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20080229355 | TELEVISION STATION, ASSOCIATED CONVENTIONS AND OTHER DEDICATED SERVICES FOR A DEMOGRAPHIC COMPRISING PERSONS FIFTY YEARS OLD AND OLDER - A television, cable or satellite channel dedicated to issues relevant to persons fifty years old or older is disclosed. The content of the channel involves programming on healthcare, politics, insurance and many related issues. Advertisements are also limited to goods and services directed to persons fifty years old and older. Indeed, one version limits advertisements to the subject matter of the programming during which the advertisement is shown. For example, during healthcare programming only healthcare related advertisements are shown. Interactive programming is also disclosed. The television channel is also used as a conduit for providing an avenue for members of the demographic to lodge concerns and complaints. Associated conventions dedicated to issues and concerns of persons fifty years or older may also be promoted during programming on the channel. | 09-18-2008 |
20080235725 | ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE WITH TARGETED ADVERTISING - An electronic program guide for use with a television delivery system is disclosed having a plurality of program menus that list information about available television programs. The program information includes, for example, program names and start times. A user navigates the program menus using a user interface, such as an infrared remote control. The user interface controls a cursor that indicates selection of a menu item, such as a program. The selected program is then displayed on the screen. Advertisements are displayed as part of the program guide. The advertisements may include targeted advertisements based on data gathered from the subscriber and stored in a subscriber profile. The data profile may include data gathered directly from the subscriber as well as data gathered based on the subscriber's viewing habits. The electronic programming guide is controlled by a set top terminal co-located with a television set, for example, in a subscriber's home. The guide includes an introductory menu that is displayed on the screen each time the set top terminal is activated. The advertisement may be displayed on the introductory menu. | 09-25-2008 |
20080244640 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF DIGITAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS WITH INTERNET WEB APPLICATION - An architecture is presented that synchronizes digital television content with IP network content. A content management system is provided that comprises a computing system that includes an input component and an application component. The input component of the computing system receives digital television content of a broadcast network. The application component receives IP network content of an IP network. The application component then synchronizes the IP network content and the digital television content via DSM-CC stream events. The DSM-CC stream events are markers that comprise an event identifier and a time reference. Based on the event identifier and the time reference, the broadcasted digital television content can be synchronized with the IP network content to deliver additional content media and commercials tailored to specific groups of viewers based on demographics, geography and/or individual profiles. | 10-02-2008 |
20080244641 | Method and system for television channel group - Provided is a method and system for displaying video from a plurality of video streams on a display. It includes an input interface for receiving video data from a plurality of video streams and transferring the video data to a frame controller in communication with a television display. The frame controller causes the video data from each of the plurality of different video streams to be displayed in a separate frame on the television display, and each frame occupying an area of the television display separate from an area occupied by any other frame. The frame controller displays a channel group on the television display. The channel group comprises a list of channels sharing at least one common attribute. | 10-02-2008 |
20080271072 | Systems and methods for providing live, remote location experiences - The present invention provides systems and methods for experiencing, in real-time, multimedia events from a remote location with ancillary location-associated content. For example, systems and methods of the present invention provide media users or viewers an enhanced, live, local broadcast and related locational information while the user or viewer is located in another geographical location. | 10-30-2008 |
20080301727 | INTELLIGENT TARGETING OF TAGS IN A BROADCAST NETWORK - A system and associated methodology are disclosed for targeting tags in a broadcast network. The tags may be associated with an ad or programming. In one implementation, the tags to be delivered at a user equipment device are selected at the user equipment device, for example, based on location or other user classification parameters. In this manner, different user equipment devices that are on the same bandwidth segment in the same network subdivision can receive different tags. | 12-04-2008 |
20090019473 | Method of delivering targeted advertising - The method of delivering targeted advertising includes the steps of: performing market and business research on a selected business; determining a target audience for advertising for the selected business; creating an advertisement specific to the target audience; and, delivering the advertisement to the target audience through narrowcast television. Preferably, the advertisement, once developed, is also delivered to the target audience through alternative, traditional advertising methods, such as via print media or through narrowcasting via the Internet. In addition to the television narrowcasting, the advertisement is delivered through newspapers, magazines, fliers, and the like, with the particular form of the advertising being dependent upon the particular needs and desires of the user. | 01-15-2009 |
20090019474 | Alternative mechanism to associate supplemental/advertising information with multimedia programs - The invention involves an interactive system and method for selection and display of advertisements, product information and other information in programming that can be updated at any time by advertisers and accessed at any time by television viewers without requiring any more functionality from the user terminal than is currently required for interactive services. The invention preferably utilizes insertion of a large number of interactivity points into video programs associated with certain times or frames of a program that can be compared to supplemental information locations in a program to obtain supplemental information links. | 01-15-2009 |
20090049469 | Targeted online, telephone and television advertisements based on cross-service subscriber profiling - A method is disclosed for monitoring data packet traffic in a communication network for at least two of a plurality of subscriber devices associated with a subscriber; developing a holistic subscriber profile for the subscriber based on the monitored data packet traffic; selecting advertisement data for a current one of the plurality of subscriber devices based on the holistic subscriber profile and sending the selected advertising data to the current subscriber device. A system is disclosed for performing the method. A data structure is disclosed for use in performing the method. | 02-19-2009 |
20090089831 | Method and Apparatus for Pop Screen Dialog for Roving Devices With Terrestrial Broadcast Receiver - There are provided a method and apparatus for generating pop screen dialog for roving devices with a terrestrial broadcast receiver. The apparatus includes a dialog generator ( | 04-02-2009 |
20090094641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVING ADVERTISING DATA FROM THE INTERNET - A system and method are disclosed including a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions to receive at an IPTV system node, advertising tokens data having advertising characteristics data and address data; instructions to filter at the IPTV system node the advertising tokens based on a correlation between the advertising characteristic data and filtering criteria data; instructions to extract from the filtered advertising tokens, address data representing at least two advertising addresses on the Internet World Wide Web; instructions to concatenate at the IPTV node the address data for the advertising addresses to form a uniform resource indicator (URI) for a resource on the Internet resource; and instructions to send advertising data from the Internet resource to an end user device through the IPTV node. | 04-09-2009 |
20090100459 | Methods and apparatus for revenue-optimized delivery of content in a network - Methods and apparatus for optimizing the distribution and delivery of multimedia or other content within a content-based network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a broadcast switched cable television network, which utilizes a Network optimization controller (NOC) that processes subscriber program viewing requests to identify options available to fulfill the request (including, e.g., the creation of one or more “microcasts” specifically targeting one or more users), and evaluate these options to determine one that optimizes network operation. The NOC performs these decisions by considering various parameters including network resource availability, type of CPE, subscriber's targeted advertisement profile, and business rules programmed by operator of the network. Business methods based on such network optimization are also described. | 04-16-2009 |
20090100460 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING AD INSERTION VIA A MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS GATEWAY - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing advertisement insertion to a user device are disclosed. A method includes providing a multimedia applications gateway (MAG) that is connected to an access gateway for a domain or a multimedia applications gateway that includes an integrated access gateway function, the access gateway in communication with user devices. The method also includes configuring the MAG to convert multimedia program content from a program source received at the access gateway and transmitted from the access gateway to a user device into a first communication having an open standards protocol recognized by each of the user devices, the first communication representing programming content. The method further includes configuring the MAG to convert multimedia advertising content into a second communication having the open standards protocol, the second communication representing advertising content. The method also includes retrieving the second communication from local memory, inserting the second communication within the first communication, and presenting the first and second communications on the device. | 04-16-2009 |
20090150930 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CONTENT PROVIDERS TO IDENTIFY ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES - A computer implemented method for enabling content providers to identify and customize placement opportunities is disclosed, comprising the steps of processing instructions to customize a pre-existing at least one of an audio and video datastream comprising at least one predefined time interval for content, identifying at least one time interval for a placement opportunity in the at least one of an audio and video datastream; altering at least one characteristic of the at least one time interval for a placement opportunity in accordance with tile instructions; assembling the altered at least one time interval for a placement opportunity and at least one time interval for content into a list that represents an altered at least one of an audio and video datastream; and delivering the list to a distribution system for playing the altered at least one of an audio and video datastream. The at least one time interval for a placement opportunity may distinct from or coincident with the at least one time interval for content. The placement opportunity may be at least one of content and an advertising placement opportunity. The content may be entertainment content comprising at least one of video, audio, and interactive overlays. The at least one characteristic may be the duration of or the number of the at least one time interval for a placement opportunity. The list may be one of a playlist and a schedule. | 06-11-2009 |
20090187941 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TARGETED ADVERTISING - A computer readable medium is disclosed containing embedded computer executable instructions that when executed by a computer or router or switch are useful in performing a method for sending targeted advertising data, the computer program comprising instructions to receive a first data set at a server; instructions to duplicate the data to form N duplicated data sets; instructions to replace a source address in each of the N duplicated data sets with a different one of a number, N data source addresses; and instructions to send each of the N duplicated data sets to a different end user zone. A system and method for sending targeted advertising data are disclosed. A data structure for containing data used by the system and method is also disclosed. | 07-23-2009 |
20090222854 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING ADVERTISING DATA DURING TRICK PLAY COMMAND EXECUTION - A computer readable medium is disclosed containing instructions that when executed by a computer perform a method for presenting advertising data, the method including but not limited to receiving a video data stream at an end user device, receiving a video data stream at an end user device; recognizing a pattern in the video data stream indicating a particular arrangement of objects in the video data stream as scene start data; placing scene start marker data in the video data stream at the scene start data; receiving end user trick play command data during presentation of the video data stream at the end user device; and moving to the scene start marker data in the video data in response to the end user trick play command data. A system is disclosed for executing the method. A data structure is disclosed for containing data used by the system and method. | 09-03-2009 |
20090276805 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATION AND PLAYBACK OF SUPPLEMENTED VIDEOS - The present invention is a method and system for generation and playback of supplemented videos which include interactive features. The supplemented video includes hotspots that allow a video viewer to interact with the video when the video viewer sees an object. The hotspots can be manually defined. Information regarding the object and the hotspot can be stored in a separate XML file. Furthermore, the present invention can be a marketplace where a desired object can be found by searching the XML file. The search results can list the supplemented videos which contain hotspots corresponding to the object and also the time in the supplemented video in which the object is found. The present invention can also aggregate data about the objects based on the playback of the supplemented videos and the video viewer's interaction with the supplemented videos. | 11-05-2009 |
