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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:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2014
Applicant:

Porto Technology, Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Kunal Kandekar, Morrisville, NC (US);

Richard J. Walsh, Raleigh, NC (US);

Hugh Svendsen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Assignee:

PORTO Technology, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/33 (2008.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04H 60/31 (2008.01); H04H 60/46 (2008.01); H04H 60/65 (2008.01); H04H 60/80 (2008.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30722 (2013.01); G06F 17/30017 (2013.01); G06F 17/30244 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); H04H 60/31 (2013.01); H04H 60/46 (2013.01); H04H 60/65 (2013.01); H04H 60/80 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/30 (2013.01); H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 21/4661 (2013.01); H04N 21/4756 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01);
Abstract

A server and device for constructing and presenting a consumption profile for a media item are provided. In general, consumption of a media item by a number of first users is tracked. Thereafter, before and/or during playback of the media item by a second user, a consumption profile for the media item is constructed and presented to the second user.


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