Correlating media consumption data with user profiles
View Patent ↗In one embodiment, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system retrieve a user profile for a user associated with a media device. The one or more computer systems of a social-networking system receive media consumption. The one or more computer systems of a social-networking system correlates the user profile and the media consumption data to determine device-based media consumption data associated with content being consumed on the media device. The one or more computer systems of a social-networking system store data that associates the user profile with the device-based media consumption data.
1. A method comprising:
by one or more computer systems of a social-networking system, retrieving a user profile for a user of the social-networking system, wherein the user is associated with a media device;
by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, receiving media consumption data, wherein the media consumption data includes at least an identity of media content being consumed on the media device and environmental data captured by a user device uniquely identifying the media content being consumed on the media device;
by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, correlating the user profile with the media consumption data;
by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, determining that at least a portion of the media consumption data is device-based media consumption data and is associated with the media content being consumed on the media device based on the correlation between the user profile and the media consumption data; and
by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, generating a customized set of content objects based on the device-based media consumption data for displaying to the user.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user profile is retrieved based on a unique device identifier for a user device associated with the user or based on authentication information for the user.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the user device is the media device.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing data associating the user profile with the device-based media consumption data.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the environmental data comprises one or more of:
an acoustic fingerprint;
a video fingerprint;
information about a phase delay;
information about electrical interferences associated with the media device;
information about closed-captioning associated with the content; or
a digital watermark.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media consumption data comprises set-top box data.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the set-top box data comprises one or more of:
information indicating a television channel the media device is tuned to;
information indicating the identity of the media content;
information indicating a time or date associated with the media content;
information indicating a viewing duration of the media content;
information indicating use of a remote control; or
information indicating channel changing behavior.
8. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:
retrieve a user profile for a user of a social-networking system, wherein the user is associated with a media device;
receive media consumption data, wherein the media consumption data includes at least an identity of media content being consumed on the media device and environmental data captured by a user device uniquely identifying the media content being consumed on the media device;
correlate the user profile with the media consumption data;
determine that at least a portion of the media consumption data is device-based media consumption data and is associated with the media content being consumed on the media device based on the correlation between the user profile and the media consumption data; and
generate a customized set of content objects based on the device-based media consumption data for displaying to the user.
9. The media of claim 8 , wherein the user profile is retrieved based on a unique device identifier for a user device associated with the user or based on authentication information for the user.
10. The media of claim 9 , wherein the user device is the media device.
11. The media of claim 8 , further comprising to store data associating the user profile with the device-based media consumption data when executed.
12. The media of claim 8 , wherein the environmental data comprises one or more of:
an acoustic fingerprint;
a video fingerprint;
information about a phase delay;
information about electrical interferences associated with the media device;
information about closed-captioning associated with the content; or
a digital watermark.
13. The media of claim 8 , wherein the media consumption data comprises set-top box data.
14. The media of claim 13 , wherein the set-top box data comprises one or more of:
information indicating a television channel the media device is tuned to;
information indicating the identity of the media content;
information indicating a time or date associated with the media content;
information indicating a viewing duration of the media content;
information indicating use of a remote control; or
information indicating channel changing behavior.
15. A system comprising: one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:
retrieve a user profile for a user of a social-networking system, wherein the user is associated with a media device;
receive media consumption data, wherein the media consumption data includes at least an identity of media content being consumed on the media device and environmental data captured by a user device uniquely identifying the media content being consumed on the media device;
correlate the user profile with the media consumption data;
determine that at least a portion of the media consumption data is device-based media consumption data and is associated with the media content being consumed on the media device based on the correlation between the user profile and the media consumption data; and
generate a customized set of content objects based on the device-based media consumption data for displaying to the user.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the user profile is retrieved based on a unique device identifier for a user device associated with the user or based on authentication information for the user.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the user device is the media device.
18. The system of claim 15 , further comprising to store data associating the user profile with the device-based media consumption data when executing the instructions.