METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING CONTENT VIEW STATISTICS IN A NAMED DATA NETWORK

摘要

A client device that obtains a data object for a local user, and can detect a check-in requirement in the data object that instructs the client device to share demographic information with a content broker. The client device generates a check-in message that indicates the data object, and includes identifying information for the local user or the local client device. The client device sends the check-in message to the content broker to share the identifying information. The content broker can analyze the check-in message to determine the user's identifying information, and to determine the data object being consumed by the user. The media broker then stores or aggregates the user's demographic information in a repository, in association with the data object. The media broker generates a response packet that grants the client device access to the data object's contents, and returns the response packet to the client device.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by a media broker, a check-in message from a client device consuming a data object; analyzing the check-in message to determine at least the data object being consumed by the client device, and identifying information for the client device or a user of the client device; determining demographic information for the client device or the user based on the identifying information from the check-in message; accounting for the demographic information in association with the data object; responsive to receiving the check-in message, generating a response packet that satisfies the check-in message, wherein the response packet grants the client device access to present the data object's contents to the user; and returning the response packet to satisfy the check-in message.