20090300676 | GENERATING A COMBINED VIDEO STREAM FROM MULTIPLE INPUT VIDEO STREAMS - Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for generating a combined video stream from multiple input video streams. A first video stream including a first product commercial generated to be played at a first playback speed and a second video stream including a second product commercial generated to be played at a second playback speed are processed. The second playback speed is faster than the first playback speed. A combined video stream is generated including a first panel in each frame to display the first video stream and a second panel in each frame to display the second video stream. When the combined video stream is played at the first playback speed the second video stream is rendered to appear at a slower speed than the second playback speed for which it was generated. When the combined video stream is played at the second playback speed the first video speed is rendered to appear at a faster speed than the first playback speed for which it was generated. | 12-03-2009 |
20100005489 | TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY - A media delivery kiosk can be deployed at an establishment to deliver targeted advertisements to people waiting in the establishment. Through the analysis of demographic information, advertisements likely to appeal people waiting at a particular establishment may be delivered. The kiosk may also be interactive, which can aid in the gathering of additional demographic information about a specific user or the establishment. Advertising selection can be further user-tuned based on this demographic information and selected ads can be dynamically delivered in real-time. | 01-07-2010 |
20100017820 | REALTIME INSERTION OF VIDEO CONTENT IN LIVE BROADCASTING - A system and method relates to providing a set of pre-recorded video content for inclusion into one or more locations in a video broadcast having sport content of a live sporting event, the video broadcast for production during the live sporting event. | 01-21-2010 |
20100023967 | ADVERTISEMENT BROADCASTING SYSTEM WITH LOCATION-IDENTIFYING ABILITY - An advertisement broadcasting system with location-identifying ability includes a central processing unit coupled with a GPS positioning module, a storage unit, and a broadcasting unit. The GPS positioning module receives a positioning signal transmitted from a satellite. According to the received positioning signal, the central processing unit identifies the current position of the advertisement broadcasting system and reads the storage unit to retrieve advertisement information corresponding to that location. The central processing unit then transmits the retrieved advertisement information to the broadcasting unit for broadcasting. | 01-28-2010 |
20100058382 | METHODS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TARGETED CONTENT BASED ON USER DATA - Targeted content associated with user information stored in a database within a network in communication with a user device is received along with program content. A determination by a scanning process is made at what position or at what time in the program content to include the targeted content. The program content and the targeted content are rendered, with the targeted content included at the determined position or time in the program content, for presentation to at least one user. This rendering may occur within a network or within a user device. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058383 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING CONSUMER ADVERTISEMENTS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box (STB) having a controller to present a plurality of advertisement categories, detect a selection of one of the plurality of advertisement categories, present an advertisement template associated with the selected advertisement category, detect a plurality of entries in the advertisement template for constructing a consumer classified advertisement, generate an advertisement graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to the entries, detect one or more demographic patterns in the plurality of entries, identify a plurality of users of a media communication system from which the STB operates according to the detected one or more demographic patterns, and provide the plurality of users of the media communication system accessibility to the advertisement GUI. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-04-2010 |
20100070996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSERTING ADVERTISEMENT IN CONTENTS OF VIDEO PROGRAM - The invention provides a system and method for inserting advertising in a video program, wherein appropriate advertisements are displayed at scheduled times in the process of a video program, characterized by matching image frames of a video program with object information and providing matching scores when an object information corresponding to an image frame; and inserting an advertisement corresponding to the object information having the matching score into the corresponding image frame in the video program. | 03-18-2010 |
20100122287 | TELEVISION ADVERTISING FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES - A server may select an advertisement based on a location of a set-top box and information relating to television programming to be provided to the set-top box or being provided to set-top box. The server may further provide the selected advertisement to the set-top box for simultaneously displaying with the television programming. | 05-13-2010 |
20100125872 | System and Method for Actively Programming Aggregated Media On-Demand Networks - A method, apparatus and system for programming media content on an aggregated media on-demand network are provided which models the MoD network by identifying a plurality of distribution channels that provide media content to a plurality of targeted consumers associated with a specified passion area and generating consumer profile information for the plurality of targeted consumers. As distribution rights over the MoD distribution channels are established and performance parameters for the MoD network are measured, the MoD network may be programmed with media content based on the consumer profile information for the plurality of targeted consumers, the performance parameters for the aggregated media on-demand network, and content profile information for the media content. | 05-20-2010 |
20100153994 | DISTRIBUTION OF VIDEO ASSETS WITH MULTIPLE ADVERTISEMENTS - A cable system receives a single copy of a video program, a plurality of ads, and meta-data associated with the ads at a receiver. The program is to be broadcasted on the cable system more than once, with different ads associated with each broadcast, which are typically inserted at the beginning, middle, and end of the program. The video program, ads, and meta-data are stored in a database, which are typically retrieved when the first broadcast occurs. At a first broadcast of the video program, an ad-selector processor retrieves the program and selects the ads using the meta-data, which includes ad-specific meta-data associated with each respective ad. Flexibility is afforded in ad selection for the various broadcasts of the program. The selection can be fixed by the program originator, or flexibility can be accommodated allowing the cable service provider in selecting ads for a broadcast. | 06-17-2010 |
20100162302 | MEDIA PROGRAMMING TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE - Embodiments of the present invention are described in which a plurality of mediums are selectively programmed with media content to provide an integrated entertainment experience to consumers. The content that is provided on different mediums is synchronized to provide different events, perspectives or experiences associated with a common storyline. Additional embodiments of the present invention are described in which commercial sponsorship of a program is provided within a storyline, such that sponsors are identified for purposes of brand recognition, or products and services from the sponsor are advertised/marketed or otherwise made directly available for purchase by consumers through synchronized programming of media content among a plurality of mediums. | 06-24-2010 |
20100223641 | System and method for predicting the optimum delivery of multimedia content based on human behavior patterns - A system for optimizing the delivery of multimedia content to subscribers' devices. The novel system includes a first sub-system for obtaining data on subscribers' actions on their devices and a second sub-system for recommending a delivery solution for new content based on the obtained data. In an illustrative embodiment, the second sub-system includes a neural network artificial intelligence engine adapted to predict how subscribers will respond to new content based on their monitored responses to previous content, and identify subscribers predicted to have a positive response to the new content. Optionally, the second sub-system may also identify one or more subgroups of subscribers predicted not to have a positive response to the new content and recommend modifications to the content to improve the response of these subscribers. | 09-02-2010 |
20100313218 | Targeting Television Advertisements Based on Automatic Optimization of Demographic Information - Systems and procedures which allow for the placement of advertisements in an optimized manner are presented. Systems may be provided which may be configured to optimize a media plan (either automatically or manually, or a combinations of both) using demographic vectors, and may display the optimization results in a quantifiable manner using terms and numbers. | 12-09-2010 |
20110016487 | INSERTING INTERACTIVE OBJECTS INTO VIDEO CONTENT - Enriching video-based content with additional content is enabled by defining metadata for a video comprising a place holder and matching attribute. When the video is viewed, a matching server is utilized to select an object to be inserted in the place holder according to the matching attribute. The matching server selects the object according to video content, represented by matching attribute, according to user related information, and according to type of place holder. The place holder may be utilized to dynamically insert an interactive object to the video. The inserted object may be seamlessly inserted to the video. | 01-20-2011 |
20110041151 | ASSET TARGETING SYSTEM FOR LIMITED RESOURCE ENVIRONMENTS - The present invention provides targeted asset system implementations in contexts where there is limited or no ability to use a real-time return channel for communications from user equipment devices (e.g., STB) to the network. In one arrangement, a household classifier is generated and delivered to user equipment devices. The household classifiers are generated based on third party data and/or network usage information associated with the household. The system and method allow for generating highly accurate household classifications that may be forwarded to individual households where the user equipment device may implant the classifiers to select appropriate assets for delivery to the household. | 02-17-2011 |
20110067053 | LIFESTYLE GRILL - Methods for manufacturing grills, methods for marketing grills, and grills. An example method for manufacturing a grill includes providing a grill base and lid, fabricating a plurality of accessory parts for the grill that are tailored to a lifestyle, and attaching the accessory parts to the grill base. An example method for target marketing grills includes providing a grill, selecting a theme for the grill that is tailored to a lifestyle, fabricating parts for the grill that are tailored to the lifestyle, attaching the parts to the grill base, and promoting the grill to persons who have the lifestyle. An example grill includes a grill base, a lid, and a number of accessory parts attached to the grill base. | 03-17-2011 |
20110078728 | METHOD AND MEANS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE AND A METHOD AND MEANS FOR POSTING AND PRESENTING ADVERTISEMENT - Methods of and devices for providing EPG in a content server and in a multimedia server for assistance are provided. The method of providing EPG comprises: obtaining the titles and playtime of a first number of multimedia contents; generating an electronic program guide including the titles and playtime of the first number of multimedia contents; and sending the electronic program guide to the user equipments. Furthermore, methods of and devices for posting and present advertisements are provided. | 03-31-2011 |
20110088061 | DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS ON BLANK TELEVISION OUTPUT - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing television advertisements while a viewing device is tuning to a channel. In one aspect, a viewing device, in response to receiving a signal to tune to a channel, selects advertisement data for an advertisement from a data storage device storing advertisement data for one or more advertisements, and generates a video signal when tuning to the channel, the video signal generated only for the duration that the viewing device is tuning to the channel and for displaying on the television device, and the video signal causing the advertisement to be displayed on the television device. | 04-14-2011 |
20110126229 | Managing Under-Filled Spot Blocks - Changes to spot blocks to be broadcast via terrestrial stations can cause paid spots to be removed from corresponding spot blocks on a streaming station. If the streaming station has other spot blocks that are under-filled, the bumped spots can be automatically placed in under-filled spot blocks, allowing the bumped to be placed in an under-filled spot block faster than if human intervention was required. A media traffic system can keep track of the bumped spots, and in response to a request by a media automation system, provide a list of potential spots available for inclusion in the under-filled spot blocks. The automation system selects desired spots for placement in under-filled spot blocks, and notifies the traffic system about which potential spots have been placed. The traffic system removes the spots from its list of available spots to prevent selected spots from being included in future responses. | 05-26-2011 |
20110138414 | Modification and Distribution of Video Content - A data stream processing system receives a transport stream containing single/multiple program/s and receives alternate content. The system identifies portions of the transport stream to replace with the alternate content. An alternate content data stream is generated that includes the alternate content and at least one sync packet. The sync packet enables synchronous replacement of the alternate content into the transport stream. The system then distributes the alternate content data stream. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138415 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATION SERVICES DELIVERED VIA MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES - A method and system for entertainment and information services delivered via mobile telecommunication devices include a communication network, and a station communicatively linked to the communication network. The station includes an output and an interface. Also included is a head-end having at least one database configured to store programs including an audio content. The head-end receives a request from the station for a desired one of the programs, verifies the request, transmits a first portion of the desired program to the station, and records an association between the identification and the desired program. The head-end further suspends transmission of a second portion of the program based upon detection of an indication to suspend transmission. The head-end further transmits the second portion of the program based upon detection of an indication to resume transmission and stored bookmark data indicating the starting location in the program of the second portion. | 06-09-2011 |
