Patent Application
20130014222
This application for letters patent disclosure document describes inventive aspects directed at various novel innovations (hereinafter “disclosure”) and contains material that is subject to copyright, mask work, and/or other intellectual property protection. The respective owners of such intellectual property have no objection to the facsimile reproduction of the disclosure by anyone as it appears in published Patent Office file/records, but otherwise reserve all rights.
The present innovations are directed generally to media control, and more particularly, to SOCIAL CONTENT MONITORING PLATFORM METHODS.
A home TV user may view TV programs from a plurality of channels. The user may operate a handheld remote TV controller sold with the TV set to select TV channels. For example, the user may push buttons on the remote controller to switch channels, turn up/down audio volume, power on/off the TV. Merchants advertise their products to attract consumers. Thus the TV audiences may interact with the TV and select a desired channel without physically touching it via operating the remote TV controller.
The accompanying appendices and/or drawings illustrate various non-limiting, example, innovative aspects in accordance with the present descriptions:
The leading number of each reference number within the drawings indicates the figure in which that reference number is introduced and/or detailed. As such, a detailed discussion of reference number 101 would be found and/or introduced in
The SOCIAL CONTENT MONITORING PLATFORM METHODS provides a client-server interactive platform whereby a user may operate a general purpose personal mobile device (e.g., a smart phone, etc.) to receive a list of TV programs schedules and submit a selection of TV channel via the personal mobile device. In one implementation, the user may operate the personal mobile device as a TV remote controller. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may receive the user's selection of a channel and determine what media contents the user has elected to watch. In one implementation, the user's channel selection and viewing status may be populated to a social media platform, and the Social-Watch may obtain user response with regard to a TV program from the social media to perform analytics for TV program feedback review.
For example, in one implementation, a user may plug a Social-Watch accessory (e.g., 120 in
In another implementation, the Social-Watch may parse commercial ad information retrieved at and generate prompt questions, surveys, and/or the like 408.
For example, if the Social-Watch determines the user is supposed to watch a series of “Audi” commercial during the show “The Big Bang Theory,” the Social-Watch may prompt a survey including questions with regard to automobile purchasing. In another implementation, the Social-Watch may keep a record of advertisements that has played on channels the user has recently selected (e.g., for a period of past 2 weeks, etc.), and generate prompt questions based on such advertisements. In one implementation, the user may submit responses to such questions.
In a further implementation, when a user is provided a question with regard to an embedded advertisement in the TV show (e.g., “are you interested in the red bag the character is carrying?” etc.), the user may submit a request to learn more and/or purchase the product. In that case, the Social-Watch may provide a merchant URL to the user and/or redirect the user to the merchant site.
In one implementation, Social-Watch may monitor whether the user is “actually” attending and watching the selected TV channel. For example, the user's mobile device may capture, aggregate and packetize atmospherics data (e.g., taking photos of the user, recoding audio clips, obtaining GPS information, etc.) and submit to the Social-Watch, which may in turn decode the atmospherics data to analyze ad effect and audience perception, as further illustrated in
Within implementations, the Social-Watch platform 105 may interact with user mobile devices, e.g., PDAs, smart phones, etc., for targeted mobile advertisement delivery 104. For example, in one implementation, Social-Watch platform may obtain a TV viewing status information from a user's mobile device, and determine the TV program content the user is/has been watching based on TV schedules, as further discussed in
In one implementation, Social-Watch platform 105 may obtain data related to user interactive activities with regard to mobile ads, TV viewing, Internet 102 (including online browsing, purchasing, etc.), social media, and/or the like to analyze ad effects, TV rating so that to determine delivery 105c and performance 105b of an advertisement campaign. Within implementations, the ad campaign planning 105a, ad performance 105b and ad delivery 105c, may be separately executed by the Social-Watch platform 105 for each media type, e.g., TV, print, Internet, social media, etc.
In one implementation, upon instantiating the downloaded Social-Watch client component, the user may receive a schedule listing of TV programs, and may select a channel that the user is interested. For example, the user may tap on the listed item to select “CH2: CBS The Big Bang Theory 105.” In one implementation, the Social-Watch plug-in accessory 120 may receive the indication of user channel selection and transmit such indication to the home TV set 130, and the TV 130 may switch to the channel “CBS 110” accordingly.
In a further implementation, the user's selection of channel “CBS 105” may be transmitted to a Social-Watch, which may in turn automatically populate a message on social media, e.g., a Facebook status update showing the user “is watching The Big Bang Theory on CBS 135.” In an alternative implementation, the user may elect to manually enter and populate the social media feeds via the Social-Watch client component instantiated on his personal mobile device.
For another example, the social message, e.g., a Tweet message, may contextually tag the text on key terms to indicate what the user is watching, e.g., the Tweet hashtags “#The Big Bang Theory,” “#CBS,” etc. In one implementation, the hashtags may link to profile information of a TV show, including its scheduled airing time, crew information, description, and/or the like. In further implementations, the Tweet hashtags may be employed for social content data taxonomy engine, as further illustrated in
As shown in one example in
In further implementations, Social-Watch may include various data into the atmospherics data packets. For example, Social-Watch may “listen” and record an audio clip of the audience scene. For another example, Social-Watch may prompt the user to indicate how many audience are present to watch the on-going TV program. For another example, Social-Watch may monitor whether the user is engaging in other application activities on the personal mobile device 115, e.g., email(s), Facebook, browser activities, gaming applications, etc. For another example, Social-Watch may include GPS information of the personal mobile device 115 into the atmospherics data.
In one implementation, Social-Watch may be configured to automatically create photo/video/audio captures. In another implementation, Social-Watch may prompt the user to manually enter desired information, such as how many individuals are present to watch the TV program, and/or request the user position the built-in camera of the mobile device to snap photos/video clips. In one implementation, Social-Watch may provide promotion incentives for the user to cooperate with such requests, e.g., lottery opportunities, etc.
In one implementation, Social-Watch may analyze the obtained audience atmospherics data 125. For example, as shown in
In one implementation, Social-Watch may generate a media analytics report 190 based on the obtained social media user comments to reflect audience reaction to the show “The Big Bang Theory.” For example, in one implementation, the report may comprise statistical data with regard to audience age, demographics, occupation, etc. Further examples of media analytics report are discussed in
In one embodiment, the Social-Watch may receive a list of real time TV program 237a. For example, in one implementation, the TV program 237 data may comprise information such as channel information, media program information of each channel, program schedule information, and/or the like. For example, the TV network 270 may provide a (Secure) Hypertext Transfer Protocol (“HTTP(S)”) PUT message including the TV schedule data 237a in the form of data formatted according to the eXtensible Markup Language (“XML”). Below is an example HTTP(S) PUT message including an XML-formatted TV schedule for the Social-Watch server:
The media program may further comprise information such as media air time, media length, advertisement tag timestamp, ad name, ad product information, and/or the like. The media program may further comprise a sub-table comprising embedded advertisement tags (e.g., see 343a in
In further implementations, the TV schedule 237 may comprise sub-tables including information with regard to the media programs. For example, an exemplary XML-formatted TV program table takes a form similar to the following:
In one embodiment, the user 233a may operate a client mobile device, which may receive a list of real time TV programs 237b. In one embodiment, upon reviewing the received channel schedule 237b, the user may submit a channel selection by tapping on a selected channel (e.g., see 105 in
In another implementation, the Social-Watch server 220 may provide the TV program schedule data to a TV set-top box (STB) 201, e.g., via a cable network, wherein the STB may receive user TV event messages 235a and forward such information 235c to the Social-Watch server 220. In another implementation, the STB may directly communicate with a Social-Watch infrared component (e.g., 120 in
In one implementation, a TV channel selection event 235b may be logged by the Social-Watch server 220 and stored as a real time data record in a Social-Watch database 219. For example, in one implementation, the user device may provide a HTTPS POST message including the TV channel selection message 235b in the form of data formatted according to the XML. Below is an example HTTP(S) POST message including an XML-formatted user trigger for the Social-Watch server:
In further implementation, the user's mobile device may send event messages. Such event messages may include channel selection message 235b, user checkin/checkout action (e.g., user signing in/out to a Social-Watch mobile/web-based client portal, etc.), and/or the like. In one implementation, the events may be sent to the Social-Watch server 220 via Https Post web based API, which may comprise a type identifier and a set of parameters of the event data, e.g., channel selection, user response, etc. In one implementation, Social-Watch server 220 may save such event data at CSV format. For example, the following Tables I and II provide an exemplary data structure of an event message:
In one embodiment, upon submitting a channel selection, the user 233a may populate social media feeds of his viewing status 275a to the social media network 250, wherein the user's friends may view his status, knowing what the user is watching, electing to “like,” “dislike,” and/or comment on his status, and/or the like. For example, in one implementation, a Social-Watch client app may comprise a social feature (e.g., see 715 in
The Social-Watch may obtain a user token for authorization to access the user's social media profile, content, and/or the like. The user authorization may be further discussed in
For example, in one implementation, the Social-Watch may provide a HTTPS POST message including a social message 275b in the form of data formatted according to the XML. Below is an example HTTP(S) POST message including an XML-formatted user viewing status 275a/b for the Social-Watch server:
In the above example, the Social-Watch server 220 may automatically populate a social message to the user's Facebook page, showing a status update “John Doe is watching The Big Bang Theory on CBS.”
In a further implementation, the user 233a may receive friends' recommendations 277 of TV programs from the social media 250 (e.g., see 705 in
In further embodiments, Social-Watch may load data 278 from the social media platform 250, e.g., user profile information, user comments/activity data related to an advertisement/a TV program, and/or the like. Further implementations and example data structures of the social media data 278 are discussed in
For another example, in one implementation, the user device 233a may generate an atmospherics data package as a HTTPS POST message in the form of data formatted according to the XML. Below is an example HTTP(S) POST message including an XML-formatted atmospherics data 239 to provide to the Social-Watch server 220:
The user device may perform “ambient listening” and generate atmospherics data package constantly, intermittently, and/or periodically (e.g., every hour, etc.) to “listen-in” user's watching status, e.g., whether the user is paying attention to the selected TV program. In the above example, the generated atmospherics data package may comprise a variety of data segments, such as a “MyRecord.mp3” audio clip which may indicate whether the played audio matches a selected channel program, whether the user is chatting with friends (e.g., see 298 at
In another implementation, the user mobile device may send a device application event 241 indicating user device application status to the Social-Watch server 220. For example, the device application event 241 may comprise an actively engaged application information on the device, e.g., application ID, application name, application category, push email heart beat pulse, etc, which may suggest audience activities while watching TV, e.g., video gaming, texting, calling, checking email, browsing, playing music, editing photos, and/or the like. For example, in one implementation, the user device 233a may generate a mobile application event as a HTTPS POST message in the form of data formatted according to the XML. Below is an example HTTP(S) POST message including an XML-formatted device application status to provide to the Social-Watch server 220:
In one implementation, the device application status 241 may comprise a list of application names that have been open and active for a minimum amount of time (e.g., 10 seconds, etc.). In another implementation, the device application status 241 may be periodically harvested to the Social-Watch server.
In one implementation, the user may submit a session request 253 to the Social-Watch server 220 via the mobile application, e.g., as shown in Table 1, the session request 253 may comprise a user ID and an event/session ID to indicate the Social-Watch application has stared. Upon receiving a user request, the Social-Watch server may determine whether the user has registered with Social-Watch 255. For example, in one implementation, the user may be a new user to the Social-Watch application service, who may just download and install the mobile application but has not registered. If the user is not registered 258, the user may be requested to submit registration information, such as user name, phone number, email address, residential address, and/or the like for registration 260. The Social-Watch may also obtain a physical address, a hardware ID of the user mobile device, etc., for registration purposes.
In one implementation, upon registration, the Social-Watch server 220 may obtain and store a user application ID, and/or a session ID 265 to start the Social-Watch service session. In one implementation, the Social-Watch server 220 may obtain a real-time TV program listing 267, e.g., from a TV network, a TV broadcasting service, etc. In one implementation, the Social-Watch server 220 may obtain the TV schedule updates on a periodical basis (e.g., daily, etc.), and store the TV schedule information at a TV schedule database. In one implementation, the user 233a may receive a list of TV programs 270 via the Social-Watch application, e.g., see 710 in
In one implementation, the user mobile device may send a user event message 280 to the Social-Watch server 220, and the Social-Watch server may monitor user event messages 276 from the user device. As discussed in
Within implementations, the Social-Watch may determine whether each received TV event message indicates a stable TV channel program selection, or a channel surfing. In one implementation, the Social-Watch retrieve a list of unprocessed TV message records (e.g., grouped per user profile) 2002 from the raw data store 219a. For every two consecutively received messages 2005, the Social-Watch may calculate the elapsed time in-between 2008, and determine whether the elapse time is greater than a pre-determined surfing threshold (e.g., 5 seconds, 10 seconds, etc.). For example, when the elapsed time is shorter than the surfing threshold, indicating the user may be frequently switching channels to browse the program, the Social-Watch may not consider the channel selection message as effective TV viewing, and may filter such message records from TV viewing analysis 2013.
In another implementation, when the elapsed time is greater than the surfing threshold 2009, suggesting the user may at least spend an amount of time staying on the selected channel, the Social-Watch may further determine whether the elapsed time is greater than a capping threshold 2015. For example, when the elapsed time is too long, greater than the capping threshold (e.g., 2 hours, 3 hours, etc.), it may suggest a user may just let the TV on without watching. In such cases, Social-Watch may apply capping edit rules to compute a “real” watching time 2025. For example, if the elapsed time between a first TV channel switch and a second channel switch is 5 hours, the Social-Watch may not log 5 hours as the watching time for the first selected channel, as the capping threshold is 2 hours. The Social-Watch may in turn determine the watching time of the first selected channel as capped by a STB/TV off event (e.g., when a STB/TV off event is received during the elapsed time, the watching time may not exceed the timestamp of the STB/TV off event), TV program end time (e.g., when the playing TV program on the first selected channel ends during the elapsed time, the watching time is calculated as the time elapse between the first TV channel event and the TV program end time), and/or the like, e.g., at 2023. In further implementations, the Social-Watch may apply cutoff thresholds based on historical heuristics via statistical analysis 2023. For example, the Social-Watch may determine the watching time based on individual habits, e.g., a user has been observed to stay on the same channel for at most 1 hour, etc. For another example, the cut-off threshold may be analyzed by channel, e.g., 1 hour on CBS, 2 hours on ABC family, and/or the like.
In one implementation, when the elapsed time does not exceed a capping threshold at 2015, and/or when the watching time has been re-calculated based on capping rules at 2025, the Social-Watch may retrieve TV program information on the user selected channel 2018, and generate a user channel selection log file 2020. For example, the log file may comprise fields such as user ID, channel ID, channel selection time, user watching time, channel program name, channel program ID, and/or the like. Such generated log files may be fed to a user TV viewing data engine 2030 for audience analytics 219b. For example, the audience analytics database 219b may be utilized to analyze TV viewing rates of a TV program, product/brand impression of advertised products during the user watching time, and/or the like. Exemplary audience analytics reports are discussed at
the Social-Watch server 220 may retrieve TV program information to determine the TV program played on the user selected channel 292. For example, the Social-Watch may query on a TV program table (e.g., obtained at 267 at
In one implementation, Social-Watch may generate TV viewing data for the retrieve TV program 293. In one implementation, Social-Watch may associate the user selection to the TV viewing rate of the retrieved TV program, and may refine the TV viewing rate with atmospherics analytics at 306. For example, in one implementation, the Social-Watch may monitor groups of audience's channel selection, wherein the audience groups may be defined based on age, geography, and/or the like. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may generate an audience summary via a dashboard, e.g., see
In another implementation, the Social-Watch may incorporate the received device application status (e.g., 2890 for user activity analytics. For example, the Social-Watch may capture active application s running on the device 299a from the received device application data, and determine user activities when viewing 299b, e.g., emailing, browsing Internet content, texting, video gaming, and/or the like. Such indicated user activity data may be incorporated into audience attendance estimation 2100.
In one implementation, the artifact may comprise a visual data file 297, such as a video file (e.g., “wmv,” “mp4,” “avi,” “rm,” etc.), an image file (e.g., “JPEG,” “bmp,” “tiff,” “gif,” etc.), and/or the like. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may determine graphical content 297 of the visual file. For example, the Social-Watch may perform image analysis to determine whether the photo image, and/or video frames comprise a scene of audience, and/or a TV screen. In one implementation, a mobile application at the user mobile device, e.g., iPhone, etc., may perform face recognition at a photo taken at an iPhone, and integrate such data in the atmospherics data package, e.g., an iPhoto including two faces, etc. In another implementation, the Social-Watch server may perform facial recognition to determine audience presence 297a. In other implementations, the Social-Watch server may perform image analysis to determine user activities in the photo image, e.g., reading a book, doing housework, and/or the like. In further implementations, a Social-Watch panelist may review the photo image and determine audience status.
In another implementation, the Social-Watch may determine whether a TV screen image matches the TV program associated with the user channel selection 297b, e.g., the user may switch to watch recorded program (e.g., TiVo, DVD player, etc.) instead of live TV program on the channel, and in such cases, the Social-Watch may not receive an indication of such change. For example, in one implementation, Social-Watch may perform image analysis to determine whether the received image photo (and/or a video frame grab) contains a TV screen shot 297b, e.g., by detecting edges of a rectangular shaped object on the image, etc. For another example, the Social-Watch may store a plurality of sample screen shots from the TV program played at the user submitted channel, and may compare the received image photo with each of the stored sample screen shots. In further implementations, a Social-Watch panelist may assist in reviewing and determining whether the user TV screen matches the played TV program. In one implementation, if the Social-Watch determines the user is absent from a TV set, or engaging in other activities from the graphic analysis, Social-Watch may generate negative heuristics with regard to TV viewing data of the TV program on air.
In another implementation, if the received atmospherics data comprises an audio artifact (e.g., with a file extension of “way,” “mp3,” “ape,” “m4a,” etc.), the Social-Watch may perform audio analysis to determine a content of the audio 298. For example, the Social-Watch may analyze the frequency range of the audio content to determine the sound source, e.g., whether it is human voice, ambient noise, media broadcasting, and/or the like.
In one implementation, if the audio content comprises human voice (e.g., within the frequency range 60˜7000 Hz), the Social-Watch may determine whether the human voice is from the audience or broadcasting media. For example, the Social-Watch may perform voice recognition to determine whether the human voice matches with any of the characters in the TV program on air on the user submitted channel, e.g., at 298a.1. If not, the Social-Watch may determine such human voices may indicate audience presence 298a, e.g., whether more than one user is present with the TV set.
In further implementations, if the audio file comprises human voice, the Social-Watch may extract verbal content from the audio file to determine whether an audience conversation, or a human conversation from media playing, is related to the TV program on air on the user submitted channel 298a.2. For example, the Social-Watch may adopt speech recognition software (e.g., Nuance, IBM WebSphere Voice, etc.) to extract key terms from the conversation, and compare whether the key terms are related to key words stored with the TV program in the database. For example, if Social-Watch extracts key terms “quantum mechanics,” “physics,” “big bang,” etc., from the human conversation in the received atmospherics audio artifact, and the user submitted channel CBS is playing “The Big Bang Theory,” Social-Watch may determine the audience is watching the show on air. In such cases, the Social-Watch may not need to distinguish whether the human conversation in the audio file is from the audience or TV, but focus on mining the content of the conversation.
In another implementation, if the Social-Watch determines the audio artifact comprises ambient noise, Social-Watch may determine an environment of the audience 298b. For example, if the background is overly noisy, the user may not be watching the TV program.
In another implementation, if the Social-Watch determines the audio artifact comprises media sound (e.g., music, etc.), the Social-Watch may determine whether the audio media content matches the TV program on air on the user submitted channel 298c via a media recognition software (e.g., a Shazam alike music recognition kit, etc.). For example, if the user selected channel CBS has “The Big Bang Theory” scheduled at the moment, but the Social-Watch determines a Lady Gaga song in the received audio atmospherics, this may indicate the user is not watching the TV program. In one implementation, if the Social-Watch determines the user is distracted from the TV program based on the audio content, Social-Watch may generate negative heuristics with regard to TV viewing data of the TV program on air.
In an alternative implementation, the Social-Watch client component, which may be instantiated on a user mobile device (e.g., a downloadable application such as, but not limited to an iPhone application, an Android application, etc.) and/or a table top standalone unit, may obtain atmospherics data to determine the program the user is watching without user indication of the channel. For example, the Social-Watch component may obtain audio recording, video recording, signatures image captures, and/or the like of the audience watching environment, and submit the obtained data to Social-Watch server. In one implementation, the Social-Watch server may analyze the obtained data to determine what the audience is watching in a similar manner as illustrated at 297, 298 in
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may perform an audio/video recognition procedure to identify a TV program, e.g., via digital signatures embedded in the program, and/or the like. In another implementation, the Social-Watch may extract key terms from the audio/video captures, and form a query on a database of TV programs to find a match. For example, in one implementation, the Social-Watch may extract textual terms from the obtained audio media program excerpts, such as “big bang,” “quantum physics,” “Sheldon,” etc., and may form a query in a database of TV programs which may return a result indicating the obtained audio media program excerpt may be related to the TV show “Big Bang Theory.”
In an alternative implementation, rather than uploading sampling and/or the entirety of the captured audio/video median content, the Social-Watch may analyze the recorded audio/video content to generate a unique signature and/or a unique hash, which may be used for further matching. For example, the unique signature/hash may take a form similar to a sequence of 0-1 representation of a sampling of the recorded media content. In one implementation, the signature/hash generation may be performed at a user device (e.g., the user's mobile phone, the table top unit, etc.), which may upload the generated signature/hash sequence to the Social-Watch server. In another implementation, the user device may upload media content sampling, clips or the captured entirety to the Social-Watch server, which may then perform the signature generation. Within implementations, software tools/components such as, but not limited to i-brainz, and/or the like may be adopted to generate audio signature/hash.
In further implementations, such “listen-in” activities may be performed on a standalone table unit, which may communicate with a user computer via a wireless network, and/or transmit the “listen-in” results to the Social-Watch server.
In further implementations, lighting sensor data 299c may indicate the lighting condition of the user environment to determine the viewing status. GPS information contained in the atmospherics data may indicate whether the user is located with the home TV 299d, e.g., by comparing the instant GPS location with a registered user residential address, etc.
