System for service usage reporting
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSachin G. Deshpande
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Abstract
A method for reporting information related to the consumption of the audio-visual content is provided. The method comprises: reporting the information including component; wherein the component is comprised of a component type, a component role, a component name, a component ID and time interval information, wherein the component type includes audio, video, closed caption, and application, the component role presents a role or kind of the component, the component name indicates a string representing a human name of the component, the component ID indicates a string representing a component identifier, and the time interval information which includes a start time and an end time.
Claims4
A method for transmitting a consumption data message from a usage reporting capable receiver to a service usage data server, the method comprising:
- transmitting the consumption data message;
- and
- issuing a HTTP PUT request to the service usage data server in a case of being prepared to transmit the consumption data message,
- wherein:
- the consumption data message includes:
- (i) interval information including a first start time of a first interval and a first end time of the first interval,
- (ii) a content component within a given channel, the content component including a second start time of a second interval and a second end time of the second interval, and
- (iii) a delivery path used for the content component being consumed, the delivery path including a third start time of a third interval and a third end time of the third interval, in a case that the content component is received via an indicated delivery path,
- a value of the second start time is not less than a value of the first start time,
- a value of the second end time is not greater than a value of the first end time,
- a value of the third start time is not less than the value of the second start time, and
- a value of the third end time is not greater than the value of the second end time.
A method for receiving a consumption data message from a usage reporting capable receiver, the method including:
- receiving the consumption data message;
- and
- receiving a HTTP PUT request in a case of being prepared to receive the consumption data message,
- wherein:
- the consumption data message includes:
- (i) interval information including a first start time of a first interval and a first end time of the first interval,
- (ii) a content component within a given channel, the content component including a second start time of a second interval and a second end time of the second interval, and
- (iii) a delivery path used for the content component being consumed, the delivery path including a third start time of a third interval and a third end time of the third interval, in a case that the content component is received via an indicated delivery path,
- a value of the second start time is not less than a value of the first start time,
- a value of the second end time is not greater than a value of the first end time,
- a value of the third start time is not less than the value of the second start time, and
- a value of the third end time is not greater than the value of the second end time.
A receiving device for receiving a consumption data message, wherein the receiving device comprising:
- a processor, and
- a memory associated with the processor;
- wherein the processor is configured to perform the following steps:
- receiving the consumption data message, and
- receiving a HTTP PUT request in a case of being prepared to receive the consumption data message,
- wherein:
- the consumption data message includes:
- (i) interval information including a first start time of a first interval and a first end time of the first interval,
- (ii) a content component within a given channel, the content component including a second start time of a second interval and a second end time of the second interval, and
- (iii) a delivery path used for the content component being consumed, the delivery path including a third start time of a third interval and a third end time of the third interval, in a case that
- the content component is received via an indicated delivery path,
- a value of the second start time is not less than a value of the first start time,
- a value of the second end time is not greater than a value of the first end time,
- a value of the third start time is not less than the value of the second start time, and
- a value of the third end time is not greater than the value of the second end time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.