20110154393 | IPTV SET-TOP BOX AND CHANNEL SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF - An Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Set-Top Box (STB) is provided to efficiently use a time gap caused by a channel switching. The IPTV STB may request a network switch to perform a channel switching operation so that a national service broadcast stream of a second channel is received, when a channel selection signal for the second channel is received while a national service broadcast stream of a first channel is received. Additionally, the IPTV STB may transmit a local service broadcast stream received from a broadcast stream receiver to a display device. | 06-23-2011 |
20110173655 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHIC ADVERTISEMENT SELECTION AND OVERLAY - Disclosed is a computer implemented system and method for the automated selection and overlay of graphical advertisements into a video signal. A broadcaster is prompted to confirm an automated selection of suitable graphical advertisements having demographic profiles that match to some extent the demographics of the broadcaster's intended audience. An advertising server receives the broadcaster's confirmation of graphical advertisements that may be overlaid on the broadcaster's intended video program, and forwards those selected graphical advertisements to a video processor, which in turn overlays one or more of the selected graphical advertisements in authorized insertion windows in the broadcaster's video program and forwards the combined video signal/overlaid graphical advertisement through traditional program distribution channels (e.g., cable television, satellite television, and the like). | 07-14-2011 |
20110202953 | System and Method for Providing Sequential Video and Interactive Content - A system and method of providing sequential video and contextual based content to an end user viewing video content in a video player on an end user computing device is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises storing a plurality of videos in a memory, storing a plurality of advertisements in a memory, receiving a plurality of requests from a plurality of different clients and wherein each request includes information identifying a first video and each of the plurality of clients initiates its request from one of a plurality of web pages and wherein the plurality of web pages form part of a plurality of different web sites. In addition, the plurality of web pages may include program code configured to cause a video to be presented in the video player. The method further comprises for each received request, selecting a plurality of videos based on information of the first video; and selecting a plurality of advertisements, wherein at least one of the plurality of advertisements is selected based on information of the first video and at least one of the plurality of advertisements is selected based on information of a selected video. In addition, the method may comprise for each received request, transmitting the plurality of videos to the requesting client for sequential presentation by the client; and transmitting the plurality of advertisements to the requesting client and wherein at least some of the plurality of advertisements are configured to be presented concurrently with a received video. | 08-18-2011 |
20110231873 | SELECTING ADVERTISEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS TO PRESENT BASED ON KNOWN AUDIENCE PROFILES - In one embodiment, a method includes determining a group identity for an audience associated with an event, accessing a plurality of announcements, identifying at least one announcement of the plurality of announcements based on the group identity, and providing the identified announcement to the audience at the event. The group identity is indicative of at least one characteristic of the audience. The plurality of announcements are processed to identify at least one announcement that approximately matches the group identity. | 09-22-2011 |
20110239246 | Distributing Content - Activity involving content distributed in a first content distribution channel, such as viewership of a content item, is used to determine how related content, such as another content item, should be distributed in a second content distribution channel. The determination can be made based on a model of the relationship between activity in the first content distribution channel and activity in the second content distribution channel. Distribution information regarding how the related content is to be distributed can be created or modified based on the determination, and the related content can be distributed according to the distribution information for the related content. | 09-29-2011 |
20110265116 | ZONE CONTROL METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus for providing control over targeted secondary content based on a zone associated with a user. In one exemplary embodiment, a user request for primary content from a non-legacy device results in the delivery of the same secondary content which would have been provided had the request been generated at a legacy device (so-called “zone preservation”). To accomplish this, the devices are associated with a user's zone at a zone preservation server in communication with the server providing content to the devices. The zone preservation server associates each user with an advertisement zone identifier, and utilizes the identifier to direct the delivery of primary and secondary content. In another embodiment, a prescribed rule set for one or more zones is employed, such as where certain types of advertisements or secondary content are inserted given a particular device or user context. | 10-27-2011 |
20110265117 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE OF BROADCAST ADVERTISEMENT DATA AND METHOD FOR SAME - A system for inserting advertisement data into broadcast data and method thereof are provided. The system and method can output advertisement data to a certain portion of a lower end of a screen image of the new channel for a certain time when a current channel is changed to a different broadcast channel according to a viewer's intention while the viewer is viewing a broadcast program, thus minimizing viewer's reluctance to the advertisement output, reducing the burden of an advertiser, and guaranteeing a visual continuity of a broadcast program desired to be searched. Using the present invention, when channels are switched for searching for broadcast programs or when power is turned on or off, advertisement data can be output to the same screen while outputting a pertinent broadcast program, thereby exposing the advertisement data without interrupting the broadcast program. In addition, an advertisement cost incurring from exposing the advertisement data is accumulated, a lottery is automatically executed at certain time interval, and the viewer of the advertisement is allowed to have a return for viewing the advertisement, so the viewer is incited to spare more time for viewing the advertisement and the viewer's concentration on the advertisement can increase. Moreover, because the image of an entertainer is inserted when local advertisement data is output, the advertisement can be made at a low-priced cost for portrait rights and the entertainer can produce supplementary advertisement profit without having to do an activity of CF photographing. | 10-27-2011 |
20110321088 | ADVERTISING DRIVEN SWITCHED DIGITAL VIDEO - Advertising driven switched digital video may be provided. A plurality of content streams may be transmitted. In response to determining that an available transmission bandwidth has increased, at least one new content stream may be provided according to a bandwidth-based priority list. In response to determining that the available transmission bandwidth has decreased, at least one content stream may be removed according to the bandwidth-based priority list. | 12-29-2011 |
20120005704 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SELECTIVE CHANNEL OR ADVERTISING DELIVERY - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network device having a controller programmed to store a subscriber selectable preference for advertisements and for video channel distribution to send to a set top box (STB) and receive a signal from a broadcast stream indicating the location for insertion of an advertisement based on the subscriber selectable preference. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 01-05-2012 |
20120011541 | Systems and Methods for Delivering Additional Content Utilizing a Virtual Channel - Embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for delivering additional content utilizing a virtual channel. According to one embodiment, a method for delivering additional content to a viewer is provided. The method may include: associating at least one virtual channel with additional content, wherein the additional content comprises one of: one or more on-demand assets or an on-demand portal designating one or more on-demand assets. The method may further include: delivering initial content to a viewer and providing advertisement content including instructions for accessing the virtual channel or channels. The method may then include: receiving an upstream command from a viewer indicating a virtual channel and halting delivery of the initial content and delivering the additional content associated with the virtual channel indicated to the viewer system responsive to the receipt of the upstream command. | 01-12-2012 |
20120011542 | Linear Interactive Television Data Insertion - A method and system is presented for utilizing an automation server and/or a traffic control manager in the content origination workflow to control a multiplexer, data carousel, and/or packager of an interactive television (iTV) system to synchronize the content (audio, video) with the interactive application data. Further, other aspects provide methods and systems for network ad insertion to generate iTV enhanced advertisements by placing a local ad splicer in the network to allow for splicing of both iTV enhanced advertisements and splicing of iTV applications into an MPEG-2 transport stream. | 01-12-2012 |
20120011543 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MULTIPLE REGION DISPLAYS - Various embodiments of apparatus and/or methods are described for presenting advertisements in association with broadcast video content and non-broadcast content on a presentation device. The advertisements may be presented simultaneously with the broadcast video content and non-broadcast content or may be used as substitute content to replace interstitials within the broadcast video content. | 01-12-2012 |
20120023521 | PROVIDING REGIONAL CONTENT INFORMATION TO A USER DEVICE BY USING CONTENT INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A CONTENT PROVIDER - A method and a system are put forth for providing regional content information to a user device (e.g., television, laptop, cell phone, etc.). In one example, the system provides content information messages that provide explanations of cultural peculiarities that may occur in the original media content (e.g., television programs, Internet streams, etc.). Accordingly, the system allows media content to be understood by various users who have different cultural backgrounds. | 01-26-2012 |
20120023522 | TARGETED IMPRESSION MODEL FOR BROADCAST NETWORK ASSET DELIVERY - Systems and methods are presented for insertion of assets into a stream of content (e.g., audio and/or video programming). Such assets may be targeted to network users separate from the surrounding content and deliveries thereof confirmed. Among other things, these systems and methods enable a new advertising paradigm based on guaranteed delivery of targeted commercial impressions. In this regard, the systems and methods generally provide assets with broadcast network programming (e.g., via actual insertion and/or switching to an asset channel) based on actual audience observations. For example, asset providers may wish to target assets for delivery according to specific audience classifications (e.g., gender, income level, locale, age, etc.). Programming providers, such as television programmers and radio programmers (e.g., standard tower broadcast radio and satellite radio), may receive information from broadcast network users and insert the assets into available bandwidth based on that information. | 01-26-2012 |
20120030705 | Scheduling and Presenting IPG Ads in Conjunction with Programming Ads in a Television Environment - A method and system whereby conventional television advertisements (i.e., those delivered to viewers while they watch television programming) can be delivered in conjunction with and correlated with advertisements that are presented to viewers in the Interactive Program Guide (IPG). Moreover, the invention described herein provides for delivering highly targeted ads to viewers in both conventional programming avails and in the IPG, and for linking the targeted ads in these two media to provide for enhanced and highly effective advertising campaigns. | 02-02-2012 |
20120042338 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY TARGETING ADS TO TELEVISION MEDIA USING DEMOGRAPHIC SIMILARITY - Described herein is a system and method of ad targeting that automatically matches advertisements to media based on the demographic signatures of each. The method and system include calculating a match score between historical buyer demographics and media demographics. Media which is similar to the demographic of the product buyers is targeted for advertising. | 02-16-2012 |
20120042339 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING DEMOGRAPHICS OF MEDIA ASSETS FOR TARGETING ADVERTISEMENTS - Described herein is a system and method of ad targeting that automatically matches advertisements to media based on the demographic signatures of each. The method and system include calculating a match score between historical buyer demographics and media demographics. Media which is similar to the demographic of the product buyers is targeted for advertising. | 02-16-2012 |