In one implementation, Social-Watch may analyze the variety of atmospherics data to determine whether the user should be accorded as a “viewer” of the real-time TV program on air. In one implementation, as shown in
For example, at 299d in
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may calculate the atmospherics score 2200, which may be the assigned GPS weight at this stage, and determine whether the score is greater than a predetermined threshold (e.g., 1, etc.) 2205. If so, the Social-Watch may conclude the user is not watching the TV and quit scoring 2300. Otherwise, the Social-Watch may proceed with analyzing device app analytics data at 299a, and repeat the process of updating atmospherics score to determine whether a threshold has been met to suggest the user is not watching.
At 2165, the Social-Watch may determine an active application type 2165, and assign a weight based on the application type 2168. For example, an active gaming application may be accorded 0.7; an active email application may be accorded 0.5; an active internet browser may be accorded 0.5, and/or the like:
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may calculate an updated atmospherics score 2170 and determine whether it exceeds the threshold 2175. If it has not exceeded the threshold, the Social-Watch may proceed with audio analytics results from 298, provided such audio analytics is available from the atmospherics data. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may retrieve and/or determine audio analytics indications 2178, e.g., ambient noise level, media music which does not match the TV program on air, human voice chatting on irrelevant topics, etc. In one example, the Social-Watch may assign a weight based on audio analytics indications 2180 similar to the following table:
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may update the atmospherics score 2185 by adding the audio scores to determine whether it exceeds the threshold 2190. Otherwise, Social-Watch may proceed to perform graphical analytics at 297a/b given such visual data is available. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may retrieve and/or determine visual analytics indications 2192, e.g., user activity, user presence, number of individuals, TV screenshot, etc. In one example, the Social-Watch may assign a weight based on visual analytics indications 2195 similar to the following table:
In one implementation, if the updated score 2193 does not exceed the threshold, the Social-Watch may conclude the user is watching the TV program 2305, and feed such indication to 2100 for studying TV viewing rates. Otherwise, the Social-Watch may conclude the user is not watching 2300, and may not count the user as a “viewer” of the TV program.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may process the decoded atmospherics data based on a progressive mechanism, to reduce processing complexity. For example, as shown in
Within embodiments, the user's mobile device may capture image, audio data, video data, GPS coordinates and/or the like 2105. In one implementation, the Social-Watch client component may automatically configure the user device to capture atmospherics data, e.g., obtaining GPS coordinates, capturing audio data, capturing device application status data, etc. In another implementation, the Social-Watch client component may prompt a request for the user to hold up the mobile device to position the camera for image/video capturing of the TV screen, the audience scene, and/or the like.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may extract identifying information from the captured monitoring data 2106, such as a hardware ID, MAC address, and/or the like. The Social-Watch may determine whether there is any external event 2108, e.g., the user is sending a response to survey question, submitting a channel selection, etc. If there is such external event 2108, the Social-Watch may launch the event and embed the atmospherics information into the user responses 2110 for transmission. For example, in one implementation, the embedded atmospherics data may have the same timestamp as the original user response data payload.
In another implementation, the Social-Watch may aggregate, and packetize different atmospherics data 2113 in a compliant data format for transmission to the Social-Watch server (e.g., see 239 in
In one implementation, upon receiving a message from the user device 2115, the Social-Watch server may determine the message type 2118. In one implementation, if the message is an atmospherics data packet 2120, the Social-Watch server may decode and analyze the atmospherics data packet 2123 to extract information as to the user's viewing status. For example, the Social-Watch server may perform an optical character recognition (OCR) procedure on a photographic frame extracted from the received atmospherics data to determine whether the TV program played on TV matches the program schedule associated with the user's selected channel, e.g., whether the program is “correct” 2125. For example, if the user has submitted a selection of channel “CBS,” the Social-Watch may query on a program table to determine that “The Big Bang Theory” shall be on air at the timestamp when the atmospherics data is received. The Social-Watch may then ascertain whether the received photo of the user's TV set indicates the show on TV is “The Big Bang Theory.”
In a further implementation, the Social-Watch may determine whether the user is watching 2128. For example, the Social-Watch may perform OCR on the received graphic data (e.g., photos, video clips, etc.) to determine whether the user is present in front of the TV. For another example, the Social-Watch may determine how many users are watching the TV program by being present. For another example, the Social-Watch may determine whether the user is present in front of his home TV by analyzing the received GPS coordinates, e.g., when the user's GPS coordinates reflects he has migrated from his home address to a second address, it may indicate the user is no longer watching the TV program after submitting channel selection.
In a further implementation, the Social-Watch may generate viewing data 2130 to determine audience rating of a TV program, wherein analysis of the atmospherics data may contribute to the viewing statistics.
In one implementation, Social-Watch may register the user's non-live media facility 2156, and may establish a secure communication channel with the non-live media facility. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may receive a non-live media schedule 2158, which may be automatically downloaded from the user's non-live media (e.g., media on-demand, Internet TV streaming service such as ABC episodes, Hulu.com, etc.), and/or provided by the user (e.g., a list of recorded programs for replay).
In one implementation, upon receiving an indication of non-live media selection 289e, the Social-Watch platform may check the program table to determine the TV program on the non-live media 2160, and log the user channel selection of an associated TV program with a timestamp 2125. The Social-Watch may also obtain and analyze atmospherics data 2123, e.g., in a similar manner as discussed in
Upon establishing communication with a TV/DVD set, the user device may monitor on user's channel submission 2530. When a channel selection is obtained, the user device may transmit a channel selection indication to the logged TV/DVD address via the infrared plug-in accessory 2535. In this manner, the user may operate a general purpose mobile device as a TV/DVD remote.
For example, in one implementation, the TV media program table 237a (e.g., see also 237a in
The above XML example shows a media program “The Big Bang Theory season 3, episode 2” which is scheduled to be on air on CBS at 9 pm on Sep. 9, 2000. The example media program comprise an ad tag which may be a regular advertisement (e.g., non-product placement or embedded in the scene) of Audi automobile, and another ad tag which may be an embedded product placement, e.g., a “pair of XYZ-designer sunglasses” as shown in a scene during the TV program (e.g., see
In another embodiment, the Social-Watch server 220 may generate questions 338b synchronized and/or related to the TV program ads 343a, which may be devised by the Social-Watch based on the media content the user has viewed, the advertisement the user has viewed, and/or the like. For example, if the channel the user has been watching recently has played advertisement of “Audi,” the Social-Watch may prompt a question to the user such as “which brand automobile would you prefer?” to determine the advertisement effects. In another example, the user 233a may receive real-time information synchronized with a product placement embedded in the TV program. For example, when a user is watching a TV show, he may receive a prompt question 338b related to an embedded advertisement in a scene of the TV show, e.g., “Do you want to learn more about Penny's sunglasses?” In a further implementation, the Social-Watch may redirect the user to a URL “www.buythings.com/XYZ-designer/spring2000” if the user clicks to learn more about the product.
For example, in one implementation, the Social-Watch server 220 may provide a HTTPS PUT message including the questionnaire 338b in the form of data formatted according to the XML. Below is an example HTTP(S) PUT message including an XML-formatted questions 338b to provide to the user 233a:
In one embodiment, upon receiving questions and/or ads at the mobile device, the user may submit a response 339 to the Social-Watch server, e.g., an answer to the question, a click on the provided ad URL, and/or the like. In another implementation, upon viewing an embedded advertisement while watching a TV program, the user 233a may desire to learn more or purchase the product, and submit a request of purchase 365a (e.g., by clicking on “Buy it Now” 750c in
For example, in one implementation, the Social-Watch server 220 may provide a HTTPS PUT message including the questionnaire response 339b, purchase request 365a in the form of data formatted according to the XML. Below is an example HTTP(S) PUT message including an XML-formatted questions responses/purchasing request to provide to the database 219:
In further implementations, the Social-Watch may populate social media feeds of the user's questionnaire responses/purchase information 365b to a social media platform 250. In another implementation, the user may share purchase information to the social media 250. For example, the user's Facebook news feeds may comprise a message “XXX participated in a survey. See her response” (e.g., see 731c in
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may parse commercial ad information on the selected channel 308a, to extract key terms. For example, in one implementation, the Social-Watch may retrieve the advertised product brand name, product name, category, etc. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may query on a questionnaire database based on the parsed ad key terms 310. For example, for an “Audi” commercial, the Social-Watch may parse key terms as “Audi,” “car,” “automobile,” and select and generate pop-up questions related to such key terms to the user 312.
In another implementation, the Social-Watch may incorporate a variety of user media content exposure data to generate media content based survey questions 308b. For example, Social-Watch may incorporate mobile ads exposure data (e.g., user web visits, Social-Watch generated mobile ads, etc.), user application status (e.g., browsing history, Internet gaming content, etc.), social content (e.g., social pages, social ads, friends' recommendations, user' likes, etc.) 305b, and/or the like. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may receive the various user content exposure data from a Social-Watch client component instantiated on the user mobile device, e.g., an iPhone app, etc. In another implementation, the Social-Watch may receive mobile data from a mobile meter, a proxy server, a TV metering system, and/or the like.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may generate synchronized pop-up survey questions to the user. For example, in one implementation, the Social-Watch may analyze the ad tags prior to the TV program on air, and prepare pop-up questions associated with each ad tag. The generated pop-up questions may be sent to the user according to the timetable of the ad tags. In another implementation, the Social-Watch may retrieve the user's viewing history, e.g., the TV programs the user has recently watched, etc., and determine the ads associated with the TV programs the user has watched to generate non-synchronized pop-up survey questions.
Upon receiving the pop-up survey question 313, the user may elect to submit a response 315, which may indicate ad effects. In further implementations, the survey questions may be generated based on advertisement the user has exposed to (e.g., via cross-channel ad measurement, as further illustrated in
In one implementation, if the TV program at the user submitted channel contains no synchronized ad tags 330, the Social-Watch may elect not to send ads/questions to the user. In another implementation, the Social-Watch may retrieve user's recent viewing history (e.g., the past week, etc.), and generate a non-synchronized ad/survey question to the user based on the user's recently viewed TV programs. In further implementations, the Social-Watch may re-send ads that were synchronized with one of user's recently viewed TV programs to the user.
In further implementations, the synchronized product placement ads may be applied to in-game ads in a similar manner. For example, the Social-Watch may determine a user is engaging in a gaming application via the received device application event (e.g., 241 in
In another implementation, if the received message comprises responses to prompt questions 362, the Social-Watch may determine a classification of the question 365, e.g., a response to survey, a response to embedded advertisement, and/or the like. In another implementation, the question responses may be classified by the products, e.g., automobiles, apparels, electronics, and/or the like. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may extract a questionnaire ID and/or a survey ID from the received user response, and store the questionnaire results 368 associated matched with the questionnaire based on an ID query.
In a further implementation, the user who responds to questionnaires may be credited for a reward. For example, after obtaining and storing questionnaire results, the Social-Watch may determine rewards for the user 370, e.g., five Social-Watch points for each question answered, etc., and credit the points to the user's Social-Watch account 372. In another implementations, the rewards may comprise virtual currency (e.g., store points, gaming points, etc.), coupons, discounts, and/or the like, sponsored by an advertising merchant.
In another implementation, when the Social-Watch determines the response does not comprise a response to a survey question at 362, the Social-Watch may determine whether it comprises an interactive activity indication 376. For example, a user may submit a rating of the product with the interactive ad, click on the interactive ad, and/or the like. In one implementation, if the user submits a purchase request 378, the Social-Watch may provide a merchant URL, and/or direct the user to a merchant page to proceed with purchase transaction 377a. The Social-Watch may log user activities associated with the product placement advertisement 377b, e.g., with an ad ID, etc.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may aggregate data analysis results from all different types of messages received from the user and run aggregate analytics 375 for ad effects.
In one implementation, Social-Watch may retrieve an advertisement and determine an ad classification 380, e.g., a category of the advertised product (e.g., apparel, accessories, automobile, electronics, etc.). For example, for an “Audi” advertisement, the Social-Watch may query for stored questions (e.g., 368 in
In another implementation, the Social-Watch may query for stored user activities (e.g., stored at 377b in
In one implementation, Social-Watch may compare the ad effects score of the same ad on different media channel, to determine efficiency of the ad placement. For example, if the same “Audi” ad has a higher impact score on channel “ESPN” than “Disney,” it may provide heuristics to the merchant that such advertisement is more efficient on “ESPN.” In further implementations, Social-Watch may determine efficiency of the time and the TV program to place the advertisement based on the ad effects score.
In one embodiment, the Social-Watch controller 405 and/or the different components may be instantiated on a user mobile device, e.g., an Apple iPhone, etc. In an alternative embodiment, the controller may be housed separately from other components and/or databases within the Social-Watch system, while in another embodiment, some or all of the other modules and/or databases may be housed within and/or configured as part of the Social-Watch controller. Further detail regarding implementations of Social-Watch controller operations, modules, and databases is provided below.
In one embodiment, the Social-Watch controller 405 may be coupled to one or more interface components and/or modules. In one embodiment, the Social-Watch Controller may be coupled to a user interface (UI) 410. The user interface 410 may be configured to receive user inputs and display application states and/or other outputs. The UI may, for example, allow a user to adjust Social-Watch system settings, select communication methods and/or protocols, manually enter texts, engage mobile device application features, and/or the like. In one implementation, the user interface may include, but not limited to devices such as, keyboard(s), mouse, stylus(es), touch screen(s), digital display(s), and/or the like. In another implementation, the user questionnaire component 430 may provide user survey questions and receive user responses via the user interface 410.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch Controller 405 may further be coupled to a sensor module 420, configured to interface with and/or process signals from sensor input/output (I/O) components 425. The sensor I/O components 425 may be configured to obtain information of environmental conditions, and/or the like to generate atmospherics data that may be received and/or processed by other Social-Watch components. A wide variety of different sensors may be compatible with Social-Watch operation and may be integrated with sensor I/O components 425, such as but not limited to a camera, an audio recorder, a GPS component, and/or the like, configured to capture video clips/photos of what is playing on the TV and/or whether the user is watching the program, audio recording clips indicative of what is playing on the TV, GPS information indicative of the user's location, and/or the like. In one implementation, the Media Listen-In Component 440 may configure, aggregate and packetize atmospherics data captured by the sensor module component 420 in a data format suitable for data transmission via the sensor I/O 425. In a further implementation, the Media Listen-In Component 440 may process and analyze the obtained atmospherics data, e.g., a photo captured by the mobile device, etc., to identify whether the user is watching, and/or how many individuals are watching from the photo, via image processing. For example, in one embodiment, the iPhone SDK toolkit and/or runtime libraries may be installed and/or used to perform such image processing.
In one embodiment, the Social-Watch Controller 405 may further be coupled to a communications module 430, configured to interface with and/or process data transmission from communications I/O components 435. The communications I/O components 435 may comprise components facilitating transmission of electronic communications via a variety of different communication protocols and/or formats as coordinated with and/or by the communications module 430. Communication I/O components 440 may, for example, contain ports, slots, antennas, amplifiers, and/or the like to facilitate transmission of TV program listing information, user submission of channel selection, user responses to survey questions, and/or the like, via any of the aforementioned methods. Communication protocols and/or formats for which the communications module 230 and/or communications 10 components 435 may be compatible may include, but are not limited to, GSM, GPRS, W-CDMA, CDMA, CDMA2000, HSDPA, Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, and/or the like. In various implementations, the communication I/O 435 may, for example, serve to configure data into application, transport, network, media access control, and/or physical layer formats in accordance with a network transmission protocol, such as, but not limited to FTP, TCP/IP, SMTP, Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) and/or the like. The communications module 430 and communications I/O 435 may further be configurable to implement and/or translate Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), VoIP and/or the like data formats and/or protocols. The communications I/O 435 may further house one or more ports, jacks, antennas, and/or the like to facilitate wired and/or wireless communications with and/or within the Social-Watch system. For example, the communication I/O 432 may be extended by a plug-in accessory as shown at 120 in
Numerous data transfer protocols may also be employed as Social-Watch connections, for example, TCP/IP and/or higher protocols such as HTTP post, FTP put commands, and/or the like. In one implementation, the communications module 430 may comprise web server software equipped to configure application state data for publication on the World Wide Web. Published application state data may, in one implementation, be represented as an integrated video, animation, rich internet application, and/or the like configured in accordance with a multimedia plug-in such as Adobe Flash. In another implementation, the communications module 430 may comprise remote access software, such as Citrix, Virtual Network Computing (VNC), and/or the like equipped to configure user application (e.g., a user mobile device). In another implementation, the communications module 430 may transmit TV program listing information to the real time TV remote control component 415, which may in turn receives user channel selection form the user interface 410.
In further implementations, the Social-Watch 405 may be configured to communicate with a content based embedded advertising component 420, media content questionnaire synchronization component 435, and/or the like (as further discussed in
In one implementation, the generated ad synchronization questions 421 may be received and provided to the user via a user interface generated by the user questionnaire component 430 on the user's mobile device, which may in turn provide user's response events 422 to an Ad effect engine component 460 at the MR-PLATFORM server 450 to analyze advertisement effects.
In one embodiment, the media listen-in component 440 may collect and aggregate atmospherics data 423, e.g., video recording clips, audio recording clips, photo streams, GPS information, and/or the like, to a media viewing statistics analysis component 465, which may analyze the media viewing data, and determine the audience reception rate of a TV program and/or advertisement.
In a further implementation, the social media connection component 445 may generate and transmit social media post 448 indicating the user's viewing status to a social media database 469, and may optionally send the social media post to the Social-Watch 450 as well. In one implementation, the Social-Watch server 450 may obtain the user's social media status updates information, including friends' recommendations, comments, and/or the like via an API call 471 to the social media database 469. In another implementation, the Social-Watch server 450 may redirect a user to the social media website 472 from the user's instantiated Social-Watch client component to engage in social media activities. For example, the user may click on a social media link via the Social-Watch client component user interface and be redirected to the social media page.
The table top device 473 may facilitate mobile remote control to operate in a similar manner as the Social-Watch accessory 1120 in
In one implementation, the table top device may be configured to periodically monitor audio contents, video contents, etc., in the atmosphere, with or without having user input of a channel selection. For example, the table top device may record an audio/video clip of media program being played, and send such audio/video clip (or generate a signature/hash based on sampling of the recorded audio/video media content) to the Social-Watch server, which may in turn determine what the user is watching. Further implementations are discussed in
In a further implementation, the Social-Watch may track social media content (e.g., Facebook and Twitter, etc.) of Social-Watch consumers, e.g., users who has authorized Social-Watch to access their social media content. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may link demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal data from the user's profile information with social media behavior. The social media data downloading may be obtained via API calls, as discussed in
In a further implementation, the Social-Watch may recruit consumers (e.g., Facebook, Twitter users who have allow Social-Watch to access their social content) as Social-Watch panelists, e.g., by providing incentive rewards to the users, etc. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may track how social media messages propagate throughout a network of social media users (e.g., the recruited panelists, etc.), based on the profiles of the individuals. Such measures of connectivity may be analyzed to measure propagation of marketing communications.
In another implementation, each panelist may be associated with a social media specific profile so that their social media activities may be tracked to determine whether they are influencers in certain categories, disseminators of information, information consumers, and/or the like. For example, in one implementation, a panelist may be labeled as a “The Big Bang Theory Fan Wiki,” so that users interested in the show “The Big Bang Theory” may follow the panelist to obtain information of the show via the panelist's posts, comments, and/or the like, related to “The Big Bang Theory.”
In one implementation, individual social media profiles may be incorporated to assess advertising targeting performance, enable advertisers to plan social media campaigns by targeting product influencers, and/or the like.
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In one implementation, upon receiving the access request 505, the social media 250 may generate and send a user authorization request 510 to the user 233a. For example, Facebook and/or Twitter may send an email to the user 233a, wherein the email may comprise an authorization link directing the user to a Social-Watch authorization page (e.g., as included in the access request 505). In one implementation, the user 233a may be access the included authorization link via a mobile application UI 511a (e.g., see
For example, in one implementation, the user's mobile application and/or a web-based application may generate a (Secure) HTTPS PUT authorization message 515 including an application ID and permission indication for the social media platform in the form of data formatted according to the XML. Below is an example HTTP(S) PUT message including the XML-formatted access authorization message provide to Facebook:
In the above example, the authorization message to Facebook may comprise information as to the scope of information access, e.g., the user may permit Social-Watch to access the user “JDOE's” Facebook profile including his name, age, date of birth, work an education information, interested pages, network, and/or the like; a number of friends of “JDOE,” but may not access an exact friends list. The user may allow Social-Watch to obtain “JDOE's” posts on his own wall, but may not permit access to his posts on his friends' wall or friends' comments on his wall, and/or the like.
In one implementation, the social media 250 may pass on the application ID from the user's mobile or web application and generate a user token 518 to Social-Watch for confirmation of access permission. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may determine when data update is needed 520, e.g., the data update from social media may be performed on a periodic basis (e.g., daily, weekly, etc.). The Social-Watch server may generate a data request 522 together with the received user authorization token (e.g., 518) and transmit to the social media platform.
In one implementation, the data request 522 may be sent to the social media platform via a user oAuth protocol, and comprise a Social-Watch application ID, and/or a user social media ID, and/or the like. For example, in one implementation, the Social-Watch server 220 may provide a (Secure) HTTPS PUT message including a data request 522 for Facebook in the form of data formatted according to the XML. Below is an example HTTP(S) PUT message including the XML-formatted access request provide to Facebook:
In the above example, the data request generated by Social-Watch to Facebook may comprise a user ID “JDOE” indicating the request is directed to Facebook information of the user “JDOE”; a client ID indicating the application (e.g., the Social-Watch mobile application ID, etc.) indicating a source of the request; and a URL link which may be provided to the user for authorization, e.g., a link that requests the user to click a “OK” or “Cancel” button on the page to authorize or deny Social-Watch to gain access to the user's Facebook content. The access request may further comprise information as to the scope of information access, e.g., Social-Watch may request to access the user “JDOE's” Facebook profile including his name, age, date of birth, work an education information, interested pages, network, and/or the like. The Social-Watch may also request to obtain information of a number of friends of “JDOE,” but may not request to access an exact friends list. The Social-Watch may further request to obtain “JDOE's” posts on his own wall, but may not request to obtain his posts on his friends' wall or friends' comments on his wall, and/or the like.
For another example, in one implementation, the Social-Watch server 220 may provide a (Secure) HTTPS PUT message including a data request 522 for Twitter server in the form of data formatted according to the XML. Below is an example HTTP(S) PUT message including the XML-formatted access request provide to Twitter:
In the above example of data request to Twitter, the request may comprise a user signature request. For example, a user may provide electronic signature by clicking on a link (e.g., at 515, etc.) noting “I hereby provide my signature by pressing this button to allow Social-Watch access my Twitter content,” etc.
