发明名称 Real-time DVR polling system
摘要 Techniques for real-time DVR usage and reporting enable using instant message protocol in a DVR environment to obtain real-time DVR usage data and to report data reflecting such usage in real-time. An example of DVR usage data comprises data reflecting that a viewer is viewing a video program which is R-rated. Another example of DVR usage data comprises a viewer entering a password, such as a kids zone password, to exit kids zone operational mode.
申请公布号 US9565459(B2) 申请公布日期 2017.02.07
申请号 US201615049446 申请日期 2016.02.22
申请人 TiVo Inc. 发明人 Barton James M.
分类号 H04N21/242;H04N21/472;H04N21/488;H04N21/4147;H04N21/437;H04N21/442;H04N21/454;H04N21/4627;H04N21/475;H04N21/658;H04N5/76;H04N5/782;H04N21/43;H04N21/643;H04N5/765 主分类号 H04N21/242
代理机构 Wong & Rees LLP 代理人 Wong & Rees LLP ;Rees Karl T.
主权项 1. A method, comprising: storing, at a server, one or more database tables comprising operating data for media devices associated with users of a service; receiving, via one or more instant messages from a first device operating in a restricted operational mode, information reporting a particular activity that has been performed at the first device, the particular activity being one of: entering a password associated with exiting the restricted operational mode, switching operational modes, or playing a media content having particular program guide information that matches restriction criteria associated with the restricted operational mode, the restriction criteria indicating content that is restricted in the restricted operational mode; responsive to the one or more instant messages, adding or updating a particular entry in the one or more database tables that is associated with the particular activity and the first device; identifying particular data based on at least portions of the operating data that pertain to one or more particular media devices associated with a particular user of the service; and responsive to detecting that the particular activity has been performed at the first device, sending a notification of the particular activity, the notification reflecting the particular activity in real-time, to a second device associated with a user having access to the restricted operational mode in the first device of the particular media devices, the second device displaying the notification on an interface of the second device.
地址 San Jose CA US