WO2005124583A1 - Procedes et appareil de verification de la consommation de contenu de programmation - Google Patents

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WO2005124583A1
WO2005124583A1 PCT/US2004/017879 US2004017879W WO2005124583A1 WO 2005124583 A1 WO2005124583 A1 WO 2005124583A1 US 2004017879 W US2004017879 W US 2004017879W WO 2005124583 A1 WO2005124583 A1 WO 2005124583A1
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  • the present disclosure relates generally to verification systems, and more particularly, to methods and apparatus to verify consumption of programming content.
  • PVR personal video recorders
  • methods to collect viewing data depend on the programming being view at the time of broadcast (i.e., realtime).
  • signatures of a program taken at a household are either collected with broadcast timestamp information or associated with a time at which they were received at the household receiver (e.g., a set top box).
  • the signatures are then compared to either reference signatures having the same broadcast time stamp or reference signatures that were broadcasted at or around the same time to identify a match. Comparing broadcast time reduces the amount of signature comparisons that are required to identify a match.
  • PVRs allow viewers to skip programming content such as commercials at their discretion to avoid consumption of the programming content. Thus, audience measurement companies are researching different ways to verify programming content is shown to viewers. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram representation of an example television system.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram representation of an example programming content verification system.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram representation of an example programming content index that may be used by the example programming content verification system of FIG.
  • FIG. 4 is a flow diagram representation of example machine readable instructions that may be executed to implement the example programming content verification system of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 5 is a flow diagram representation of example machine readable instructions that may be executed to implement a content library generation process of the example programming content verification system of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 6 is a flow diagram representation of example machine readable instructions that may be executed to implement a content identifier comparison process of the example programming content verification system of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram representation of an example processor system that may be used to implement the example programming content verification system of FIG.
  • an example television system 100 including a television service provider 110, a television 120, a remote control device 125, and a personal video recorder (PVR) 130, is metered using an audience measurement system.
  • the components of the television system 100 may be coupled in any well known manner.
  • the television 120 is positioned in a viewing area 150 located within a house occupied by one or more people, referred to as household members 160, all of whom have agreed to participate in an audience measurement research study.
  • the viewing area 150 includes the area in which the television 120 is located and from which the television 120 may be viewed by one or more household members 160 located in the viewing area 150.
  • the PVR 130 may be configured to send viewing data to a data collection facility 180.
  • the PVR 130 may transmit content information such as which programming content was displayed and when it was displayed on the television 120 for viewing by the household members 160.
  • the data collection facility 180 may be configured to process and store data received from the PVR 130.
  • the television service provider 110 may be implemented using any television service provider such as, for example, a cable television service provider 112, a radio frequency (RF) television service provider 114, and/or a satellite television service provider 116.
  • the television 120 receives a plurality of television signals transmitted via a plurality of channels by the television service provider 110 and may be adapted to process and display television signals provided in any format such as a National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) television signal format, a high definition television (HDTV) signal format, an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) television signal format, a phase alteration line (PAL) television signal format, a digital video broadcasting (DVB) television signal format, an Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) television signal format, etc.
  • NSC National Television Standards Committee
  • HDTV high definition television
  • ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committee
  • PAL phase alteration line
  • DVD digital video broadcasting
  • ARIB Association of Radio Industries and Businesses
  • the user-operated remote control device 125 allows a user to cause the television 120 to tune to and receive signals transmitted on a desired channel, and to cause the television 120 to process and present the programming content contained in the signals transmitted on the desired channel.
  • the processing performed by the television 120 may include, for example, extracting a video and/or an audio component delivered via the received signal, causing the video component to be displayed on a screen/display associated with the television 120, and causing the audio component to be emitted by speakers associated with the television 120.
  • the programming content contained in the television signal may include, for example, a television program, a movie, an advertisement, a video game, and/or a preview of other programming content that is currently offered or will be offered in the future by the television service provider 110.
  • a programming content verification system 200 includes a content provider 210, a broadcast device 220, and a PVR 230.
  • the content provider 210 e.g., the television service provider 110
  • the PVR 230 provides the PVR 230 with content streams to display on the broadcast device 220 (e.g., the television 120).
  • the PVR 230 includes a content library generator 232, a memory 234, and a comparator 236.
  • the content library generator 232 generates a content library 240 as described in detail below and stores the content library 240 in the memory 234.
  • the content library generator 232 may store the content library 240 in a mass storage device 250. Examples of such mass storage device(s) 250 include floppy disks and drives, hard disk drives, compact disks and drives, and digital versatile disks (DVD) and drives.
  • the PVR 230 receives content streams from the content provider 210.
