IP Library Granted Patent US 9,386,356
Granted Patent B2
US 9,386,356 · App. 14/981,928 · Granted Jul 5, 2016

Targeting with television audience data across multiple screens

Inventor: David Harrison (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP.
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Patent No.
US 9,386,356
App. No.
14/981,928
Granted
Jul 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, apparatus, and system related to relevancy improvement through targeting of information based on data gathered from a networked device associated with a security sandbox of a client device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a networked device, a relevancy-matching server, and a client device. The networked device may be configured to generate a preliminary data and/or a primary data associated with a user and automatically announce a sandbox-reachable service of the networked device to a discovery module. The relevancy-matching server may be configured to match a targeted data with the primary data based on a relevancy factor associated with the user. The client device may be configured to automatically process an identification data of the networked device and/or the sandbox-reachable service of the networked device from the discovery module and to automatically associate with the networked device based on the identification data.

Claims (92)

1. A system comprising:

a television to generate a fingerprint data;

a relevancy-matching server to:

match primary data generated from the fingerprint data with targeted data, based on a relevancy factor, and

search a storage for the targeted data;

wherein the primary data is any one of a content identification data and a content identification history;

a mobile device capable of being associated with the television to:

process an embedded object,

constrain an executable environment in a security sandbox, and

execute a sandboxed application in the executable environment; and

a content identification server to:

process the fingerprint data from the television, and

communicate the primary data from the fingerprint data to any of a number of devices with an access to an identification data of at least one of the television and an automatic content identification service of the television.

2. The system of claim 1 :

wherein the fingerprint data is any one of an audio fingerprint data and a video fingerprint data;

wherein at least one of the embedded object and the sandboxed application to bypass at least one access control of the security sandbox through any one of the sandboxed application and the embedded object; and

wherein the bypass of the at least one access control of the security sandbox comprises at least one of a cross-site scripting technique, an appended header, a same origin policy exception, and an other mode of bypassing a number of access controls of the security sandbox.

3. The system of claim 2 :

wherein the relevancy-matching server is to match the targeted data with the primary data in a manner such that the relevancy-matching server is to search the storage for at least one of a matching item and a related item based on the relevancy factor comprising at least one of a category of the primary data, a behavioral history of a user, a category of the sandboxed application, and an other information associated with the user.

4. The system of claim 1 :

wherein a pairing server to:

associate the television with the mobile device,

receive an announcement from the television, and

process an identification data of the announcement comprising at least one of a global unique identifier (GUID), an alphanumeric name, a hardware address associated with the television, a public address associated with the automatic content identification service of the television, and a private address associated with the automatic content identification service of the television when a shared network is determined to be commonly associated with the mobile device and the television.

5. The system of claim 1 :

wherein the embedded object comprises at least one of a script, an image, a player, an iframe, and an other external media included in the sandboxed application.

6. The system of claim 1 :

wherein the relevancy-matching server is to cause a rendering of the targeted data to a user through the sandboxed application of the mobile device.

7. The system of claim 1 :

wherein the mobile device is determined to be associated with a user based on a unique identifier that is unlikely to change.

8. The system of claim 1 :

wherein the primary data comprises at least one of a number of descriptive metadata associated with the content identification data, a monitored event, a geolocation, a weather information, a private Internet Protocol (IP) address, and an other data stored in at least one of a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory.

9. The system of claim 1 :

wherein the television is to automatically announce the automatic content identification service of the television to a pairing server.

10. A relevancy-matching server communicatively coupled with a television and a mobile device through a network, comprising:

a processor;

a memory communicatively coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executed using the processor configured to:

match primary data generated using a fingerprint data with targeted data, based on a relevancy factor comprising at least one of a category of the primary data, a behavioral history of a user, a category of a sandboxed application, and another information associated with the user,

search a storage for the targeted data,

wherein the primary data is any one of a content identification data and a content identification history, and

wherein the relevancy-matching server is to cause a rendering of the targeted data to the user through the sandboxed application of the mobile device.

11. The relevancy-matching server of claim 10 :

further comprising instructions stored in the memory and executed using the processor configured to:

match the targeted data with the primary data in a manner such that the relevancy-matching server is to search the storage for at least one of a matching item and a related item based on the relevancy factor;

wherein a pairing server is to:

associate the television with the mobile device,

receive an announcement from the television, and

process an identification data of the announcement comprising at least one of a global unique identifier (GUID), an alphanumeric name, a hardware address associated with the television, a public address associated with an automatic content identification service of the television, and a private address associated with the automatic content identification service of the television when a shared network is determined to be commonly associated with the mobile device and the television.

