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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2016
Applicant:

Bluefin Labs, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Ben Fleischman, Somerville, MA (US);

Deb Kumar Roy, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Bluefin Labs, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30817 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 17/3053 (2013.01); G06F 17/3082 (2013.01); G06F 17/30525 (2013.01); G06F 17/30572 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract

Social media content items are mapped to relevant time-based media events. These mappings may be used as the basis for multiple applications, such as ranking of search results for time-based media, automatic recommendations for time-based media, prediction of audience interest for media purchasing/planning, and estimating social interest in the time-based media. Social interest in time-based media (e.g., video and audio streams and recordings) segments is estimated through a process of data ingestion and integration. The estimation process determines social interest in specific events represented as segments in time-based media, such as particular plays in a sporting event, scenes in a television show, or advertisements in an advertising block. The resulting estimates of social interest also can be graphically displayed.


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