MEDIA CONTENT DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

Media content is provided using metric-apportioning. In accordance with one or more embodiments, remote-user interface circuits are authenticated and remote access is provided to different sets of media content via the interface. For each authenticated interface and a time-based period during which the interface accesses the media content, time-stamped usage data that characterizes use of the media content at the interface is communicated therewith. A usage metric characterizing usage of the media content is apportioned based upon the time-stamped usage data and stored weighting factor data for the media content.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a first circuit-based module configured and arranged to non-linearly communicate a plurality of different sets of media content to a plurality of remote-user interface circuits based upon user-interaction with the first circuit-based module via the respective remote-user interface circuits; and a second circuit-based module configured and arranged with the first circuit-based module to access time-stamped usage data indicating non-linear access to media content at each remote-user interface circuit, and configured and arranged to use the time-stamped usage data by:
characterizing time periods during which remote users accessed different sets of the media content via the remote-user interface circuits, andfor each of the remote users, apportion a usage metric characterizing usage of the respective sets of media content based upon the characterized time periods, and based on a plurality of different sets of weighting factor data, each set of weighting factor data being associated with a set of the accessed media content.