20120072949 | COMMON PURCHASE PLAN BASED ADVERTISEMENT - A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for selecting an advertisement for play on a specified device for one or more users. Each of the users has a defined relationship with the specified device, and has an information description stored on a mobile communications device. In one embodiment, the method comprises transmitting the respective information description of each of one or more users from the user's communications device to a provider server. The server analyzes one or more information descriptions to identify an advertisement for playing on the specified device. The specified device, in one embodiment, is a television. In an embodiment, advertisements are displayed based on common purchase profiles and common purchase plans among different people. The purchase plans may be sent to the television when the users are in a defined area or come within a given distance of the television. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072950 | System and Method for Independent Media Auditing and Media Serving for Marketing Campaigns Presented Via Media Devices in Public Places - An independent auditing and ad service system that may be utilized with a system for presenting marketing campaigns to audiences via a network of players in public locations. Independent agents in the players monitor media content that is presented to audiences during marketing campaigns and generate independent agent playlogs that are provided to a content registry service which compares the independent agent playlogs with playlogs that are provided by a network operator to validate the network-operator-generated playlogs. The independent agent playlogs may also be provided to an analytics service where they are used to analyze the performance of marketing campaigns. From the analyzed performance, the service may determine that the media content presented to audiences via the media players should be changed. The independent agents may be instructed to implement recommended changes by modifying the media content being presented on the players. | 03-22-2012 |
20120096491 | Correlating online behavior with presumed viewing of television advertisements - A method implemented using a programmed hardware computer system comprises: in response to a request to deliver an advertisement received from a TVP or STB (or another entity for the STB), causing a television advertisement to be directed to the STB; storing indicia derived from that direction; and taking an action with respect to an online user interface device (such as a computer, game machine, or mobile phone) associated with the STB, which action is either (i) causing delivery to the online user interface device of an online advertisement targeted based on the presumed viewing of the television advertisement, or (ii) identifying a correlation between the presumed viewing of the television advertisement and subsequent online behavior conducted using the online user interface device that is or has been tracked. | 04-19-2012 |
20120131611 | METHOD ANS SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MEDIA CONVEYANCE BY A DEVICE TO A USER BASED ON CURRENT LOCATION OF THE DEVICE - A method for execution by a customer premises receiver, comprising: receiving a signal that carries an original media stream; determining a location of the receiver; obtaining an identifier of an authorized region for the receiver; determining whether said location is contained within said authorized region; if said location is determined to be contained within said authorized region, outputting the original media stream for conveyance to a user; if said location is determined to not be contained within said authorized region, outputting a second media stream that is sufficiently corrupted relative to the original media stream as to degrade the user's viewing experience while being demonstrative of non-malfunctioning of the receiver. Also, a method, comprising a service provider releasing towards a plurality of customer premises receivers information regarding a respective geographic region within which each receiver is authorized to operate, wherein different geographic regions define coverage areas of different sizes. | 05-24-2012 |
20120137324 | BROADCASTING SYSTEM WITH AUTO PROGRAMMING AND VIEWER NUMBER FEEDBACK - A broadcasting system with auto programming and viewer number feedback is provided, which includes a data gathering device, a viewer number calculating device and a program auto-scheduling device. The data gathering device is used to gather a program list and a local viewer number data. The viewer number calculating device is used to calculate a local viewer number. The program auto-scheduling device is used to automatically determine whether to adjust a program schedule of the program list according to a comparison result between the local viewer number and a determined viewer number. Therefore, the broadcasting system of the invention can detect viewer and definitely calculate viewing efficiency within a predetermined status, and can precisely quantify the viewing efficiency using the caught data. Additionally, the broadcasting system of the invention can automatically evaluate whether to reschedule of a program according to the data feedback to conform the predetermined viewer status. | 05-31-2012 |
20120144420 | TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION IN AN SDV ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for distributing targeted advertisements in a switched digital video system. The method monitors a content stream associated with a channel selected by a subscriber, where the content stream includes an advertisement segment having a start time and an end time, and an advertisement replacement opportunity inserted in the content stream. The method detects the advertisement replacement opportunity at a detection time that is prior to the start time of the advertisement segment, and sends a request to select an advertisement replacement for the advertisement segment, thereby broadcasting a service associated with the advertisement replacement prior to the start time for the advertisement segment. The method receives tune data to identify an advertisement replacement stream associated with the advertisement replacement, and tunes to the advertisement replacement at the start time for the advertisement segment. | 06-07-2012 |
20120151523 | Methods and Apparatus for Distributing User-Generated Advertisements in a Video Content Distribution Network - User-generated advertisements are distributed to client devices in a video content distribution network. For example, a client device may receive a user-generated advertisement, which is associated with one or more categories. The user-generated advertisement is associated with a channel based on a category of the advertisement. One or more channels of user-generated advertising, corresponding to the one or more categories, may be provided to a client device. Optionally, user-generated advertisements may be associated with a geographical identifier and distributed to client devices in a geographical region corresponding with the geographical identifier. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151524 | Mining of Advertisement Viewer Information Using Matrix Code - A method for collecting advertisement viewer information includes receiving a signal carrying a television advertisement, reading viewing data associated with the advertisement from a computer readable storage medium, compiling a matrix code including the viewing data for inclusion in the advertisement and scanning by a viewer, and transmitting the advertisement with the matrix code to a presentation device for display. A system for including advertisement viewer information in a matrix code is also described. | 06-14-2012 |
20120167135 | BROADCAST AUGMENTED REALITY ADVERTISEMENT SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON MEDIA ID MATCHING - Disclosed is a broadcast advertisement service system based on media ID matching, including: a broadcast-contents receiving terminal for receiving broadcast contents from a broadcasting system for a TV broadcaster and displaying the broadcast contents; a server for an AR advertisement broadcaster for receiving the broadcast contents from the broadcasting system for the TV broadcaster, generating a first media ID lookup table from the broadcast contents, and searching for AR advertisement data linked with on-air broadcast contents by referring to the first media ID lookup table; and a user terminal for acquiring the on-air broadcast contents in real time from the broadcast-contents receiving terminal, generating a second media ID lookup table from the acquired on-air broadcast contents, receiving the AR advertisement data linked with the on-air broadcast contents from the server for the AR advertisement broadcaster, and mixing and displaying the acquired on-air broadcast contents and the received AR advertisement data in real time. | 06-28-2012 |
20120185899 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REVENUE-OPTIMIZED DELIVERY OF CONTENT IN A NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for optimizing the distribution and delivery of multimedia or other content within a content-based network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a broadcast switched cable television network, which utilizes a Network optimization controller (NOC) that processes subscriber program viewing requests to identify options available to fulfill the request (including, e.g., the creation of one or more “microcasts” specifically targeting one or more users), and evaluate these options to determine one that optimizes network operation. The NOC performs these decisions by considering various parameters including network resource availability, type of CPE, subscriber's targeted advertisement profile, and business rules programmed by operator of the network. Business methods based on such network optimization are also described. | 07-19-2012 |
20120210351 | PRESENTATION OF CUSTOMIZED DIGITAL MEDIA PROGRAMMING - In one disclosed embodiment, presentation of customized programming includes receiving an input of information related to a first digital media content series from which to obtain an episode for inclusion as a first segment in a customized programming presentation for a user, receiving an input of information related to a second digital media content series from which to obtain an episode for inclusion as a second segment in the customized programming presentation, and storing the information in a data structure representing customized digital media programming for the user. The embodiment further includes receiving from the user an input of a request to play the customized programming presentation, obtaining an episode of the first digital media content series, obtaining an episode of the second digital media content series, and providing the episodes within the customized programming presentation. | 08-16-2012 |
20120222068 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MEDIA PROGRAMMING TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE - Embodiments of the present invention are described in which a plurality of mediums are selectively programmed with media content to provide an integrated entertainment experience to consumers. The content that is provided on different mediums is synchronized to provide different events, perspectives or experiences associated with a common storyline. Additional embodiments of the present invention are described in which commercial sponsorship of a program is provided within a storyline, such that sponsors are identified for purposes of brand recognition, or products and services from the sponsor are advertised/marketed or otherwise made directly available for purchase by consumers through synchronized programming of media content among a plurality of mediums. | 08-30-2012 |
20120240160 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING OFFERS USING A BILLING STATEMENT - A billing statement according to one aspect of the invention includes a description of a transaction and an offer pointer associated with the transaction, wherein the offer pointer includes information that may be used to review an offer. In one example of this aspect, a telephone number or a hyperlink is provided adjacent to a total amount owed listed on a statement (e.g., an electronically-displayed billing statement). The offers reviewed may be customized, for example, based on details of the transaction such as the product purchased or the amount of the purchase, the identity of the consumer, and/or on other data. | 09-20-2012 |
20120254915 | TRANSITION FROM LOCALLY STORED VIDEO DATA TO BROADCAST FEED - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for television advertising. In one aspect, a method includes generating a first video signal from a broadcast feed and providing the first video signal for display on a television device. Selecting advertisement data for an advertisement in response to a signal in the broadcast feed indicating the broadcast contains a replaceable portion. Generating a first video signal from the selected advertisement data. In response to generating the first video signal from the ending segment of the advertisement data, generating a second video signal from the broadcast feed while continuing to generate the first video signal from the ending segment of the advertisement data. Providing the second video signal for display on the television device after generating the first video signal from the advertisement data is complete. | 10-04-2012 |
20120266191 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE MESSAGES ADAPTIVE TO A CROWD PROFILE - A method and system that makes use of social networking data and/or sensor data gathered from personal mobile radio terminal-based sensors ( | 10-18-2012 |
20120291067 | INTEGRATED DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM, NETWORK, AND METHODS - An integrated system, network, and method for providing audio/video broadcasting of programming and advertising content. The system provides sales, traffic, playback automation, and accounting services to a media outlet. The network links multiple integrated systems together between multiple media outlets and advertising clients. The network also provides distribution of programming and advertising content to multiple media outlets simultaneously. | 11-15-2012 |
20120304225 | Attracting User Attention to Advertisements - One or more videos are presented to a user. The videos include a plurality of hidden artifacts. The videos also include advertisements. The user looks for the hidden artifacts in the videos. Whenever the user finds the hidden artifacts in one of the videos, the user selects locations in the videos that correspond to the hidden artifacts. A computing device performs different actions depending on which ones of the hidden artifacts the user is able to find. For example, the computing device can provide different rewards to the user depending on which ones of the hidden artifacts the user is able to find. | 11-29-2012 |
20130014161 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TELEVISION CHANNELS - The invention relates to the delivery of television assets such as linear broadcast content or video on demand content through a distribution network to a number of users. The invention provides a method of delivering video-on-demand content having secondary content delivery slots, the method comprising generating ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130024891 | INTERACTIVE MAP AND RELATED CONTENT FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM - A system and method for providing interactive content that is correlated to events of an entertainment program. | 01-24-2013 |