In one implementation, upon verification of the data request by Facebook/Twitter/other social media platform, Social-Watch server 220 may download social media structured data 525a and unstructured data 525b (e.g., see 571a-b in
In one embodiment, the Social-Watch media measurement portal 570 may load data from social networks via a HTTP network 578 via API calls, e.g., Facebook APPI 580a, Twitter API 580b, Google+API 580c, and other social data providers 580d.
The media measurement portal 570 may process the loaded data within different analytics platforms 570a/b based on loaded data types, e.g., structured data 571a or unstructured data 571b.
For example, in one implementation, structured data 571a may be already stored in a structured format when loaded from the data source, such as, but not limited to user TV channel selection indication with timestamp, web displaying content with timestamp, social media user profile information, a number of user's social connections (time stamped), a posted photo on social media platform with timestamp, and/or the like. For example, an exemplary XML record of structured Facebook user profile data 571a downloaded from Facebook may take a form similar to the following:
In one implementation, the analytics platform for processing structured data may store the structured data, such as TV channel selection, mobile/web content data, social network user profile data, etc. in a database 575a.
For another example, unstructured data 571b may comprise raw text downloaded from social media platform, e.g., friends' comments from Facebook, original Tweets, etc. In one implementation, Social-Watch social analytics platform 570b may perform data mining on unstructured data 571b to measure user feedbacks of a brand name product, TV program, etc. For example, a query may be performed on the unstructured data 571b to determine how many mentions of “The Big Bang Theory” are posted by Facebook users.
For example, in one implementation, an exemplary XML record of unstructured Facebook user message 571b downloaded from Facebook may take a form similar to the following:
For further implementations, the unstructured data 571b may comprise a social post, a social media check-in status, social mentions, and/or the like.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch structured data analytics platform comprises a variety of processing components, such as but not limited to user permission component for social media access 573a, TV/mobile/web measurement reports component 573b, media analytics engine 573c, organization/user account management component 573d, single source data extraction, transformation and load (ETL) component 573e, and/or the like. Within implementations, the user permission component may present panel users with a set of user interface screens requesting them to provide permission for Social-Watch to access their social content. For example, Social-Watch may provide incentives of promotional rewards, points, coupons and/or the like to users during questionnaire distribution (e.g., Social-Watch mobile questionnaires 238a, etc) to allow Social-Watch access to their social content.
In one implementation, if the user agrees to provide the access to their social content, the permission component 573a may get the authorization token from the respective social platforms (Facebook, twitter etc) as per the authorization protocol and persist the token in a repository 575b. The user permission component 573a may pass the user token and other application authorization details to social analytics platform so that the user's social content can be extracted at a scheduled frequency. For example, Social-Watch may periodically, constantly and/or intermittently load social content data from the social media platforms via API calls once authentication is established. Further implementations of user permission flows are discussed in
In one implementation, the media analytics engine 573c may analyze the loaded structured data 573c, e.g., per user profile, per media type, etc. In one implementation, the organization/user management 573d may create and manage user accounts with the Social-Watch. In further implementations, the TV/mobile/web measurement reports component 573b may generate media measurement reports (e.g., including audience ratings, ad effectiveness, etc.) based on structured media data, such as audience TV channel selections, mobile/web browsing activities, etc.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch unstructured data analytics platform 570b may have a rule to define the specific fields for which the content needs to be extracted for a given user (e.g. user demographics, no of friends, no of messages in a given duration, actual text for message and comments etc). Based on the authentication token the social media analytics platform 570b may query the social platform for the content. In one implementation, the social analytics platform 570b may schedule the query tasks and persist structured and unstructured content that is extracted.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch social analytics platform 570b may comprise a variety of processing components, such as but not limited to, social media measurement reports component 583a, taxonomy management console 583b, text analytics engine 583c, social media adapters 583d, social analytics platform API 583e, and/or the like. The social analytics platform API 583e may exchange data via API calls 587 with the single source ETL process component 573e, such as user authorization tokens, and/or the like.
In one implementation, the taxonomy management console 583b may define taxonomy tags and taxonomy logic rules. For example, the taxonomy may be defined at three different levels: a standard taxonomy specific to an industry and business function as provided by the platform vendor (e.g., tagging a unstructured data record by industry, etc.); taxonomy defined by analyst and subject matter experts (e.g., Social-Watch analytics defined taxonomy rules, etc.); and/or taxonomy defined by clients, and/or the like. For example, for a Tweet “Good adaptation of the Southern Vampire series. Love the CBS actors/actresses. Expecting the new season” (e.g., 185 in
In one implementation, the social media measurement reports 583a may provide a user feedback measurement report to a user via UI integration and data visualization. Within implementations, the reporting portal 583a may leverage the web based visual components (e.g. word cloud, traffic light components etc) provided by the social media analytics platform 570 for analysis that deliver insights purely on social media data. In further implementations, for insights generated on combined data set from social and other data sources (e.g., via data mesh-up 572 between the structured data analytics platform 570a and unstructured data analytics platform 570b, etc.) the taxonomy management console 583b may be integrated to an integrated reporting portal to ensure the clients have the self service capability of defining the taxonomy and building the reports. For example, single sign on and UI widget meshup 572 may be adopted between the two platforms 570a and 570b for integration of the two.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch media measurement portal 570 may combine structured social media data with other data sources to generate cross media insights. The social media analytics platform 570b may have the API to extract data for predefined metrics and attributes (e.g., taxonomy logics, data tags, etc.). The metrics and attributes may be predefined in the social media analytics tool to compute from the structured and unstructured content extracted from the social media platforms.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch media measurement portal 570 may use different platforms for social media reporting and structured data reporting, and have a tight integration at the data and UI layers of both the platforms. Additional implementations of the Social-Watch media measurement portal 570 may comprise: out of the box connectors for social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc (e.g., at 583e, etc.); web based taxonomy creation and management user interfaces; industry specific prebuilt taxonomies (e.g., at 583b, etc.); text analytics engine with sentiment analysis with learning algorithms (e.g., at 583c, etc.); ability to define fields for which social content needs to be extracted (e.g., at 583c, etc.); data API calls to extract large data set in and out of the platform in real time and/or in batch mode (e.g., at 583d, etc.); data API calls for UI widget integration to create mesh-up (e.g., at 572, etc.); multiple tenant support to ensure taxonomies defined at organization and department level (e.g., at 583b, etc.); single sign on support with active directory service interfaces (ADSI) and other light weight directory access protocol (LDAP) providers 13 (e.g., at 572, 573a, etc.); components to generate insights from large historical data (e.g., over two terabytes of data); components to schedule data extraction jobs from social media sites (e.g., at 583e, etc.); components to support to host the service on a cloud, and/or the like.
In one implementation, the user 233a may allow Social-Watch platform to access to their social network. For example, in one implementation, the user 233a may sign up for Social-Watch permission via a Social-Watch mobile application 511a from a mobile device (e.g., an Apple iPhone, an Android, etc.). For another example, the user 233a may visit a Social-Watch social data panel management website 511b (e.g., as illustrated in one example in
In another implementation, the Social-Watch may receive user attempts to log in and determine whether the user is authorized 532a/b to grant social media data access permission for Social-Watch. For example, when a user has received an email from a social media platform (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, etc.) comprising a Social-Watch link for authentication and the user clicks the link to proceed to grant permissions for Social-Watch, the user may deemed authorized to configure social media permissions via Social-Watch. In another implementation, when Social-Watch determines the user is not authorized, Social-Watch may redirect the user to a social media page 533a/b with a Social-Watch application ID and a permission attribute request, e.g., as discussed at in
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may determine whether access is approved by the user, e.g., the user may select “Yes” or “Cancel” to indicate permission decision for Social-Watch to access the user's social media content when the social media platform sent an email notification indicating the access request from Social-Watch, e.g., at 515 in
For example, if the previous authorization is not valid or if it is a first time access then the Social-Watch application may use oAuth protocol to request Facebook or Twitter to provide access to user profile and messages (e.g., sending an access request 505 as shown in
In one implementation, if the user approves the access request then in the response Facebook or Twitter may provide an authentication token associated with permission to the data elements (e.g., 518 at
If the user granted the permission, Social-Watch may save the authorization response token provided by the social media platform in a user repository 535a/b. The authentication token may be used in all subsequent requests to social networking sites to access user's data elements. In another implementation, if the user did not grant permission, the user may continue with the mobile application or the web based panel management website 536a/b.
Upon establishing and/or confirm user authorization for social media access, Social-Watch server may generate social messages to populate to social media platforms via Social-Watch 537, e.g., see 275b in
For example, if the data record is obtained from Facebook, the data format analytics may determine whether it is structured user profile information, a user posted photo, unstructured user posting on the wall, others' comments, and/or the like. For another example, if the data record is obtained from Twitter, the Social-Watch may determine whether it comprises raw text of a Tweet, and/or the like.
In one implementation, if the received data is structured 538, Social-Watch may parsing the structured data to extract information 552. For example, a structured user profile data record may be parsed per data field, e.g., user id, user_name, user_DOB, user_interests, and/or the like. The Social-Watch may generate a data record including user ID/timestamp/geo source, etc. 555 and store the data record for the structured data 557 at a database (e.g., see 575a in
In another implementation, if the received data is unstructured 538, e.g., raw texts of Facebook comments, Tweets, etc., Social-Watch may feed the data to a Taxonomy engine for data tagging 560, as further illustrated in
Within implementations, a Social-Watch analytics platform (e.g., 570 at
In one implementation, data elements are categorized based upon how frequently they are updated and Social-Watch may accordingly determine the fetch and refresh schedules. For example, the categorization may comprise users static descriptors, such as user demographic attributes like date of birth, gender, etc., which may be relatively “constant” and “static, and thus may be determined to scheduled to update every 6 months. For another example, the categorization may comprise dynamic descriptors, such as number of friends, Likes, television viewing, books and other preferences, which may be updated by a Facebook user more frequently, and may be scheduled for updates monthly. For another example, the categorization may comprise text messages, status, comment, messages, posts, etc., and may be scheduled to update daily and/or on demand. In one implementation, Social-Watch may specify the requested content in a data request accordingly, e.g., for user descriptors only, for dynamic descriptor only, for text messages only, and/or any combination of the above. (e.g., see the “RequestedContent” field in the example Facebook data request 522 in
In one implementation, Social-Watch server 220 may download social media data updates (e.g., as discussed in
For example, in one implementation, Social-Watch may form a query on the structured data based on key word “The Big Bang Theory” and/or any character names and/or actors/actress names for the associated profiles, e.g., a Facebook pages, Twitter profiles, and obtain a number of followers from the structured data. In another example, Social-Watch may form a query based on the key term “The Big Bang Theory” and obtain raw text comments containing the key term. In one implementation, Social-Watch may perform a progressive search over the raw text (e.g., unstructured data, etc.). For example, Social-Watch may search for “The Big Bang Theory,” and then refine the search results by “The Big Bang Theory AND CBS,” and refine the search results by “The Big Bang Theory AND CBS AND Show,” and/or the like. In one implementation, Social-Watch may search the unstructured data based on data tags associated therewith, as further discussed in
In one implementation, Social-Watch may obtain query results 620, which may comprise a number of followers on the social media platform, a series of raw text comments from the social media, and/or the like. The Social-Watch may then determine a presentation format 623 to provide the results to the user. For example, when the user elects to choose “raw texts” (e.g., see 850 in
In one implementation, Social-Watch may apply taxonomy model logics, which may comprise any of a first logical section associated with the semantic categorization of keywords and a second logical section associated with the sentiment keywords. In one implementation, the taxonomy may assign weighted scores to the logical tagging in conjunction with the semantic text.
For example, in one implementation, the semantic categorization logic may be hierarchical and specific to a domain to maintain simplicity of in model management and run time executions, e.g. a specific taxonomy model for TV shows, a specific taxonomy model for advertisement and brand mentions, a taxonomy model for any combination of the above, and/or the like.
The Social-Watch may extract sample text 653 for a TV show from social media by a text miner (e.g., the text analytics engine 583c in
In a further implementation, Social-Watch may identify keywords set for each TV show/topic including words spelled differently but meant to refer the same entity 657 to expand the query scope, e.g. “COCA-COLA,” “COCA-COLA'S,” “COKE,” “COKE'S,” “COCA COLA,” “COCACOLA,” etc. Within implementations, a variety of logical combination of such key words may be coded as a logical rule 660 with AND, OR, Not operator, e.g.
wherein the “+” is an AND operator and “|” is an OR operator. The Social-Watch may establish a taxonomy tree combining the rules and store the generated logic taxonomy tree in a taxonomy database (e.g., see 585a in
In one implementation, Social-Watch may follow the taxonomy tree for “Coke,” forming a query on a second category, e.g., brand name and positive mentions 690. In the above example, the taxonomy tree may apply a query on “Coke+Good” etc. If such text is found, Social-Watch may generate a sub tag associated with the unstructured data with “Coke+good” 693a. If not, the Social-Watch may apply the taxonomy for an alternative query key terms, e.g., “Coke+Excellent” 693b, and/or the like. Similarly, if that is found, Social-Watch may generate a sub tag “Coke Excellent” with the unstructured data 695.
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Within implementations, during the taxonomy rule execution process, each taxonomy rule may be executed at a leaf node and then the next higher level may be computed. Upon finishing with a taxonomy tree, the Social-Watch may generate a matching score of the applied taxonomy logics 699. For example, the score may be based on a similarity percentage of the key terms in each node of the taxonomy tree and the compared unstructured data segment. To maintain efficiency, taxonomy execution models may be logically partitioned. For example, for a segment of raw text, the same unstructured text segment may be executed through different models and scores generated may be merged and aggregated. When the similarity score is greater than a threshold (e.g., 80%, etc.) 6100, the current tagging generated from 682-698a may be saved 6102. Otherwise, the Social-Watch may proceed with a different taxonomy model, e.g., at 686 in
In one implementations, Social-Watch may apply one or more taxonomy logics to an unstructured data segment, as the data segment (e.g., a Tweet, a Facebook post, etc.) may be related to one or more brand products, etc.
In further implementations, the taxonomy tagging mechanism may be associated with a weighting score at each “node” of the taxonomy hierarchy. For example, in the above example for “Coke,” if the Social-Watch receives a client request to analyze consumer impression about a new product of Coca Cola on social media analytics, the Social-Watch may perform taxonomy mining upon unstructured data from the social media (e.g., consumer comments). Each “node” may be progressively associated with a weight score to determine consumer impression. For example, when the data comprises “Coke,” a level 0 weight score may be assigned (e.g., 0.1, etc.); when the data comprises “Coke+good” or “Coke+excellent,” a level 1 weight score may be assigned (e.g., 0.5, etc.); but when the data comprises “Coke+horrible” or “Coke” with other negatively indicative adjectives, a negative level 1 weight score may be assigned (e.g., −0.5, etc.). In one implementation, the taxonomy engine may calculate an overall score of an unstructured data record when progressively querying upon taxonomy key terms, and generate statistical results of a group of unstructured data to determine the consumer impression. For example, the Social-Watch may generate statistical report as to how many consumers are positive, neutral, or negative towards “Coke,” based on their calculated scores, as illustrated in one example in
over other members of the population, e.g., whether a user is an “influencer.” For example, when a user posts comments to the CBS show “The Big Bang Theory” on Facebook, and his Facebook friends have “liked” his comments and subsequently watch the show, the user may be considered as a Facebook “influencer.” In one implementation, the notion of influencer may be specific to a social media platform; a person who is an influencer on one platform may not be an influencer on another.
In one implementation, the social influencer may be determined by social media indices. For example, the Social-Watch may analyze prerequisites for consideration as a social media influencer, such as whether a user has an account on a social web platform, whether the user has generated content on that platform within the past 30 days, and/or the like.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may calculate social media index of a user to determine an influencer. For each member that meets the prerequisites, a social media index is calculated using various measures. For example, the Social-Watch may calculate a reach measure, e.g., over the past 30 days, the maximum size of the network, which may be measured through “friends”, “followers”, or other similar measures. For another example, the Social-Watch may calculate a frequency measure, e.g., over the past 30 days, the total number of posts to the platform, which may be measured through things like “status updates”, “tweets”, or “comments”, depending on the relevant content generation opportunities for the particular platform. For another example, the Social-Watch may calculate a resonance measure, e.g., over the past 30 days, the total number of responses to the individual's content. Depending on the platform, these responses may take the form of “retweets”, comments on “posts” or “status updates”, or direct messages responses to the individual. The responses may or may not need to come from individuals within the population being measured.
In one implementation, the calculated measures are then ranked against the same measure from other individuals in his or her demographic group. The demographic measures may include, but are not limited to, age, gender, race, education, and income. The specific groupings used for age, education, and income can vary based on the population being analyzed. An individual is considered an influencer if he or she ranks in the top 20% of at least two of the variables.
In further implementation, the influencer determination may be refined by product category. Each post made by an individual may be classified as mentioning a product, or not mentioning a product, based on text analysis against a standard taxonomy of products and brands. The volume of posts in each category can be tabulated, and an individual classified as an influencer in any product category which represents at least 20% of his or her product-classified posts. In further implementation, a social influencer may be specified and/or classified with regard to a TV show category, a category of products, a category of brands, and/or the like.
In one implementation, Social-Watch may track audience activities to content (planning and competitive analysis) and advertising (post analysis, ad effectiveness). In one implementation, the Social-Watch may create digital footprints on usage as a bi-product of delivering content and advertising, e.g., via application session ID, cookie, etc., to create dataset that is used for tactical content and advertising decisions. For example, the MR-PLATFORM may set up a group of users (e.g., 100,000 users, etc.) to track their TV viewing, Mobile usage, Online surfing history, advertising exposure, demographic information, product ownership info for auto, location, financial services, product usage information for CPG/Pharma, and/or the like to provide survey research for ad effectiveness. In one implementation, Social-Watch may recruit users with incentive rewards (e.g., the participants may be required to allow Social-Watch to access their social media content as illustrated in
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In a further implementation, the Social-Watch may utilize the Social-Watch client component installed at a user mobile device to capture TV viewing in the home, survey responses, and/or the like. In a further implementation, the Social-Watch may adopt a mobile meter to measure mobile usage. In another implementation, the Social-Watch may provide a client component which may provide history information from a user's personal computer when user connects his mobile device to his computer to sync up so that the Social-Watch may track online Internet usage of the user, e.g., browsing history, clicks on ads, etc. In a further implementation, the Social-Watch may track TV ad exposure from a variety of meter data, e.g., TNS, M+, AceMetrix, and/or the like. In further implementations, data may be collected passively via mobile phones in almost real time, and/or when phone is being charged.
Within implementations, TV distribution may be driven by an over the air broadcast and a “one-to many” cable infrastructure. Unlike other media and industries, like the Internet and the CPG/retail environment, the TV infrastructure may not create footprints on usage with content (or product) distribution. In such cases, the industry may have a panel based research to understand the size and composition of TV audiences. All decisions related to programming, ad sales, and carriage deals between multiple system operator and cable networks may be based upon panel data, which may enable research providers to realize outsized rewards for providing insights.
In one embodiment, the Social-Watch may obtain TV viewing data via Return Path Data (RPD) from Digital Set Top Boxes (RDTB), which may facilitate analysis of TV viewing to provide insights on viewing to small networks and small geographies, e.g., local market measurement reflecting a local TV station or cable MSO zone. For another example, metered data from RPD may be applied to analyze a group of categorized audience (e.g., heavy Coke drinkers) with targeted ad content (e.g., a 30 second commercial on a niche, targeted network).
In further implementations, the Social-Watch may study ad effects by collecting data with regard to user purchasing activities of the advertised products. For example, the Social-Watch may track user clicks on a “Buy it Now” button, e.g., see 750c in
In further implementations, the MR-PLATFORM may access to non-live media, such as, Charter, TiVo, Rentrak, Internet TV (e.g., Google TV, Apple TV, and/or the like, and incorporate viewing data for analysis (e.g., see
In further implementation, Internet measurement data (e.g., from ISP data, etc.) may be collected, e.g., HTTP cookies, click-stream data with demographic information, and/or the like.
In further implementations, mobile usage may be tracked via specific applications (e.g., in a similar manner to log file analysis), anonymous location based tracking of cell users, and/or the like.
In one implementation, a client (e.g., a user, a merchant for analytics report, etc.) may access the Social-Watch analytics server 755 via a website 784, which may in turn operate with a text analytics platform 783c to analyze social content, cross-channel data, and/or the like.
In further implementations, the Social-Watch may identify an advertisement comprised in a URL link via advertisement image recognition. For example, the Social-Watch may identify graphical contents contained in a URL link based on empirical pattern of web content format. Such empirical patterns may be classified per URL link type (e.g., a shopping site link such as Amazon.com may have an advertisement placed at the center frame of the web page; a news link such as New York Times page may have an advertisement placed at the side/bottom bar of the web page, and/or the like). For another example, the Social-Watch may identify dynamic contents on the web page, such as, but not limited to flash contents, banners, applets, and/or the like, as displayed advertisements.
Within implementations, upon obtaining an image capture of an advertisement, the Social-Watch may adopt software packages to identify contents of the advertisement (e.g., a featured product name, a brand name, etc.) so that it can be associated with a user's ad exposure. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may generate a unique identifier indicative of visual characteristics of the captured ad graphical contents (e.g., a matrix representation of sampling of the captured ad image, etc.), and form a query on an ad database based on the unique identifier. In another implementation, the Social-Watch may adopt software packages similar to, but not limited to Google image search, and/or the like. Further details of advertisement image match may be similar to that described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,565,139, entitled “Image Based Search Engine for Mobile Phone with Camera,” which is herein expressly incorporated by reference.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may dissect an advertisement identification from the advertisement embedded in the web content (e.g., the URL link) to determine a product name, a brand name, and/or the like, which the user has been exposed to. In further implementations, the captured graphical advertisement contents may be tagged with metadata in compliance with formats associated with an advertisement, e.g., exif data tags (which may include unique advertising identifiers in the software tags, in the inter-operability tags, in the extension name/ID, extension description tags, and/or the like). Other graphical metadata formats may also be contemplated such as XMP, GIF, IPTC information interchange model metadata format, and/or the like.
