Method and system for verifying exposure to message content delivered via outdoor media or in a concentrated format
First Claim
1. A method for providing advertising, comprising the steps of:
- communicating through a mass media, non-interactive broadcast network a plurality of advertisements to a plurality of consumers, the plurality of advertisements comprising advertising content for each advertisement and the broadcast network comprising an outdoor medium;
communicating a query about a selected portion of the advertising content of at least one of the advertisements;
presenting an offer of a reward as an incentive for each consumer to review the advertisements and to submit the response to the query; and
collecting, through a medium other than the mass-media, non-interactive broadcast network, the respective response to the query from each of responding ones of the consumers, wherein receipt of each response having a correct reply to the query verifies that the responding consumer has been exposed to at least the selected portion of the advertising content.
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Abstract
Providing advertising comprises communicating, through a mass media, non-interactive broadcast network, an advertisement pod comprising multiple advertisements to a plurality of recipients. The broadcast network can comprise an outdoor medium. Each advertisement comprises advertising content. A query is communicated to the recipients about a selected portion of the advertising content of at least one of the advertisements. An offer of a reward is presented to the recipients as an incentive for each recipient to review the advertisements and to submit the response to the query. Respective responses to the query are collected through a response device from each of responding ones of the recipients. Receipt of each response having a correct reply to the query verifies that the responding recipient has been exposed to at least the selected portion of the advertising content. In an alternative aspect, multiple advertisements can be broadcast in a concentrated format.
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1. A method for providing advertising, comprising the steps of:
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communicating through a mass media, non-interactive broadcast network a plurality of advertisements to a plurality of consumers, the plurality of advertisements comprising advertising content for each advertisement and the broadcast network comprising an outdoor medium;
communicating a query about a selected portion of the advertising content of at least one of the advertisements;
presenting an offer of a reward as an incentive for each consumer to review the advertisements and to submit the response to the query; and
collecting, through a medium other than the mass-media, non-interactive broadcast network, the respective response to the query from each of responding ones of the consumers, wherein receipt of each response having a correct reply to the query verifies that the responding consumer has been exposed to at least the selected portion of the advertising content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for providing advertising, comprising:
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a mass media, non-interactive broadcast network operative to communicate a plurality of advertisements to a mass audience comprising a plurality of recipients, the plurality of advertisements comprising advertising content for each advertisement and the broadcast network comprising an outdoor medium;
a query communications media operative to communicate a query about a selected portion of the advertising content of at least one of the advertisements;
a reward communications media operative to communicate to the mass audience an offer of a reward as an incentive to submit a response to the query;
a plurality of response devices, each operative by one of the recipients of the advertisements to communicate, through a medium other than the mass-media, non-interactive broadcast network, a respective response to the query; and
an information gathering system operative to collect each response to the query communicated from the response devices, wherein receipt of each response having a correct reply to the query verifies that the responding recipient has been exposed to at least the selected portion of the advertising content, and wherein a grant of the reward is provided at a time subsequent to communication of the advertisements to at least one of the responding recipients based upon confirmation of the correct reply to the query. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for providing advertising via a distributed computing network, comprising:
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a mass media, non-interactive broadcast network operative to communicate a plurality of mass media banner advertisements via the distributed computer network to a mass audience comprising a plurality of recipients, the plurality of advertisements comprising advertising content for each advertisement;
a query communications media for communicating a query about a selected portion of the advertising content of at least one of the advertisements;
a reward communications media for communicating an offer of a reward as an incentive to submit a response to the query;
a plurality of response devices, each operable by a recipient of the advertisements to communicate, through a medium other than the mass-media, non-interactive broadcast network, a respective response to the query; and
an information gathering system operative to collect each response to the query communicated from the response devices, wherein receipt of each response having a correct reply to the query verifies that the responding recipient has been exposed to at least the selected portion of the advertising content, and wherein a grant of the reward is based upon confirmation of the correct reply to the query, the reward grant provided at a time delayed from the communication of the response by the response devices and subsequent to communication of the advertisements to the recipients. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for providing advertising content, comprising:
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communicating through a mass media, non-interactive broadcast network a plurality of mass media banner advertisements to a plurality of recipients, the plurality of advertisements comprising advertising content for each advertisement;
communicating a query about a selected content portion of at least one of the advertisements;
presenting an offer of a reward as an incentive for each recipient to submit a response to the query;
collecting, through a medium other than the mass-media, non-interactive broadcast network, the response to the query from each of responding ones of the recipients, wherein receipt of each response having a correct reply to the query verifies that the responding recipient has been exposed to at least the selected content portion; and
granting the reward to at least one of the recipients submitting the response to the query, wherein the reward grant is delayed from the submission of the response by the recipients and is provided at a time subsequent to communication of the advertisements based upon confirmation of a correct reply to the query presented to the recipients in connection with the advertisements. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method for providing advertising, comprising the steps of:
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communicating through a mass media, non-interactive broadcast network a plurality of advertisements to a plurality of consumers, the plurality of advertisements comprising advertising content for each advertisement and a query about a selected portion of the advertising content of at least one of the advertisements;
substituting the plurality of advertisements for a conventional advertisement segment broadcast during a conventional advertisement break;
presenting an offer of a reward as an incentive for each consumer to review the advertisements and to submit the response to the query; and
collecting, through a medium other than the mass-media, non-interactive broadcast network, the respective response to the query from each of responding ones of the consumers, wherein receipt of each response having a correct reply to the query verifies that the responding consumer has been exposed to at least the selected portion of the advertising content. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A system for providing advertising, comprising:
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a mass media, non-interactive broadcast network operative to communicate a plurality of advertisements to a plurality of consumers, the plurality of advertisements comprising advertising content for each advertisement and a query about a selected portion of the advertising content of at least one of the advertisements;
a content broadcast network operative to communicate conventional advertisement segments during conventional advertisement breaks between content segments and to substitute the plurality of advertisements for a conventional advertisement segment broadcast during a conventional advertisement break; and
a plurality of response devices operative to collect, through a medium other than the mass-media, non-interactive broadcast network, the respective response to the query from each of responding ones of the consumers, wherein receipt of each response having a correct reply to the query verifies that the responding consumer has been exposed to at least the selected portion of the advertising content. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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