Patent ID: 9584874
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for collecting and distributing audiovisual content blocks and creation of audience statistics, the method comprising steps of: establishing viewer demographics of a viewer; recording said viewer demographics; capturing broadcast production content; segmenting said captured production content into production blocks, each production block being a suitable length; storing said production blocks in a production block library; determining identifiable aspects of each production block in accordance with search criteria categories; indexing said identifiable aspects of each production block enabling searching capabilities and identification of desired production blocks into a block header index; submitting search criteria for searching said production block library; searching said production block library for production blocks to identify production blocks matching said submitted search criteria; selecting production blocks from production blocks matching said submitted search criteria; combining said selected production blocks into at least one production segment; viewing streamed content containing said production segment; storing a history of viewed streamed content containing said production segment and associated user demographics; recording metrics which associate said viewer demographics, submitted search criteria, said selected production blocks, and said viewing history with one another; and analyzing said recorded metrics.