In further implementations, the Social-Watch may determine whether a user clicked a URL link comprising media program content, e.g., a Youtube link, etc. The Social-Watch may extract an identifier, e.g., a web ID, etc., to determine the name of the media program. In another implementation, the Social-Watch may obtain excerpts of the media program, and determine a name of the media program via an embedded digital signature. In further implementation, the Social-Watch may set time stamp on the user's click on the URL link comprising a media program to record how long the user has been exposed to the media program. Further implementations of the ad identification are discussed in
In further implementations, the Social-Watch may track a user's browsing history by monitoring a stream of “clicks” the user has submitted on his mobile device. For example, the Social-Watch may monitor user's “clicks” to determine a type of the click, e.g., usage of media playing, visits of a different URL link, posting of social media contents, usage of an application, and/or the like. Using an app. The Social-Watch may then determine advertisement exposure associated with each “click” (e.g., via ad image identification illustrated in
In another implementation, the received data may comprise application information from the user device 751. The proxy server may ascertain an application inventory list of the user device 753, and/or application group sharing information 754. For example, one or more users who are Facebook friends, may form a group to share their interested TV watch list and viewing status via Social-Watch, and such information may be captured by the proxy server.
In another implementation, the received data may comprise indication of media usage 762, e.g., channel selection, atmospherics data, etc., the Social-Watch may determine whether the TV program on the selected channel has been listened, watched, and/or streamed 766. The Social-Watch may determine a title of the media program 767, and retrieve ad tags embedded in the media program from a media table to determine user ad exposure information, e.g., as discussed in
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may generate media analytics report 768 based on the obtained media data, including information as to user impressions to a brand name product, TV shows, etc., e.g., as shown in
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may provide advertisers solutions to design advertising campaigns as to which type of media to place an ad, developing media plans with the optimal mix across media, determine the impact of advertising on brand awareness, favorability measures, intent to buy and actual purchase across media (ROI). In another implementation, the Social-Watch may provide advertising measurement solutions using emerging sources of data, e.g., media consumption data (TV, online, mobile, social, etc.), shopper data for key categories, and/or the like.
In one implementation, the Social-Watch may provide clients with insights on campaign effectiveness and recommendations on optimal media allocation using survey questionnaires (e.g., as further discussed in
In further implementations, the Social-Watch may link different type of data for cross channel analysis. In one implementation, the Social-Watch may create a unified dataset that profiles audiences for TV and online media consumption, wherein each viewing source (e.g., individual TV set, household TV set, etc.) with viewing and ad exposure information for TV and online is associated with a unique identifier. For example, Social-Watch may adopt direct linkage by getting TV and online data for the same household (e.g., via ISP, cable provider, etc.). For another example, the Social-Watch may segment TV and online data, and link using segments (e.g., segmented by program category, zip code, air time, etc.). For another example, the Social-Watch may devise and distribute survey questions about TV viewing and linking with the respondents' online surfing data.
In one embodiment, the Social-Watch may obtain media consumption data from a variety of channels, such as, but not limited to geographically dispersed TV viewing data sets (e.g., CANOE), persons tracking with EPGs or embedded in TV software or cell phones, metering data from STB, individual smartphone (e.g., Apple iPhone, etc.) based tracking (e.g., social content, persons' watching activities, etc.), and/or the like.
For digital advertising (online and mobile), Social-Watch may classify the advertisements via a hybrid manual/automatic process. For example, Social-Watch may adopt a mobile or PC-based system (using a software meter, VPN, and/or Proxy Server, among other technologies) to pass along to a staging server the URL of the ad, along with the actual file (typically a .gif, .jpg, or .png). For example, upon receiving ad data including URLs and associated digital files (e.g., media program excerpt files, etc.) via a network connection 773, the Social-Watch server 774 may compare the received advertisement data with ad profiles in a database 775. The filename, file size, and other data may be compared against an ad database, and if the ad has already been classified, then the new ad exposure event is transmitted to a classification engine 776 classified based on classification rules in the database. Classification rules may include brand and product mentions, as well as ad size and other descriptors. If a match is not found, then the ad is put in a queue for manual classification by a Social-Watch representative. For example, the Social-Watch representative may identify the object (e.g., a product, a brand name, etc.) that is advertised within the ad.
In one implementation, the advertisement may be identified via graphical content match, as discussed in
In one implementation, the user may view a list of channel program 810 schedules, and may elect to tap on the screen to choose one of the listed channels. In a further implementation, the user may select to allow ambient monitoring 850, so that the Social-Watch may “listen-in” and submit atmospherics data to the Social-Watch server, as discussed at 241 in
In further implementations, the user may click on the “Prompts” 820 button and view a drop down list of survey questions, e.g., as shown in
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In a further implementation, the interactive ad may comprise a user rating of the featured product showing beneath the product. In one implementation, the user rating may be obtained from historical user rating data, social media rating, and/or the like. In one implementation, the user may enter his own rating by tapping on the box 850d.
In a further implementation, the user may browse the interactive ads (e.g., including screen shots from the TV program comprising product placement tags, etc.) by going to a previous page 851, and/or a next page 852. In further implementations, the user may elect to browse interactive ads associated with the TV program in a variety ways. For example, the user may elect to view a list of all ads 855a; may elect to view by season episode 855b; may elect to view by character 855c (e.g., products carried by, or associated with the character names in the show); may elect to view by item category 855d (e.g., apparel, accessories, furniture, hair products, etc.), and/or the like. In further implementations, the user may initiate a search on desired products 858. For example, if the user is interested in a red hat the character “Penny” wore in one of the scenes, the user may form a query on the embedded ads table based on key terms “Penny,” “red,” “hat,” etc.
When the user tap on the “live” section 862, the user may view a list of most viewed programs, e.g., ranked by registered Social-Watch users. The user may also see a list of program that the user's social friends are watching 868, and a list of programs the user has selected 866.
In another implementation, the user may configure DVDs via the Social-Watch. The Social-Watch may initiate an automatic scan upon user selection, and/or receive an indication from the user of the DVD brand. Upon indicating the DVD brand, the user may test connection with the DVD set to select a DVD type.
In another implementation, the user may enter a zip code to configure the TV provider 875a, so that the Social-Watch may provide a list of TV providers for the user to choose.
In one implementation, the user may view a social rating 889 of the TV program “The Big Bang Theory” under its profile. For example, the rating 889 may be given by social users of Social-Watch who has viewed the program, and the user may elects to submit his own rating 889a. In a further implementation, the user may obtain a list of “social watching” 890 to see a list of social users (e.g., social media users who has allowed Social-Watch to access their social profiles, etc.) who is watching the selected TV program.
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Upon providing Facebook login credentials and verification of Facebook, the user may receive a request for permission screen 911 to select to “Allow” 908 Social-Watch to access the user's Facebook profile. In further implementations, the user may configure access parameters in a similar manner as illustrated in
In one implementation, upon submitting the request 925, the social media platform may request login confirmation 925. For example, the user may be redirected to the social media homepage to login. For another example, the user may be presented a pop-up window 928 for the social analytics to connect with Facebook, e.g., the user may need to provide email 926 and password 927 to login to Facebook.
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In one implementation, the user may configure analytics parameters such as social content source 948 (e.g., check on “Facebook” and “Twitter”), time range 949 (e.g., between a specified time and present). The user may further select a presentation format, e.g., whether to view raw textual comments 950, or a visualized summary 955 (e.g., plain format 955a, chart/plots 955b, or table 955c). For example, if raw text 950 is selected, the user may view a list of Facebook comments 950a, and Tweets 950b related to the show “The Big Bang Theory.”
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For example, the Social-Watch may provide a welcome/login screen to a user 1005, wherein the user may be a Social-Watch client, such as a TV producer, an advertiser, a merchant, and/or the like, who may be interested to learn their TV audience statistics, brand/products impressions, and/or the like.
Upon user login at 1005, the Social-Watch may provide a customized dashboard page 1008, e.g., as further illustrated in one implementation at FIGS. 10B/10H. The dashboard page may provide an overview of the media analytics results, such as generated report types 1010, available statistics charts/plots, and/or the like. For example, the Social-Watch may perform analytics to generate advertising reports 1012 (e.g., advertisement delivery reports 1012a, etc.), audience reports 1015 (e.g., an audience summary report 1015a, audience reports by gender reach 1015b, by age reach 1015c, reports per day of week 1015d, reports per hour during a day part 1015e, etc.).
In one implementation, the media analytics dashboard page may provide a plot of total Social-Watch user sessions 1028 based on the user configured Social-Watch social user group. For example, the personal trending data statistics 1028 may further comprise plots of number of users, number of sessions, number of new users, median/mean session length, geographic regions of users, and/or the like. In another implementation, Social-Watch may provide analysis of Social-Watch application usage statistics 1029, such as a total number of sessions, a total number of registered users, a median session length per user, and/or the like. In another implementation, the Social-Watch may provide a summary table 1030 showing the study of user selected reporting application “Foursquare,” including audience active reach, total visits, visits per person, total web page views, page view per person, duration, time per person, web user gender, age, and/or the like. For example, a report on the number of users may summarize the number of users an application (e.g., “Foursquare”) has had over period of tracking to indicate whether the number is growing or declining. The report may also analyze user sessions in different scenarios (e.g., whether by a single user). For example, when a mobile site has been visited for 50 times, but 30 of those times it was from the same user, versus another month the number visits from different users was 25, the number of users may not be considered as increased.
For another example, a report on number of sessions may include number of sessions by all users within the last calendar month, which may be tracked on a monthly trending basis to indicate how often an application/site was seen by all users. For another example, a report on number of new users may show the number of new users for the last calendar month using the application or mobile site. For another example, the median/mean session length may indicate the time spent on application/site. For another example, the geo graphic region of users may show a geographical distribution of users engaging or visiting the application/advertisement
For example, in one implementation, for a specified TV show (e.g., “Big Bang Theory” at “CBS”), the profile measure 1051 may provide social data metrics with regard to social groups, such as percentage of influencers in a social group (e.g., social users whose watching recommendations have been followed by other social users, etc.), percentage of users who engage in watching the show, percentage of users who is distracted from watching the show (e.g., via atmospherics analysis as illustrated in
Typically, users, which may be people and/or other systems, may engage information technology systems (e.g., computers) to facilitate information processing. In turn, computers employ processors to process information; such processors 1103 may be referred to as central processing units (CPU). One form of processor is referred to as a microprocessor. CPUs use communicative circuits to carry and pass encoded (e.g., binary) signals acting as instructions to bring about various operations. These instructions may be operational and/or data instructions containing and/or referencing other instructions and data in various processor accessible and operable areas of memory 1129 (e.g., registers, cache memory, random access memory, etc.). Such communicative instructions may be stored and/or transmitted in batches (e.g., batches of instructions) as programs and/or data components to facilitate desired operations. These stored instruction codes, e.g., programs, may engage the CPU circuit components and other motherboard and/or system components to perform desired operations. One type of program is a computer operating system, which, may be executed by CPU on a computer; the operating system enables and facilitates users to access and operate computer information technology and resources. Some resources that may be employed in information technology systems include: input and output mechanisms through which data may pass into and out of a computer; memory storage into which data may be saved; and processors by which information may be processed. These information technology systems may be used to collect data for later retrieval, analysis, and manipulation, which may be facilitated through a database program. These information technology systems provide interfaces that allow users to access and operate various system components.
In one embodiment, the Social-Watch controller 1101 may be connected to and/or communicate with entities such as, but not limited to: one or more users from user input devices 1111; peripheral devices 1112; an optional cryptographic processor device 1128; and/or a communications network 1113.
Networks are commonly thought to comprise the interconnection and interoperation of clients, servers, and intermediary nodes in a graph topology. It should be noted that the term “server” as used throughout this application refers generally to a computer, other device, program, or combination thereof that processes and responds to the requests of remote users across a communications network. Servers serve their information to requesting “clients.” The term “client” as used herein refers generally to a computer, program, other device, user and/or combination thereof that is capable of processing and making requests and obtaining and processing any responses from servers across a communications network. A computer, other device, program, or combination thereof that facilitates, processes information and requests, and/or furthers the passage of information from a source user to a destination user is commonly referred to as a “node.” Networks are generally thought to facilitate the transfer of information from source points to destinations. A node specifically tasked with furthering the passage of information from a source to a destination is commonly called a “router.” There are many forms of networks such as Local Area Networks (LANs), Pico networks, Wide Area Networks (WANs), Wireless Networks (WLANs), etc. For example, the Internet is generally accepted as being an interconnection of a multitude of networks whereby remote clients and servers may access and interoperate with one another.
The Social-Watch controller 1101 may be based on computer systems that may comprise, but are not limited to, components such as: a computer systemization 1102 connected to memory 1129.
A computer systemization 1102 may comprise a clock 1130, central processing unit (“CPU(s)” and/or “processor(s)” (these terms are used interchangeable throughout the disclosure unless noted to the contrary)) 1103, a memory 1129 (e.g., a read only memory (ROM) 1106, a random access memory (RAM) 1105, etc.), and/or an interface bus 1107, and most frequently, although not necessarily, are all interconnected and/or communicating through a system bus 1104 on one or more (mother)board(s) 1102 having conductive and/or otherwise transportive circuit pathways through which instructions (e.g., binary encoded signals) may travel to effectuate communications, operations, storage, etc. The computer systemization may be connected to a power source 1186; e.g., optionally the power source may be internal. Optionally, a cryptographic processor 1126 and/or transceivers (e.g., ICs) 1174 may be connected to the system bus. In another embodiment, the cryptographic processor and/or transceivers may be connected as either internal and/or external peripheral devices 1112 via the interface bus I/O. In turn, the transceivers may be connected to antenna(s) 1175, thereby effectuating wireless transmission and reception of various communication and/or sensor protocols; for example the antenna(s) may connect to: a Texas Instruments WiLink WL1283 transceiver chip (e.g., providing 802.11n, Bluetooth 5.0, FM, global positioning system (GPS) (thereby allowing Social-Watch controller to determine its location)); Broadcom BCM 4329FKUBG transceiver chip (e.g., providing 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, FM, etc.); a Broadcom BCM 4750IUB8 receiver chip (e.g., GPS); an Infineon Technologies X-Gold 618-PMB9800 (e.g., providing 2G/3G HSDPA/HSUPA communications); and/or the like. The system clock typically has a crystal oscillator and generates a base signal through the computer systemization's circuit pathways. The clock is typically coupled to the system bus and various clock multipliers that may increase or decrease the base operating frequency for other components interconnected in the computer systemization. The clock and various components in a computer systemization drive signals embodying information throughout the system. Such transmission and reception of instructions embodying information throughout a computer systemization may be commonly referred to as communications. These communicative instructions may further be transmitted, received, and the cause of return and/or reply communications beyond the instant computer systemization to: communications networks, input devices, other computer systemizations, peripheral devices, and/or the like. It should be understood that in alternative embodiments, any of the above components may be connected directly to one another, connected to the CPU, and/or organized in numerous variations employed as exemplified by various computer systems.
The CPU comprises at least one high-speed data processor adequate to execute program components for executing user and/or system-generated requests. Often, the processors themselves may incorporate various specialized processing units, such as, but not limited to: integrated system (bus) controllers, memory management control units, floating point units, and even specialized processing sub-units like graphics processing units, digital signal processing units, and/or the like. Additionally, processors may include internal fast access addressable memory, and be capable of mapping and addressing memory 1129 beyond the processor itself; internal memory may include, but is not limited to: fast registers, various levels of cache memory (e.g., level 1, 2, 5, etc.), RAM, etc. The processor may access this memory through the use of a memory address space that is accessible via instruction address, which the processor can construct and decode allowing it to access a circuit path to a specific memory address space having a memory state. The CPU may be a microprocessor such as: AMD's Athlon, Duron and/or Opteron; ARM's application, embedded and secure processors; IBM and/or Motorola's DragonBall and PowerPC; IBM's and Sony's Cell processor; Intel's Celeron, Core (2) Duo, Itanium, Pentium, Xeon, and/or XScale; and/or the like processor(s). The CPU interacts with memory through instruction passing through conductive and/or transportive conduits (e.g., (printed) electronic and/or optic circuits) to execute stored instructions (i.e., program code) according to conventional data processing techniques. Such instruction passing facilitates communication within the Social-Watch controller and beyond through various interfaces. Should processing requirements dictate a greater amount speed and/or capacity, distributed processors (e.g., Distributed Social-Watch), mainframe, multi-core, parallel, and/or super-computer architectures may similarly be employed. Alternatively, should deployment requirements dictate greater portability, smaller Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) may be employed.
Depending on the particular implementation, features of the Social-Watch may be achieved by implementing a microcontroller such as CAST's R8051XC2 microcontroller; Intel's MCS 51 (i.e., 8051 microcontroller); and/or the like. Also, to implement certain features of the Social-Watch, some feature implementations may rely on embedded components, such as: Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (“ASIC”), Digital Signal Processing (“DSP”), Field Programmable Gate Array (“FPGA”), and/or the like embedded technology. For example, any of the Social-Watch component collection (distributed or otherwise) and/or features may be implemented via the microprocessor and/or via embedded components; e.g., via ASIC, coprocessor, DSP, FPGA, and/or the like. Alternately, some implementations of the Social-Watch may be implemented with embedded components that are configured and used to achieve a variety of features or signal processing.
Depending on the particular implementation, the embedded components may include software solutions, hardware solutions, and/or some combination of both hardware/software solutions. For example, Social-Watch features discussed herein may be achieved through implementing FPGAs, which are a semiconductor devices containing programmable logic components called “logic blocks”, and programmable interconnects, such as the high performance FPGA Virtex series and/or the low cost Spartan series manufactured by Xilinx. Logic blocks and interconnects can be programmed by the customer or designer, after the FPGA is manufactured, to implement any of the Social-Watch features. A hierarchy of programmable interconnects allow logic blocks to be interconnected as needed by the Social-Watch system designer/administrator, somewhat like a one-chip programmable breadboard. An FPGA's logic blocks can be programmed to perform the operation of basic logic gates such as AND, and XOR, or more complex combinational operators such as decoders or mathematical operations. In most FPGAs, the logic blocks also include memory elements, which may be circuit flip-flops or more complete blocks of memory. In some circumstances, the Social-Watch may be developed on regular FPGAs and then migrated into a fixed version that more resembles ASIC implementations. Alternate or coordinating implementations may migrate Social-Watch controller features to a final ASIC instead of or in addition to FPGAs. Depending on the implementation all of the aforementioned embedded components and microprocessors may be considered the “CPU” and/or “processor” for the Social-Watch.
The power source 1186 may be of any standard form for powering small electronic circuit board devices such as the following power cells: alkaline, lithium hydride, lithium ion, lithium polymer, nickel cadmium, solar cells, and/or the like. Other types of AC or DC power sources may be used as well. In the case of solar cells, in one embodiment, the case provides an aperture through which the solar cell may capture photonic energy. The power cell 1186 is connected to at least one of the interconnected subsequent components of the Social-Watch thereby providing an electric current to all subsequent components. In one example, the power source 1186 is connected to the system bus component 1104. In an alternative embodiment, an outside power source 1186 is provided through a connection across the I/O 1108 interface. For example, a USB and/or IEEE 1394 connection carries both data and power across the connection and is therefore a suitable source of power.
Interface bus(ses) 1107 may accept, connect, and/or communicate to a number of interface adapters, conventionally although not necessarily in the form of adapter cards, such as but not limited to: input output interfaces (I/O) 1108, storage interfaces 1109, network interfaces 1110, and/or the like. Optionally, cryptographic processor interfaces 1127 similarly may be connected to the interface bus. The interface bus provides for the communications of interface adapters with one another as well as with other components of the computer systemization. Interface adapters are adapted for a compatible interface bus. Interface adapters conventionally connect to the interface bus via a slot architecture. Conventional slot architectures may be employed, such as, but not limited to: Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP), Card Bus, (Extended) Industry Standard Architecture ((E)ISA), Micro Channel Architecture (MCA), NuBus, Peripheral Component Interconnect (Extended) (PCI(X)), PCI Express, Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA), and/or the like.
Storage interfaces 1109 may accept, communicate, and/or connect to a number of storage devices such as, but not limited to: storage devices 1114, removable disc devices, and/or the like. Storage interfaces may employ connection protocols such as, but not limited to: (Ultra) (Serial) Advanced Technology Attachment (Packet Interface) ((Ultra) (Serial) ATA(PI)), (Enhanced) Integrated Drive Electronics ((E)IDE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1394, fiber channel, Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI), Universal Serial Bus (USB), and/or the like.
Network interfaces 1110 may accept, communicate, and/or connect to a communications network 1113. Through a communications network 1113, the Social-Watch controller is accessible through remote clients 1133b (e.g., computers with web browsers) by users 1133a. Network interfaces may employ connection protocols such as, but not limited to: direct connect, Ethernet (thick, thin, twisted pair 10/100/1000 Base T, and/or the like), Token Ring, wireless connection such as IEEE 802.11a-x, and/or the like. Should processing requirements dictate a greater amount speed and/or capacity, distributed network controllers (e.g., Distributed Social-Watch), architectures may similarly be employed to pool, load balance, and/or otherwise increase the communicative bandwidth required by the Social-Watch controller. A communications network may be any one and/or the combination of the following: a direct interconnection; the Internet; a Local Area Network (LAN); a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN); an Operating Missions as Nodes on the Internet (OMNI); a secured custom connection; a Wide Area Network (WAN); a wireless network (e.g., employing protocols such as, but not limited to a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), I-mode, and/or the like); and/or the like. A network interface may be regarded as a specialized form of an input output interface. Further, multiple network interfaces 1110 may be used to engage with various communications network types 1113. For example, multiple network interfaces may be employed to allow for the communication over broadcast, multicast, and/or unicast networks.
Input Output interfaces (I/O) 1108 may accept, communicate, and/or connect to user input devices 1111, peripheral devices 1112, cryptographic processor devices 1128, and/or the like. I/O may employ connection protocols such as, but not limited to: audio: analog, digital, monaural, RCA, stereo, and/or the like; data: Apple Desktop Bus (ADB), IEEE 1394a-b, serial, universal serial bus (USB); infrared; joystick; keyboard; midi; optical; PC AT; PS/2; parallel; radio; video interface: Apple Desktop Connector (ADC), BNC, coaxial, component, composite, digital, Digital Visual Interface (DVI), high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), RCA, RF antennae, S-Video, VGA, and/or the like; wireless transceivers: 802.11a/b/g/n/x, Bluetooth, cellular (e.g., code division multiple access (CDMA), high speed packet access (HSPA(+)), high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), global system for mobile communications (GSM), long term evolution (LTE), WiMax, etc.); and/or the like. One typical output device may include a video display, which typically comprises a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) or Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) based monitor with an interface (e.g., DVI circuitry and cable) that accepts signals from a video interface, may be used. The video interface composites information generated by a computer systemization and generates video signals based on the composited information in a video memory frame. Another output device is a TV set, which accepts signals from a video interface. Typically, the video interface provides the composited video information through a video connection interface that accepts a video display interface (e.g., an RCA composite video connector accepting an RCA composite video cable; a DVI connector accepting a DVI display cable, etc.).
