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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2009
Zhiying Jin, Lexington, MA (US);
Haiyan Zhou, Waltham, MA (US);
Shuai Wu, Waltham, MA (US);
Wenjie Liu, Wayland, MA (US);
Haosheng Guo, Nashua, NH (US);
Juhong Liu, Sudbury, MA (US);
Zhiying Jin, Lexington, MA (US);
Haiyan Zhou, Waltham, MA (US);
Shuai Wu, Waltham, MA (US);
Wenjie Liu, Wayland, MA (US);
Haosheng Guo, Nashua, NH (US);
Juhong Liu, Sudbury, MA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method includes receiving viewership data associated with television contents; calculating one or more local boosting factors and a national boosting factor for each of the television contents based on the viewership data; applying boosting factor assignment heuristics to the one or more local and national boosting factors for each of the television contents; selecting one or more boosting factors based the applying of the boosting factor assignment heuristics for each of the television contents; and publishing the one or more boosting factors to one or more television distribution sites for each of the television contents.