IP Library Granted Patent US 11,889,148
Granted Patent B2
US 11,889,148 · App. 17/429,519 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Engagement estimation apparatus, engagement estimation method and program

Inventors: Kazuhisa Yamagishi (Musashino, JP); Pierre Lebreton (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
H04N21/44204H04N21/2383H04N21/2625H04N21/647
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Patent No.
US 11,889,148
App. No.
17/429,519
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engagement estimation apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each measurement section after an instruction of a start of a view of an video delivered through a network, any of a parameter related to a coding quality of the video in the measurement section and a parameter related to a viewing state of the video in the measurement section, and an estimation unit configured to calculate an estimation value of an index for evaluation of engagement for each measurement section based on a parameter acquired by the acquisition unit in the measurement section. Thus, it is possible to estimate engagement based on parameters that can be observed in a terminal.

Claims (36)

1. An engagement estimation apparatus comprising:

an acquisition unit, including one or more processors, configured to acquire, for each of measurement sections after an instruction of a start of a view of an video delivered through a network, any of a parameter related to a coding quality of the video in the measurement section and a parameter related to a viewing state of the video in the measurement section, wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire an initial loading delay; and

an estimation unit, including one or more processors, configured to calculate an estimation value of an index for evaluation of engagement for each of the measurement sections based on a parameter acquired by the acquisition unit in the measurement section, wherein the estimation unit is configured to calculate the estimation value based on a mathematical model with a property that a number of existed viewers increases as the initial loading delay increases.

2. The engagement estimation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the acquisition unit is configured to acquire an video view duration; and

the estimation unit is configured to calculate the estimation value based on a mathematical model with a property that a number of exited viewers increases as the video view duration increases.

3. The engagement estimation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the acquisition unit is configured to acquire a parameter related to the coding quality; and

the estimation unit is configured to calculate the estimation value based on a mathematical model with a property that a number of exited viewers increases as the coding quality is reduced.

4. The engagement estimation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the acquisition unit is configured to acquire a stalling length; and

the estimation unit is configured to calculate the estimation value based on a mathematical model with a property that a number of exited viewers increases as the stalling length increases.

5. An engagement estimation method including, at a computer:

an acquisition procedure of acquiring, for each of measurement sections after an instruction of a start of a view of an video delivered through a network, any of a parameter related to a coding quality of the video in the measurement section and a parameter related to a viewing state of the video in the measurement section, wherein the acquisition procedure comprises acquiring an initial loading delay; and

an estimation procedure of calculating an estimation value of an index for evaluation of engagement for each of the measurement sections based on a parameter acquired by the acquiring in the measurement section, wherein the estimation procedure comprises calculating the estimation value based on a mathematical model with a property that a number of exited viewers increases as the initial loading delay increases.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more instructions configured to cause a computer to execute:

an acquisition procedure of acquiring, for each of measurement sections after an instruction of a start of a view of an video delivered through a network, any of a parameter related to a coding quality of the video in the measurement section and a parameter related to a viewing state of the video in the measurement section, wherein the acquisition procedure comprises acquiring an initial loading delay; and

an estimation procedure of calculating an estimation value of an index for evaluation of engagement for each of the measurement sections based on a parameter acquired by the acquiring in the measurement section, wherein the estimation procedure comprises calculating the estimation value based on a mathematical model with a property that a number of exited viewers increases as the initial loading delay increases.

7. The engagement estimation method according to claim 5 , wherein

the acquisition procedure comprises acquiring an video view duration; and

the estimation procedure comprises calculating the estimation value based on a mathematical model with a property that a number of exited viewers increases as the video view duration increases.

8. The engagement estimation method according to claim 5 , wherein

the acquisition procedure comprises acquiring a parameter related to the coding quality; and

the estimation procedure comprises calculating the estimation value based on a mathematical model with a property that a number of exited viewers increases as the coding quality is reduced.

9. The engagement estimation method according to claim 5 , wherein

the acquisition procedure comprises acquiring a stalling length; and

the estimation procedure comprises calculating the estimation value based on a mathematical model with a property that a number of exited viewers increases as the stalling length increases.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein

the acquisition procedure comprises acquiring an video view duration; and

the estimation procedure comprises calculating the estimation value based on a mathematical model with a property that a number of exited viewers increases as the video view duration increases.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein

the acquisition procedure comprises acquiring a parameter related to the coding quality; and

the estimation procedure comprises calculating the estimation value based on a mathematical model with a property that a number of exited viewers increases as the coding quality is reduced.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein

the acquisition procedure comprises acquiring a stalling length; and

the estimation procedure comprises calculating the estimation value based on a mathematical model with a property that a number of exited viewers increases as the stalling length increases.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2021
From: YAMAGISHI, KAZUHISA; LEBRETON, PIERRE
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057316/0920 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-028462 · Feb 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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