User input devices 1111 often are a type of peripheral device 512 (see below) and may include: card readers, dongles, finger print readers, gloves, graphics tablets, joysticks, keyboards, microphones, mouse (mice), remote controls, retina readers, touch screens (e.g., capacitive, resistive, etc.), trackballs, trackpads, sensors (e.g., accelerometers, ambient light, GPS, gyroscopes, proximity, etc.), styluses, and/or the like.
Peripheral devices 1112 may be connected and/or communicate to I/O and/or other facilities of the like such as network interfaces, storage interfaces, directly to the interface bus, system bus, the CPU, and/or the like. Peripheral devices may be external, internal and/or part of the Social-Watch controller. Peripheral devices may include: antenna, audio devices (e.g., line-in, line-out, microphone input, speakers, etc.), cameras (e.g., still, video, webcam, etc.), dongles (e.g., for copy protection, ensuring secure transactions with a digital signature, and/or the like), external processors (for added capabilities; e.g., crypto devices 528), force-feedback devices (e.g., vibrating motors), network interfaces, printers, scanners, storage devices, transceivers (e.g., cellular, GPS, etc.), video devices (e.g., goggles, monitors, etc.), video sources, visors, and/or the like. Peripheral devices often include types of input devices (e.g., cameras).
It should be noted that although user input devices and peripheral devices may be employed, the Social-Watch controller may be embodied as an embedded, dedicated, and/or monitor-less (i.e., headless) device, wherein access would be provided over a network interface connection.
Cryptographic units such as, but not limited to, microcontrollers, processors 1126, interfaces 1127, and/or devices 1128 may be attached, and/or communicate with the Social-Watch controller. A MC68HC16 microcontroller, manufactured by Motorola Inc., may be used for and/or within cryptographic units. The MC68HC16 microcontroller utilizes a 16-bit multiply-and-accumulate instruction in the 16 MHz configuration and requires less than one second to perform a 512-bit RSA private key operation. Cryptographic units support the authentication of communications from interacting agents, as well as allowing for anonymous transactions. Cryptographic units may also be configured as part of the CPU. Equivalent microcontrollers and/or processors may also be used. Other commercially available specialized cryptographic processors include: Broadcom's CryptoNetX and other Security Processors; nCipher's nShield; SafeNet's Luna PCI (e.g., 7100) series; Semaphore Communications' 40 MHz Roadrunner 184; Sun's Cryptographic Accelerators (e.g., Accelerator 6000 PCIe Board, Accelerator 500 Daughtercard); Via Nano Processor (e.g., L2100, L2200, U2400) line, which is capable of performing 500+ MB/s of cryptographic instructions; VLSI Technology's 53 MHz 6868; and/or the like.
Generally, any mechanization and/or embodiment allowing a processor to affect the storage and/or retrieval of information is regarded as memory 1129. However, memory is a fungible technology and resource, thus, any number of memory embodiments may be employed in lieu of or in concert with one another. It is to be understood that the Social-Watch controller and/or a computer systemization may employ various forms of memory 1129. For example, a computer systemization may be configured wherein the operation of on-chip CPU memory (e.g., registers), RAM, ROM, and any other storage devices are provided by a paper punch tape or paper punch card mechanism; however, such an embodiment would result in an extremely slow rate of operation. In a typical configuration, memory 1129 may include ROM 1106, RAM 1105, 14 and a storage device 1114. A storage device 1114 may be any conventional computer system storage. Storage devices may include a drum; a (fixed and/or removable) magnetic disk drive; a magneto-optical drive; an optical drive (i.e., Blueray, CD ROM/RAM/Recordable (R)/ReWritable (RW), DVD R/RW, HD DVD R/RW etc.); an array of devices (e.g., Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)); solid state memory devices (USB memory, solid state drives (SSD), etc.); other processor-readable storage mediums; and/or other devices of the like. Thus, a computer systemization generally requires and makes use of memory.
The memory 1129 may contain a collection of program and/or database components and/or data such as, but not limited to: operating system component(s) 1115 (operating system); information server component(s) 1116 (information server); user interface component(s) 1117 (user interface); Web browser component(s) 1118 (Web browser); database(s) 1119; mail server component(s) 1121; mail client component(s) 1122; cryptographic server component(s) 1120 (cryptographic server); the Social-Watch component(s) 1135; and/or the like (i.e., collectively a component collection). These components may be stored and accessed from the storage devices and/or from storage devices accessible through an interface bus. Although non-conventional program components such as those in the component collection, typically, are stored in a local storage device 1114, they may also be loaded and/or stored in memory such as: peripheral devices, RAM, remote storage facilities through a communications network, ROM, various forms of memory, and/or the like.
The operating system component 1115 is an executable program component facilitating the operation of the Social-Watch controller. Typically, the operating system facilitates access of I/O, network interfaces, peripheral devices, storage devices, and/or the like. The operating system may be a highly fault tolerant, scalable, and secure system such as: Apple Macintosh OS X (Server); AT&T Nan 7; Be OS; Unix and Unix-like system distributions (such as AT&T's UNIX; Berkley Software Distribution (BSD) variations such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and/or the like; Linux distributions such as Red Hat, Ubuntu, and/or the like); and/or the like operating systems. However, more limited and/or less secure operating systems also may be employed such as Apple Macintosh OS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/3.1/95/98/CE/Millenium/NT/Vista/XP (Server), Palm OS, and/or the like. An operating system may communicate to and/or with other components in a component collection, including itself, and/or the like. Most frequently, the operating system communicates with other program components, user interfaces, and/or the like. For example, the operating system may contain, communicate, generate, obtain, and/or provide program component, system, user, and/or data communications, requests, and/or responses. The operating system, once executed by the CPU, may facilitate the interaction with communications networks, data, I/O, peripheral devices, program components, memory, user input devices, and/or the like. The operating system may provide communications protocols that allow the Social-Watch controller to communicate with other entities through a communications network 1113. Various communication protocols may be used by the Social-Watch controller as a subcarrier transport mechanism for interaction, such as, but not limited to: multicast, TCP/IP, UDP, unicast, and/or the like.
An information server component 1116 is a stored program component that is executed by a CPU. The information server may be a conventional Internet information server such as, but not limited to Apache Software Foundation's Apache, Microsoft's Internet Information Server, and/or the like. The information server may allow for the execution of program components through facilities such as Active Server Page (ASP), ActiveX, (ANSI) (Objective−) C (++), C# and/or .NET, Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts, dynamic (D) hypertext markup language (HTML), FLASH, Java, JavaScript, Practical Extraction Report Language (PERL), Hypertext Pre-Processor (PHP), pipes, Python, wireless application protocol (WAP), WebObjects, and/or the like. The information server may support secure communications protocols such as, but not limited to, File Transfer Protocol (FTP); HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP); Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS), Secure Socket Layer (SSL), messaging protocols (e.g., America Online (AOL) Instant Messenger (AIM), Application Exchange (APEX), ICQ, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Microsoft Network (MSN) Messenger Service, Presence and Instant Messaging Protocol (PRIM), Internet Engineering Task Force's (IETF's) Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE), open XML-based Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (i.e., Jabber or Open Mobile Alliance's (OMA's) Instant Messaging and Presence Service (IMPS)), Yahoo! Instant Messenger Service, and/or the like. The information server provides results in the form of Web pages to Web browsers, and allows for the manipulated generation of the Web pages through interaction with other program components. After a Domain Name System (DNS) resolution portion of an HTTP request is resolved to a particular information server, the information server resolves requests for information at specified locations on the Social-Watch controller based on the remainder of the HTTP request. For example, a request such as http://123.124.125.126/myInformation.html might have the IP portion of the request “123.124.125.126” resolved by a DNS server to an information server at that IP address; that information server might in turn further parse the http request for the “/myInformation.html” portion of the request and resolve it to a location in memory containing the information “myInformation.html.” Additionally, other information serving protocols may be employed across various ports, e.g., FTP communications across port 21, and/or the like. An information server may communicate to and/or with other components in a component collection, including itself, and/or facilities of the like. Most frequently, the information server communicates with the Social-Watch database 1119, operating systems, other program components, user interfaces, Web browsers, and/or the like.
Access to the Social-Watch database may be achieved through a number of database bridge mechanisms such as through scripting languages as enumerated below (e.g., CGI) and through inter-application communication channels as enumerated below (e.g., CORBA, WebObjects, etc.). Any data requests through a Web browser are parsed through the bridge mechanism into appropriate grammars as required by the Social-Watch. In one embodiment, the information server would provide a Web form accessible by a Web browser. Entries made into supplied fields in the Web form are tagged as having been entered into the particular fields, and parsed as such. The entered terms are then passed along with the field tags, which act to instruct the parser to generate queries directed to appropriate tables and/or fields. In one embodiment, the parser may generate queries in standard SQL by instantiating a search string with the proper join/select commands based on the tagged text entries, wherein the resulting command is provided over the bridge mechanism to the Social-Watch as a query. Upon generating query results from the query, the results are passed over the bridge mechanism, and may be parsed for formatting and generation of a new results Web page by the bridge mechanism. Such a new results Web page is then provided to the information server, which may supply it to the requesting Web browser.
Also, an information server may contain, communicate, generate, obtain, and/or provide program component, system, user, and/or data communications, requests, and/or responses.
Computer interfaces in some respects are similar to automobile operation interfaces. Automobile operation interface elements such as steering wheels, gearshifts, and speedometers facilitate the access, operation, and display of automobile resources, and status. Computer interaction interface elements such as check boxes, cursors, menus, scrollers, and windows (collectively and commonly referred to as widgets) similarly facilitate the access, capabilities, operation, and display of data and computer hardware and operating system resources, and status. Operation interfaces are commonly called user interfaces. Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) such as the Apple Macintosh Operating System's Aqua, IBM's OS/2, Microsoft's Windows 2000/2003/3.1/95/98/CE/Millenium/NT/XP/Vista/7 (i.e., Aero), Unix's X-Windows 13 (e.g., which may include additional Unix graphic interface libraries and layers such as K Desktop Environment (KDE), mythTV and GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNOME)), web interface libraries (e.g., ActiveX, AJAX, (D)HTML, FLASH, Java, JavaScript, etc. interface libraries such as, but not limited to, Dojo, jQuery(UI), MooTools, Prototype, script.aculo.us, SWFObject, Yahoo! User Interface, any of which may be used and) provide a baseline and means of accessing and displaying information graphically to users.
A user interface component 1117 is a stored program component that is executed by a CPU. The user interface may be a conventional graphic user interface as provided by, with, and/or atop operating systems and/or operating environments such as already discussed. The user interface may allow for the display, execution, interaction, manipulation, and/or operation of program components and/or system facilities through textual and/or graphical facilities. The user interface provides a facility through which users may affect, interact, and/or operate a computer system. A user interface may communicate to and/or with other components in a component collection, including itself, and/or facilities of the like. Most frequently, the user interface communicates with operating systems, other program components, and/or the like. The user interface may contain, communicate, generate, obtain, and/or provide program component, system, user, and/or data communications, requests, and/or responses.
A Web browser component 1118 is a stored program component that is executed by a CPU. The Web browser may be a conventional hypertext viewing application such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Secure Web browsing may be supplied with 128 bit (or greater) encryption by way of HTTPS, SSL, and/or the like. Web browsers allowing for the execution of program components through facilities such as ActiveX, AJAX, (D)HTML, FLASH, Java, JavaScript, web browser plug-in APIs (e.g., FireFox, Safari Plug-in, and/or the like APIs), and/or the like. Web browsers and like information access tools may be integrated into PDAs, cellular telephones, and/or other mobile devices. A Web browser may communicate to and/or with other components in a component collection, including itself, and/or facilities of the like. Most frequently, the Web browser communicates with information servers, operating systems, integrated program components (e.g., plug-ins), and/or the like; e.g., it may contain, communicate, generate, obtain, and/or provide program component, system, user, and/or data communications, requests, and/or responses. Also, in place of a Web browser and information server, a combined application may be developed to perform similar operations of both. The combined application would similarly affect the obtaining and the provision of information to users, user agents, and/or the like from the Social-Watch enabled nodes. The combined application may be nugatory on systems employing standard Web browsers.
A mail server component 1121 is a stored program component that is executed by a CPU 1103. The mail server may be a conventional Internet mail server such as, but not limited to sendmail, Microsoft Exchange, and/or the like. The mail server may allow for the execution of program components through facilities such as ASP, ActiveX, (ANSI) (Objective−) C (++), C# and/or .NET, CGI scripts, Java, JavaScript, PERL, PHP, pipes, Python, WebObjects, and/or the like. The mail server may support communications protocols such as, but not limited to: Internet message access protocol (IMAP), Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI)/Microsoft Exchange, post office protocol (POP3), simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP), and/or the like. The mail server can route, forward, and process incoming and outgoing mail messages that have been sent, relayed and/or otherwise traversing through and/or to the Social-Watch.
Access to the Social-Watch mail may be achieved through a number of APIs offered by the individual Web server components and/or the operating system.
Also, a mail server may contain, communicate, generate, obtain, and/or provide program component, system, user, and/or data communications, requests, information, and/or responses.
A mail client component 1122 is a stored program component that is executed by a CPU 1103. The mail client may be a conventional mail viewing application such as Apple Mail, Microsoft Entourage, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Mozilla, Thunderbird, and/or the like. Mail clients may support a number of transfer protocols, such as: IMAP, Microsoft Exchange, POP3, SMTP, and/or the like. A mail client may communicate to and/or with other components in a component collection, including itself, and/or facilities of the like. Most frequently, the mail client communicates with mail servers, operating systems, other mail clients, and/or the like; e.g., it may contain, communicate, generate, obtain, and/or provide program component, system, user, and/or data communications, requests, information, and/or responses. Generally, the mail client provides a facility to compose and transmit electronic mail messages.
A cryptographic server component 1120 is a stored program component that is executed by a CPU 1103, cryptographic processor 1126, cryptographic processor interface 1127, cryptographic processor device 1128, and/or the like. Cryptographic processor interfaces may allow for expedition of encryption and/or decryption requests by the cryptographic component; however, the cryptographic component, alternatively, may run on a conventional CPU. The cryptographic component allows for the encryption and/or decryption of provided data. The cryptographic component allows for both symmetric and asymmetric (e.g., Pretty Good Protection (PGP)) encryption and/or decryption. The cryptographic component may employ cryptographic techniques such as, but not limited to: digital certificates (e.g., X.509 authentication framework), digital signatures, dual signatures, enveloping, password access protection, public key management, and/or the like. The cryptographic component may facilitate numerous (encryption and/or decryption) security protocols such as, but not limited to: checksum, Data Encryption Standard (DES), Elliptical Curve Encryption (ECC), International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA), Message Digest 5 (MD5, which is a one way hash operation), passwords, Rivest Cipher (RC5), Rijndael, RSA (which is an Internet encryption and authentication system that uses an algorithm developed in 1977 by Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman), Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA), Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS), and/or the like. Employing such encryption security protocols, the Social-Watch may encrypt all incoming and/or outgoing communications and may serve as node within a virtual private network (VPN) with a wider communications network. The cryptographic component facilitates the process of “security authorization” whereby access to a resource is inhibited by a security protocol wherein the cryptographic component effects authorized access to the secured resource. In addition, the cryptographic component may provide unique identifiers of content, e.g., employing and MD5 hash to obtain a unique signature for an digital audio file. A cryptographic component may communicate to and/or with other components in a component collection, including itself, and/or facilities of the like. The cryptographic component supports encryption schemes allowing for the secure transmission of information across a communications network to enable the Social-Watch component to engage in secure transactions if so desired. The cryptographic component facilitates the secure accessing of resources on the Social-Watch and facilitates the access of secured resources on remote systems; i.e., it may act as a client and/or server of secured resources. Most frequently, the cryptographic component communicates with information servers, operating systems, other program components, and/or the like. The cryptographic component may contain, communicate, generate, obtain, and/or provide program component, system, user, and/or data communications, requests, and/or responses.
The Social-Watch database component 1119 may be embodied in a database and its stored data. The database is a stored program component, which is executed by the CPU; the stored program component portion configuring the CPU to process the stored data. The database may be a conventional, fault tolerant, relational, scalable, secure database such as Oracle or Sybase. Relational databases are an extension of a flat file. Relational databases consist of a series of related tables. The tables are interconnected via a key field. Use of the key field allows the combination of the tables by indexing against the key field; i.e., the key fields act as dimensional pivot points for combining information from various tables. Relationships generally identify links maintained between tables by matching primary keys. Primary keys represent fields that uniquely identify the rows of a table in a relational database. More precisely, they uniquely identify rows of a table on the “one” side of a one-to-many relationship.
Alternatively, the Social-Watch database may be implemented using various standard data-structures, such as an array, hash, (linked) list, struct, structured text file (e.g., XML), table, and/or the like. Such data-structures may be stored in memory and/or in (structured) files. In another alternative, an object-oriented database may be used, such as Frontier, ObjectStore, Poet, Zope, and/or the like. Object databases can include a number of object collections that are grouped and/or linked together by common attributes; they may be related to other object collections by some common attributes. Object-oriented databases perform similarly to relational databases with the exception that objects are not just pieces of data but may have other types of capabilities encapsulated within a given object. If the Social-Watch database is implemented as a data-structure, the use of the Social-Watch database 1119 may be integrated into another component such as the Social-Watch component 1135. Also, the database may be implemented as a mix of data structures, objects, and relational structures. Databases may be consolidated and/or distributed in countless variations through standard data processing techniques. Portions of databases, e.g., tables, may be exported and/or imported and thus decentralized and/or integrated.
In one embodiment, the database component 1119 includes several tables 1119a-1. A user accounts table 1119a includes fields such as, but not limited to: a UserID, UserName, UserPassword, UserAddress, UserDeviceID, UserViewingHistory, UserRating, UserPreference, and/or the like. The User table may support and/or track multiple entity accounts on a Social-Watch. A Real Time TV table 1119b includes fields such as, but not limited to: TVChannelID, TVChannelName, TVChannelLogo, TVChannelAirTime, TVChannelProgram, TVChannelAd and/or the like. A Media Program table 1119c includes fields such as, MediaID, MediaName, MediaLength, MediaSignature, MediaBrand, MediaTimeTag, MediaAd, MediaAdSponsor, MediaAirTime, MediaChannelID, and/or the like. A Survey Question table 1119d includes fields such as QuestionID, QuestionCategory, QuestionAdID, QuestionDescription, QuestionResponse, QuestionMediaID, QuestionMediaTimeTag, QuestionUserID, and/or the like. An Ad table 1119e includes fields such as, but not limited to: AdID, AdMerchant, AdFormat, AdProduct, AdText, AdTimeTag, AdMediaID, AdChannelID, AdAudioSignature, and/or the like. An Atmospherics table 1119f includes fields such as, but not limited to: AtmosID, AtmosType, AtmosTimestamp, AtmosUserID, AtmosDeviceID, AtmosPhotoID, AtmosGPS, AtmosMediaID, AtmosChannelID, and/or the like. A User Device table 1119g includes fields such as, but not limited to: DeviceID, DeviceType, DeviceHardwareID, DeviceMAC, DeviceAppInventory, and/or the like. A Reports table 1119h includes fields such as, but not limited to: ReportID, ReportTimePeriod, ReportMediaID, ReportChannelID, ReportAdID, ReportType, ReportUserRating, ReportAdEffect, and/or the like. A social content table 1119i includes fields such as, but not limited to: SocialID, SocialName, SocialUserID, SocialTokenID, SocialUserID, SocialSource, SocialContent, SocialTimeStamp, and/or the like. A Taxonomy table 1119j includes fields such as, but not limited to: TaxpID, TaxoName, TaxoProducType, TaxoKeyWords, TaxoTreeNode, TaxoLevel, TaxoLabels, and/or the like. A User Token table 1119k includes fields such as, but not limited to: TokenID, TokenUserID, TokenSocialID, TokenSocialSource, TokenNumber, TokenFile, and/or the like. An Analytics Weight Scores table 11191 includes fields such as, but not limited to: ScoreID, ScoreName, ScoreFactorAttribute, ScoreWeight, ScoreDescription, Scorelndication, and/or the like.
In one embodiment, the Social-Watch database may interact with other database systems. For example, employing a distributed database system, queries and data access by search Social-Watch component may treat the combination of the Social-Watch database, an integrated data security layer database as a single database entity.
In one embodiment, user programs may contain various user interface primitives, which may serve to update the Social-Watch. Also, various accounts may require custom database tables depending upon the environments and the types of clients the Social-Watch may need to serve. It should be noted that any unique fields may be designated as a key field throughout. In an alternative embodiment, these tables have been decentralized into their own databases and their respective database controllers (i.e., individual database controllers for each of the above tables). Employing standard data processing techniques, one may further distribute the databases over several computer systemizations and/or storage devices. Similarly, configurations of the decentralized database controllers may be varied by consolidating and/or distributing the various database components 1119a-1. The Social-Watch may be configured to keep track of various settings, inputs, and parameters via database controllers.
The Social-Watch database may communicate to and/or with other components in a component collection, including itself, and/or facilities of the like. Most frequently, the Social-Watch database communicates with the Social-Watch component, other program components, and/or the like. The database may contain, retain, and provide information regarding other nodes and data.
The Social-Watch component 1135 is a stored program component that is executed by a CPU. In one embodiment, the Social-Watch component incorporates any and/or all combinations of the aspects of the Social-Watch that was discussed in the previous figures. As such, the Social-Watch affects accessing, obtaining and the provision of information, services, transactions, and/or the like across various communications networks.
The Social-Watch transforms TV program schedule listing information and user channel selection via Social-Watch components, such as real time TV 1042, ad survey synchronization 1043, atmospherics analysis 1044, audience statistics analysis 1045, social media connection 1046, media analytics 1047 and/or the like into TV audience viewing data and ad effects data.
