Patent ID: 9077762
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: monitoring content playing activity and remote control activity of a media system that receives content through a content delivery network by monitoring commands controlling playing of content by the media system and timing data associated with the commands and monitoring actions taken by a remote control that controls operation of the media system and timing data associated with the actions; identifying trends in the content playing activity of the media system based on the monitoring of the content playing activity; identifying trends in the remote control activity of the media system based on the monitoring of the remote control activity; evaluating the identified trends in the content playing activity of the media system against the identified trends in the remote control activity of the media system; based on evaluation of the identified trends in the content playing activity of the media system against the identified trends in the remote control activity of the media system, detecting a pattern of remote control activity during content playing activity; decreasing a weighting related to a user watching content based on the pattern of remote control activity during content playing activity indicating an amount of remote control activity above a threshold while viewing content; and performing, using a computer, one or more operations related to at least one of the media system or the content delivery network based on the decreased weighting.