Method and system for eliciting consumer data by programming content within various media venues to function cooperatively
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1. An interactive network-based marketing method comprising:
- arranging a web site and a television broadcast in the form of a game;
capturing marketing data from web site users; and
promoting products and services which correspond to the captured marketing data via the web site or the television broadcast.
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Abstract
A multimedia system and method which includes a television program, an electronic commerce catalog, an interactive Internet site and an electronic communications network linking the television program, the electronic commerce catalog and the interactive Internet site. The system and method is designed such that the users of the Internet site affect the content within the live television program, and the live television program is produced to function in tandem with the Internet site such that the content of the program determines the content of the electronic commerce catalog.
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114 Claims
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1. An interactive network-based marketing method comprising:
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arranging a web site and a television broadcast in the form of a game;
capturing marketing data from web site users; and
promoting products and services which correspond to the captured marketing data via the web site or the television broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 110, 111)
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31. A marketing method for constructing a multimedia venue which elicits response data from consumers, the method comprising:
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providing a live television program;
providing an interactive Internet site; and
linking the television program and the interactive Internet site via a communications network, wherein users of the Internet site selectively affect content within the live television program, and the live television program is produced to function in tandem with the Internet site. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 112)
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61. A method for eliciting consumer data, comprising:
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providing an interactive pathway;
providing a television broadcast configured to interact via the pathway;
receiving consumer data from one or more consumers via the pathway;
receiving information representing products and services from suppliers via the pathway; and
cataloging the information representing the products and services based on the received consumer data.
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62. An interactive network-based marketing system comprising:
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a communications network;
a web site linked to the communications network; and
a television broadcast linked to the web site via the communications network, wherein marketing data is received by the web site via the communications network, and the marketing data is used to promote products and services corresponding to the marketing data via the web site or the television broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 113)
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83. A multimedia system venue which elicits live response data from consumers, the system comprising:
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a live television program;
an electronic commerce catalog;
an interactive Internet site; and
an electronic communications network linking the television program, the electronic commerce catalog and the interactive Internet site, wherein users of the Internet site selectively affect content within the live television program, and the live television program is produced to function in tandem with the Internet site such that the content of the program determines the content of the electronic commerce catalog. - View Dependent Claims (78, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 114)
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108. A system for eliciting consumer data, comprising:
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an interactive pathway;
a web site configured to interact via the pathway;
a television broadcast configured to interact with the web site via the pathway;
one or more user terminals configured to transmit user data to the web site via the pathway;
one or more supplier terminals configured to transmit information representing products and services to the web site via the pathway; and
an electronic commerce catalog linked to the web site and configured to sort the information representing the products and services based on the received user data.
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109. A system for exchanging data between vendors and consumers, the system comprising:
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a communications network;
an electronic commerce Internet catalog coupled to the communications network;
an interactive electronic commerce Internet site coupled to the communication network;
one or more user terminals coupled to the communications network and adapted to transmit user data to the Internet site;
one or more supplier terminals coupled to the communications network and adapted to transmit information representing products and services to the Internet site; and
a live program processor coupled to the communication network, wherein the Internet site determines the products and services contained in the Internet catalog based on the user data, wherein the live program processor is configured to produce a live television program based on the user data and the products and services in the Internet catalog.
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