Csc Holdings, LLC

Alejandro A Hoyos

Richard Neill

Colleen Moraghan

Rohit Bansal

John McKenna

Gemma Toner

Laurie Martone

John Markowski

Heitor Joseph Almeida

Peter Caramanica

Jaison P Antony

The present disclosure describes an autonomous mechanism for implementing a flexible image repository that includes an image retrieval service and an image repository management application. The flexible image repository performs delta processing to provide a subset of stored images to a subscriber device when the image retrieval service receives an image update request. The subscriber device thus receives updates to the image repository in a manner that reduces bandwidth requirements at both the server and the client, allowing client-side images to be updated more frequently. A content manager may update the flexible image repository via the image repository management application, which tags images according to a naming convention prior to inserting the images in the image repository. The tags allowing the image retrieval service to serve a multitude of subscriber devices across disparate platforms, which may provide different interfaces and have disparate access requirements, API calls, or functional behaviors. The flexible image repository employs a caching layer to further optimize the retrieval and display of the images and further optimize the delta processing.

Flexible image repository for customer premises equipment

In a video delivery context, collection and analysis of viewing data can provide insight into viewer interaction with video and the Internet. The viewing data can be transmitted in a controlled manner to a data repository. The system can selectively target specific viewers/households to obtain viewing data, which can be combined with demographics, anonymized, and encrypted. Embodiments enable precision selection of media opportunities, by determining detailed characteristics associated with broadcasts including movement of audiences and specific viewer behavior, such as visits to websites on the Internet. The effective yield of broadcasts, including promotional spots and advertisements, can be determined and predicted based on concrete data at a level of detail down to individual viewers. Accordingly, embodiments enable improvement of the effectiveness and return on investment for programming, promotional spots, and advertisements.

System and method for set top box viewing data

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Alejandro A Hoyos