IP Library Granted Patent US 8,151,292
Granted Patent B2
US 8,151,292 · App. 12/244,748 · Granted Apr 3, 2012

System for remote access to media, and reaction and survey data from viewers of the media

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Patent No.
US 8,151,292
App. No.
12/244,748
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments are described that enable remote and interactive access, navigation, and analysis of reactions from viewers to a media instance. The reactions include physiological responses, survey results, verbatim feedback, event-based metadata, and derived statistics for indicators of success and failure from the viewers. The reactions are aggregated, and an interface enables remote access and navigation of the media instance, aggregated physiological responses synchronized with the media instance, survey results, and/or verbatim feedback related to the media instance. This enables users to interactively divide, dissect, parse, and analyze the reactions as they prefer. This automation provides an automated process enabling non-experts to understand complex physiological data, and to organize presentation of complex data according to their needs so as to present conclusions as appropriate to the media instance.

Claims (50)

1. A system comprising:

a processor coupled to a database, the database including a media instance and reaction data, the media instance comprising a plurality of media events, the reaction data received from a plurality of viewers viewing the media instance;

a first module coupled to the processor, the first module generating aggregated reaction data by aggregating the reaction data from the plurality of viewers, the first module generating synchronized data by synchronizing the plurality of media events of the media instance with corresponding aggregated reaction data; and

a second module coupled to the processor, the second module comprising a plurality of renderings and a user interface (UI) that provide controlled access to the synchronized data from a remote device, wherein the controlled access includes interactive control of analysis of the reaction data and the corresponding events of the media instance.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controlled access is through the UI and includes remote interactive manipulation of the reaction data synchronized to corresponding events of the media instance.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the manipulation includes at least one of dividing, dissecting, aggregating, parsing, organizing, and analyzing the reaction data.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controlled access includes access to at least one of the reaction data and aggregated reaction data.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controlled access includes interactive analysis of at least one of the media instance and the synchronized data.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the controlled access includes interactive analysis of at least one of the reaction data, the aggregated reaction data, and parsed reaction data.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of renderings includes text, charts, graphs, histograms, images, and video.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the UI presents the synchronized data using at least one rendering of the plurality or renderings.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the UI allows selection of a portion of the media instance for which at least one of the synchronized data, the reaction data, the aggregated reaction data, and parsed reaction data is viewed.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the portion includes a point in time.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the portion includes a period of time.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first module analyzes the reaction data.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the UI provides remote access to results of the analysis.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the UI presents the results using at least one rendering of the plurality of renderings, the results including actionable insights corresponding to a portion of the media instance.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the actionable insights correspond to emotional reactions of the plurality of viewers.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the analyzing comprises applying expert knowledge of physiological behavior to the reaction data.

17. The system of claim 12 , comprising generating a first set of questions that represent the results.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the analyzing includes analyzing the reaction data in the context of the first set of questions.

19. The system of claim 17 , comprising selecting at least one rendering of the plurality of renderings.

20. The system of claim 19 , comprising tagging the selected rendering with at least one question of the first set of questions.

21. The system of claim 19 , wherein a user can modify presentation of the results via the UI by selecting at least one rendering of the plurality of renderings.

22. The system of claim 17 , wherein the presenting includes presenting the results via presentation of the first set of questions on the UI.

23. The system of claim 22 , comprising, in response to the user selecting a question of the first set of questions, presenting via the UI an answer to the selected question that includes the actionable insight.

24. The system of claim 1 , wherein the reaction data includes at least one of physiological responses, survey results, feedback generated by the viewers, metadata, and derived statistics.

25. The system of claim 1 , wherein the reaction data includes physiological responses.

26. The system of claim 1 , wherein the reaction data includes survey results.

27. The system of claim 1 , wherein the reaction data includes feedback generated by the viewers.

28. The system of claim 1 , wherein the reaction data includes metadata.

29. The system of claim 28 , wherein the metadata is event-based metadata.

30. The system of claim 1 , wherein the reaction data includes derived statistics.

31. The system of claim 30 , wherein the derived statistics are derived statistics for indicators of success and failure of the media instance.

32. The system of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of sensor devices, wherein each viewer wears a sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices, wherein each sensor device receives the reaction data from a corresponding view and transmits the reaction data to at least one of the first module and the database.

33. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aggregating comprises aggregating the reaction data according to at least one of maximums, minimums, averages, deviations, derivatives, amplitudes, and trends of at least one parameter of the reaction data.

