Ratings and quality measurements for digital broadcast viewers

摘要

In one system embodiment, a first receive-and-process (RP) system and a second RP system, the first and second RP systems each configured to receive a first broadcast stream corresponding to a service, the broadcast stream comprising either a raw Internet protocol (IP) stream or a non-IP stream, and each further configured to derive a first Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) stream and a second RTP stream, respectively, based on the first broadcast stream, the first and second RTP streams having stream parameters in common, the first and second RP systems each further configured to provide respective first and second RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) reports, the first and second RTCP reports based on the derived first and second RTP streams, the first and second RTCP reports each comprising information associated with a viewer experience, the respective information having a common benchmark as a basis for comparison.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving at a plurality of receive-and-process (RP) systems a first stream, the first stream comprising a raw Internet protocol (IP) stream; deriving a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) stream at each RP system based on the first stream and mapping functions based on a seed packet; and providing an RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) report based on the derived RTP streams, the RTCP report comprising information associated with each viewer experience corresponding to the first stream, wherein the information associated with each viewer experience comprises device generated viewing pattern feedback indicative of whether each viewer deemed a service that is presented by each RP system favorable, based on the time and frequency of usage of the service, the information further including an order of channel changes within the service, wherein the order of channel changes comprises information indicating each channel change to and from the service over a defined period of time, the service provided by the first stream, the RTCP report generated at a master RP system of the plurality of RP systems based on RTCP logic stored on the master RP system.