Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for collecting and providing viewer feedback to a broadcast
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Application No.: US12456190Application Date: 2009-06-12
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Publication No.: US09246612B2Publication Date: 2016-01-26
- Inventor: Anthony A. Shah-Nazaroff , Jean M. Goldschmidt Iki , Kenneth A. Moore , David N. Hackson , Eric O. Smith
- Applicant: Anthony A. Shah-Nazaroff , Jean M. Goldschmidt Iki , Kenneth A. Moore , David N. Hackson , Eric O. Smith
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC
- Main IPC: H04N5/445
- IPC: H04N5/445 ; H04H60/33 ; H04N21/45 ; H04H60/46 ; H04N7/173 ; H04N21/25 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/475 ; H04N21/81
Abstract:
The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus to collect and provide viewer feedback to broadcasts. According to one aspect of the present invention, a rating is generated for a broadcast by a server system. The rating is based at least in part on viewer feedback to the broadcast, and the rating indicates a likelihood of interest in the broadcast for potential subsequent viewers. According to another aspect of the present invention, the rating is provided from the server system to an entertainment system, and the broadcast can be selected for viewing at an entertainment system. In one embodiment, the viewer feedback is received at the entertainment system in response to a feedback questionnaire.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090254935A1 Method and apparatus for collecting and providing viewer feedback to a broadcast Public/Granted day:2009-10-08
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