Interests and demographics profile for advanced broadcast services
AssigneeSaturn Licensing LLC
InventorMark EYER
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Abstract
A digital broadcast receiver has a storage device and a processing device. The storage device is configured to store a questionnaire received from at least one service provider of a digital broadcast system, and answers to the questionnaire. The questionnaire comprises a data structure common to at least two service providers. The processing device is configured to manipulate the questionnaire and answers. The questionnaire pertains to viewer preferences, demographics, and interests (PDI) information.
Claims22
(canceled)
A method for a receiver, the method comprising:
- receiving and storing, by circuitry of the receiver, a plurality of questionnaires broadcast over-the-air, each of the plurality of questionnaires being associated with a different one of a plurality of service providers;
- acquiring answers to the plurality of questionnaires;
- storing the acquired answers to the plurality of questionnaires in a memory of the receiver;
- downloading a script which is configured to perform a function conditioned on at least one of the answers to the plurality of questionnaires stored in the memory of the receiver:
- executing the script;
- and
- interfacing, by the circuitry, the script with the at least one of the answers to the plurality of questionnaires via an Application Programming Interface (API) implemented at the receiver, the API being configured to interface a plurality of different scripts with the at least one of the answers to the plurality of questionnaires.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having instructions stored therein, which when executed, cause a computer system to perform a method comprising:
- receiving and storing, at a receiver, a plurality of questionnaires broadcast over-the-air, each of the plurality of questionnaires being associated with a different one of a plurality of service providers;
- acquiring answers to the plurality of questionnaires;
- storing the answers to the plurality of questionnaires in a memory of the receiver;
- downloading a script which is configured to perform a function conditioned on at least one of the answers to the plurality of questionnaires stored in the memory of the receiver:
- executing the script;
- and
- interfacing the script with the at least one of the answers to the plurality of questionnaires via an Application Programming Interface (API) implemented at the receiver, the API being configured to interface a plurality of different scripts with the at least one of the answers to the plurality of questionnaires.
A digital broadcast receiver, comprising:
- a memory configured to store a plurality of questionnaires broadcast over-the-air and answers to the plurality of questionnaires, each of the plurality of questionnaires being associated with a different one of a plurality of service providers;
- and
- circuitry coupled to the memory and configured to:
- download a script which is configured to perform a function conditioned on at least one of the answers to the plurality of questionnaires stored in the memory;
- execute the script;
- and
- interface the script with the at least one of the answers to the plurality of questionnaires via an Application Programming Interface (API) implemented at the receiver, the API being configured to interface a plurality of different scripts with the at least one of the answers to the plurality of questionnaires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.