The Social-Watch component facilitates access of information between nodes may be developed by employing standard development tools and languages such as, but not limited to: Apache components, Assembly, ActiveX, binary executables, (ANSI) (Objective−) C (++), C# and/or .NET, database adapters, CGI scripts, Java, JavaScript, mapping tools, procedural and object oriented development tools, PERL, PHP, Python, shell scripts, SQL commands, web application server extensions, web development environments and libraries (e.g., Microsoft's ActiveX; Adobe AIR, FLEX & FLASH; AJAX; (D)HTML; Dojo, Java; JavaScript; jQuery(UI); MooTools, Prototype; script.aculo.us, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP); SWFObject; Yahoo! User Interface; and/or the like), WebObjects, and/or the like. In one embodiment, the Social-Watch server employs a cryptographic server to encrypt and decrypt communications. The Social-Watch component may communicate to and/or with other components in a component collection, including itself, and/or facilities of the like. Most frequently, the Social-Watch component communicates with the Social-Watch database, operating systems, other program components, and/or the like. The Social-Watch may contain, communicate, generate, obtain, and/or provide program component, system, user, and/or data communications, requests, and/or responses.
The structure and/or operation of any of the Social-Watch node controller components may be combined, consolidated, and/or distributed in any number of ways to facilitate development and/or deployment. Similarly, the component collection may be combined in any number of ways to facilitate deployment and/or development. To accomplish this, one may integrate the components into a common code base or in a facility that can dynamically load the components on demand in an integrated fashion.
The component collection may be consolidated and/or distributed in countless variations through standard data processing and/or development techniques. Multiple instances of any one of the program components in the program component collection may be instantiated on a single node, and/or across numerous nodes to improve performance through load-balancing and/or data-processing techniques.
Furthermore, single instances may also be distributed across multiple controllers and/or storage devices; e.g., databases. All program component instances and controllers working in concert may do so through standard data processing communication techniques.
The configuration of the Social-Watch controller may depend on the context of system deployment. Factors such as, but not limited to, the budget, capacity, location, and/or use of the underlying hardware resources may affect deployment requirements and configuration. Regardless of if the configuration results in more consolidated and/or integrated program components, results in a more distributed series of program components, and/or results in some combination between a consolidated and distributed configuration, data may be communicated, obtained, and/or provided. Instances of components consolidated into a common code base from the program component collection may communicate, obtain, and/or provide data. This may be accomplished through intra-application data processing communication techniques such as, but not limited to: data referencing (e.g., pointers), internal messaging, object instance variable communication, shared memory space, variable passing, and/or the like.
If component collection components are discrete, separate, and/or external to one another, then communicating, obtaining, and/or providing data with and/or to other component components may be accomplished through inter-application data processing communication techniques such as, but not limited to: Application Program Interfaces (API) information passage; (distributed) Component Object Model ((D)COM), (Distributed) Object Linking and Embedding ((D)OLE), and/or the like), Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), Jini local and remote application program interfaces, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), Remote Method Invocation (RMI), SOAP, process pipes, shared files, and/or the like. Messages sent between discrete component components for inter-application communication or within memory spaces of a singular component for intra-application communication may be facilitated through the creation and parsing of a grammar. A grammar may be developed by using development tools such as lex, yacc, XML, and/or the like, which allow for grammar generation and parsing capabilities, which in turn may form the basis of communication messages within and between components.
For example, a grammar may be arranged to recognize the tokens of an HTTP post command, e.g.:
where Value1 is discerned as being a parameter because “http://” is part of the grammar syntax, and what follows is considered part of the post value. Similarly, with such a grammar, a variable “Value1” may be inserted into an “http://” post command and then sent. The grammar syntax itself may be presented as structured data that is interpreted and/or otherwise used to generate the parsing mechanism (e.g., a syntax description text file as processed by lex, yacc, etc.). Also, once the parsing mechanism is generated and/or instantiated, it itself may process and/or parse structured data such as, but not limited to: character (e.g., tab) delineated text, HTML, structured text streams, XML, and/or the like structured data. In another embodiment, inter-application data processing protocols themselves may have integrated and/or readily available parsers (e.g., JSON, SOAP, and/or like parsers) that may be employed to parse (e.g., communications) data. Further, the parsing grammar may be used beyond message parsing, but may also be used to parse: databases, data collections, data stores, structured data, and/or the like. Again, the desired configuration may depend upon the context, environment, and requirements of system deployment.
For example, in some implementations, the Social-Watch controller may be executing a PHP script implementing a Secure Sockets Layer (“SSL”) socket server via the information sherver, which listens to incoming communications on a server port to which a client may send data, e.g., data encoded in JSON format. Upon identifying an incoming communication, the PHP script may read the incoming message from the client device, parse the received JSON-encoded text data to extract information from the JSON-encoded text data into PHP script variables, and store the data (e.g., client identifying information, etc.) and/or extracted information in a relational database accessible using the Structured Query Language (“SQL”). An exemplary listing, written substantially in the form of PHP/SQL commands, to accept JSON-encoded input data from a client device via a SSL connection, parse the data to extract variables, and store the data to a database, is provided below:
Also, the following resources may be used to provide example embodiments regarding SOAP parser implementation:
and other parser implementations:
all of which are hereby expressly incorporated by reference.
Additional embodiments of the Social-Watch may comprise the following:
1. A TV mobile control processor-implemented method, comprising:
obtaining TV program schedule listing data;
providing the obtained TV program schedule listing data to a general purpose user mobile device communicatively coupled to an infrared communication component;
receiving a user media program selection message from the general purpose user mobile device,
determining whether the received user media program selection message indicates a user watching event;
determining a user watching time length associated with the user selected channel when the received user media program selection message is determined to indicate the user watching event; and
generating and storing a user watching event log file including the user selected channel and the determined user watching time length.
2. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising:
filtering the received user media program selection message when the received user media program selection message is determined not to indicate a user watching event.
3. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the general purpose user mobile device comprises any of a smartphone, a personal data assistant, a cellular phone, a laptop, and a tablet computer
4. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the TV program schedule listing data is transmitted via any of a cellar network, a 3G network, and a Wifi network.
5. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the general purpose user mobile device transmits a TV remote channel selection indication to a TV set-top box via the infrared plug-in component.
6. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the TV remote channel selection message comprises a non-live media program selection message.
7. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the non-live media program selection message comprises any of a DVD control message, a DVR control message and an on-demand media control message.
8. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the determining whether the received user media program selection message indicates a user watching event comprises:
calculating a time lapse between two consecutively received program selection messages; and
determining whether the time lapse is sufficiently long to indicate a user watching event.
9. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the determining a user watching time length comprises determining whether a time lapse between two consecutively received program selection messages exceeds a capping threshold.
10. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the determining a user watching time length comprises applying watching time caps based on any of TV on/off events, set-top box on/off events and heuristics.
11. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising feeding the user watching event log file for user viewing data record associated with the selected media program.
12. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the general purpose user mobile device is configured to automatically scan on a communication stack for a physical address of a TV set.
13. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the general purpose user mobile device receives user submitted TV parameters to scan for a TV set.
14. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising:
obtaining an atmospherics data artifact from the atmospherics data package.
15. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising:
extracting user instant activities information based on analysis of the atmospherics data artifact.
16. The method of embodiment 15, further comprising:
generating a user viewing status indication based on the user instant activities information; and
incorporating the user viewing status indication into viewer measurement data of the user selected channel
17. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the received TV program schedule listing data comprises a plurality of ad tags.
18. The method of embodiment 17, further comprising:
retrieving an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data.
19. The method of embodiment 18, further comprising:
extracting key terms from the ad tags based by parsing ad contents;
querying a survey question list based on the extracted key terms;
20. The method of embodiment 17, further comprising:
generating a social watching status message; and
populating the social watching status message to a social media platform.
21. A TV mobile control system, comprising:
a memory;
a processor disposed in communication with said memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor issues instructions to:
22. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the processor further issues instructions to:
filter the received user media program selection message when the received user media program selection message is determined not to indicate a user watching event.
23. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the general purpose user mobile device comprises any of a smartphone, a personal data assistant, a cellular phone, a laptop, and a tablet computer
24. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the TV program schedule listing data is transmitted via any of a cellar network, a 3G network, and a Wifi network.
25. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the general purpose user mobile device transmits a TV remote channel selection indication to a TV set-top box via the infrared plug-in component.
26. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the TV remote channel selection message comprises a non-live media program selection message.
27. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the non-live media program selection message comprises any of a DVD control message, a DVR control message and an on-demand media control message.
28. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the determining whether the received user media program selection message indicates a user watching event comprises:
calculating a time lapse between two consecutively received program selection messages; and
determining whether the time lapse is sufficiently long to indicate a user watching event.
29. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the determining a user watching time length comprises determining whether a time lapse between two consecutively received program selection messages exceeds a capping threshold.
30. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the determining a user watching time length comprises applying watching time caps based on any of TV on/off events, set-top box on/off events and heuristics.
31. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the processor issues instructions to feed the user watching event log file for user viewing data record associated with the selected media program.
32. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the general purpose user mobile device is configured to automatically scan on a communication stack for a physical address of a TV set.
33. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the general purpose user mobile device receives user submitted TV parameters to scan for a TV set.
34. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the processor further issues instructions to: obtain an atmospherics data artifact from the atmospherics data package.
35. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the processor further issues instructions to:
extract user instant activities information based on analysis of the atmospherics data artifact.
36. The system of embodiment 25, wherein the processor further issues instructions to:
generate a user viewing status indication based on the user instant activities information; and
incorporate the user viewing status indication into viewer measurement data of the user selected channel
37. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the received TV program schedule listing data comprises a plurality of ad tags.
38. The system of embodiment 17, wherein the processor further issues instructions to:
retrieve an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data.
39. The system of embodiment 38, wherein the processor further issues instructions to:
extract key terms from the ad tags based by parsing ad contents;
query a survey question list based on the extracted key terms;
40. The system of embodiment 37, wherein the processor further issues instructions to:
generate a social watching status message; and
populate the social watching status message to a social media platform.
41. A TV mobile control processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions to:
obtain TV program schedule listing data;
provide the obtained TV program schedule listing data to a general purpose user mobile device communicatively coupled to an infrared communication component;
receive a user media program selection message from the general purpose user mobile device,
determine whether the received user media program selection message indicates a user watching event;
determine a user watching time length associated with the user selected channel when the received user media program selection message is determined to indicate the user watching event; and
generate and storing a user watching event log file including the user selected channel and the determined user watching time length.
42. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the processor further issues instructions to:
filter the received user media program selection message when the received user media program selection message is determined not to indicate a user watching event.
43. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the general purpose user mobile device comprises any of a smartphone, a personal data assistant, a cellular phone, a laptop, and a tablet computer
44. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the TV program schedule listing data is transmitted via any of a cellar network, a 3G network, and a Wifi network.
45. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the general purpose user mobile device transmits a TV remote channel selection indication to a TV set-top box via the infrared plug-in component.
46. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the TV remote channel selection message comprises a non-live media program selection message.
47. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the non-live media program selection message comprises any of a DVD control message, a DVR control message and an on-demand media control message.
48. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the determining whether the received user media program selection message indicates a user watching event comprises:
calculating a time lapse between two consecutively received program selection messages; and
determining whether the time lapse is sufficiently long to indicate a user watching event.
49. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the determining a user watching time length comprises determining whether a time lapse between two consecutively received program selection messages exceeds a capping threshold.
50. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the determining a user watching time length comprises applying watching time caps based on any of TV on/off events, set-top box on/off events and heuristics.
51. The medium of embodiment 41, further storing instructions to feed the user watching event log file for user viewing data record associated with the selected media program.
52. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the general purpose user mobile device is configured to automatically scan on a communication stack for a physical address of a TV set.
53. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the general purpose user mobile device receives user submitted TV parameters to scan for a TV set.
54. The medium of embodiment 41, further storing instructions to:
obtain an atmospherics data artifact from the atmospherics data package.
55. The medium of embodiment 41, further storing instructions to:
extract user instant activities information based on analysis of the atmospherics data artifact.
56. The medium of embodiment 55, further storing instructions to:
generate a user viewing status indication based on the user instant activities information; and
incorporate the user viewing status indication into viewer measurement data of the user selected channel
57. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the received TV program schedule listing data comprises a plurality of ad tags.
58. The medium of embodiment 57, further storing instructions to:
retrieve an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data.
59. The medium of embodiment 58, further storing instructions to:
extract key terms from the ad tags based by parsing ad contents;
query a survey question list based on the extracted key terms;
60. The medium of embodiment 57, further storing instructions to:
generate a social watching status message; and
populate the social watching status message to a social media platform.
Further embodiments of monitoring audience behavior of the Social-Watch may comprise the following:
1. A TV audience monitoring processor-implemented method, comprising:
providing TV program schedule listing data to a user mobile device;
receiving a user channel selection from the user mobile device;
receiving, from the user mobile device, an atmospherics data package indicating user instant activity status;
obtaining an atmospherics data artifact from the atmospherics data package;
extracting user instant activities information based on analysis of the atmospherics data artifact;
generating a user viewing status indication based on the user instant activities information; and
incorporating the user viewing status indication into viewer measurement data of the user selected channel.
2. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user mobile device comprises any of a smartphone, a personal data assistant, a cellular phone, a laptop, and a tablet computer.
3. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the TV program schedule listing data is transmitted via any of a cellar network, a 3G network, and a Wifi network.
4. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the same user channel selection is transmitted to a TV set via an infrared communication channel.
5. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the atmospherics data package is captured and aggregated by the user mobile device to monitor whether the user is watching the selected channel.
6. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising determining a type of the atmospherics data artifact.
7. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises an audio file.
8. The method of embodiment 7, further comprising:
determining audio content based on audio analysis.
9. The method of embodiment 8, further comprising:
when the audio content includes human voice, performing voice recognition to determine whether a vocal source matches a character in a TV show scheduled on the user selected channel;
10. The method of embodiment 8, further comprising:
when the audio content includes human voice, extracting key terms from the human voice to determine whether the vocal content is related to a TV show scheduled on the user selected channel.
11. The method of 8, further comprising:
when the audio content includes ambient noise, determining an audience environment status based on the noise level.
12. The method of embodiment 8, further comprising:
when the audio content includes media music, determine whether the media music is related to a TV show scheduled on the user selected channel.
13. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises an image file.
14. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising:
determining graphic content based on image analysis.
15. The method of embodiment 14, further comprising:
when the graphic content comprises audience presence, performing facial recognition to determine a number of presented audiences.
16. The method of embodiment 15, further comprising:
when the graphic content comprises a TV screen, determining whether the TV screen is related to a TV show scheduled on the user selected channel.
17. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises GPS information.
18. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising:
determining an address type of the GPS information; and
determining whether the user is viewing TV based on the address type.
19. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises a lighting sensing data file.
20. The method of embodiment 19, further comprising: determining whether audience environment is suitable for viewing based on the lighting sensing data.
21. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises a device application activity log file.
22. The method of embodiment 21, further comprising:
determining a device application activity type; and
determining whether the user is viewing TV based on the device application activity type.
23. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the generating a user viewing status indication is performed based on a threshold-based progressive procedure.
24. The method of embodiment 23, wherein the threshold-based progressive procedure comprises:
analyzing a first atmospherics data artifact;
determining a first user activity indication based on the analysis;
assigning a first weight score value to the first atmospherics data artifact;
determining whether the first weight score value exceeds a threshold;
if yes, determining the user is not watching the selected channel; and
if not, proceeding to analyzing a second atmospherics data artifact,
25. The method of embodiment 23, further comprising:
repeating analysis of atmospherics data artifacts when an accumulated atmospherics score does not exceed the threshold.
26. The method of embodiment 23, further comprising:
determining the user is not watching the selected channel and exit the threshold-based progressive procedure when the accumulated atmospherics score exceeds the threshold.
27. The method of embodiment 23, wherein the threshold-based progressive procedure analyzes atmospherics data artifacts based on complexity from low to high.
28. The method of embodiment 24, wherein the first atmospherics data artifact comprises any of: GPS information and device application activity status.
29. The method of embodiment 24, wherein the first and second weight score values are retrieved from the pre-stored data table.
30. The method of embodiment 24, further comprising:
when the threshold-based progressive procedure determines the user is not watching the selected channel, excluding the user from being a viewer of the user selected channel.
31. A TV audience monitoring system, comprising:
means to provide TV program schedule listing data to a user mobile device;
means to receive a user channel selection from the user mobile device;
means to receive, from the user mobile device, an atmospherics data package indicating user instant activity status;
means to obtain an atmospherics data artifact from the atmospherics data package;
means to extract user instant activities information based on analysis of the atmospherics data artifact;
means to generate a user viewing status indication based on the user instant activities information; and
means to incorporate the user viewing status indication into viewer measurement data of the user selected channel.
32. The system of embodiment 31, wherein the user mobile device comprises any of a smartphone, a personal data assistant, a cellular phone, a laptop, and a tablet computer.
33. The system of embodiment 31, wherein the TV program schedule listing data is transmitted via any of a cellar network, a 3G network, and a Wifi network.
34. The system of embodiment 31, wherein the same user channel selection is transmitted to a TV set via an infrared communication channel.
35. The system of embodiment 31, wherein the atmospherics data package is captured and aggregated by the user mobile device to monitor whether the user is watching the selected channel.
36. The system of embodiment 31, further comprising determining a type of the atmospherics data artifact.
37. The system of embodiment 31, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises an audio file.
38. The system of embodiment 37, further comprising:
means to determine audio content based on audio analysis.
39. The system of embodiment 38, further comprising:
means to when the audio content includes human voice, perform voice recognition to determine whether a vocal source matches a character in a TV show scheduled on the user selected channel;
40. The system of embodiment 38, further comprising:
means to when the audio content includes human voice, extract key terms from the human voice to determine whether the vocal content is related to a TV show scheduled on the user selected channel.
41. The system of 38, further comprising:
means to when the audio content includes ambient noise, determine an audience environment status based on the noise level.
42. The system of embodiment 38, further comprising:
means to when the audio content includes media music, determine whether the media music is related to a TV show scheduled on the user selected channel.
43. The system of embodiment 31, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises an image file.
44. The system of embodiment 31, further comprising:
means to determine graphic content based on image analysis.
45. The system of embodiment 34, further comprising:
means to when the graphic content comprises audience presence, perform facial recognition to determine a number of presented audiences.
46. The system of embodiment 45, further comprising:
means to when the graphic content comprises a TV screen, determine whether the TV screen is related to a TV show scheduled on the user selected channel.
47. The system of embodiment 31, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises GPS information.
48. The system of embodiment 31, further comprising:
means to determine an address type of the GPS information; and
means to determine whether the user is viewing TV based on the address type.
49. The system of embodiment 31, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises a lighting sensing data file.
50. The system of embodiment 49, further comprising: means to determine whether audience environment is suitable for viewing based on the lighting sensing data.
51. The system of embodiment 31, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises a device application activity log file.
52. The system of embodiment 41, further comprising:
means to determine a device application activity type; and
means to determine whether the user is viewing TV based on the device application activity type.
53. The system of embodiment 31, wherein the generating a user viewing status indication is performed based on a threshold-based progressive procedure.
54. The system of embodiment 53, wherein the threshold-based progressive procedure comprises:
means to analyze a first atmospherics data artifact;
means to determine a first user activity indication based on the analysis;
means to assign a first weight score value to the first atmospherics data artifact;
means to determine whether the first weight score value exceeds a threshold;
if yes, means to determine the user is not watching the selected channel; and
if not, means to proceed to analyzing a second atmospherics data artifact,
55. The system of embodiment 53, further comprising:
means to repeat analysis of atmospherics data artifacts when an accumulated atmospherics score does not exceed the threshold.
56. The system of embodiment 53, further comprising:
means to determine the user is not watching the selected channel and exit the threshold-based progressive procedure when the accumulated atmospherics score exceeds the threshold.
57. The system of embodiment 53, wherein the threshold-based progressive procedure analyzes atmospherics data artifacts based on complexity from low to high.
58. The system of embodiment 54, wherein the first atmospherics data artifact comprises any of: GPS information and device application activity status.
59. The system of embodiment 54, wherein the first and second weight score values are retrieved from the pre-stored data table.
60. The system of embodiment 54, further comprising:
when the threshold-based progressive procedure determines the user is not watching the selected channel,
61. A TV audience monitoring processor-readable non-transitory medium storing processor-executable instructions, said instructions issuable by a processor to:
provide TV program schedule listing data to a user mobile device;
receive a user channel selection from the user mobile device;
receive, from the user mobile device, an atmospherics data package indicating user instant activity status;
obtain an atmospherics data artifact from the atmospherics data package;
extract user instant activities information based on analysis of the atmospherics data artifact;
generate a user viewing status indication based on the user instant activities information; and
incorporate the user viewing status indication into viewer measurement data of the user selected channel.
62. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the user mobile device comprises any of a smartphone, a personal data assistant, a cellular phone, a laptop, and a tablet computer.
63. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the TV program schedule listing data is transmitted via any of a cellar network, a 3G network, and a Wifi network.
64. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the same user channel selection is transmitted to a TV set via an infrared communication channel.
65. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the atmospherics data package is captured and aggregated by the user mobile device to monitor whether the user is watching the selected channel.
66. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to determining a type of the atmospherics data artifact.
67. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises an audio file.
68. The medium of embodiment 67, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
determine audio content based on audio analysis.
69. The medium of embodiment 68, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
when the audio content includes human voice, perform voice recognition to determine whether a vocal source matches a character in a TV show scheduled on the user selected channel;
70. The medium of embodiment 68, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
when the audio content includes human voice, extract key terms from the human voice to determine whether the vocal content is related to a TV show scheduled on the user selected channel.
71. The medium of 68, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
when the audio content includes ambient noise, determine an audience environment status based on the noise level.
72. The medium of embodiment 68, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
when the audio content includes media music, determine whether the media music is related to a TV show scheduled on the user selected channel.
73. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises an image file.
74. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
determine graphic content based on image analysis.
75. The medium of embodiment 64, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
when the graphic content comprises audience presence, perform facial recognition to determine a number of presented audiences.
76. The medium of embodiment 75, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
when the graphic content comprises a TV screen, determine whether the TV screen is related to a TV show scheduled on the user selected channel.
77. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises GPS information.
78. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
determine an address type of the GPS information; and
determine whether the user is viewing TV based on the address type.
79. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises a lighting sensing data file.
80. The medium of embodiment 79, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to: determine whether audience environment is suitable for viewing based on the lighting sensing data.
81. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises a device application activity log file.
82. The medium of embodiment 71, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
determine a device application activity type; and
determine whether the user is viewing TV based on the device application activity type.
83. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the generating a user viewing status indication is performed based on a threshold-based progressive procedure.
84. The medium of embodiment 83, wherein the threshold-based progressive procedure comprises:
analyze a first atmospherics data artifact;
determine a first user activity indication based on the analysis;
assign a first weight score value to the first atmospherics data artifact;
determine whether the first weight score value exceeds a threshold;
if yes, determine the user is not watching the selected channel; and
if not, proceed to analyzing a second atmospherics data artifact,
85. The medium of embodiment 83, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
repeat analysis of atmospherics data artifacts when an accumulated atmospherics score does not exceed the threshold.
86. The medium of embodiment 83, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
determine the user is not watching the selected channel and exit the threshold-based progressive procedure when the accumulated atmospherics score exceeds the threshold.
87. The medium of embodiment 83, wherein the threshold-based progressive procedure analyzes atmospherics data artifacts based on complexity from low to high.
88. The medium of embodiment 84, wherein the first atmospherics data artifact comprises any of: GPS information and device application activity status.
89. The medium of embodiment 84, wherein the first and second weight score values are retrieved from the pre-stored data table.
90. The medium of embodiment 84, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further issuable by the processor to:
when the threshold-based progressive procedure determines the user is not watching the selected channel,
Further embodiments of capturing audience atmospherics data at a user mobile device may comprise the following:
1. A TV audience monitoring processor-implemented method, comprising:
instantiating a TV mobile control component at a general purpose user mobile device;
receiving TV program schedule listing data at the general purpose user mobile device via a communication channel;
obtaining a user selection of TV program via a user interface of the instantiated TV mobile control component;
transmitting a TV remote channel selection indication to a server via the communication channel;
capturing atmospherics data indicative of user activities status at the user mobile device;
generating an atmospherics data package comprising one or more atmospherics data artifact from the captured atmospherics data; and
transmitting the generated atmospherics data package to the server.
2. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user mobile device comprises any of a smartphone, a personal data assistant, a cellular phone, a laptop, and a tablet computer.
3. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the communication network comprises any of a cellar network, a 3G network, and a Wifi network.
4. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the capturing atmospherics data is automatically performed by the TV mobile control component on a periodic basis.
5. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the capturing atmospherics data is triggered by a user.
6. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises snapping a photo by an image capturing component connected to the user mobile device.
7. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises obtaining a video clip by an image capturing component connected to the user mobile device.
8. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises recording an audio clip by the user mobile device.
9. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises obtaining GPS information of the user mobile device.
10. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises obtaining lighting sensing data by the user mobile device.
11. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises obtaining device application activity status on the user mobile device.
12. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises any of an image, a video clip, an audio clip, GPS information, device application data, and lighting data.
13. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising: prompting a request to a user to position the user mobile device so that an image capture component is focused on a TV screen.
14. The method of embodiment 6, wherein the snapped photo includes an image of audiences.
15. The method of embodiment 6, wherein the snapped photo includes a TV screen.
16. The method of embodiment 8, wherein the audio clip includes ambient noise of an environment.
17. The method of embodiment 8, wherein the audio clip includes recorded media sound.
18. The method of embodiment 8, wherein the audio clip includes human voices.
19. The method of embodiment 7, wherein the GPS information indicates whether a user is located with a TV set.
20. The method of embodiment 10, wherein the lighting data indicates whether amble light is provided to watch TV.
21. A TV audience monitoring apparatus, comprising:
a memory;
a processor disposed in communication with said memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor issues instructions to:
instantiate a TV mobile control component at a general purpose user mobile device;
receive TV program schedule listing data at the general purpose user mobile device via a communication channel;
obtain a user selection of TV program via a user interface of the instantiated TV mobile control component;
transmit a TV remote channel selection indication to a server via the communication channel;
capture atmospherics data indicative of user activities status at the user mobile device;
generate an atmospherics data package comprising one or more atmospherics data artifact from the captured atmospherics data; and
transmit the generated atmospherics data package to the server.
22. The apparatus of embodiment 1, wherein the user mobile device comprises any of a smartphone, a personal data assistant, a cellular phone, a laptop, and a tablet computer.
23. The apparatus of embodiment 21, wherein the communication network comprises any of a cellar network, a 3G network, and a Wifi network.
24. The apparatus of embodiment 21, wherein the capturing atmospherics data is automatically performed by the TV mobile control component on a periodic basis.
25. The apparatus of embodiment 21, wherein the capturing atmospherics data is triggered by a user.
26. The apparatus of embodiment 21, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises snapping a photo by an image capturing component connected to the user mobile device.
27. The apparatus of embodiment 21, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises obtaining a video clip by an image capturing component connected to the user mobile device.
28. The apparatus of embodiment 21, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises recording an audio clip by the user mobile device.
29. The apparatus of embodiment 21, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises obtaining GPS information of the user mobile device.
30. The apparatus of embodiment 21, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises obtaining lighting sensing data by the user mobile device.
31. The apparatus of embodiment 21, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises obtaining device application activity status on the user mobile device.
32. The apparatus of embodiment 21, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises any of an image, a video clip, an audio clip, GPS information, device application data, and lighting data.
33. The apparatus of embodiment 21, wherein the processor further issues instructions to prompt a request to a user to position the user mobile device so that an image capture component is focused on a TV screen.
34. The apparatus of embodiment 26, wherein the snapped photo includes an image of audiences.
35. The apparatus of embodiment 26, wherein the snapped photo includes a TV screen.
36. The apparatus of embodiment 28, wherein the audio clip includes ambient noise of an environment.
37. The apparatus of embodiment 28, wherein the audio clip includes recorded media sound.
38. The apparatus of embodiment 28, wherein the audio clip includes human voices.
39. The apparatus of embodiment 29, wherein the GPS information indicates whether a user is located with a TV set.
40. The apparatus of embodiment 30, wherein the lighting data indicates whether amble light is provided to watch TV.
41. A TV audience monitoring processor-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions to:
instantiate a TV mobile control component at a general purpose user mobile device;
receive TV program schedule listing data at the general purpose user mobile device via a communication channel;
obtain a user selection of TV program via a user interface of the instantiated TV mobile control component;
transmit a TV remote channel selection indication to a server via the communication channel;
capture atmospherics data indicative of user activities status at the user mobile device;
generate an atmospherics data package comprising one or more atmospherics data artifact from the captured atmospherics data; and
transmit the generated atmospherics data package to the server.
42. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the user mobile device comprises any of a smartphone, a personal data assistant, a cellular phone, a laptop, and a tablet computer.
43. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the communication network comprises any of a cellar network, a 3G network, and a Wifi network.
44. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the capturing atmospherics data is automatically performed by the TV mobile control component on a periodic basis.
45. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the capturing atmospherics data is triggered by a user.
46. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises snapping a photo by an image capturing component connected to the user mobile device.
47. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises obtaining a video clip by an image capturing component connected to the user mobile device.
48. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises recording an audio clip by the user mobile device.
49. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises obtaining GPS information of the user mobile device.
50. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises obtaining lighting sensing data by the user mobile device.
61. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the capturing atmospherics data comprises obtaining device application activity status on the user mobile device.
62. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the atmospherics data artifact comprises any of an image, a video clip, an audio clip, GPS information, device application data, and lighting data.
63. The medium of embodiment 41, further storing processor-executable instructions to prompt a request to a user to position the user mobile device so that an image capture component is focused on a TV screen.
64. The medium of embodiment 56, wherein the snapped photo includes an image of audiences.
65. The medium of embodiment 56, wherein the snapped photo includes a TV screen.
66. The medium of embodiment 58, wherein the audio clip includes ambient noise of an environment.
67. The medium of embodiment 58, wherein the audio clip includes recorded media sound.
68. The medium of embodiment 58, wherein the audio clip includes human voices.
69. The medium of embodiment 59, wherein the GPS information indicates whether a user is located with a TV set.
60. The medium of embodiment 50, wherein the lighting data indicates whether amble light is provided to watch TV.
Further embodiments of generating media content based survey questionnaires may comprise the following:
1. A media content based survey distribution and collection processor-implemented method, comprising:
providing the obtained TV program schedule listing data including a plurality of ad tags to a user mobile device,
receiving a user media program selection message from the user mobile device;
retrieving an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data;
extracting key terms from the ad tags based by parsing ad contents;
querying a survey question list based on the extracted key terms;
generating and sending a survey question from the query to the user mobile device; and
obtaining a user reaction to the survey question.
2. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the ad tag is related to an advertisement played during a commercial break associated with the user selected media program.
3. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the ad tag is related to an embedded ad placed in a scene of the user selected media program.
4. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the ad tag further comprises a timestamp of an ad, and information related to the advertised item.
5. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising:
determining a category of an advertised item based on the extracted key terms.
6. The method of embodiment 5, further comprising:
retrieving survey questions from the survey question list based on the determined category.
7. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the generated survey question is sent to the user mobile device shortly after a timestamp of the ad tag.
8. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the survey question is synchronized with the ad tag.
9. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the survey question comprises a multiple choice question.
10. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the survey question comprises a URL to a merchant shopping site.
11. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user reaction to the survey question comprises a submission of answer to the survey question.
12. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user reaction to the survey question comprises a click on a URL provided in the survey question.
13. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the survey question is generated based on ad tags in a user's recent viewing history.
14. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising providing incentive rewards to a user after receiving an answer to the survey question.
15. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising analyzing ad delivery and effects.
16. The method of embodiment 15, further comprising:
assigning a weighing score to the user reaction to the survey question.
17. The method of embodiment 16, wherein the weighing score is determined based on a type of the user reaction.
18. The method of embodiment 16, wherein the weighing score is determined based on a user's answer to the survey question.
19. The method of embodiment 15, further comprising: aggregating weighing scores from a plurality of user reactions to determine ad effects.
20. The method of embodiment 15, further comprising: periodically update the analysis by combining newly received user reactions to survey questions.
21. A media content based survey distribution and collection system, comprising:
means for providing the obtained TV program schedule listing data including a plurality of ad tags to a user mobile device,
means for receiving a user media program selection message from the user mobile device;
means for retrieving an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data;
means for extracting key terms from the ad tags based by parsing ad contents;
means for querying a survey question list based on the extracted key terms;
means for generating and sending a survey question from the query to the user mobile device; and
means for obtaining a user reaction to the survey question.
22. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the ad tag is related to an advertisement played during a commercial break associated with the user selected media program.
23. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the ad tag is related to an embedded ad placed in a scene of the user selected media program.
24. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the ad tag further comprises a timestamp of an ad, and information related to the advertised item.
25. The system of embodiment 21, further comprising:
means for determining a category of an advertised item based on the extracted key terms.
26. The system of embodiment 5, further comprising:
means for retrieving survey questions from the survey question list based on the determined category.
27. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the generated survey question is sent to the user mobile device shortly after a timestamp of the ad tag.
28. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the survey question is synchronized with the ad tag.
29. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the survey question comprises a multiple choice question.
30. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the survey question comprises a URL to a merchant shopping site.
31. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the user reaction to the survey question comprises a submission of answer to the survey question.
32. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the user reaction to the survey question comprises a click on a URL provided in the survey question.
33. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the survey question is generated based on ad tags in a user's recent viewing history.
34. The system of embodiment 21, further comprising means for providing incentive rewards to a user after receiving an answer to the survey question.
35. The system of embodiment 21, further comprising means for analyzing ad delivery and effects.
36. The system of embodiment 35, further comprising:
means for assigning a weighing score to the user reaction to the survey question.
37. The system of embodiment 36, wherein the weighing score is determined based on a type of the user reaction.
38. The system of embodiment 36, wherein the weighing score is determined based on a user's answer to the survey question.
39. The system of embodiment 35, further comprising: means for aggregating weighing scores from a plurality of user reactions to determine ad effects.
40. The system of embodiment 35, further comprising: means for periodically updating the analysis by combining newly received user reactions to survey questions.
41. A media content based survey distribution and collection processor-readable non-transitory medium storing processor-executable instructions to:
provide the obtained TV program schedule listing data including a plurality of ad tags to a user mobile device,
receive a user media program selection message from the user mobile device;
retrieve an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data;
extract key terms from the ad tags based by parsing ad contents;
query a survey question list based on the extracted key terms;
generate and send a survey question from the query to the user mobile device; and
obtain a user reaction to the survey question.
42. The medium of embodiment 21, wherein the ad tag is related to an advertisement played during a commercial break associated with the user selected media program.
43. The medium of embodiment 21, wherein the ad tag is related to an embedded ad placed in a scene of the user selected media program.
44. The medium of embodiment 21, wherein the ad tag further comprises a timestamp of an ad, and information related to the advertised item.
45. The medium of embodiment 21, further comprising:
means for determining a category of an advertised item based on the extracted key terms.
46. The medium of embodiment 45, further storing processor-executable instructions to retrieve survey questions from the survey question list based on the determined category.
47. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the generated survey question is sent to the user mobile device shortly after a timestamp of the ad tag.
48. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the survey question is synchronized with the ad tag.
49. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the survey question comprises a multiple choice question.
50. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the survey question comprises a URL to a merchant shopping site.
51. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the user reaction to the survey question comprises a submission of answer to the survey question.
52. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the user reaction to the survey question comprises a click on a URL provided in the survey question.
53. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the survey question is generated based on ad tags in a user's recent viewing history.
54. The medium of embodiment 41, further storing processor-executable instructions to provide incentive rewards to a user after receiving an answer to the survey question.
55. The medium of embodiment 41, further storing processor-executable instructions to analyze ad delivery and effects.
56. The medium of embodiment 55, further storing processor-executable instructions to assign a weighing score to the user reaction to the survey question.
57. The medium of embodiment 56, wherein the weighing score is determined based on a type of the user reaction.
58. The medium of embodiment 56, wherein the weighing score is determined based on a user's answer to the survey question.
59. The medium of embodiment 55, further storing processor-executable instructions to aggregate weighing scores from a plurality of user reactions to determine ad effects.
60. The medium of embodiment 55, further storing processor-executable instructions to periodically update the analysis by combining newly received user reactions to survey questions.
Further embodiments of generating synchronized media content based product placement ads may comprise the following:
1. A media content based advertising processor-implemented method, comprising:
providing TV program schedule listing data including a plurality of ad tags to a user mobile device,
receiving a user media program selection message from the user mobile device;
retrieving an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data;
identifying an advertised item embedded in the media program based on the retrieved ad tag;
determining an available ad template associated with the retrieved ad tag;
generating an ad for the embedded advertised item based on the available ad template; and
providing the generated ad to the user mobile device based on a timestamp of the ad tag.
2. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the ad tag is related to an advertisement played during a commercial break associated with the user selected media program.
3. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the ad tag is related to an embedded ad placed in a scene of the user selected media program.
4. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the ad tag further comprises the timestamp of an ad, and information related to the advertised item.
5. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the available ad template comprises a static ad template.
6. The method of embodiment 5, further comprising populating information of the identified advertised item into the static ad template.
7. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the available ad template comprises an image captured from the media program, and said image comprises the identified advertised item.
8. The method of embodiment 7, further comprising generating an interactive ad using the available ad template.
9. The method of embodiment 7, wherein the image comprises an indicia box indicating the identified advertised item.
10. The method of embodiment 8, wherein the interactive ad comprises a rating of the identified advertised item.
11. The method of embodiment 8, wherein the interactive ad comprises an immediate purchasing option including a URL to a merchant shopping site.
12. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the interactive ad comprises an option for a user to enter a rating for the identified advertised item.
13. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising: providing options to a user to browse interactive ads.
14. The method of embodiment 13, wherein the options comprises: browsing interactive ads by any of: character, item category, season, episode.
15. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising:
receiving a user interaction with the generated ad; and
analyzing ad delivery and effects.
16. The method of embodiment 15, further comprising:
assigning a weighing score to the user interaction.
17. The method of embodiment 16, wherein the weighing score is determined based on a type of the user interaction.
18. The method of embodiment 16, wherein the user interaction comprises any of: entry of product rating, click to view more, and click to purchase.
19. The method of embodiment 15, further comprising: aggregating weighing scores from a plurality of user reactions to determine ad effects.
20. The method of embodiment 15, further comprising: periodically update the analysis by combining newly received user interactions.
21. A media content based advertising system, comprising:
means for providing TV program schedule listing data including a plurality of ad tags to a user mobile device,
means for receiving a user media program selection message from the user mobile device;
means for retrieving an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data;
means for identifying an advertised item embedded in the media program based on the retrieved ad tag;
means for determining an available ad template associated with the retrieved ad tag;
means for generating an ad for the embedded advertised item based on the available ad template; and
means for providing the generated ad to the user mobile device based on a timestamp of the ad tag.
22. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the ad tag is related to an advertisement played during a commercial break associated with the user selected media program.
23. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the ad tag is related to an embedded ad placed in a scene of the user selected media program.
24. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the ad tag further comprises the timestamp of an ad, and information related to the advertised item.
25. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the available ad template comprises a static ad template.
26. The system of embodiment 25, further comprising populating information of the identified advertised item into the static ad template.
27. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the available ad template comprises an image captured from the media program, and said image comprises the identified advertised item.
28. The system of embodiment 27, further comprising means for generating an interactive ad using the available ad template.
29. The system of embodiment 27, wherein the image comprises an indicia box indicating the identified advertised item.
30. The system of embodiment 28, wherein the interactive ad comprises a rating of the identified advertised item.
31. The system of embodiment 28, wherein the interactive ad comprises an immediate purchasing option including a URL to a merchant shopping site.
32. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the interactive ad comprises an option for a user to enter a rating for the identified advertised item.
33. The system of embodiment 21, further comprising: providing options to a user to browse interactive ads.
34. The system of embodiment 33, wherein the options comprises: browsing interactive ads by any of: character, item category, season, episode.
35. The system of embodiment 21, further comprising:
receiving a user interaction with the generated ad; and
analyzing ad delivery and effects.
36. The system of embodiment 35, further comprising:
assigning a weighing score to the user interaction.
37. The system of embodiment 36, wherein the weighing score is determined based on a type of the user interaction.
38. The system of embodiment 36, wherein the user interaction comprises any of: entry of product rating, click to view more, and click to purchase.
39. The system of embodiment 35, further comprising: means for aggregating weighing scores from a plurality of user reactions to determine ad effects.
40. The system of embodiment 35, further comprising: means for periodically updating the analysis by combining newly received user interactions.
41. A media content based advertising processor-readable non-transitory medium storing processor-executable instructions to:
provide TV program schedule listing data including a plurality of ad tags to a user mobile device,
receive a user media program selection message from the user mobile device;
retrieve an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data;
identify an advertised item embedded in the media program based on the retrieved ad tag;
determine an available ad template associated with the retrieved ad tag;
generate an ad for the embedded advertised item based on the available ad template; and
provide the generated ad to the user mobile device based on a timestamp of the ad tag.
42. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the ad tag is related to an advertisement played during a commercial break associated with the user selected media program.
43. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the ad tag is related to an embedded ad placed in a scene of the user selected media program.
44. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the ad tag further comprises the timestamp of an ad, and information related to the advertised item.
45. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the available ad template comprises a static ad template.
46. The medium of embodiment 45, further storing instructions to populate information of the identified advertised item into the static ad template.
47. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the available ad template comprises an image captured from the media program, and said image comprises the identified advertised item.
48. The medium of embodiment 47, further storing instructions to generate an interactive ad using the available ad template.
49. The medium of embodiment 47, wherein the image comprises an indicia box indicating the identified advertised item.
50. The medium of embodiment 48, wherein the interactive ad comprises a rating of the identified advertised item.
51. The medium of embodiment 48, wherein the interactive ad comprises an immediate purchasing option including a URL to a merchant shopping site.
52. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the interactive ad comprises an option for a user to enter a rating for the identified advertised item.
53. The medium of embodiment 41, further storing instructions to provide options to a user to browse interactive ads.
54. The medium of embodiment 43, wherein the options comprises: browsing interactive ads by any of: character, item category, season, episode.
55. The medium of embodiment 41, further storing instructions to:
receive a user interaction with the generated ad; and
analyze ad delivery and effects.
56. The medium of embodiment 55, further storing instructions to:
assign a weighing score to the user interaction.
57. The medium of embodiment 56, wherein the weighing score is determined based on a type of the user interaction.
58. The medium of embodiment 57, wherein the user interaction comprises any of: entry of product rating, click to view more, and click to purchase.
59. The medium of embodiment 55, further comprising: aggregating weighing scores from a plurality of user reactions to determine ad effects.
60. The medium of embodiment 55, further comprising: periodically update the analysis by combining newly received user interactions.
Further embodiments of social content access may comprise the following:
1. A social media content access processor-implemented method, comprising:
identifying a request to access user social media content;
obtaining user authorization credentials to access user social media content;
sending an access request with the obtained user authorization credentials to a social media platform;
receiving social media content data from the social media platform;
determining a type of the received media content data;
tagging the received media content data based on the type according to a progressive taxonomy mechanism;
receive a social media analytics request for an item;
querying the tagged media content data based on key terms related to the item; and
determining impression heuristics for the item based on query results.
2. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the request to access social media content comprises a request received from a user to populate a social watching event status to a social media platform.
3. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the request to access social media content comprises a periodic social media content update.
4. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the request to access social media content is triggered by an obtained request for social media analytics.
5. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials comprises:
prompting a user to provide social media login credentials.
6. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials comprises: redirecting a user to a social media login page.
7. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the social media platform obtains a user application ID and user permission.
8. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user authorization credentials comprise a user token received from the social media platform.
9. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the receiving social media content data from the social media platform is scheduled on a periodic basis.
10. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the receiving social media content data from the social media platform is performed on demand.
11. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the type of the received media content data comprises any of structured data and unstructured data.
12. The method of embodiment 11, wherein the structured data comprises any of a number of user social media connections and a user profile.
13. The method of embodiment 11, wherein the unstructured data comprises raw texts of social media comments.
14. The method of embodiment 11, wherein the tagging the received media content data comprises tagging unstructured data based on category of data content.
15. The method of embodiment 1, wherein progressive taxonomy mechanism comprises a set of pre-determined key terms.
16. The method of embodiment 15, further comprising:
querying the social media content based on a key term; and
tagging the social media content with the key term when the query finds such key term.
17. The method of embodiment 15, further comprising:
perform text analytics on the social media content.
18. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the social media analytics request comprises an impression request of the item.
19. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising: determining a key word for the item.
20. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the item comprises a TV show.
21. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the item comprises a brand name product.
