Systems and methods for providing consumers with entertainment content and associated periodically updated advertising
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1. A method of providing a consumer with entertainment content coupled with updated advertisements, comprising:
- recording entertainment content on a first medium;
recording advertisements on a second medium;
distributing entertainment content pre-recorded on the first medium to customer locations;
periodically distributing advertisements pre-recorded on the second medium to customer locations;
inserting a first medium containing customer-selected, pre-recorded entertainment content into a player device;
inserting a second medium containing pre-recorded advertising content into the player device;
displaying the selected entertainment content at the customer location via the player device; and
displaying advertisements from the second medium at times before, during, or after display of the selected entertainment content.
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Abstract
A player device for generating audio visual signals representative of entertainment content with advertisements includes a reader mechanism for reading entertainment content pre-recorded on a first medium and reading advertisements pre-recorded on a second medium, and a processor generating command signals inserting advertisements read by the reader mechanism from the second medium into entertainment content read by the reader mechanism from the first medium.
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1. A method of providing a consumer with entertainment content coupled with updated advertisements, comprising:
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recording entertainment content on a first medium;
recording advertisements on a second medium;
distributing entertainment content pre-recorded on the first medium to customer locations;
periodically distributing advertisements pre-recorded on the second medium to customer locations;
inserting a first medium containing customer-selected, pre-recorded entertainment content into a player device;
inserting a second medium containing pre-recorded advertising content into the player device;
displaying the selected entertainment content at the customer location via the player device; and
displaying advertisements from the second medium at times before, during, or after display of the selected entertainment content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A player device for generating audio visual signals representative of entertainment content with advertisements, said device comprising:
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reader mechanism reading entertainment content prerecorded on a first medium and reading advertisements pre-recorded on a second medium; and
a processor generating command signals inserting advertisements read by the reader mechanism from the second medium into entertainment content read by the reader mechanism from the first medium. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of providing consumers with entertainment content coupled with updated advertisements, comprising:
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distributing to each consumer (i) a plurality of first media, each first medium containing pre-recorded movies, music selections, information or other content, (ii) at least one second medium containing a plurality of prerecorded advertisements, and (iii) a player device having the capability to read both the first and second media;
periodically, for example monthly, distributing pre-recorded advertising on a second medium;
playing consumer-selected entertainment content via the first medium; and
at times before, during or after the playing of the entertainment content, playing advertisements via the second medium. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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