IP Library Granted Patent US 10,390,096
Granted Patent B2
US 10,390,096 · App. 15/268,189 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Collecting media consumer data

Inventors: Nicholas Brandon Newell (Centennial, CO); Swapnil Anil Tilaye (Superior, CO)
Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
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Patent No.
US 10,390,096
App. No.
15/268,189
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer including a processor programmed to receive audio data from sensors. Based on the audio data, the computer identifies a media content item. The computer is further programmed to detect the end of the media content item based on the audio data. Upon detecting the end of the media content item, the computer is programmed to store data from a user related to the media content item.

Claims (57)

1. A system comprising a computer, the computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the processor is programmed to:

receive first audio data from first sensors in a first user device associated with a first user, the first audio data including audio from a media content item;

identify, based on a match between the first audio data from the media content item received from the first sensors and an audio signature file, the first media content item;

detect an end of the first media content item based on the first audio data;

store, upon detecting the end of the first media content item, first user data including verbal data received after detecting the end of the first media content item related to the media content item; and

generate a second media content item based in part on the first media content item and in part on the first user data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first user data received after detecting the end of the first media content item includes a conversation between a first user and a second user.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

establish a communications link between the first user and a second user.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

receive, during reception of the first audio data, and prior to the end of the first media content item, at least one of physiological data, motion data, location data, and verbal data related to the first user; and

associate portions of the at least one of physiological data, motion data, location and verbal data with a first segment of the media content item based on a correspondence in time.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

determine, based at least in part on the at least one of physiological data, motion data, location data and verbal data associated with the first segment of the media content item, a first numerical rating of the first segment for the first user.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein determining the first numerical rating is further based at least in part on the first user data received after detecting the end of the first media content item.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

select, based at least in part on the first numerical rating of the first segment, the first segment; and

display the first segment to the first user via the first user device.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

record, during the displaying of the first segment to the first user, second data related to the first user, the second data related to the first user including verbal data.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein determining the first numerical rating is based at least in part on the second data related to the first user.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

associate, based on recording the second data related to the first user while displaying the first segment to the first user, the second data related to the first user with the first segment.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first user data received after detecting the end of the first media content item includes video data.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

request, via the first user device, the first user data received after detecting the end of the first media content item from the first user.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

receive second audio data from second sensors; and

identify, based on the second audio data, the first media content item.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the second sensors are associated with a second user device and the computer receives the second audio data from the second user device.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

determine, based on the first audio data and second audio data that the first and second user devices are in a same location.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

establish a communications link between the first user device and the second user device based in part on the determination that the first and second user devices are in the same location.

17. A system comprising a computer, the computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the processor is programmed to:

receive first audio data from first sensors in a first user device associated with a first user;

identify, based on a match between the first audio data from the media content item received from the first sensors and an audio signature file, the first media content item;

detect an end of the first media content item based on the first audio data;

store, upon detecting the end of the first media content item, from a first user, first user data received after detecting the end of the first media content item including first verbal data related to the media content item, and, from one or more second users, respective second user data received after detecting the end of the first media content item including respective second verbal data related to the media content item; and

generate a second media content item based in part on the first media content item, in part on the first user data from the first user, and in part on the respective second user data from the one or more second users.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

receive, during reception of the first audio data, and prior to the end of the first media content item, at least one of physiological data, motion data, location data, and verbal data related respectively to the first user and the one or more second users;

associate portions of the at least one of physiological data, motion data, location and verbal data respectively for each of the first user and one or more second users with a first segment of the media content item based on a correspondence in time; and

determine, based at least in part on the at least one of physiological data, motion data, location data and verbal data associated with the first segment of the media content item, a numerical rating of the first segment respectively for the first user and the one or more second users.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

determine, based on the numerical ratings of the first segment respectively for the first user and the one or more second users, a group numeric rating for the first segment;

select, based at least in part on the group numerical rating of the first segment, the first segment; and

display the first segment via a media display device.

20. A system comprising a computer, the computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the processor is programmed to:

receive first audio data from first sensors in a first user device associated with a first user, the first audio data including audio from a media content item;

identify, based on a match between the first audio data from the media content item received from the first sensors and an audio signature file, the first media content item;

receive, during reception of the first audio data, and prior to an end of the first media content item, first user data related to a first user of the first user device;

detect the end of the first media content item based on the first audio data;

store, upon detecting the end of the first media content item, second user data related to the first user received after detecting the end of the first media content item related to the media content item;

associate portions of the first user data related to the first user received during reception of the first audio data with a first segment of the media content item based on a correspondence in time; and

generate a second media content item based in part on the first media content item, in part on the first user data related to the first user received during reception of the audio data, and in part on the second user data related to the first user received after detecting the end of the first media content item.

21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the first user data related to the first user received during reception of the audio data includes at least one of physiological data, motion data, location data, and verbal data related to the first user.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: DISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION; DISH NETWORK L.L.C.; DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
To: U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 058295/0293 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
To: DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 049655/0411 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2016
From: NEWELL, NICHOLAS BRANDON; TILAYE, SWAPNIL ANIL
To: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 039769/0395 →
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