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US 11,887,071 B2Granted
Systems and methods for monitoring content consumption
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsAbhijeet Vijay Mulye, Bernard Burg
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for monitoring content consumption. A method may comprise determining, by a device, content accessed by one or more user devices. The method may comprise causing a distributed ledger record to be generated. The distributed ledger record may comprise an indication of the content. The distributed ledger record may be stored on a distributed ledger. The distributed ledger may comprise other records indicating content accessed by a plurality of other devices.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a distributed ledger;
- and
- a device of a plurality of devices configured to:
- determine a content accessed by the device;
- cause a distributed ledger record to be stored on the distributed ledger;
- and
- sign the distributed ledger record with a digital signature capable of being decrypted using a key,
- wherein the distributed ledger record comprises an indication of the content and an identifier associated with a user of the device,
- wherein the identifier is configured to uniquely identify the user while maintaining anonymity of the user,
- wherein the distributed ledger comprises other records, stored to the distributed ledger by other devices of the plurality of devices, indicating content assets accessed by the other devices of the plurality of devices, and
- wherein the indication of the content and the identifier associated with the user of the device are available to at least a portion of the other devices of the plurality of devices.
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A method comprising,
- determining, by a computing device and based on at least a first portion of a distributed ledger, a plurality of records,
- wherein each of the plurality of records is indicative of a content asset accessed by a device of a plurality of devices and comprises an identifier associated with a user of the device that accessed the content asset,
- wherein the identifier indicates a unique identification of the user while maintaining anonymity of the user,
- wherein the identifier of each record of the plurality of records in the distributed ledger is available to at least a portion of the plurality of devices, and the user associated with the identifier is anonymous to the at least a portion of the plurality of devices,
- wherein at least one record of the plurality of records is signed with a digital signature associated with the device that accessed the content asset, and
- wherein the digital signature is capable of being decrypted using a key;
- and
- determining, based on at least a second portion of the distributed ledger, a consumption information of the content asset.
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A method, comprising:
- determining, by a first device, content accessed by the first device;
- determining a time associated with access by the first device to the content;
- generating a first record in a format for a distributed ledger,
- wherein the first record comprises an indication of the content accessed, the time associated with the access to the content, and a first identifier associated with a user of the first device,
- wherein the identifier indicates a unique identification of the user while maintaining anonymity of the user,
- wherein the first record further comprises a digital signature associated with the first device, the digital signature capable of being decrypted using a key;
- wherein the distributed ledger comprises a plurality of other records indicative of content accessed by one or more of a plurality of devices;
- causing the first record to be stored on the distributed ledger;
- receiving, from a second device of the plurality of devices, a second record, wherein the second record comprises an indication of content accessed by the second device and a second identifier associated with a user of the second device, wherein the second identifier is available to the user of the first device;
- and
- causing the second record to be stored on the distributed ledger,
- wherein the distributed ledger is stored on the first device and the second device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.