Global Patent Index - EP 2458754 A1

EP 2458754 A1 20120530 - Identification and profiling of groups of TV viewers

Title (en)

Identification and profiling of groups of TV viewers

Title (de)

Identifizierung und Profilierung von Gruppen von Fernsehzuschauern

Title (fr)

Identification et profilage de groupes de téléspectateurs

Publication

EP 2458754 A1 20120530 (EN)

Application

EP 10192695 A 20101126

Priority

EP 10192695 A 20101126

Abstract (en)

The present application concerns the field of personalized application for Digital TV. It is proposed a method to populate profile information related to television viewing experience by a TV decoder coupled to a biometric identification device, said method comprising the steps of, in an initialization phase : - registering a plurality of viewers by obtaining the biometric data from the biometric identification device of each viewer, - generating many profile records as the number of groups that can be generated with N registered viewers (2 N -1 groups), And in the exploitation phase: - detecting the viewers currently taking advantage of a viewing experience corresponding to a specific event having associated metadata, said viewers forming a current group, - selecting the profile record corresponding to the current group, - recording the metadata of the vent to the profile record corresponding to the current group.

IPC 8 full level

H04H 60/45 (2008.01); H04H 60/46 (2008.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04H 60/45 (2013.01); H04H 60/46 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)

US 7260823 B2 20070821 - SCHLACK JOHN A [US], et al

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

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Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2458754 A1 20120530

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 10192695 A 20101126