Method for measuring audience to broadcast service and content at terminal
Disclosed is a method of measuring audience ratings for at least more than one service and content in a terminal. The measurement method may include receiving a campaign invitation message for an audience measurement campaign from a server. The campaign invitation message may include at least more than one of information for the audience measurement campaign, information for the server, and information for an opt-in rate of the audience measurement campaign. The method may further include authenticating the information for the server in the campaign invitation message. The method may further include determining whether to participate using the information for the opt-in rate of the audience measurement campaign in the campaign invitation message. The method may further include transmitting a panel opt-in request message to the server according to the determination result. The method may further include receiving a panel opt-in response message from the server.
1. A method of measuring audience ratings for at least more than one service and content, the method comprising:
transmitting a campaign invitation message to a terminal having already participated in a campaign for audience measurement, wherein the campaign invitation message includes at least one of a first element specifying an identification of the campaign for the audience measurement, and a second element specifying whether a consent of a user is required or not;
receiving, from the terminal, a campaign participation request message including a third element specifying the identification of the campaign for the audience measurement, wherein the identification of the third element is matched with the identification of the second element;
transmitting, to the terminal, a campaign participation response message from a server, wherein the campaign participation response message includes a configuration data for the audience measurement, the configuration data includes at least one of a fourth element specifying the identification of the campaign for the audience measurement, a fifth element specifying a start time of the campaign and a sixth element specifying a value indicating an end time of the campaign, wherein the end time is set to past; and
receiving, from the terminal, measurement data after transmitting the campaign participation response message.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the campaign invitation message is transmitted via a service guide on a broadcast channel or received via a service guide on a unicast channel.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises information for a report of the audience measurement result.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the campaign participation request message further includes:
an element related to the consent of the user.
5. A server for measuring audience ratings for at least more than one service and content, the server comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit a campaign invitation message to a terminal having already participated in a campaign for audience measurement, wherein the campaign invitation message includes at least one of a first element specifying an identification of the campaign for the audience measurement, and a second element specifying whether a consent of a user is required or not; and
a receiver configured to receive, from the terminal, a campaign participation request message including a third element specifying an identification of the campaign for the audience measurement,
wherein the identification of the third element is matched with the identification of the second element,
wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit, to the terminal, a campaign participation response message,
wherein the campaign participation response message includes a configuration data for the audience measurement, the configuration data includes at least one of a fourth element specifying the identification of the campaign for the audience measurement, a fifth element specifying a start time of the campaign and a sixth element specifying a value indicating an end time of the campaign,
wherein the end time is set to past, and
wherein the receiver is further configured to receive, from the terminal, measurement data after transmitting the campaign participation response message.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the campaign invitation message is transmitted via a service guide on a broadcast channel or received via a service guide on a unicast channel.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the configuration information comprises information for a report of the audience measurement result.
8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the campaign participation request message further includes:
an element related to the consent of the user.