  • the comparator 236 extracts a broadcast content identifier associated with programming content from a content stream currently being broadcasted to the PVR 230. To verify consumption of the insertable content, the comparator 236 compares the broadcast content identifier to the content identifiers previously stored in the content library 240 and/or the mass storage device 250.
  • a content stream sent to the PVR 230 from the content provider 210 may include programming content which is insertable into content streams.
  • the insertable content may be an advertisement, a program, an interactive television application, and/or an alternate portion of a program.
  • the PVR 230 may receive the insertable content via an in-band transmission. That is, the insertable content may be merged with data of the content stream prior to transmission to the PVR 230.
  • a local advertisement may be inserted into the content stream of a nationally televised program prior to transmission of the content stream to the PVR 230.
  • the PVR 130 receives the insertable content and the content stream from the content provider 210 over the same link (e.g., same cable).
  • the insertable content may be sent to the PVR 230 via an out-of- band transmission (i.e., the insertable content is transmitted separate from the content stream).
  • the content stream and the insertable content may be transmitted physically over separate set of wires to the PVR 230.
  • the content stream e.g., a nationally televised program
  • the insertable content e.g., a local advertisement
  • the insertable content of an out-of-band transmission is merged with data of the content stream at the PVR 230.
  • the PVR 230 To identify the insertable content received via either an in-band transmission or an out-of-band transmission, the PVR 230 generates a content library 240.
  • the content library 240 may be stored locally in the memory 234 of the PVR 230.
  • the content library 240 may be stored on a remote storage device such as the mass storage device 250. If the insertable content is transmitted via an in-band transmission, the PVR 230 extracts the insertable content from the content stream and stores the insertable content in the content library 240. On the other hand, if the insertable content is transmitted via an out-of-band transmission, the PVR 230 directly stores the insertable content (i.e., without having to extract the insertable content from the content stream).
  • the PVR 230 may store a portion of the insertable content into the memory 234 and/or the mass storage device 250 rather than storing the insertable content in its entirety.
  • the PVR 230 may store a content identifier associated with the insertable content to identify the insertable content.
  • the content identifier may be an audio signature, a video signature, an audio code, a digital identifier (e.g., an audience measurement packet, or a cyclical redundancy code (CRC)) and/or a video code of the insertable content.
  • the PVR 230 may be coupled to a serial data channel metering attachment as described in, for example, U.S. Patent No.
  • the PVR 230 may verify consumption of programming content when a content stream including the programming content is received by the PVR 130 as described in detail below.
  • the PVR 230 may receive a data structure (e.g., the index 300 of FIG. 3) from the content provider 210 to identify the insertable content as described in detail below.
  • the data structure may be an index, a list, a table, a database and/or any other suitable data configuration that includes information such as an identifier corresponding to an insertable content.
  • a data structure e.g., the index 300 of FIG. 3
  • the index 300 may include index numbers 305 such as index #1 310 corresponding to a car commercial 315, index #2 320 corresponding to an airline commercial 325, index #3 330 corresponding to a beverage commercial 335, index #4 340 corresponding to a football game 345, and index #5 350 corresponding to local news 355.
  • the PVR 230 may identify a programming content with the index numbers 305 and transmit the index number corresponding to the programming content to the data collection facility 180 after verifying consumption of the programming content.
  • the index numbers 305 may be used to indicate which insertable content was displayed to viewers.
  • the PVR 230 allows viewers to play back and view programming content in a time-shifted manner and/or skip programming content such as a television advertisement
  • the PVR 230 measures the actual display of the programming content at a later time by storing the content identifier associated with the programming content in the content library 240 upon receipt of the programming content.
  • the PVR 230 may determine whether the programming content was actually displayed (i.e., rather than being skipped) regardless of whether the programming content was viewed either in realtime or in a time-shifted manner.
  • FIG. 2 While the components shown in FIG. 2 are depicted as separate functional blocks within the programming content verification system 200, the functions performed by some of these blocks may be integrated within a single unit or may be implemented using two or more separate components.
  • the PVR 230 and the broadcast device 220 are depicted as separate functional blocks, persons of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate that the PVR 230 and the broadcast device 220 may be integrated into a single unit.
  • FIG. 4 A flow diagram 400 representing machine readable instructions that may be executed by a processor (e.g., the processor 1020 of FIG. 7) to verify consumption of programming content is illustrated in FIG. 4.
  • a processor e.g., the processor 1020 of FIG. 7
  • FIG. 4 A flow diagram 400 representing machine readable instructions that may be executed by a processor (e.g., the processor 1020 of FIG. 7) to verify consumption of programming content is illustrated in FIG. 4.
  • a processor e.g., the processor 1020 of FIG. 7
  • FIG. 4 A flow diagram 400 representing machine readable instructions that may be executed by a processor (e.g., the processor 1020 of FIG. 7) to verify consumption of programming content is illustrated in FIG. 4.
