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<blockquote data-quote="peter_H" data-source="post: 639280" data-attributes="member: 75891">
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Yes, sure, the technique would really only work with a critical mass of users. But with that volume comes the ability to detect and reject erroneous data points. 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">I see no reason why the system couldn't be adopted by all the major PVRs, e.g. MP, GBPVR, MythTV, etc. 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">If the system was non-anonymous, then that might deter vandalism of the data (by advertisers, say). 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">With user accounts, some users could be considered more trustworthy than others, based on history or higher trust ratings from other users. So their data carries more weight. 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Maybe if someone uploaded data that was way off the &quot;norm&quot;, then they could be flagged as possible vandals, and the value of their data deprecated. 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">What if someone could also upload a comskip.txt profile of a show. Maybe that could be incorporated into the final result. Early on, with few users, I'd imagine this would be the most reliable source of information. So at the very least, the service would be a comskip.txt sharing mechanism. So only one person has to process the file, for the whole country. (Sure, it probably wouldn't be wise to trust just one instance). 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Each show's &quot;edit list&quot;&nbsp; could have an &quot;Accuracy Rating&quot;, which, amongst other things, is based on the volume of raw data processed to produce a result. A consumer of the edit list could specify a minimum acceptance level. Not all shows need have data available. Where it is, the consumer has the choice to use it - as long as it meets their minimum accuracy rating. 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Time sync can easily be achieved by syncing to an Internet Time Server (NTP service). 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Consumers could feedback to the system about the accuracy of a show's edit list - affecting it's accuracy rating for future consumers.</li>
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[QUOTE="peter_H, post: 639280, member: 75891"] [LIST] [*]Yes, sure, the technique would really only work with a critical mass of users. But with that volume comes the ability to detect and reject erroneous data points. [*]I see no reason why the system couldn't be adopted by all the major PVRs, e.g. MP, GBPVR, MythTV, etc. [*]If the system was non-anonymous, then that might deter vandalism of the data (by advertisers, say). [*]With user accounts, some users could be considered more trustworthy than others, based on history or higher trust ratings from other users. So their data carries more weight. [*]Maybe if someone uploaded data that was way off the "norm", then they could be flagged as possible vandals, and the value of their data deprecated. [*]What if someone could also upload a comskip.txt profile of a show. Maybe that could be incorporated into the final result. Early on, with few users, I'd imagine this would be the most reliable source of information. So at the very least, the service would be a comskip.txt sharing mechanism. So only one person has to process the file, for the whole country. (Sure, it probably wouldn't be wise to trust just one instance). [*]Each show's "edit list" could have an "Accuracy Rating", which, amongst other things, is based on the volume of raw data processed to produce a result. A consumer of the edit list could specify a minimum acceptance level. Not all shows need have data available. Where it is, the consumer has the choice to use it - as long as it meets their minimum accuracy rating. [*]Time sync can easily be achieved by syncing to an Internet Time Server (NTP service). [*]Consumers could feedback to the system about the accuracy of a show's edit list - affecting it's accuracy rating for future consumers. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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