more computing devices, from the user device, and over periodic intervals during a duration that the content item is being accessed by the user device, a plurality of indications that the user device is accessing the content item, wherein each indication of the plurality of indications corresponds to a trick play operation corresponding to a respective different portion of the content item;
- updating, based on the content platform and the plurality of indications, a viewership quantity metric associated with the content item;
- determining, based on the updated viewership quantity metric, a popularity of the content item;
- and
- causing display of output associated with the popularity of the content item on a display screen of the user device.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting, by a user device and during a period in which the user device is accessing a content item via a content platform, a first indication at a first time, wherein the first indication indicates that the user device is performing a first trick play operation corresponding to a first portion of the content item;
- transmitting, by the user device and during the period in which the user device is accessing the content item via the content platform, a second indication at a second time, wherein the second indication indicates that the user device is performing the first trick play operation corresponding to a second portion of the content item;
- transmitting, by the user device and after the period in which the user device is accessing the content item via the content platform, a third indication at a third time, wherein the third indication indicates that the user device is performing a second trick play operation corresponding to a third portion of the content item;
- receiving, by the user device, data associated with a popularity of the content item, wherein the popularity is determined based on the content platform and is further based on a plurality of indications comprising the first, second, and third indications;
- and
- outputting, for display, the data associated with the popularity of the content item on a screen associated with the user device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.