20130055309 | TARGETING ONLINE ADS BASED ON POLITICAL DEMOGRAPHICS - Systems and methods for facilitating and targeting of online ads to voters within a selected political demographic are presented. Audience targeting may be accomplished in several ways including: geo-targeting; contextual targeting; behavioral targeting; site placement; and targeted household television ads. This segment or neighborhood level targeting allows more granularity based upon, for example, hot topics and people interested in those topics based upon where populations of people live (i.e., the location of the household) and voter registration. In this manner, a candidate may delivery an ad in order to influence a select group of people in a particular location. In some embodiments, the ad is delivered by dropping and later reading a tracking cookie that associates the voter's browser with political demographic information. | 02-28-2013 |
20130074121 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING RFID TAGS FOR USE IN ADVERTISING AND MARKETING - The current invention is a method and system for tracking an RFID tag within a defined 3D space and can be used to identify objects within a live performance and create hotspots with respect to the objects, which allows viewers the ability to select objects that are associated with one of the hotspots, and transmits their interest in the selected object to one or more users. Preferably, the system operates such that hotspots can be created for previously created video, newly created video media, as well as live broadcasts. | 03-21-2013 |
20130074122 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING AD INSERTION VIA A MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS GATEWAY - Ad insertion includes providing a multimedia applications gateway that is connected to an access gateway for an end user device and receiving, at the multimedia applications gateway via the access gateway, multimedia program content. The multimedia applications gateway converts the program content from a program media source into a first communication having an open standards protocol recognized by the end user device. The ad insertion also includes receiving directly, at the multimedia applications gateway from an advertising media source, multimedia advertising content. The multimedia applications gateway converts the multimedia advertising content into a second communication having the open standards protocol. The second communication is stored in a local memory of the multimedia applications gateway. The ad insertion further includes retrieving the second communication from the local memory, inserting the second communication at a location within the first communication, and presenting the first and second communications on the end user device. | 03-21-2013 |
20130091521 | ADAPTIVE ADS WITH ADVERTISING MARKERS - A streaming server and a method are described herein for providing a content stream with advertisements embedded therein through a network (e.g., IP network, CDN network, wireless network) to a client (e.g., personal computer, a mobile phone, a tablet, or a HTTP capable television). | 04-11-2013 |
20130111520 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT A DEMAND FOR AND TO ESTABLISH DEMAND-BASED MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130117784 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION OF TELEVISION ADVERTISED PRODUCT AND RECORDING MEDIA THEREOF - A system and a method for displaying information of a television advertised product and a recording media thereof are provided, which are applicable to a server and a mobile device connected via a network. The server stores at least one channel advertisement data and information of product corresponding to each piece of the channel advertisement data. The mobile device sends an advertisement data play instruction, which includes selection information associated with a current television play channel. The server receives the advertisement data play instruction, finds target information of product from the information of product corresponding to the channel advertisement data according to the selection information, the instruction receiving time, and the channel advertisement data, and feeds back the target information of product to the mobile device. The mobile device displays the target information of product. | 05-09-2013 |
20130132999 | PROGRAMMING BASED INTERACTIVE CONTENT - A method may include receiving an identification of a device; receiving at least one of device information, which includes a location of the device or a viewing history for the device, or preference information, which includes preferences by a user or a third party, associated with the identification of the device from the device; identifying interactive content based on the at least one of the device information or the preference information; and receiving trigger information, which includes a time and a place for a trigger, the trigger information to identify an event relating to a provisioning of video content. The method may further include mapping the identification of the device and the identified interactive content with the trigger information; detecting that the event has occurred; and sending the identified interactive content based on the mapping and the trigger information. | 05-23-2013 |
20130174196 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING IDENTITY/PRESENCE OF A MOBILE DEVICE USER FOR CONTROL AND INTERACTION IN CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - A method and system for using a mobile device identifier, such as an Electronic Serial Number (ESN) or a Mobile Equipment Identifier (MEID), of a mobile device for communication in a content distribution environment includes detecting the ESN of a mobile device when in or within a predetermined range of the content distribution environment. Once the mobile device identifier has been detected, demographic and user identification information of the mobile device is obtained via one or more databases and selected media content is then delivered to one or more selected display devices, such as a display device nearest to the mobile device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130191864 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED MEDIA PLANNING AND AUTOMATED ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION AND INSERTION - A system and method for integrating a media plan and a targeted advertisement into a television or a radio channel. The system includes a user interface for receiving a media plan and a television program schedule. The system also includes a media server to integrate the television program schedule and the targeted advertisement based on the media plan and to generate a Mark-in and a Mark-out montage. The system further includes one or more edge devices for fetching the targeted advertisement, detecting the Mark-in and the Mark-out montage and inserting the targeted advertisement into the television channel. The method includes receiving a media plan from an advertiser. The method also includes selecting a television channel by the advertiser. The method further includes scheduling of a targeted advertisement. Furthermore, the method includes fetching and inserting the targeted advertisement for playing on the television channel based on the media plan. | 07-25-2013 |
20130205339 | DYNAMIC CONTENT ALLOCATION AND OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods for the optimized allocation of content within a universe of inventory are described. For example, a method may include receiving content comprising at least one characteristic and at least one goal. A universe of inventory may be accessed that comprises a plurality of targets which may be assigned into a plurality of segments based on at least one demographic vector. An allocation optimization model may be generated based on the at least one content characteristic, the at least one goal and the plurality of segments. The content may be presented to the targets based on the allocation optimization model. Viewing data may be received that comprises data associated with target consumption of the content and the allocation optimization module may be re-optimized based on the viewing data. Additional factors, such as resource constraints and/or filtering rules, may be used when re-optimizing the allocation optimization module. | 08-08-2013 |
20130227607 | INTERFACES TO ALLOW VIDEO AD SERVING INTO A MOBILE PHONE APPLICATION VIDEO STREAM - A method of providing advertisements includes requesting, by a software development kit for an application, an advertisement from an advertisement server in response to playback of a video content item by the application; receiving the advertisement from the advertisement server based on the requesting; displaying, with the application, the advertisement received from the advertisement server; collecting a set of metrics while the advertisement is displayed; and providing the set of metrics to the advertisement server. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227608 | LATE-BINDING OF ADVERTISEMENTS USING RDMA CONNECTIVITY - A system and method are provided for inserting customized or personalized advertisements into video content presented to a viewer. In general, the system includes an ad content server and a late-binding ad insertion system serving a number of client devices including a client device of the viewer. Utilizing Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), the late-binding ad insertion system obtains customized advertisements for the viewer from the ad content server. The late-binding ad insertion system then provides the video content having the customized advertisements inserted therein to the client device for presentation to the viewer. | 08-29-2013 |
20130239139 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING MEDIA SERVICES - A system and method for presenting media services is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media system having a controller element that contextually associates a plurality of portals with a corresponding plurality of multimedia broadcast channels as an aggregated service offering. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 09-12-2013 |
20130268965 | METHOD FOR ADVERTISING DECISION RESOLUTION ACCELERATION BASED ON LOOKAHEAD OPPORTUNITY TRIGGERING - A server receives a source signal stream having a channel identifier and an indication that an advertisement placement opportunity is located in the signal stream a time period prior to an advertisement signal point. The server transmits the channel identifier to a session manager. The server receives from the session manager a list of sessions corresponding to a number of recipients currently viewing a channel corresponding to the channel identifier. The server transmits to an ad decision service an ad call for each session in the list. The server receives from the ad decision service a plurality of advertisements targeted to the list. The server stores the plurality of advertisements in at least one cache prior to expiration of the time period, where the advertisement signal point is detected by the programmed computer. | 10-10-2013 |
20130276025 | DATA BOUNDARY MANAGER FOR ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING - A computer implemented method and system for managing audience data for advertisement placements is disclosed. A server receives a source signal stream comprising metadata and an advertisement space. The server extracts from the metadata a channel identifier, a private client identifier, and information about an intended audience of interest to advertisers. The server identifies a placement opportunity including an owner of the advertisement space based on the channel identifier. The server purges at least some of the extracted information about the intended audience when the owner of the advertisement space is identified as a national network. The server identifies an amount of information about the intended audience to purge and subsequently to fetch for the national network based on a business arrangement between the national network and a service provider, which the server enforces and enables. | 10-17-2013 |
20130276026 | DATA BOUNDARY MANAGER FOR ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING - A server receives a source signal stream comprising metadata and an advertisement space. The server extracts from the metadata a channel identifier, a private client identifier, and personal identifiable information about an intended audience of interest to advertisers. The server identifies at least one anonymous statistic of a national market and a placement opportunity including an owner of the advertisement space, the at least one anonymous statistic of a national market based in part on the channel identifier and the personal identifiable information. The server purges the personal identifiable information about the intended audience when the owner of the advertisement space is identified as a national network. The server targets an advertisement decision to the intended audience based on the at least one anonymous statistic of a national market. | 10-17-2013 |
20130276027 | THIRD PARTY DATA MATCHING FOR TARGETED ADVERTISING - A broadcast targeting system is provided where third party database information is utilized in conjunction with broadcast network client information to identify households within the broadcast network including one or more desired recipients of targeted assets. In instances where a user equipment device of the targeted household includes multiple users (i.e., a multiple-user device), use of third party data in conjunction with an indication of which household member is currently using the multiple user device (e.g., set top box, etc.) allows for more effectively delivering assets targeted to a specific member(s) of the household | 10-17-2013 |
20130312031 | INTEGRATED DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM, NETWORK, AND METHODS - An integrated system, network, and method for providing audio/video broadcasting of programming and advertising content. The system provides sales, traffic, playback automation, and accounting services to a media outlet. The network links multiple integrated systems together between multiple media outlets and advertising clients. The network also provides distribution of programming and advertising content to multiple media outlets simultaneously. | 11-21-2013 |
20130340000 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR BITSTREAM EDITING AND STORAGE - A method for bitstream editing is provided. The method includes steps of: fetching a first original image from a source multimedia bitstream; performing variation processing on the first original image to generate a plurality of transformed pictures; performing keypoint extraction according to comparison results of the transformed pictures to obtain a plurality of candidate pixels; locating a first advertisement bitstream from an advertisement bitstream database according to the plurality of candidate pixels; and inserting the first advertisement bitstream to the source multimedia bitstream. | 12-19-2013 |
20130340001 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING ADVERTISING DATA DURING TRICK PLAY COMMAND EXECUTION - A computer readable medium is disclosed containing instructions that when executed by a computer perform a method for presenting advertising data, the method including but not limited to placing scene start marker data in video data stream at a scene start data; receiving end user trick play command data during presentation of the video data stream at the end user device; and moving to the scene start marker data in the video data in response to the end user trick play command data. A system is disclosed for executing the method. A data structure is disclosed for containing data used by the system and method. | 12-19-2013 |
