Gaming service provider advertising system
First Claim
1. A method of advertising for use by a Gaming Service Provider providing a customer gaming console in connection with a wide area network, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an identification from the customer gaming console to a Gaming Service Provider;
downloading an advertisement out of a plurality of advertisements to the customer gaming console;
initializing the customer gaming console for playing a game and for displaying the advertisement;
playing a game on the customer gaming console; and
displaying the advertisement on the customer gaming console, when the game is not being played.
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Abstract
A method of advertising for use by a Gaming Service Provider providing a customer gaming console in connection with a wide area network is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing an identification from the customer gaming console to a Gaming Service Provider downloading an advertisement out of a plurality of advertisements to the customer gaming console, initializing the customer gaming console for playing a game and for displaying the advertisement, playing a game on the customer gaming console, and displaying the advertisement on the customer gaming console, when the game is not being played. Alternatively, the steps of the method are not initialized by the Gaming service provider, but from the gaming console site. Further, certain games played on the gaming console incorporate advertisements into their gaming environments.
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79 Claims
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1. A method of advertising for use by a Gaming Service Provider providing a customer gaming console in connection with a wide area network, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an identification from the customer gaming console to a Gaming Service Provider;
downloading an advertisement out of a plurality of advertisements to the customer gaming console;
initializing the customer gaming console for playing a game and for displaying the advertisement;
playing a game on the customer gaming console; and
displaying the advertisement on the customer gaming console, when the game is not being played. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 33)
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16. A method of advertising for use with a customer gaming console, the customer gaming console being in connection with a wide area network, the method comprising the steps of:
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sending an identification from the customer gaming console to a Gaming Service Provider;
uploading an advertisement out of a plurality of advertisements to the customer gaming console for displaying the advertisement on the customer'"'"'s gaming console. initializing the customer gaming console for playing a game and for displaying the advertisement;
playing a game on the customer gaming console; and
displaying the advertisement on the customer gaming console, when the game is not being played. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of advertising on a gaming console, the method comprising the steps of:
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loading a game stored on a local storage device onto the gaming console;
loading an advertisement out of a plurality of advertisements stored on the local storage device to gaming console;
initializing the gaming console for playing the game and for displaying the advertisement;
playing the game on the gaming console; and
displaying the advertisement on the gaming console. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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34. A method of advertising for use by a Gaming Service Provider comprising the steps of:
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receiving an identification from a customer gaming console by a Gaming Service Provider;
sending an advertisement out of a plurality of advertisements to the customer gaming console for displaying the advertisement on the customer'"'"'s gaming console;
downloading a game to be executed to the customer gaming console; and
displaying the advertisement on the customer gaming console while the game is being executed on the customer gaming console. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A storage medium having stored therein data, the data for performing the steps of:
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providing an identification from a customer gaming console to a Gaming Service Provider;
downloading an advertisement out of a plurality of advertisements to the customer gaming console;
initializing the customer gaming console for playing a game and for displaying the advertisement;
playing a game on the customer gaming console; and
displaying the advertisement on the customer gaming console, when the game is not being played. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A storage medium having stored therein data, the data for performing the steps of:
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sending an identification from a customer gaming console to a Gaming Service Provider;
uploading an advertisement out of a plurality of advertisements to the customer gaming console;
initializing the customer gaming console for playing a game and for displaying the advertisement;
playing a game on the customer gaming console; and
displaying the advertisement on the customer gaming console, when the game is not being played. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A storage medium having stored therein data, the data for performing the steps of:
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loading a game stored on a local storage device onto the gaming console;
loading an advertisement out of a plurality of advertisements stored on the local storage device to gaming console;
initializing the gaming console for playing the game and for displaying the advertisement;
playing the game on the gaming console; and
displaying the advertisement on the gaming console. - View Dependent Claims (72)
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73. A storage medium having stored therein data, the data for performing the steps of:
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receiving an identification from a customer gaming console by a Gaming Service Provider;
sending an advertisement out of a plurality of advertisements to the customer gaming console for displaying the advertisement on the customer'"'"'s gaming console;
downloading a game to be executed to the customer gaming console; and
displaying the advertisement on the customer gaming console while the game is being executed on the customer gaming console. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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