Computerized system and method for providing advertising to a consumer
First Claim
1. A computerized method for providing advertising to a consumer and/or for gathering statistical data from the consumer associated with a commercial entity'"'"'s products and/or services, comprising the steps of:
- providing a computerized game to a consumer, the game including the step of testing the consumer'"'"'s ability to recognize a marketing object associated with the commercial entity, the marketing object taken from a group consisting of;
the commercial entity'"'"'s logo, the commercial entity'"'"'s trademark, the commercial entity'"'"'s tradename, the commercial entity'"'"'s tag line, the commercial entity'"'"'s product name, a competitor'"'"'s logo, a competitor'"'"'s trademark, a competitor'"'"'s tradename, a competitor'"'"'s tag line and a competitor'"'"'s product name.
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Abstract
A system and method enables the development and deployment of tailored advertising-messages to consumers utilizing electronic media by integrating advertising messages and equity images into an electronic game, the actions of which are varied as the game is played, based upon the consumer'"'"'s interaction with the game. The advertising messages are delivered, and useful data is collected, providing puzzles that are about, and centered around, the advertisements and commercial entity'"'"'s brands themselves. The flow of the game may be based upon predefined rules set up by the commercial entity. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention resides on an Internet server and provides an on-line game to consumers accessing the server over the Internet; players provide certain demographic data before the gaming starts; then the commercial entity'"'"'s brands and advertising messages are incorporated into the game based upon the players'"'"' answers. Furthermore, in this exemplary embodiment, the flow of the game is determined, at least in part, upon the players'"'"' knowledge/perception of a commercial entity'"'"'s brand, logos, tag-lines, products, competitors, and the like. As the invention learns more about each individual consumer playing the on-line game (as a result of the invention gathering demographic data and game playing performance data), the invention is able to tailor an advertising strategy towards that particular consumer as the game goes on.
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63 Claims
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1. A computerized method for providing advertising to a consumer and/or for gathering statistical data from the consumer associated with a commercial entity'"'"'s products and/or services, comprising the steps of:
providing a computerized game to a consumer, the game including the step of testing the consumer'"'"'s ability to recognize a marketing object associated with the commercial entity, the marketing object taken from a group consisting of;
the commercial entity'"'"'s logo, the commercial entity'"'"'s trademark, the commercial entity'"'"'s tradename, the commercial entity'"'"'s tag line, the commercial entity'"'"'s product name, a competitor'"'"'s logo, a competitor'"'"'s trademark, a competitor'"'"'s tradename, a competitor'"'"'s tag line and a competitor'"'"'s product name.- 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, 31, 32)
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33. A computerized method for measuring a consumer'"'"'s perception of a commercial entity'"'"'s brand equity, logo, trademark, tradename, tag line, product name and the like, comprising the steps of:
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providing a present interactive advertising message to the consumer;
allowing the consumer to interact with the present interactive advertising message;
gathering data associated with the consumer'"'"'s interactions with the present interactive advertising message. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A computerized method for measuring a consumer'"'"'s perception of a commercial entity'"'"'s brand equity, logo, trademark, tradename, tagline, product name and the like, comprising the steps of:
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providing an interactive puzzle to a user'"'"'s computer terminal having at least a display and a user-controlled input device, the interactive puzzle testing the user'"'"'s perception regarding one or more items taken from a group consisting of;
a commercial entity'"'"'s brand equity, a commercial entity'"'"'s logo, a commercial entity'"'"'s trademark, a commercial entity'"'"'s tradename, a commercial entity'"'"'s tagline, a commercial entity'"'"'s product name, benefits of a commercial entity'"'"'s product, a commercial entity'"'"'s service name, and benefits of a commercial entity'"'"'s service;
monitoring the user'"'"'s interactions with the interactive puzzle; and
based upon the user'"'"'s interactions with the interactive puzzle performing one or more of the following steps, providing a next interactive puzzle to the user'"'"'s computer;
providing an advertising message to the user'"'"'s computer; and
offering to the user at least one of a coupon, a product sample, a loyalty program and a gift. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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