ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENT FOR PODCAST SERVICES

摘要

Methods and arrangements are provided for podcast listeners to allocate and distribute payments to podcast content creators based on their engagement and enjoyment of the podcasts. An allocation system provides for monitoring of engagement metrics of listeners, including such metrics as percent of podcast consumed, frequency of consumption, whether the podcast is regularly listened to during a daily commute, and other signs of engagement with the content. Listeners provide a donation budget to the allocation system, representing the total amount of donation for all podcasts listened to. The allocation system then allocates a portion of the donation budget to each podcast according to the level of engagement represented by the engagement metrics that are monitored.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
receiving a list of podcasts and a donation budget from a user; monitoring, via an engagement engine, one or more engagement metrics corresponding to each of the podcasts, wherein the one or more engagement metrics indicate user activity with respect to a podcast; determining, via a ranking engine, a ranking for the list of podcasts according to the one or more engagement metrics; and allocating, via an allocation engine, the donation budget to the podcast, wherein each podcast is allocated a portion of the donation budget according to its ranking.