System and method for utilizing EPG database for modifying advertisements
First Claim
1. A method for displaying an advertisement in an electronic program guide (EPG) comprising the steps of:
- storing television schedule information including time, data, and channel information for a plurality of television programs in a database local to a viewer;
local to the viewer, receiving a telecast advertisement via a television signal;
local to the viewer, inserting one or more of the time, data, and channel information for a television program into the received advertisement to form a modified advertisement; and
displaying the modified advertisement information in the EPG on a screen.
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Abstract
A system and method for utilizing data stored in an EPG database for modifying advertisement information. In this way, a service provider and/or an advertiser can transmit a single advertisement to all the television stations regardless of their geographic location and other user specific information, and need not re-transmit the advertisement even if there is a change in the show'"'"'s program description. When the advertisement is displayed, the correct updated information is retrieved from the EPG database and inserted into the advertisement.
In one aspect, the present invention describes a method for modifying an advertisement in an EPG comprising the steps of: storing television schedule information in a first database; storing advertisement information in a second database; incorporating a portion of the television schedule information into a portion of the advertisement information to form a modified advertisement; and displaying the modified advertisement on a screen.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for displaying an advertisement in an electronic program guide (EPG) comprising the steps of:
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storing television schedule information including time, data, and channel information for a plurality of television programs in a database local to a viewer;
local to the viewer, receiving a telecast advertisement via a television signal;
local to the viewer, inserting one or more of the time, data, and channel information for a television program into the received advertisement to form a modified advertisement; and
displaying the modified advertisement information in the EPG on a screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An interactive electronic program guide (EPG) system comprising:
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a first database local to a viewer for storing television schedule information including time, data, and channel information for a plurality of television programs;
a second database local to the viewer for storing advertisement data, wherein the first database includes a pointer associated with an entry in the second database so that one or more of the time, data, and channel information for a television program are inserted into a respective advertisement data associated with the entry in the second database to form a modified advertisement; and
a display screen for displaying the modified advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions including instruction for displaying an advertisement in an electronic program guide (EPG), the instructions, when executed by a microprocessor, cause the microprocessor to perform the steps of:
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storing television schedule information including time, data, and channel information for a plurality of television programs in a database local to a viewer;
local to the viewer, receiving a telecast advertisement via a television signal;
local to the viewer, inserting one or more of the time, data, and channel information for a television program into the received advertisement to form a modified advertisement; and
displaying the modified advertisement information in the EPG on a screen.
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