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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:
Feb. 07, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Michael Ben Fleischman, Somerville, MA (US);

Deb Kumar Roy, Arlington, MA (US);

Jeremy Rishel, Maynard, MA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0245 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04N 21/252 (2013.01); H04N 21/8126 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2013.01);
Abstract

Social media content items are mapped to relevant time-based media events. These mappings are used as the basis for calculating metrics based upon the mappings, and ratings of the time-based media there from. Audience response metrics (ARMs) are calculated from the mappings, which provide an indication of audience engagement or response. In addition, ARMs provide information about the virality, depth, and breadth of the response by the viewing audience. The calculated metrics are stored and are used to generate ratings for the time-based media. The ratings may be published in whole or in part, e.g., as part of a ratings system.


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