20140007161 | CONSTRAINING AVAILABILITY OF REAL TIME AND NON-REAL TIME CONTENT TO LOCALITY OF ASSOCIATED REAL TIME BROADCAST | 01-02-2014 |
20140007162 | ADVERTISEMENT TARGETING THROUGH EMBEDDED SCRIPTS IN SUPPLY-SIDE AND DEMAND-SIDE PLATFORMS | 01-02-2014 |
20140013354 | PROCESS FOR PROVIDING TARGETED USER CONTENT BLENDED WITH A MEDIA STREAM - In accordance with one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided for inserting spot content into a media stream. The method includes receiving, at a client system, a media stream that includes one or more media content units and at least one spot marker. The at least one spot marker designates a spot location for inserting one or more spot content units and includes a category of a media content unit. The method further includes detecting the at least one spot marker in the received stream, and selecting at least one spot content unit based on the category of the media content unit. In response to the detection, the selected at least one spot content unit is inserted into the stream at the spot location, thereby generating a stream including the one or more media content units and the selected spot content unit. | 01-09-2014 |
20140020018 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED CONTENT DELIVERY BY EMBEDDING HIDDEN DATA IN A MULTIMEDIA FILE - The various embodiments herein provide a method and system for providing location based content delivery by embedding a hidden data in a multimedia file. The method comprises of encoding a hidden marker along with a multimedia content in the multimedia file, playing the multimedia file at a terminal of a particular location, initializing a client application pre-installed in a mobile device, recognizing and decoding the hidden marker in the multimedia file through the cheat application, sending the decoded hidden marker information to a central server, generating a list of postulated tasks based on the hidden marker information, sending the list of postulated tasks to the client application of the mobile device, selecting a task from the list of postulated tasks through the client application, sending the selected task information to the central server and playing the selected task at the terminal of the particular location by the central server. | 01-16-2014 |
20140033252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BLACKOUT RECORDING AND SUMMARY INFORMATION - Systems and methods for providing blackout support in video mosaic and television environments are disclosed. In response to receiving a request for a video mosaic page, screen data or application data, which may include blackout information, is received. The blacked out content may be automatically recorded to the user equipment or a network server for later playback after the blackout has expired. In addition, an overlay of options associated with the blacked out asset may be presented. The overlay may include options to substitute the blacked out asset with replacement content, search for similar content, retrieve more information about the blackout, or present summary information, such as a sports ticker, in place of the blacked out cell. | 01-30-2014 |
20140068664 | METHOD FOR ADDING AN OBJECT MAP TO A VIDEO SEQUENCE - A method to provide image recognition within a video and to add time-based data to the video. The time-based data is from a manually or automatically classified and indexed video database. The time-based data is dependent upon the recognized image within the video. Hence, the time-based data is available as a function of times when the image is available. | 03-06-2014 |
20140075474 | GRAPHICALLY RICH, MODULAR, PROMOTIONAL TILE INTERFACE FOR INTERACTIVE TELEVISION - A user interface arranged as hierarchical grid of tiles configurable to be individually and dynamically programmed for both content type and content placement according to a set of rules defining content placement and display specified by a content controller. | 03-13-2014 |
20140143808 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTICASTING SERVICE FOR SPECIFIC GROUP - The present invention discloses a multicasting broadcasting apparatus and method. In an aspect, a multicasting broadcasting method includes receiving content from a user, inspecting the content, performing IP encapsulation on the content, reconfiguring a broadcasting frame so that the content does not interfere with other broadcasting signals, generating a modulation signal comprising the content, and broadcasting the modulation signal to target receivers over a broadcasting network. | 05-22-2014 |
20140157308 | ADVERTISING PROCESSING ENGINE SERVICE - Techniques described herein provide for an advertising processing engine service to act as an intermediary between client applications and advertising networks. The advertising processing engine service can provide an interface with which the client can interact, via an application programming interface (API) or directly through the use of a standardized language, thereby allowing client applications to receive advertisement data without the need to be customized to communicate with specific advertising networks. On the other hand, the advertising processing engine service can receive requests from clients and communicate these requests to advertising networks in the corresponding language and/or format they require. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157309 | TARGETED ONLINE, TELEPHONE AND TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON CROSS-SERVICE SUBSCRIBER PROFILE - A method is disclosed for monitoring data packet traffic in a communication network for at least two of a plurality of subscriber devices associated with a subscriber; developing a holistic subscriber profile for the subscriber based on the monitored data packet traffic; selecting advertisement data for a current one of the plurality of subscriber devices based on the holistic subscriber profile and sending the selected advertising data to the current subscriber device. A system is disclosed for performing the method. A data structure is disclosed for use in performing the method. | 06-05-2014 |
20140181862 | Television System To Extract Television Product Placement Advertisement Data And To Store Data In a Remote Control Device - A television advertisement system whereby a viewer retrieves product placement contact information for a product, that has been promoted on the viewer's television by using a wireless remote control device. The invention provides the means for a viewer to easily obtain in-hand product contact and detailed information which can then be used at-will. Teletext data, which contains product information, is associated with a product's video signal and is automatically decoded and stored in the television's or TV set-top box's memory. The viewer retrieves on demand the product's teletext data stored in memory by using a remote control device. The product data is transferred to and stored in a remote control device's memory. The data is displayed on the remote's screen. The data stored in the remote control can be used to contact an advertiser for further information, or to purchase a product or service. This is achieved by wirelessly transferring pertinent contact information from the remote control to various communication devices, such as a computer, a telephone, a television set-top box, an electronic game console, etc. | 06-26-2014 |
20140189733 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GATHERING AND USING GEOCODED INFORMATION FROM MOBILE DEVICES - Methods and apparatus for using geocoding information from a user's mobile device to determine program and advertising media content to deliver to the user. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189734 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO USE GEOCODING INFORMATION IN BROADCAST CONTENT - Methods and apparatus to acquire and use geocoding information included in broadcast content to enhance content presentation to the user. | 07-03-2014 |
20140208351 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND SERVER - A video processing apparatus comprises a controller and a communications unit that receives video data representing a video image for display from a source and receives first data representing text to be reproduced within the video image, the text being in accordance with a first language. The controller is configured to communicate the first data to a remote terminal using the communications unit. The remote terminal converts the text from the first language to a second language, and to form second data to receive second data representing the text in the second language. The video processing apparatus further includes a video processor that is configured to process the video data and the second data to generate display signals for reproducing the video images with the text according to the second language inserted onto the video images, the text associated with the video images. | 07-24-2014 |
20140259059 | DYNAMIC LOAD BASED AD INSERTION - A system and method are provided for dynamically adjusting advertisement (“ad”) time for a multicast channel. In one embodiment, a variable ad insertion function operates to receive one or more multicasts of media content from a core distribution network, insert ad timeslots into the media content, and optionally perform late-binding of ads to the ad timeslots. The media content including the inserted ad timeslots and late-binded ads, if any, is then multicast to associated client devices over a feeder network using corresponding multicast channels. For each multicast channel, insertion of ad timeslots into the associated media content is dynamically controlled based on the number of users currently consuming or predicted to consume the multicast channel, the number of client devices receiving or predicted to receive the multicast channel, or both. | 09-11-2014 |
20140282720 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING ADVERTISING DATA FOR STORED CONTENT - A method is disclosed for delivering advertising data, the method including but not limited to, based on determining that a preferred end user device type is a cell phone, sending an advertisement having the preferred advertising type to a cell phone associated with the end user; based on determining that the preferred end user device type is a mobile computer, sending an advertisement having the preferred advertising type to a mobile computer associated with the end user; and based on determining that the preferred end user device type is a television display associated with a set top box, sending an advertisement having the preferred advertising type to a television display associated with a set top box associated with the end user. A system is disclosed for performing the method. A data structure embedded in a computer readable medium is disclosed for containing data for performing the method. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282721 | COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH CONTENT-BASED ALERT MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A computing system includes a content analysis module configured to detect a content-of-interest; a tracking module, coupled to the content analysis module, configured to identifying a user-location relative to the content-of-interest; a device selection module, coupled to the tracking module, configured to determine an alert device identification based on a viewing area and the user-location for accessing a device; and an alert module, coupled to the device selection module, configured to generate an active-content notification with the alert device identification regarding the content-of-interest for displaying on the device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282722 | GEOGRAPHICALLY INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION OF SEGMENT BOUNDARIES WITHIN A VIDEO STREAM - A method for creating an announcement stream for a geographic region is provided. The method receives, at a designated computer system, characterizing metadata for a first audio/video stream; analyzes a second audio/video stream to obtain characterizing metadata for the second video stream; compares, with the computer system, the characterizing metadata for the first video stream to the characterizing metadata for the second video stream to generate offset data; and calculates timing information corresponding to segment boundaries for the second video stream using the offset data. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282723 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AND HANDLING PRODUCT AND SERVICE DISCOUNTS, AND LOCATION BASED SERVICES (LBS) IN AN AUTOMATIC CONTENT RECOGNITION BASED SYSTEM - An automatic content recognition (ACR) enabled display communication device may present a linear advertisement campaign. A second screen communication device (SSCD) that is paired with an ACR-enabled display communication device, may detect when content associated with a linear advertisement campaign is available for display on the SSCD. A location of the SSCD may be determined when the SSCD detects that the content associated with the linear advertisement campaign is available for display. The SSCD may customize content for presentation in order to offer one or more products and/or services to a viewer of the SSCD based on the determined location. The SSCD determines assets that are required and/or utilized for the customization of the content so that it may be presented on the SSCD. The SSCD may acquire the determined assets from one or more servers and control presentation of the content based on information corresponding to the acquired assets. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282724 | INSERTING INTERACTIVE OBJECTS INTO VIDEO CONTENT - Enriching video-based content with additional content is enabled by defining metadata for a video comprising a place holder and matching attribute. When the video is viewed, a matching server is utilized to select an object to be inserted in the place holder according to the matching attribute. The matching server selects the object according to video content, represented by matching attribute, according to user related information, and according to type of place holder. The place holder may be utilized to dynamically insert an interactive object to the video. The inserted object may be seamlessly inserted to the video. | 09-18-2014 |
20140289765 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY TARGETING ADS TO TELEVISION MEDIA USING DEMOGRAPHIC SIMILARITY - Described herein is a system and method of ad targeting that automatically matches advertisements to media based on the demographic signatures of each. The method and system include calculating a match score between historical buyer demographics and media demographics. Media which is similar to the demographic of the product buyers is targeted for advertising. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289766 | CONTENT-DISPLAY SCHEDULING SYSTEM AND CONTENT-DISPLAY SCHEDULING METHOD - There are provided a news/weather-forecast editing device that updates content with a high real-time sensitivity and information that constitutes an external program listing; a news/weather-forecast dedicated distribution server that creates an external program listing showing a display order of the content with a high real-time sensitivity, an advertisement-content editing device that updates content with a low real-time sensitivity and an advertisement program listing, which shows a display order of the content with a low real-time sensitivity and also a display order that follows the external program listing; a content database that stores therein the content and the program listings; a distribution server that periodically checks the content database and distributes updated content and program listings; and individual distribution devices that distribute content and program listings that have been distributed from the distribution server to vehicles that display the content according to the display order. | 09-25-2014 |
