Method and apparatus for logging and reporting television viewing

摘要

A multimedia logging and reporting system and method involves first obtaining some viewing information about a multimedia presentation such as a television program. The viewing information may be a name of the program and the time it was being watched on the television or may include other information depending on the multimedia, the device used for viewing the multimedia as well as other factors. The viewing information is recorded and then used to generate a viewing report, an example being a display on a television screen that lists a particular user, the time and name of the programs watched on any given day.

主权项

1. A method of logging and reporting multimedia viewing information comprising:
in a multimedia computing system comprising at least one processor in communication with at least one computer readable storage media, the computer readable storage media including computer executable instructions configured to perform the following operations: registering a first user to the multimedia computing system; registering a second user to the same multimedia computing system; providing the first registered user access to the multimedia computing system; obtaining viewing information about a multimedia presentation accessed by the first user, the viewing information including an indicia of a content of the multimedia presentation, the multimedia presentation accessed through an Internet address; recording the viewing information including the Internet address; and providing for generation of a viewing report as a function of the viewing information, the viewing report accessible by the second user of the multimedia computing system upon registering to the multimedia computing system and providing information concerning the multimedia presentation accessed by the first user and information concerning the content of the multimedia presentation based on the indicia of the content of the multimedia presentation, the viewing report including a selectable link to the Internet address for accessing the viewed multimedia presentation.