  • the instructions may be implemented in any of many different ways utilizing any of many different programming codes stored on any of many computer- readable mediums such as a volatile or nonvolatile memory or other mass storage device (e.g., a floppy disk, a CD, and a DVD).
  • the machine readable instructions may be embodied in a machine-readable medium such as an erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic media, an optical media, and/or any other suitable type of medium.
  • the machine readable instructions may be embodied in a programmable gate array and/or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC).
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • the flow diagram 400 begins the content library generator 232 generating the content library 240 within the memory 234 (block 410).
  • the content library generator 232 may generate the content library 240 within the mass storage device 250.
  • the content library 240 includes at least one content identifier associated with an insertable content to serve as a reference.
  • the content provider 210 adds markers and/or flags in a content stream indicating locations within the content stream where insertable contents may be inserted (i.e., the markers and/or flags serve as place holders within the content stream) (block 510).
  • a content stream of a nationally televised program may include markers and/or flags to indicate where within the content stream that a local advertisement may be inserted.
  • a content stream of a movie may include markers and/or flags to indicate where an alternative and/or additional scene may be inserted within the content stream.
  • the insertable content may be transmitted to the PVR 230 via either an in-band transmission or an out-of-band transmission. Accordingly, the content provider 210 determines whether to merge the insertable content into the content stream (block 520).
  • the content provider 210 merges the insertable content into the content stream prior to transmission (block 530) so that the insertable content is sent over the same channel as the data of the content stream to the PVR 230 (block 540).
  • the PVR 230 extracts a content identifier associated with the insertable content from the merged content stream (block 550) and stores the content identifier in the content library 240 (block 560).
  • the content identifier may be an audio signature, a video signature, an audio code, a video code, and/or a portion of the insertable content.
  • the content provider 210 decides to transmit the insertable content via an out-of-band transmission, then the content stream is transmitted separately from the insertable content to the PVR 230 (block 570).
  • the insertable content is transmitted to the PVR 230 via a link separate from the link carrying data of the content stream.
  • the content stream of the nationally televised program may be transmitted over cable link whereas a local advertisement may be transmitted over a dial-up link.
  • the content provider 210 determines whether to deliver the insertable content to the PVR 230 (block 580). If the content provider 210 decides not to deliver the insertable content to the PVR 230 then controls return to block 510.
  • the content provider 210 transmits the insertable content to the PVR 230 separate from the content stream (block 590) so that the PVR 230 may determine whether to merge the insertable content with data of the content stream. Further, PVR 230 may store the content identifier associated with the insertable content in the content library (block 560). As a result, the content library may include a plurality of content identifiers to serve as references when the PVR 230 verifies consumption of the insertable content as described in further detail below.
  • the PVR 230 is configured to receive content streams from the content provider 210.
  • the comparator 236 may extract a broadcast content identifier associated with programming content from a content stream currently being broadcasted to the PVR 230 (block 420).
  • the comparator 236 compares the broadcast content identifier to the content identifiers previously stored in the content library 240 (block 430).
  • the comparator 236 accesses the content identifiers previously stored in the content library 240 (block 610) and determines whether the broadcast content identifier matches one of the content identifiers previously stored in the content library 240 (block 620).
  • the comparator 236 may compare an audio signature, a video signature, an audio code, and/or a video code of an advertisement to the content identifiers stored in the content library 240. In another example, the comparator 236 may compare a portion of a program to the content identifiers stored in the content library 240.
  • the PVR 230 includes the index 300 to identify the programming content upon detecting a match between the broadcast content identifier and at least one content identifier stored in the content library 240. For example, the PVR 230 may detect that the car commercial 315 was consumed by the viewer. Thus, the PVR 230 identifies the car commercial 315 is index #1 310 and verifies that the insertable content was consumed by the viewer.
  • the PVR 230 In response to detecting a match between the broadcast content identifier and at least one content identifier stored in the content library 240, the PVR 230 provides content information associated with the insertable content to the data collection facility 180 (block 630). In particular, the PVR 230 may provide information such as which insertable content and when it was displayed to a viewer. Following the example described above, the PVR 230 may transmit index #1 310 to the data collection facility 180 to indicate that the car commercial 315 was consumed. Otherwise if a match is not found, the PVR 230 updates and continues to build the content library 240 by storing the broadcast content identifier in the content library 240 (block 640) so that PVR 230 may verify consumption of programming content of content streams received in the future.
  • the PVR 230 is configured to time-shift and/or to skip programming content (e.g., a television advertisement).
  • programming content e.g., a television advertisement.
  • the PVR 230 may measure the actual display of the programming content at a later time even if the programming content is skipped.
