Patent ID: 9491509
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An on-line method of assessing digital content across a communications network, said method comprising the steps of: presenting digital content at one or more nodes of the network, said digital content containing enhancements to stimulate response at set times, said enhancements including an audio or visual effect; providing means for real-time rating of the digital content as it is presented at each network node of the one or more nodes of the network: collecting rating data from multiple users at different times relevant to the enhancements of the presented digital content, time-stamping the collected rating data from each said user of the multiple users at the respective network node to coincide with the presented digital content; and collating the collected and time-stamped rating data to provide an aggregated or combined rating curve for the multiple users of the presented digital content, wherein said rating data of each user of the multiple users is individually synchronized with the presented digital content thereby eliminating the need to synchronize the rating data across the multiple users of the presented digital content, when the presented digital content from the multiple users are the same, wherein the rating curve graphically indicates a range of the rating data for the multiple users at a particular time.