IP Library Granted Patent US 8,447,777
Granted Patent B2
US 8,447,777 · App. 13/228,529 · Granted May 21, 2013

System for tracking media content transactions

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Patent No.
US 8,447,777
App. No.
13/228,529
Granted
May 21, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a web server having a controller adapted to manage an archive of media content for a subscriber, and record a transaction description and a corresponding tracking identifier for a transaction that manipulates the archive. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims (44)

1. A communication device, comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the processor performs operations comprising:

receiving notice a responsive to an anomalous transaction associated with an archive storing a plurality of media content files of a subscriber, wherein the notice comprises a tracking number for the anomalous transaction and at least a portion of a description of the anomalous transaction, and wherein the anomalous transaction corresponds to one of reviewing, retrieving, editing or deleting one of the plurality of media content files of the subscriber; and

sending a request for a detailed description of the anomalous transaction,

wherein the anomalous transaction associated with the archive storing the plurality of media content files of the subscriber is identified by detecting a difference between a detected transaction and a behavior profile of the subscriber comprising past detected transactions by the subscriber.

2. The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the notice is received as an email message.

3. The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the detailed description of the anomalous transaction.

4. The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a countermeasure to address effects of the anomalous transaction;

presenting a user interface for selection of the countermeasure;

receiving a selection of the countermeasure; and

sending the selection of the countermeasure to a server.

5. The communication device of claim 4 , wherein the countermeasure corresponds to undoing a portion of the effects of the anomalous transaction.

6. The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise communicating with a plurality of base stations in a communication system, and wherein a handover transition between two of the plurality of base stations indicates a presence of the subscriber in transit with the communication device.

7. The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving location coordinates from a global positioning system receiver; and

sending the location coordinates to a communication system, wherein changes in the location coordinates indicates a presence of the subscriber in transit with the communication device.

8. The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the tracking identifier comprises a string of alphanumeric characters.

9. A presence server, comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the processor performs operations comprising:

receiving a request for presence information for a subscriber responsive to an anomalous transaction associated with an archive storing a plurality of media content files of the subscriber;

detecting the subscriber present with a communication device; and

sending an identification of the communication device, wherein a notice of the anomalous transaction is reported to the communication device,

wherein the anomalous transaction associated with the archive storing the plurality of media content files of the subscriber is determined b , detecting a difference between a detected transaction and a behavior profile of the subscriber comprising past detected transactions by the subscriber.

10. The presence server of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

detecting a communication between the communication device and a plurality of base stations in a communication system; and

detecting a handover transition between two of the plurality of base stations to indicate the subscriber is in transit with the communication device.

11. The presence server of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving location coordinates from the communication device, wherein the location coordinates are derived from a global position system receiver; and

detecting changes in the location coordinates of the communication device to indicate the subscriber is in transit with the communication device.

12. The presence server of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise detecting network activity emanating from the communication device operating in a building to indicate the subscriber is present with the communication device.

13. The presence server of claim 9 , wherein the notice is reported as a short message service message.

14. A tangible computer-readable storage device, comprising computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining an anomalous transaction associated with an archive storing a plurality of media content files of a subscriber responsive to detecting a difference between a detected transaction and a behavior profile of the subscriber comprising past detected transactions by the subscriber; and

transmitting a notice to a communication device of the subscriber responsive to the anomalous transaction, wherein the notice comprises a tracking number for the anomalous transaction and at least a portion of a description of the anomalous transaction,

wherein the anomalous transaction associated with the archive storing the plurality of media content files of the subscriber is determined by detecting a difference between a detected transaction and a behavior profile of the subscriber comprising past detected transactions by the subscriber.

15. The tangible computer-readable storage device of claim 14 , wherein the notice is transmitted as a phone call conveying a synthesized speech message that describes the notice.

16. The tangible computer-readable storage device of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:

sending to the communication device of the subscriber a countermeasure to address effects of the anomalous transaction;

receiving from the communication device a selection of the countermeasure; and

applying the selected countermeasure to the archive.

17. The tangible computer-readable storage device of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving presence information for the subscriber responsive to the anomalous transaction, wherein the presence information identifies a first communication device where the subscriber is present and wherein the notice is transmitted to the first communication device.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2019
From: III HOLDINGS 3, LLC
To: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 048167/0679 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2018
From: ASHBOURNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: OCEANICITY TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 046274/0551 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2018
From: OCEANICITY TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: III HOLDINGS 2, LLC
Reel/Frame 046274/0554 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2018
From: III HOLDINGS 2, LLC
To: III HOLDINGS 3, LLC
Reel/Frame 046274/0603 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2014
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: ASHBOURNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 033414/0346 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2011
From: WHITE, SCOTT; SCHMEHL, IAN C.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP
Reel/Frame 026884/0895 →