Selectable video advertising display system

• US 20030113094A1
• Filed: 12/13/2001
• Published: 06/19/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bart C. Tewksbury
• Original Assignee: Bart C. Tewksbury
• Inventors: Tewksbury, Bart C.
• Application Number:
  US10/021,859
• Publication Number:
  US 20030113094A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41415 involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums

Abstract

The present invention is an audiovisual advertising and informational data playback system comprising a display monitor, or a plurality of such monitors, to display pre-selected video images which originate from a video playback apparatus such as a VCR or DVD player, optionally with sound, to a group of consumers. The advertisements presented on the display monitors may be sequentially organized as play lists predetermined by the user with the playback continuing for so long as a video playback controller continues to sense the presence of viewers proximate to the display monitors, or for a preset time, or for the length of the program.

Claims

1. A video advertising display system comprising:

one or more display monitors used to present audio-visual advertising images;

one or more video devices which can playback stored audiovisual advertising and informational data;

one or more control means for initiating playback of the stored audio-visual advertising and informational data; and

a video playback controller connected to the one or more control means for initiating playback and to the one or more video devices to initiate a control signal to begin the playback sequence by the one or more video devices of the stored audio-visual advertising and informational data.

2. The video advertising display system of claim 1 wherein said one or more control means for intiating playback being one or more motion detectors to sense the presence of a viewer.

3. The video advertising display system of claim 2 wherein said video play back conntroller, upon the sensing of a viewer by said one or more motion detectors, will continue the playback for so long as a viewer is sensed to be proximate the one or more video display monitors.

4. The video advertising display system of claim 1 wherein said one or more control means for initiating playback being a control switch manually actuated by a user to initiate a control signal to begin the playback sequence by the one or more video devices of the stored audio-visual advertising and informational data.

5. The video advertising display system of claim 1 further comprising one or more audio speakers to provide audio corresponding to the visual advertisements presented on the one or more display monitors.

6. The video advertising display system of claim 1 wherein said one or more motion detectors include an invisible light beam producer and sensor in line with a reflective mirror, which sensor will detect a disturbance in the reflection of the light beam when a viewer passes through the light beam.

7. The video advertising display system of claim 1 wherein said video device is a videotape player.

8. The video advertising display system of claim 1 wherein said video device is a DVD player.