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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Imdb.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Hilliard Bruce Siegel, Seattle, WA (US);
Kenneth P. Fishkin, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
IMDb.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04N 21/4784 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04N 21/2408 (2013.01); H04N 21/4758 (2013.01); H04N 21/4781 (2013.01); H04N 21/4784 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments relating to the identification of events that occur within a media item. A plurality of messages are received from client devices, wherein each of the messages comprises a timestamp indicating a time relative to a media item. The existence of an event in the media item is determined based at least in part on a clustering of at least a subset of the messages received. Points are awarded to a subset of users based at least in part upon the timestamp and the clustering of messages received.