20140317657 | ZONE CONTROL METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus for providing control over targeted secondary content based on a zone associated with a user. In one exemplary embodiment, a user request for primary content from a non-legacy device results in the delivery of the same secondary content which would have been provided had the request been generated at a legacy device (so-called “zone preservation”). To accomplish this, the devices are associated with a user's zone at a zone preservation server in communication with the server providing content to the devices. The zone preservation server associates each user with an advertisement zone identifier, and utilizes the identifier to direct the delivery of primary and secondary content. In another embodiment, a prescribed rule set for one or more zones is employed, such as where certain types of advertisements or secondary content are inserted given a particular device or user context. | 10-23-2014 |
20140337884 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MEDIA ON MOBILE DEVICES - Techniques and mechanisms are provided for sending targeted content and data to mobile devices. Location information associated with a device is determined. In some instances, the location information is manually entered. In other instances, the location information is determined automatically from characteristics associated with the device. Location information can be obtained from global positioning system (GPS) data, cell-site triangulation, Internet Protocol (IP) address detection, etc. Content and advertising can be provided in a location relevant manner to the mobile device. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337885 | QUEUE BASED ADVERTISEMENT SCHEDULING AND SALES - In accordance with the invention, advertisement identifiers are stored in a queue in memory in the set top box or elsewhere corresponding to individual subscribers of a television service delivery network. The advertisements are retrieved and displayed in the order dictated by the queue as advertisement avails are detected in the particular channel information stream being watched by that subscriber. Accordingly, the subscriber sees the advertisements regardless of what channel or television program is being watched and sees them in the order dictated by the queue. The invention also is applicable to other information streams including Internet advertising, audio/radio advertising and advertising in electronic program guides. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337886 | COMMUNICATING PRIMARY CONTENT STREAMS AND SECONDARY CONTENT STREAMS INCLUDING TARGETED ADVERTISING TO A REMOTE UNIT - The invention relates to a method and system to communicate primary and secondary content streams to at least one remote unit, for example, via a television channel in a targeted television environment. The secondary content stream comprises a plurality of tertiary content streams (e.g., video streams) providing commercials, advertisements or any other content. The tertiary content streams are included in the secondary content stream as a mosaic so that each tertiary content stream is a subset or portion of an active display area or frame provided by the single secondary content stream. In one exemplary embodiment, the method and system provide targeted or specific commercial advertisements to demographically selected audiences. | 11-13-2014 |
20140373052 | Current Device Location Advertisement Distribution - In embodiments of current device location advertisement distribution, a mobile network operator receives media content from a content service and can then communicate the media content to a client device via a wireless distribution point. A device location service determines that a current location of the client device is not within a geographic region associated with the client device, and updates the current location of the client device from location data that identifies the current location of the client device. The media content can then be updated for distribution to the client device along with advertisements that correspond to an advertising locale, which includes the current location of the client device. | 12-18-2014 |
20150020097 | LOCATION BASED TARGETED ADVERTISING - Systems and methods for providing targeted advertising to media display devices that may be located away from a user premises based on user preferences. A computing system may detect presence of multiple user devices within a proximity of the computing system, and a user profile associated with each particular user device may then be accessed. A net demographic profile associated with the multiple user devices may be determined, and then advertising content may be selected for presentation by a display device based upon the net demographic profile. | 01-15-2015 |
20150026720 | COMMON PURCHASE PLAN BASED ADVERTISEMENT - A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for selecting an advertisement for play on a specified device for one or more users. Each of the users has a defined relationship with the specified device, and has an information description stored on a mobile communications device. In one embodiment, the method comprises transmitting the respective information description of each of one or more users from the user's communications device to a provider server. The server analyzes one or more information descriptions to identify an advertisement for playing on the specified device. The specified device, in one embodiment, is a television. In an embodiment, advertisements are displayed based on common purchase profiles and common purchase plans among different people. The purchase plans may be sent to the television when the users are in a defined area or come within a given distance of the television. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026721 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ADVERTISEMENTS USING SOCIAL MEDIA DATA - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining social media data associated with a plurality of end user devices of a plurality of users interacting with a social media network where the social media data includes user commentary at the social media network, determining first targeted advertising for delivery to first end user devices of a portion of the plurality of users based on an analysis of the social media data, and determining second targeted advertising for delivery during a target broadcast programming to a second end user device of a target user of the plurality of users based on an analysis of the user commentary, wherein the analysis includes identifying a comment context. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 01-22-2015 |
20150052554 | GEOGRAPHIC CONTENT RECOMMENDATION - Geographic context may be used to recommend media content items for consumption by users of a media content management system. A request for a media content recommendation may be associated with a content management account and a geographic location. The media content management system may determine whether the geographic location includes individuals who are not associated with the content management account. If the geographic location includes such individuals, the system may recommend content suitable for sharing such as games, music playlists, movies, or television programs. | 02-19-2015 |
20150089540 | TARGETING TELEVISION ADS USING KEYWORDS - Described herein is a system and method of ad targeting that automatically matches advertisements to media based on the demographic signatures of each. The method and system include calculating a match score between historical buyer demographics and media demographics. Media which is similar to the demographic of the product buyers is targeted for advertising. | 03-26-2015 |
20150095948 | SATELLITE-BASED CONTENT TARGETING - Various arrangements are present for targeting content in a television distribution system. A multiregional television channel may be transmitted to television receivers. A plurality of regional television channels may also be transmitted. Each regional television channel of the plurality of regional television channels may be broadcast to geographically smaller regions than the multiregional television channel. Content among the regional television channels may vary. Data may be transmitted to the television receivers that causes the television receivers to output for presentation as a single television channel: content from the multiregional television channel and content from a regional television channel corresponding to the television receiver's location. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095949 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING CONTENTS, SERVER DEVICE FOR PROVIDING SERVICE BASED ON RATINGS OF CONTENTS, AND METHODS THEREOF - A display device and method of displaying content on the display device are provided. The display device includes: a communicator configured to transmit information related to content displayed on a display to a server device and receive information on a highest rating content from the server device; and a controller configured to display a user interface (UI) object, which enables a user to change the content to the highest rating content on the display, in response to determining that the content is not the highest rating content. | 04-02-2015 |
20150121423 | VIEWER-AUTHORED CONTENT ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR IN-THE-MOMENT BROADCAST IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEDIA PROGRAMS - A method, apparatus, and system for providing viewer-derived content for broadcast presentation in conjunction with a broadcast of a media program by a provider of the media program is disclosed. The disclosed system and method (1) simplifies the process for viewers to provide viewer-authored media to broadcasters, while minimizing the data transmission requirements between portable viewer devices and the broadcaster, (2) allows advance approval for the broadcasters to use that viewer-generated content to generate and disseminate viewer-authored-content and (3) provides for management of viewer-generated content (4) integrates with social networks that can be used to at least preliminarily assess the popularity and suitability of the viewer-generated content for broadcast to other viewers. | 04-30-2015 |
20150312607 | ADVERTISING SPONSORSHIPS IN A TELEPRESENCE ENVIRONMENT - A method for managing advertising sponsorships for participants who engage in a social media interaction on a social network commences by first receiving from at least one participant a selection of at least one of advertising sponsorship offer provided to that participant. Thereafter, the selection of the at least one advertising offer made by the at least one participant is accepted in accordance with previously accepted sponsorship offers selected by the at least one participant. | 10-29-2015 |
20150334433 | Zone Signal Targeting and Analytics - Systems and methods for targeting advertisements to particular zones within a content distribution region are disclosed. One or more zone signals may be generated and distributed by combining media content with a respective advertisement corresponding to each of the zones within the distribution region. In some example cases, the media content may be received from a broadcaster. The systems and methods may further include the capability to determine zone based and/or advertisement based viewing metrics for one or more of the zones within the content distribution region by polling client devices within the one or more zones. | 11-19-2015 |
20150358658 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTENT INFLUENCED VIDEO COMMENTARY - A system and method for distributing video commentary related to certain content by a user to another user or user group is disclosed. The system includes a network, a system server connected to the network, and a set of user machines connected to the network. A third party content provider is connected to the system server. The system server provides a distribution system and process that defines user groups among the set of user machines in order distribute content between individual user machines and among user groups. | 12-10-2015 |
20150373387 | ADVERTISEMENT SCHEDULER - An advertisement scheduler in the television advertisement scheduling system receives a commercial break schedule generated from a completed assignment of one or more spots that correspond to the deals comprising advertisers orders to place the one or more spots into one or more commercial breaks in the commercial break schedule based on constraints and placement requirements. The advertisement scheduler may determine representative liability per pending spot for one or more of the deals, and reshuffle the placement of the one or more spots based on the representative liability of the one or more deals in order to minimize liability associated with the one or more deals. The advertisement scheduler may reshuffle the placement of the one or more spots based on a forecast of expected viewership associated with the one or more deals, and generate a finalized commercial break schedule based on the reshuffling. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373427 | Signal Transmission Management System - The present invention relates to a system for transmitting a set of signals to a plurality of subscriber receivers, where each signal represents information which belongs to a particular contents category. At least one client computer is configured to produce administrative instructions for organizing a sub-set of the signals to be transmitted to the subscriber receivers. A central management server receives the administrative instructions pertaining to the transmission of the signals. In response to the administrative instructions, the central management server organizes and synchronizes signals originating from one or more signal sources before these signals are transmitted to the subscriber receivers. Thus, the contents category of each signal determines which signal that will be presented in which subscriber receiver. | 12-24-2015 |
20150382040 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMININGDEMOGRAPHICS OF MEDIA ASSETS FOR TARGETINGADVERTISEMENTS - Described herein is a system and method of ad targeting that automatically matches advertisements to media based on the demographic signatures of each. The method and system include calculating a match score between historical buyer demographics and media demographics. Media which is similar to the demographic of the product buyers is targeted for advertising. | 12-31-2015 |