22. The method of embodiment 19, further comprising: determining whether tags of unstructured data includes the key word.
23. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the determining impression heuristics comprises assigning a weight value to the social media content based on the progressive mechanism.
24. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the determining impression heuristics of the item based on query results comprises calculating an impression score.
25. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the impression heuristics is determined based on statistical analysis of social media content.
26. A social media content access processor-implemented system, comprising:
means for identifying a request to access user social media content;
means for obtaining user authorization credentials to access user social media content;
means for sending an access request with the obtained user authorization credentials to a social media platform;
means for receiving social media content data from the social media platform;
means for determining a type of the received media content data;
means for tagging the received media content data based on the type according to a progressive taxonomy mechanism;
means for receiving a social media analytics request for an item;
means for querying the tagged media content data based on key terms related to the item; and
means for determining impression heuristics for the item based on query results.
27. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the request to access social media content comprises a request received from a user to populate a social watching event status to a social media platform.
28. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the request to access social media content comprises a periodic social media content update.
29. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the request to access social media content is triggered by an obtained request for social media analytics.
30. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials comprises:
prompting a user to provide social media login credentials.
31. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials comprises: redirecting a user to a social media login page.
32. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the social media platform obtains a user application ID and user permission.
33. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the user authorization credentials comprise a user token received from the social media platform.
34. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the receiving social media content data from the social media platform is scheduled on a periodic basis.
35. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the receiving social media content data from the social media platform is performed on demand.
36. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the type of the received media content data comprises any of structured data and unstructured data.
37. The system of embodiment 36, wherein the structured data comprises any of a number of user social media connections and a user profile.
38. The system of embodiment 36, wherein the unstructured data comprises raw texts of social media comments.
39. The system of embodiment 36, wherein the tagging the received media content data comprises tagging unstructured data based on category of data content.
40. The system of embodiment 26, wherein progressive taxonomy mechanism comprises a set of pre-determined key terms.
41. The system of embodiment 26, further comprising:
means for querying the social media content based on a key term; and
means for tagging the social media content with the key term when the query finds such key term.
42. The system of embodiment 26, further comprising:
means for performing text analytics on the social media content.
43. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the social media analytics request comprises an impression request of the item.
44. The system of embodiment 26, further comprising: means for determining a key word for the item.
45. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the item comprises a TV show.
46. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the item comprises a brand name product.
47. The system of embodiment 26, further comprising: means for determining whether tags of unstructured data includes the key word.
48. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the determining impression heuristics comprises assigning a weight value to the social media content based on the progressive mechanism.
49. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the determining impression heuristics of the item based on query results comprises calculating an impression score.
50. The system of embodiment 26, wherein the impression heuristics is determined based on statistical analysis of social media content.
51. A social media content access processor-readable non-transitory medium storing processor-executable instructions to:
identify a request to access user social media content;
obtain user authorization credentials to access user social media content;
send an access request with the obtained user authorization credentials to a social media platform;
receive social media content data from the social media platform;
determine a type of the received media content data;
tag the received media content data based on the type according to a progressive taxonomy mechanism;
receive a social media analytics request for an item;
query the tagged media content data based on key terms related to the item; and
determine impression heuristics for the item based on query results.
52. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the request to access social media content comprises a request received from a user to populate a social watching event status to a social media platform.
53. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the request to access social media content comprises a periodic social media content update.
54. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the request to access social media content is triggered by an obtained request for social media analytics.
55. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials comprises:
prompting a user to provide social media login credentials.
56. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials comprises: redirecting a user to a social media login page.
57. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the social media platform obtains a user application ID and user permission.
58. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the user authorization credentials comprise a user token received from the social media platform.
59. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the receiving social media content data from the social media platform is scheduled on a periodic basis.
60. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the receiving social media content data from the social media platform is performed on demand.
61. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the type of the received media content data comprises any of structured data and unstructured data.
62. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the structured data comprises any of a number of user social media connections and a user profile.
63. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the unstructured data comprises raw texts of social media comments.
64. The medium of embodiment 61, wherein the tagging the received media content data comprises tagging unstructured data based on category of data content.
65. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein progressive taxonomy mechanism comprises a set of pre-determined key terms.
66. The medium of embodiment 65, further comprising:
querying the social media content based on a key term; and
tagging the social media content with the key term when the query finds such key term.
67. The medium of embodiment 65, further comprising:
perform text analytics on the social media content.
68. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the social media analytics request comprises an impression request of the item.
69. The medium of embodiment 51, further comprising: determining a key word for the item.
70. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the item comprises a TV show.
71. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the item comprises a brand name product.
72. The medium of embodiment 69, further comprising: determining whether tags of unstructured data includes the key word.
73. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the determining impression heuristics comprises assigning a weight value to the social media content based on the progressive mechanism.
74. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the determining impression heuristics of the item based on query results comprises calculating an impression score.
75. The medium of embodiment 51, wherein the impression heuristics is determined based on statistical analysis of social media content.
Further embodiments of cross media channel analytics may comprise the following:
1. A media analytics processor-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a user impression media analytics request including an identified object;
obtaining media analytics parameters from a user interface;
obtaining user authorization credentials for accessing user media exposure data;
obtaining user media exposure data from a variety of data channels upon verification of the obtained user authorization credentials;
querying for user impression data related to the identified object from the obtained user media exposure data;
classifying the queried user impression data related to the identified object based on different classification measures; and
generating user impression reports for the identified object.
2. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the identified object comprises a TV show.
3. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the identified object comprises a brand name.
4. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the media analytics parameters comprise any of a TV network, a TV show genre, a TV show name.
5. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the media analytics parameters further comprise user gender, age group, user interface types, user phone type, day part time range and user location.
6. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the media analytics parameters further comprise types of social media platform.
7. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials comprises recruiting social media users to share social content.
8. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials further comprises prompting a user to provide social media login credentials.
9. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials further comprises redirecting a user to a social media login page.
10. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user media exposure data comprises any of user website visits, social media content and TV viewing data.
11. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the variety of data channels comprise a mobile meter.
12. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the variety of data channels comprise a mobile application instantiated on a user mobile device.
13. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the variety of data channels comprise social media.
14. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the variety of data channels comprise flash/HTTP cookies.
15. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user media exposure data further comprises user responses to survey questions, GPS locations, user application usage, and mobile search behavior.
16. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the querying for user impression data comprises a progressive search based on the identified object related key terms.
17. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the classification measures comprise any of user gender, user age group, day of week, and day part time range.
18. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user impression reports are classified by the classification measures.
19. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user impression reports comprise application data statistics as to any of: number of total application sessions, media session length, number of total users.
20. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user impression reports further comprise any of unique users, percent active reach, time per person, number of visits, number of pages viewed, visits/person, user gender, and age groups.
21. A media analytics system, comprising:
a memory;
a processor disposed in communication with said memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor issues instructions to:
receive a user impression media analytics request including an identified object;
obtain media analytics parameters from a user interface;
obtain user authorization credentials for accessing user media exposure data;
obtain user media exposure data from a variety of data channels upon verification of the obtained user authorization credentials;
query for user impression data related to the identified object from the obtained user media exposure data;
classify the queried user impression data related to the identified object based on different classification measures; and
generate user impression reports for the identified object.
22. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the identified object comprises a TV show.
23. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the identified object comprises a brand name.
24. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the media analytics parameters comprise any of a TV network, a TV show genre, a TV show name.
25. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the media analytics parameters further comprise user gender, age group, user interface types, user phone type, day part time range and user location.
26. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the media analytics parameters further comprise types of social media platform.
27. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials comprises recruiting social media users to share social content.
28. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials further comprises prompting a user to provide social media login credentials.
29. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials further comprises redirecting a user to a social media login page.
30. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the user media exposure data comprises any of user website visits, social media content and TV viewing data.
31. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the variety of data channels comprise a mobile meter.
32. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the variety of data channels comprise a mobile application instantiated on a user mobile device.
33. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the variety of data channels comprise social media.
34. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the variety of data channels comprise flash/HTTP cookies.
35. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the user media exposure data further comprises user responses to survey questions, GPS locations, user application usage, and mobile search behavior.
36. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the querying for user impression data comprises a progressive search based on the identified object related key terms.
37. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the classification measures comprise any of user gender, user age group, day of week, and day part time range.
38. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the user impression reports are classified by the classification measures.
39. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the user impression reports comprise application data statistics as to any of: number of total application sessions, media session length, number of total users.
40. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the user impression reports further comprise any of unique users, percent active reach, time per person, number of visits, number of pages viewed, visits/person, user gender, and age groups.
41. A media analytics processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions to:
receive a user impression media analytics request including an identified object;
obtain media analytics parameters from a user interface;
obtain user authorization credentials for accessing user media exposure data;
obtain user media exposure data from a variety of data channels upon verification of the obtained user authorization credentials;
query for user impression data related to the identified object from the obtained user media exposure data;
classify the queried user impression data related to the identified object based on different classification measures; and
generate user impression reports for the identified object.
42. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the identified object comprises a TV show.
43. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the identified object comprises a brand name.
44. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the media analytics parameters comprise any of a TV network, a TV show genre, a TV show name.
45. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the media analytics parameters further comprise user gender, age group, user interface types, user phone type, day part time range and user location.
46. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the media analytics parameters further comprise types of social media platform.
47. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials comprises recruiting social media users to share social content.
48. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials further comprises prompting a user to provide social media login credentials.
49. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the obtaining user authorization credentials further comprises redirecting a user to a social media login page.
50. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the user media exposure data comprises any of user website visits, social media content and TV viewing data.
51. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the variety of data channels comprise a mobile meter.
52. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the variety of data channels comprise a mobile application instantiated on a user mobile device.
53. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the variety of data channels comprise social media.
54. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the variety of data channels comprise flash/HTTP cookies.
55. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the user media exposure data further comprises user responses to survey questions, GPS locations, user application usage, and mobile search behavior.
56. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the querying for user impression data comprises a progressive search based on the identified object related key terms.
57. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the classification measures comprise any of user gender, user age group, day of week, and day part time range.
58. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the user impression reports are classified by the classification measures.
59. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the user impression reports comprise application data statistics as to any of: number of total application sessions, media session length, number of total users.
60. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the user impression reports further comprise any of unique users, percent active reach, time per person, number of visits, number of pages viewed, visits/person, user gender, and age groups.
Further embodiments of mobile data tracking may comprise the following:
1. A mobile content tracking and analyzing processor-implemented method, comprising:
obtaining a user mobile device identifier;
monitoring data traffic coming in and out of the user mobile device based on the obtained user mobile device identifier via a mobile usage tracking entity;
parsing the monitored data traffic to determine a data content type of the data traffic;
determining user media content exposure information from the parsed monitored data traffic based on the data content type; and
generating user media content exposure statistics data.
2. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user mobile device identifier comprises a hardware identifier.
3. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user mobile device identifier comprises a physical address.
4. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the data traffic is obtained via a mobile application instantiated on the user mobile device.
5. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the monitoring data traffic is obtained via a mobile meter.
6. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the determine a data content type of the data traffic comprises extracting a data type filed value from a data event message.
7. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the data content type comprises any of:
a URL link, application information, media usage data, survey response data, and social data.
8. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the determining user media content exposure information comprises:
determining the monitored data traffic comprises a URL link; and
determining the URL link includes an advertisement.
9. The method of embodiment 8, wherein the determining user media content exposure information further comprises:
determining a classification of the advertisement;
obtaining identifying information of the advertisement; and
storing the identifying information with the user as advertisement exposure information.
10. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the determining user media content exposure information comprises:
determining the monitored data traffic comprises application information;
determining device application inventory; and
obtaining application group sharing information
11. The method of embodiment 10, wherein the application group sharing information comprises a list of social connections.
12. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the determining user media content exposure information comprises:
determining the monitored data traffic comprises media usage information; and
determining a media title.
13. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the determining user media content exposure information comprises:
determining the monitored data traffic comprises social content; and
processing the social content to extract user impression indication.
14. The method of embodiment 13, wherein the user impression indication is related to a product name.
15. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the data traffic is monitored at a proxy server.
16. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the monitored data traffic further comprises any of:
TV channel changing events, mobile advertising data, mobile application usage data, social media profile, social media comments, and website visits.
17. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the user media content exposure statistics data comprises any of user brand impression measures.
18. The method of embodiment 17, wherein the user brand impression measures comprises a list of top mentioned brands.
19. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising:
providing and generating individualized ad contents to the user mobile device based on the generated user media content exposure statistics data.
20. The method of embodiment 1, further comprising:
generating individualized survey questions to the user mobile device based on the generated user media content exposure statistics data.
21. A mobile content tracking and analyzing system, comprising:
a memory;
a processor disposed in communication with said memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor issues instructions to:
obtain a user mobile device identifier;
monitor data traffic coming in and out of the user mobile device based on the obtained user mobile device identifier via a mobile usage tracking entity;
parse the monitored data traffic to determine a data content type of the data traffic;
determine user media content exposure information from the parsed monitored data traffic based on the data content type; and
generate user media content exposure statistics data.
22. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the user mobile device identifier comprises a hardware identifier.
23. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the user mobile device identifier comprises a physical address.
24. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the data traffic is obtained via a mobile application instantiated on the user mobile device.
25. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the monitoring data traffic is obtained via a mobile meter.
26. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the determine a data content type of the data traffic comprises extracting a data type filed value from a data event message.
27. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the data content type comprises any of:
a URL link, application information, media usage data, survey response data, and social data.
28. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the determining user media content exposure information comprises:
determining the monitored data traffic comprises a URL link; and
determining the URL link includes an advertisement.
29. The system of embodiment 28, wherein the determining user media content exposure information further comprises:
determining a classification of the advertisement;
obtaining identifying information of the advertisement; and
storing the identifying information with the user as advertisement exposure information.
30. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the determining user media content exposure information comprises:
determining the monitored data traffic comprises application information;
determining device application inventory; and
obtaining application group sharing information
31. The system of embodiment 30, wherein the application group sharing information comprises a list of social connections.
32. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the determining user media content exposure information comprises:
determining the monitored data traffic comprises media usage information; and
determining a media title.
33. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the determining user media content exposure information comprises:
determining the monitored data traffic comprises social content; and
processing the social content to extract user impression indication.
34. The system of embodiment 33, wherein the user impression indication is related to a product name.
35. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the data traffic is monitored at a proxy server.
36. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the monitored data traffic further comprises any of:
TV channel changing events, mobile advertising data, mobile application usage data, social media profile, social media comments, and website visits.
37. The system of embodiment 21, wherein the user media content exposure statistics data comprises any of user brand impression measures.
38. The system of embodiment 37, wherein the user brand impression measures comprises a list of top mentioned brands.
39. The system of embodiment 21, further comprising:
providing and generating individualized ad contents to the user mobile device based on the generated user media content exposure statistics data.
40. The system of embodiment 21, further comprising:
generating individualized survey questions to the user mobile device based on the generated user media content exposure statistics data.
41. A mobile content tracking and analyzing processor-implemented storage medium storing processor-executable instructions to:
obtain a user mobile device identifier;
monitor data traffic coming in and out of the user mobile device based on the obtained user mobile device identifier via a mobile usage tracking entity;
parse the monitored data traffic to determine a data content type of the data traffic;
determine user media content exposure information from the parsed monitored data traffic based on the data content type; and
generate user media content exposure statistics data.
42. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the user mobile device identifier comprises a hardware identifier.
43. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the user mobile device identifier comprises a physical address.
44. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the data traffic is obtained via a mobile application instantiated on the user mobile device.
45. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the monitoring data traffic is obtained via a mobile meter.
46. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the determine a data content type of the data traffic comprises extracting a data type filed value from a data event message.
47. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the data content type comprises any of:
a URL link, application information, media usage data, survey response data, and social data.
48. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the determining user media content exposure information comprises:
determining the monitored data traffic comprises a URL link; and
determining the URL link includes an advertisement.
49. The medium of embodiment 28, wherein the determining user media content exposure information further comprises:
determining a classification of the advertisement;
obtaining identifying information of the advertisement; and
storing the identifying information with the user as advertisement exposure information.
50. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the determining user media content exposure information comprises:
determining the monitored data traffic comprises application information;
determining device application inventory; and
obtaining application group sharing information
51. The medium of embodiment 30, wherein the application group sharing information comprises a list of social connections.
52. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the determining user media content exposure information comprises:
determining the monitored data traffic comprises media usage information; and
determining a media title.
53. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the determining user media content exposure information comprises:
determining the monitored data traffic comprises social content; and
processing the social content to extract user impression indication.
54. The medium of embodiment 33, wherein the user impression indication is related to a product name.
55. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the data traffic is monitored at a proxy server.
56. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the monitored data traffic further comprises any of:
TV channel changing events, mobile advertising data, mobile application usage data, social media profile, social media comments, and website visits.
57. The medium of embodiment 41, wherein the user media content exposure statistics data comprises any of user brand impression measures.
58. The medium of embodiment 57, wherein the user brand impression measures comprises a list of top mentioned brands.
59. The medium of embodiment 41, further comprising:
providing and generating individualized ad contents to the user mobile device based on the generated user media content exposure statistics data.
60. The medium of embodiment 41, further comprising:
generating individualized survey questions to the user mobile device based on the generated user media content exposure statistics data.
In order to address various issues and advance the art, the entirety of this application for SOCIAL CONTENT MONITORING PLATFORM METHODS (including the Cover Page, Title, Headings, Field, Background, Summary, Brief Description of the Drawings, Detailed Description, Embodiments, Abstract, Figures, Appendices, and otherwise) shows, by way of illustration, various embodiments in which the claimed innovations may be practiced. The advantages and features of the application are of a representative sample of embodiments only, and are not exhaustive and/or exclusive. They are presented only to assist in understanding and teach the claimed principles. It should be understood that they are not representative of all claimed innovations. As such, certain aspects of the disclosure have not been discussed herein. That alternate embodiments may not have been presented for a specific portion of the innovations or that further undescribed alternate embodiments may be available for a portion is not to be considered a disclaimer of those alternate embodiments. It may be appreciated that many of those undescribed embodiments incorporate the same principles of the innovations and others are equivalent. Thus, it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and functional, logical, operational, organizational, structural and/or topological modifications may be made without departing from the scope and/or spirit of the disclosure. As such, all examples and/or embodiments are deemed to be non-limiting throughout this disclosure. Also, no inference should be drawn regarding those embodiments discussed herein relative to those not discussed herein other than it is as such for purposes of reducing space and repetition. For instance, it is to be understood that the logical and/or topological structure of any combination of any program components (a component collection), other components and/or any present feature sets as described in the figures and/or throughout are not limited to a fixed operating order and/or arrangement, but rather, any disclosed order is exemplary and all equivalents, regardless of order, are contemplated by the disclosure. Furthermore, it is to be understood that such features are not limited to serial execution, but rather, any number of threads, processes, services, servers, and/or the like that may execute asynchronously, concurrently, in parallel, simultaneously, synchronously, and/or the like are contemplated by the disclosure. As such, some of these features may be mutually contradictory, in that they cannot be simultaneously present in a single embodiment. Similarly, some features are applicable to one aspect of the innovations, and inapplicable to others. In addition, the disclosure includes other innovations not presently claimed. Applicant reserves all rights in those presently unclaimed innovations including the right to embodiment such innovations, file additional applications, continuations, continuations in part, divisions, and/or the like thereof. As such, it should be understood that advantages, embodiments, examples, functional, features, logical, operational, organizational, structural, topological, and/or other aspects of the disclosure are not to be considered limitations on the disclosure as defined by the embodiments or limitations on equivalents to the embodiments. It is to be understood that, depending on the particular needs and/or characteristics of a Social-Watch individual and/or enterprise user, database configuration and/or relational model, data type, data transmission and/or network framework, syntax structure, and/or the like, various embodiments of the Social-Watch, may be implemented that facilitates a great deal of flexibility and customization. While various embodiments and discussions of the Social-Watch have been directed to social networks, however, it is to be understood that the embodiments described herein may be readily configured and/or customized for a wide variety of other applications and/or implementations.
Applicant hereby claims priority under 35 USC §119 for U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/504,913 (attorney docket no. 21261-002PV2), filed Jul. 6, 2011, entitled “Mobile Remote Media Control Platform Apparatuses, Methods And Systems.” The instant application is related to PCT international application no. PCT/IL2010/000918, publication no. WO/2011/055365, filed Nov. 7, 2010, entitled “System And Method For Mobile Computing Transmission On A Network Of Data Associated With A Television Display.” The instant application is further related to U.S. application Ser. No. 13/341,400 (attorney docket no. 21261-002US1), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “Mobile Remote Media Control Platform Methods”; U.S. application Ser. No. 13/340,857 (attorney docket no. 21261-002US2), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “Mobile Remote Media Control Platform Apparatuses and Systems”; U.S. application Ser. No. 13/340,933 (attorney docket no. 21261-003US1), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “Audience Atmospherics Monitoring Platform Methods”; U.S. application Ser. No. 13/340,953 (attorney docket no. 21261-003US2), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “Audience Atmospherics Monitoring Platform Apparatuses and Systems”; U.S. application Ser. No. 13/341,036 (attorney docket no. 21261-004US1), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “Media Content Based Advertising Survey Platform Methods”; U.S. application Ser. No. 13/341,076 (attorney docket no. 21261-004US2), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “Media Content Based Advertising Survey Platform Apparatuses and Systems”; U.S. application Ser. No. 13/341,096 (attorney docket no. 21261-005US1), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “Media Content Synchronized Advertising Platform Methods”; U.S. application Ser. No. 13/341,118 (attorney docket no. 21261-005US2), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “Media Content Synchronized Advertising Platform Apparatuses and Systems”; U.S. application Ser. No. 13/341,165 (attorney docket no. 21261-006US2), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “Social Content Monitoring Platform Apparatuses and Systems”; U.S. application Ser. No. 13/341,183 (attorney docket no. 21261-007US1), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “User Impression Media Analytics Platform Methods”; U.S. application Ser. No. 13/341,199 (attorney docket no. 21261-007US2), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “User Impression Media Analytics Platform Apparatuses and Systems”; U.S. application Ser. No. 13/341,217 (attorney docket no. 21261-008US1), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “Mobile Content Tracking Platform Methods”; and U.S. application Ser. No. 13/341,254 (attorney docket no. 21261-008US2), filed Dec. 30, 2011, entitled “Mobile Content Tracking Platform Apparatuses and Systems.” The entire contents of the aforementioned applications are herein expressly incorporated by reference.
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