Indicating program popularity
AssigneeVerizon Data Services Inc.
InventorsLaxmi Patel, Senthil K. Raghavan, Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Japan A. Mehta
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Abstract
Data is transmitted from content processing devices to a server, the data relating to a number of times that each of one or more media programs have been accessed within a given time period. The data is aggregated to obtain an aggregate number of times that each of the one or more media programs has been accessed within the given time period. An indication of popularity for each of the one or more media programs may be determined from the data.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a first list of media programs, each program in the first list being included in the first list according to a number of times the program has been accessed;
- receiving a program guide that includes a second list of media programs;
- identifying at least one program in the second list that is included in the first list;
- and
- providing an indication of popularity relating to the at least one program in a user interface that displays some or all of the program guide.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, from a plurality of content processing devices, data relating to a number of times that each of one or more media programs have been accessed from the respective content processing devices within a given time period;
- aggregating the data to obtain an aggregate number of times that each of the one or more media programs has been accessed within the given time period;
- creating a first list of media programs, each program in the first list being included in the first list according to a number of times the program has previously been accessed;
- and
- providing the first list of media programs to at least one content processing device.
A content processing device comprising a computer readable medium, the medium having tangibly embodied thereon computer-executable instructions for:
- receiving a first list of media programs, each program in the first list being included in the first list according to a number of times the program has been accessed;
- receiving a program guide that includes a second list of media programs;
- identifying at least one program in the second list that is included in the first list;
- and
- providing an indication of popularity relating to the at least one program in a user interface that displays some or all of the program guide.
A server comprising a computer readable medium, the medium having tangibly embodied thereon computer-executable instructions for:
- receiving, from a plurality of content processing devices, data relating to a number of times that each of one or more media programs have been accessed within a given time period from the respective content processing devices;
- aggregating the data from the content processing devices to obtain an aggregate number of times that each of the one or more media programs has been accessed within the given time period;
- creating a first list of media programs, each program in the first list being included in the first list according to a number of times the program has previously been accessed;
- and
- providing the first list of media programs to at least one content processing device.
A method, comprising:
- transmitting, from a plurality of content processing devices to a server, data relating to a number of times that each of one or more media programs have been accessed from the respective content processing devices within a given time period;
- aggregating the data to obtain an aggregate number of times that each of the one or more media programs has been accessed within the given time period;
- creating a first list of media programs, each program in the first list being included in the first list according to a number of times the program has previously been accessed;
- providing the first list of media programs to at least one of the content processing devices;
- receiving a program guide that includes a second list of media programs;
- identifying at least one program in the second list that is included in the first list;
- and
- providing an indication of popularity relating to the at least one program in a user interface that displays some or all of the program guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.