12. The relevancy-matching server of claim 10 :

wherein the mobile device to process an embedded object comprising at least one of a script, an image, a player, an iframe, and an other external media included in the sandboxed application.

13. The relevancy-matching server of claim 10 , further comprising:

wherein at least one of the television and the mobile device to generate the fingerprint data; and

a content identification server to:

process the fingerprint data from at least one of the television and the mobile device, and

communicate the primary data from the fingerprint data to any of a number of devices with an access to an identification data of at least one of the television and an automatic content identification service of the television.

14. A method of a relevancy-matching server comprising a set of instructions when executed through a machine using a processor and a memory to comprise the operations of:

matching primary data generated from a fingerprint data with targeted data, based on a relevancy factor and to search a storage for the targeted data using the processor communicatively coupled with the memory;

wherein the primary data is any one of a content identification data and a content identification history;

matching the targeted data with the primary data in a manner such that the relevancy-matching server is to search the storage for at least one of a matching item and a related item based on the relevancy factor comprising at least one of a category of the primary data, a behavioral history of a user, a category of a sandboxed application, and an other information associated with the user; and

wherein the relevancy-matching server is to cause a rendering of the targeted data to the user through the sandboxed application of a mobile device.

15. The method of claim 14 :

wherein a pairing server is to:

receive an announcement from a television, and

process an identification data of the announcement comprising at least one of a global unique identifier (GUID), an alphanumeric name, a hardware address associated with the television, a public address associated with an automatic content identification service of the television, and a private address associated with the automatic content identification service of the television when a shared network is determined to be commonly associated with the mobile device and the television.

16. The method of claim 14 :

wherein the mobile device to process an embedded object comprising at least one of a script, an image, a player, an iframe, and an other external media included in the sandboxed application.

17. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

processing the fingerprint data from at least one of a television and the mobile device through a content identification server; and

communicating the primary data from the fingerprint data to any of a number of devices with an access to an identification data of at least one of the television and an automatic content identification service of the television through the content identification server.

18. A relevancy-matching server communicatively coupled with a television and a mobile device through a network, comprising:

a processor;

a memory communicatively coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executed using the processor configured to:

match primary data generated using a fingerprint data with targeted data, based on a relevancy factor comprising at least one of a category of the primary data, a behavioral history of a user, a category of a sandboxed application, and another information associated with the user,

search a storage for the targeted data,

wherein the primary data is any one of a content identification data and a content identification history,

wherein at least one of the television and the mobile device to generate the fingerprint data, and

wherein a content identification server to:

process the fingerprint data from at least one of the television and the mobile device, and

communicate the primary data from the fingerprint data to any of a number of devices with an access to an identification data of at least one of the television and an automatic content identification service of the television.

19. The relevancy-matching server of claim 18 :

further comprising instructions stored in the memory and executed using the processor configured to:

match the targeted data with the primary data in a manner such that the relevancy-matching server is to search the storage for at least one of a matching item and a related item based on the relevancy factor;

wherein a pairing server is to:

associate the television with the mobile device,

receive an announcement from the television, and

process an identification data of the announcement comprising at least one of a global unique identifier (GUID), an alphanumeric name, a hardware address associated with the television, a public address associated with the automatic content identification service of the television, and a private address associated with the automatic content identification service of the television when a shared network is determined to be commonly associated with the mobile device and the television.

20. The relevancy-matching server of claim 18 :

wherein the mobile device to process an embedded object comprising at least one of a script, an image, a player, an iframe, and an other external media included in the sandboxed application.

21. The relevancy-matching server of claim 18 :

wherein the relevancy-matching server is to cause a rendering of the targeted data to the user through the sandboxed application of the mobile device.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2025
From: SAMBA TV, INC.
To: HORIZON TECHNOLOGY FINANCE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073562/0068 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2025
From: FPP FINANCE LLC
To: SAMBA TV, INC., PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP.
Reel/Frame 072515/0816 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 17, 2024
From: FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP.
To: SAMBA TV, INC.
Reel/Frame 066342/0506 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2020
From: FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP.
To: FPP FINANCE LLC
Reel/Frame 051478/0837 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2016
From: HARRISON, DAVID
To: FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP.
Reel/Frame 038248/0985 →
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