34. The system of claim 1 , comprising a third module coupled to the second module, the third module receiving comments from the plurality of viewers in response to the viewing.

35. The system of claim 34 , wherein the comments are textual comments.

36. The system of claim 34 , wherein the synchronized data includes the comments.

37. The system of claim 1 , comprising a third module coupled to the second module, the third module presenting survey questions to the plurality of viewers via the UI, the survey questions relating to the media instance.

38. The system of claim 37 , wherein the third module receives answers to the survey questions from the plurality of viewers via the UI.

39. The system of claim 38 , wherein the answers to the survey questions are textual comments.

40. The system of claim 38 , wherein the synchronized data includes the answers to the survey questions.

41. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of viewers are at a location.

42. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of viewers are at a plurality of locations.

43. The system of claim 1 , wherein a first set of the plurality of viewers are at a first location and a second set of the plurality of viewers are at a second location different from the first location.

44. The system of claim 1 , wherein a first set of the plurality of viewers are viewing the media instance at a first time and a second set of the plurality of viewers are viewing the media instance at a second time different from the first time.

45. The system of claim 1 , wherein the reaction data corresponds to electrical activity in brain tissue of the user.

46. The system of claim 1 , wherein the reaction data corresponds to electrical activity in muscle tissue of the user.

47. The system of claim 1 , wherein the reaction data corresponds to electrical activity in heart tissue of the user.

Assignments (12)
RELEASE (REEL 053473 / FRAME 0001) Recorded May 11, 2023
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: A. C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC; NETRATINGS, LLC
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RELEASE (REEL 054066 / FRAME 0064) Recorded May 11, 2023
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: A. C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC; NETRATINGS, LLC
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RELEASE (REEL 037172 / FRAME 0415) Recorded Oct 13, 2022
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: NIELSEN CONSUMER LLC; BYZZER INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
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PARTIAL RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2021
From: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENTS LISTED ON SCHEDULE 1 RECORDED ON 6-9-2020 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 053473 FRAME 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SUPPLEMENTAL IP SECURITY AGREEMENT. Recorded Oct 7, 2020
From: A.C. NIELSEN (ARGENTINA) S.A.; A.C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; ACN HOLDINGS INC.; ACNIELSEN CORPORATION; ACNIELSEN ERATINGS.COM; AFFINNOVA, INC.; ART HOLDING, L.L.C.; ATHENIAN LEASING CORPORATION; CZT/ACN TRADEMARKS, L.L.C.; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; NETRATINGS, LLC; NIELSEN AUDIO, INC.; NIELSEN CONSUMER INSIGHTS, INC.; NIELSEN CONSUMER NEUROSCIENCE, INC.; NIELSEN FINANCE CO.; NIELSEN FINANCE LLC; NIELSEN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.; NIELSEN MOBILE, LLC; NMR INVESTING I, INC.; TCG DIVESTITURE INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC; VIZU CORPORATION; VNU MARKETING INFORMATION, INC.; NMR LICENSING ASSOCIATES, L.P.; NIELSEN HOLDING AND FINANCE B.V.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY B.V.; VNU INTERNATIONAL B.V.
To: CITIBANK, N.A
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SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 9, 2020
From: A. C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; ACN HOLDINGS INC.; ACNIELSEN CORPORATION; ACNIELSEN ERATINGS.COM; AFFINNOVA, INC.; ART HOLDING, L.L.C.; ATHENIAN LEASING CORPORATION; CZT/ACN TRADEMARKS, L.L.C.; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; NETRATINGS, LLC; NIELSEN AUDIO, INC.; NIELSEN CONSUMER INSIGHTS, INC.; NIELSEN CONSUMER NEUROSCIENCE, INC.; NIELSEN FINANCE CO.; NIELSEN FINANCE LLC; NIELSEN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.; NIELSEN MOBILE, LLC; NIELSEN UK FINANCE I, LLC; NMR INVESTING I, INC.; TCG DIVESTITURE INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC; VIZU CORPORATION; VNU MARKETING INFORMATION, INC.; NMR LICENSING ASSOCIATES, L.P.; NIELSEN HOLDING AND FINANCE B.V.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY B.V.; VNU INTERNATIONAL B.V.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
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SUPPLEMENTAL IP SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 30, 2015
From: THE NIELSEN COMPANY ((US), LLC
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE FIRST LIEN SECURED PARTIES
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2012
From: EMSENSE, LLC
To: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC., A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2008
From: LEE, HANS C.; HONG, TIMMIE T.; LEE, MICHAEL J.
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