  • the PVR 230 may collect viewing data regardless of whether the programming content was viewed either in real-time or in a time-shifted manner.
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an example processor system 1000 adapted to implement the methods and apparatus disclosed herein.
  • the processor system 1000 may be a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a server, an Internet appliance or any other type of computing device.
  • the processor system 1000 illustrated in FIG. 7 includes a chipset 1010, which includes a memory controller 1012 and an input/output (I/O) controller 1014.
  • I/O input/output
  • a chipset typically provides memory and I/O management functions, as well as a plurality of general purpose and/or special purpose registers, timers, etc. that are accessible or used by a processor 1020.
  • the processor 1020 is implemented using one or more processors.
  • the processor 1020 includes a cache 1022, which may be implemented using a first-level unified cache (LI), a second-level unified cache (L2), a third-level unified cache (L3), and/or any other suitable structures to store data as persons of ordinary skill in the art will readily recognize.
  • LI first-level unified cache
  • L2 second-level unified cache
  • L3 third-level unified cache
  • the memory controller 1012 performs functions that enable the processor 1020 to access and communicate with a main memory 1030 including a volatile memory 1032 and a non- volatile memory 1034 via a bus 1040.
  • the volatile memory 1032 may be implemented by Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), RAMBUS Dynamic Random Access Memory (RDRAM), and/or any other type of random access memory device.
  • the non-volatile memory 1034 may be implemented using flash memory, Read Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), and/or any other desired type of memory device.
  • the processor system 1000 also includes an interface circuit 1050 that is coupled to the bus 1040.
  • the interface circuit 1050 may be implemented using any type of well known interface standard such as an Ethernet interface, a universal serial bus (USB), a third generation input/output interface (3GIO) interface, and/or any other suitable type of interface.
  • One or more input devices 1060 are connected to the interface circuit 1050.
  • the input device(s) 1060 permit a user to enter data and commands into the processor 1020.
  • the input device(s) 1060 may be implemented by a keyboard, a mouse, a touch-sensitive display, a track pad, a track ball, an isopoint, and/or a voice recognition system.
  • One or more output devices 1070 are also connected to the interface circuit 1050.
  • the output device(s) 1070 may be implemented by display devices (e.g., a light emitting display (LED), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a cathode ray tube (CRT) display, a printer and/or speakers).
  • the interface circuit 1050 thus, typically includes, among other things, a graphics driver card.
  • the processor system 1000 also includes one or more mass storage devices 1080 to store software and data.
  • mass storage device(s) 1080 include floppy disks and drives, hard disk drives, compact disks and drives, and digital versatile disks (DVD) and drives.
  • the interface circuit 1050 also includes a communication device such as a modem or a network interface card to facilitate exchange of data with external computers via a network.
  • the communication link between the processor system 1000 and the network may be any type of network connection such as an Ethernet connection, a digital subscriber line (DSL), a telephone line, a cellular telephone system, a coaxial cable, etc.
  • DSL digital subscriber line
  • Access to the input device(s) 1060, the output device(s) 1070, the mass storage device(s) 1080 and/or the network is typically controlled by the I/O controller 1014 in a conventional manner.
  • the I/O controller 1014 performs functions that enable the processor 1020 to communicate with the input device(s) 1060, the output device(s) 1070, the mass storage device(s) 1080 and/or the network via the bus 1040 and the interface circuit 1050.
  • FIG. 7 While the components shown in FIG. 7 are depicted as separate blocks within the processor system 1000, the functions performed by some of these blocks may be integrated within a single semiconductor circuit or may be implemented using two or more separate integrated circuits.
  • the memory controller 1012 and the I/O controller 1014 are depicted as separate blocks within the chipset 1010, persons of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate that the memory controller 1012 and the I/O controller 1014 are depicted as separate blocks within the chipset 1010, persons of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate that the memory controller 1012 and the I/O controller 1014 are depicted as separate blocks within the chipset 1010, persons of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate that the memory controller 1012 and the
  • I/O controller 1014 may be integrated within a single semiconductor circuit.

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L'invention concerne des procédés et un appareil permettant de vérifier la consommation de contenu. Dans un procédé exemplaire, une bibliothèque de contenus (240) est engendrée (232) au sein d'une structure de données (234). Ladite bibliothèque de contenus comporte au moins un identificateur de contenu associé au contenu de programmation. Ledit contenu de programmation peut être introduit dans un flux de contenu. Un flux de contenu contenant un contenu destiné à la diffusion au niveau d'un dispositif de diffusion (220) est reçu. Afin de vérifier la consommation du contenu de programmation, un identificateur de contenu de diffusion associé au contenu de diffusion est comparé (236) à au moins un identificateur de contenu de la bibliothèque de contenus.
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