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US 2010/0146102 A1Published application
Providing reports of received multimedia programs
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsHaifeng Bi, Xiaolian Bi
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Abstract
Selections of multimedia programs are monitored and indications of the selections are included in a report if user specified criteria are met. Example criteria include a minimum presentation duration, a report condition, and a maximum retention period. Access to the reports may be limited to administrators.
Claims20
A service for providing a report of multimedia presentation events, the service comprising:
- receiving user input defining criteria for including a multimedia presentation event in the report, wherein the criteria includes:
- a threshold presentation duration for receiving a multimedia program;
- and
- a report condition;
- storing data related to receipt of the multimedia program, wherein said storing is responsive to a user receiving the multimedia program for a time equal to or greater than the threshold presentation duration;
- analyzing the data to determine whether receipt of the multimedia program meets the report condition;
- and
- responsive to a user input to access the report, providing the report, wherein the report includes indications of receipt of the multimedia program if receipt of the multimedia program meets the report condition.
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A process for providing a report of qualifying selections of multimedia programs, the process comprising:
- receiving user input values for user input parameters that define when a multimedia program selection is a qualifying selection, wherein the user input parameters include:
- a minimum presentation duration, wherein the minimum presentation duration is compared to a receiving duration during which a multimedia program that is selected with the multimedia program selection is received by a user;
- and
- a report criterion;
- monitoring a user selection of multimedia content, wherein monitoring includes comparing the receiving duration for the multimedia program selection to the minimum presentation duration;
- storing data for the multimedia program selection in response to the receiving duration meeting or exceeding the minimum presentation duration;
- responsive to determining that the multimedia program selection meets the report criterion, classifying a stored selection as a qualifying selection;
- and
- providing the report, wherein the report includes an indication of the multimedia program selection.
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A multimedia processing resource, comprising:
- at least one tangible computer readable medium including instructions for:
- receiving user input defining criteria for including a multimedia presentation event in a report, wherein criteria includes:
- a threshold presentation duration, wherein if a user receives a multimedia program for a time equal to or greater than the threshold presentation duration, the receipt of the multimedia program qualifies as a multimedia presentation event;
- and
- a report element selection criterion;
- and
- a retention period defining a limit on an age of stored qualifying multimedia presentation events;
- receiving a user input to select the multimedia program;
- and
- populating the report with an indication of the multimedia presentation event if selection of the multimedia program meets the report element selection criterion and receipt of the multimedia program occurs for the threshold presentation duration. The multimedia processing resource of claim 18, wherein the threshold duration is at least one of fifteen minutes and thirty minutes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.