System and method for interactive advertising
First Claim
1. An interactive advertising system, comprising:
- a Group Display Device, wherein the Group Display Device comprises an Input Device;
a Distributed Storage Array comprising at least one Storage Device; and
a Distributed Processor Array coupled to the Distributed Storage Array, the Distributed Processor Array comprising at least one Processor, and the Distributed Storage Array storing a Program for controlling the Distributed Processor Array;
wherein the Distributed Processor Array is operative with the Program to generate at least one Interactive Poster on the Group Display Device; and
to configure the at least one Interactive Poster responsive to the Input Device.
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Abstract
An interactive advertising and public announcement system having storage and processing capabilities, as well as a display device, configured to store, process and/or display a media presentation. The media presentation proceeds according to a Playlist that may incorporate links to web-based content. The display device includes input devices allowing a user to interact with the media presentation and customer recognition devices for detecting the presence of and identifying the user. The system may also include video-conferencing capabilities, and the ability to detect, upload and respond to information obtained from and regarding the user. The system may also be linked and configured to retrieve and respond to user information collected from the user while the user interacts with the system, as well as user information previously-collected and stored in local or remote databases.
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96 Claims
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1. An interactive advertising system, comprising:
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a Group Display Device, wherein the Group Display Device comprises an Input Device;
a Distributed Storage Array comprising at least one Storage Device; and
a Distributed Processor Array coupled to the Distributed Storage Array, the Distributed Processor Array comprising at least one Processor, and the Distributed Storage Array storing a Program for controlling the Distributed Processor Array;
wherein the Distributed Processor Array is operative with the Program to generate at least one Interactive Poster on the Group Display Device; and
to configure the at least one Interactive Poster responsive to the Input Device. - 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)
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31. A method for presenting announcements to a user, comprising:
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providing a Group Display Device, a Customer Identification Device, a first memory storage area containing a plurality of media elements, and a second memory storage area containing personal information about the user; and
in response to the user activating the Customer Identification Device, displaying on the Group Display Device a subset of the plurality of media elements;
wherein the subset of the plurality of media elements displayed on the Group Display Device is determined by reference to the personal information. - 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)
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55. A public announcement system, comprising:
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means for accessing a plurality of media elements;
means for identifying a user in proximity to the public announcement system; and
means, responsive to the means for identifying, for retrieving personal information about the user and for displaying a subset of the plurality of media elements;
wherein the subset of the plurality of media elements displayed is determined by reference to the personal information. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A method for presenting announcements to a user, comprising:
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providing a Group Display Device, a Customer Identification Device and a memory storage area containing a plurality of media elements; and
in response to the user activating the Customer Identification Device, displaying on the Group Display Device a subset of the plurality of media elements;
wherein the subset of the plurality of media elements displayed on the Group Display Device is determined by reference to personal information obtained from the user. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72)
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73. A method for generating a customer order, comprising:
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providing a Group Display Device, a Customer Identification Device, a first memory storage area containing one or more media elements, and a second memory storage area containing a multiplicity of personal information data sets;
in response to a user activating the Customer Identification Device, associating one or more personal information data sets within the multiplicity of personal information data sets with the user;
displaying a subset the one or more media elements to the user on the Group Display Device; and
in response to a single input action by the user, generating a set of transaction details;
wherein the set of transaction details is determined by reference to the one or more personal information data sets associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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