20160007063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A TARGETED ADDRESSABLE TELEVISION - Computer-implemented systems, methods, and computer-readable media for identifying one or more target consumers associated with an addressable television can include receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, attitudinal data related to at least one product or service, and developing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, one or more target profiles based at least in part on the attitudinal data. The systems, methods and media can include receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, appended data from the data provider, the appended data including at least one of demographic, behavioral, and locational data corresponding to the plurality of market consumers, and identifying, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, one or more target consumers based on a correlation between the appended data and the one or more target profiles. | 01-07-2016 |
20160021413 | COMMUNICATING PRIMARY CONTENT STREAMS AND SECONDARY CONTENT STREAMS INCLUDING TARGETED ADVERTISING TO A REMOTE UNIT - The invention relates to a method and system to communicate primary and secondary content streams to at least one remote unit, for example, via a television channel in a targeted television environment. The secondary content stream comprises a plurality of tertiary content streams (e.g., video streams) providing commercials, advertisements or any other content. The tertiary content streams are included in the secondary content stream as a mosaic so that each tertiary content stream is a subset or portion of an active display area or frame provided by the single secondary content stream. In one exemplary embodiment, the method and system provide targeted or specific commercial advertisements to demographically selected audiences. | 01-21-2016 |
20160029103 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide an electronic marketplace that matches units of content from secondary content providers with suitable vacancies from primary content providers. Vacancies may constitute, or be included in, any digital transmission containers, such as a television or radio programming, web pages, and the like. Specifically, the electronic marketplace automatically matches content offered by secondary content providers with vacancies offered by primary content providers thus filling the vacancies in these containers through a real-time content trading, placement, and distribution system. To do so, attributes associated with the vacancies and with units of secondary content are used to trade and match suitable vacancies with suitable content. This invention enables both secondary content owners and vacancy owners (primary content providers) to obtain the full commercial benefit of their secondary content and containers. | 01-28-2016 |
20160037197 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELL-SIDE TV AD OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods are disclosed for targeting of advertising content for a consumer product, by obtaining consumer demographic data, the consumer demographic data including a plurality of demographic attributes for each person; identifying a plurality of media slots; and obtaining program information for a respective identified program aired in each media slot among the plurality of media slots, the program information including viewing data of a plurality of viewing persons viewing the program and each viewing person being among the plurality of persons. The methods also include enriching the viewing data with the consumer demographic data; identifying a plurality of advertiser industries; enriching the product purchaser data with the consumer demographic data; calculating a relevance of each advertiser industry among the plurality of advertiser industries for each identified program based on demographic attributes of the product purchasers in each advertiser industry and demographic attributes of the viewing persons. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037201 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSABLE TARGETING OF ADVERTISING CONTENT - A method of targeting of advertising content for a consumer product is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining consumer demographic data from a first server over a network, the consumer demographic data including a plurality of demographic attributes for each person among a plurality of persons; obtaining product purchaser data for a plurality of product purchasers of the consumer product from a second server over the network, each product purchaser among the plurality of product purchasers being among the plurality of persons; and enriching the purchaser data with the consumer demographic data. The method further comprises enriching viewing data with consumer demographic data; and selecting viewed media among the aggregated viewed media having the highest similarity to the product purchasers as target media for the advertising content. | 02-04-2016 |
20160044345 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide an electronic marketplace that matches units of content from secondary content providers with suitable vacancies from primary content providers. Vacancies may constitute, or be included in, any digital transmission containers, such as a television or radio programming, web pages, and the like. Specifically, the electronic marketplace automatically matches content offered by secondary content providers with vacancies offered by primary content providers thus filling the vacancies in these containers through a real-time content trading, placement, and distribution system. To do so, attributes associated with the vacancies and with units of secondary content are used to trade and match suitable vacancies with suitable content. This invention enables both secondary content owners and vacancy owners (primary content providers) to obtain the full commercial benefit of their secondary content and containers. | 02-11-2016 |
20160050459 | TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR FILTERING CONTENT - Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus for distributing a content to a client, including: a question generation section configured to generate question information representative of a question regarding liking of a user of the client; and a transmission section configured to transmit the question information and provider side answer information in the form of a bit string representative of an answer set by a provider which provides the content to the question regarding the liking of the user to the client. | 02-18-2016 |
20160057462 | DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS FOR DIFFERENT MOVIE VERSIONS - A method and system are disclosed for distributing different versions of a movie. A digital cinema package contains assets for different versions of the movie and a first composition playlist representing a first version of the movie. A second composition playlist, which represents a second version of the movie, is available separately from the first digital cinema package. At least one picture track file in the digital cinema package has a portion that is not referenced by the first composition playlist, but referenced by the second composition playlist. | 02-25-2016 |
20160066003 | VIRAL TUNING METHOD - A method of scoring and arranging events related to entertainment content for a user in a viral tuning system is disclosed. The method comprising checking for a new event associated with media content; determining whether the new event is selected; applying a new score to the new event; associating the new event with one or more sub-events, each sub-event having a prior score and associated with the media content associated with the new event; adding the prior scores of the sub-events to the new score of the new event, resulting in a total score; adding an interest value to the total score, resulting in a new total score, the interest value being based on whether the new event is selected; and associating the new total score with the new event. | 03-03-2016 |
20160066047 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL MEDIA WITH AN INTELLIGENT TELEVISION - An Intelligent Television provides unique user interfaces and user interface interactions to provide social media. The interfaces and interface are intuitive and allow the user to quickly retrieve and view social media with respect to content displayed on the Intelligent Television. Further, intuitive user interface interactions are provided to allow for the quick and efficient posting of social media from the Intelligent Television to a social media site. | 03-03-2016 |
20160066055 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADDING SUBTITLES TO STREAMING MEDIA CONTENT - A video subtitling hardware device for automatically adding subtitles in a destination language comprising (a) a CPU for processing a stream of separate audio and video signals which are received from the audio-visual source and are subdivided into a plurality of predefined time slices! (b) an audio buffer for temporarily storing time slices of the received audio signals which are representative of one or more words to be processed by the CPU! (c) a speech recognition module for converting the outputted audio signals to text in the source language! (d) a text to subtitle module for converting the text to subtitles by generating an image containing one or more subtitle frames! (e) an input video buffer for temporarily storing each time slice of the received video signals for a sufficient time needed to generate one or more subtitle frames and to merge the generated one or more subtitle frames with the time slice of video signals! (f) an output video buffer for receiving video signals outputted by the input video buffer concurrently to transmission of additional video signals of the stream to the input video buffer, in response to flow of the outputted video signals to the output video buffer! (g) a layout builder for merging one or more of the subtitle frames with a corresponding image frame to generate a composite frame! (h) a synchronization module for synchronizing between each group of composite frames and their corresponding time slices of a sound track associated with the audio signal before outputting the synchronized composite frame group and audio channel to the video display. | 03-03-2016 |
20160073147 | Method and system for planning and running video-on-demand advertising - A method and system for planning and running video-on-demand (VOD) advertising includes a planner for planning advertising campaigns and an ad selector for running selected advertisements from selected ones of the campaigns. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073176 | Advertisement Targeting Scheme in a Multicast ABR Environment Based on Switched Video - A scheme for providing targeted advertisements in a multicast adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming environment. In one implementation, ads specific to a subscriber's demographic profile and relevant to the genre of a tuned MABR media channel may be downloaded in a gateway (GW) or into a network storage system. In another implementation, multicast ABR streams of ads may be triggered at specific points (e.g., insertion markers in a multicast ABR media channel) that can be selectively joined by a GW node based on demographics and channel genre. In yet another implementation, continuously streaming multicast ad channels may be switched at suitable points in a multicast ABR media channel based on targeting parameters. | 03-10-2016 |
20160105705 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide an electronic marketplace that matches units of content from secondary content providers with suitable vacancies from primary content providers. Vacancies may constitute, or be included in, any digital transmission containers, such as a television or radio programming, web pages, and the like. Specifically, the electronic marketplace automatically matches content offered by secondary content providers with vacancies offered by primary content providers thus filling the vacancies in these containers through a real-time content trading, placement, and distribution system. To do so, attributes associated with the vacancies and with units of secondary content are used to trade and match suitable vacancies with suitable content. This invention enables both secondary content owners and vacancy owners (primary content providers) to obtain the full commercial benefit of their secondary content and containers. | 04-14-2016 |
20160119664 | METHOD FOR SELECTING FROM A PLURALITY OF CANDIDATE VIDEO FRAME SETS, A CANDIDATE VIDEO FRAME SET TO BE INSERTED IN A VIDEO FRAME SLOT OF A GIVEN VIDEO CONTENT, CORRESPONDING DEVICE, ARRANGEMENT AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method and a related electronic device for selecting, from a plurality of candidate video frame sets, a candidate video frame set to be inserted in a video frame slot of a given video content. It comprises obtaining the plurality of candidate video frame sets according to ranking values of a sorting parameter associated with each of the candidate video frame sets, thereby obtaining a list of candidate video frame sets and for each candidate video frame set of the list, determining a processing cost for inserting the candidate video frame set and applying the processing cost for obtaining an updated candidate video frame set ranking value according to the sorting parameter. The list is then sorted according to the updated ranking values of the sorting parameter and a selection of a candidate video frame set of the sorted list according to the updated ranking value. | 04-28-2016 |
20160119665 | ADDRESSABLE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for providing and receiving addressable content may include an electronic device for receiving the content. The electronic device may receive a first data stream including targeting data criteria for a plurality of assets at the electronic device. The electronic device may determine a subset of the plurality of assets for storage on the electronic device. The electronic device may also receive a second data stream including the plurality of assets. The electronic device may identify each asset of the subset of the plurality of assets within the second data stream, and may store each asset of the subset of the plurality of assets at the electronic device. | 04-28-2016 |
20160134916 | QUEUE-BASED HEAD-END ADVERTISEMENT SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for scheduling and inserting advertisements into a plurality of presentation channels in a communications network in which the presentation channels contain the same programming, but different advertisements. A single programming channel is split into a plurality of presentation channels. Different advertisements are inserted into the different presentation channels. The advertisements to be inserted into advertising avails are they are detected are determined by utilizing queues stored in memory corresponding to each presentation channel. Each queue comprises an ordered list of advertisement resource locators (ARLs), in which the order dictates which advertisement is to be inserted in the next advertising avail and in which the ARLs indicate at least the location from which the advertisement can be retrieved. | 05-12-2016 |
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