Combined advertising and entertainment system network
First Claim
1. A method for disseminating data to at least one information unit comprising the steps of:
- storing the data in a storage medium;
transmitting the data to the information unit;
displaying the data on the information unit; and
preventing a user of the information unit from interfering with the step of displaying the data.
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Abstract
A wireless remote unit is operable to demodulate signals received over a plurality of different bands, such as the FM broadcast band, and one or more higher frequency bands. The various bands have different channels and the selection of the band and the channel is accomplished by control signals received by the receiver. The control signal can carry menu information in one direction to the user and can carry user data, including the identity of the user, in the other direction. There can be multiple transmitters, wherein each transmitter sends information on a different channel within a band, and tunes remote units to a particular transmitter based upon proximity to that transmitter. The transmitter is capable of displaying visual data. The visual data includes a predetermined number of advertisements to be displayed during a user session, prompted either by a user logging onto the system, or by the system'"'"'s detection of a user'"'"'s presence.
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84 Claims
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1. A method for disseminating data to at least one information unit comprising the steps of:
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storing the data in a storage medium;
transmitting the data to the information unit;
displaying the data on the information unit; and
preventing a user of the information unit from interfering with the step of displaying the data. - 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, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for disseminating an advertisement to a plurality of information units comprising the steps of:
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storing components of the advertisement on a storage medium;
detecting the presence of a user near the information unit;
selectively delivering stored ones of said advertisements to an information unit, upon the detected presence of a user of said information unit, including at least one control for controlling the components of delivered ones of said advertisements;
disabling at least one of said controls so that said user cannot interfere with delivery of said advertisement;
continuing to deliver a particular advertisement to information unit until a predetermined criterion has been met; and
reactivating any said disabled controls after the predetermined criterion has been met. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A transmitter comprising:
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means for transmitting data to at least one of a plurality of remote receivers over a particular transmission channel; and
means for controllably disabling at least one control on the one remote receiver so that the particular transmission channel cannot be switched by a user of the one remote receiver. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. An information system including a transmitting device and a plurality of receiving devices capable of receiving data from the transmitting device, the system comprising:
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means for storing the data;
means for synchronizing the data with at least one of the plurality of receiving devices;
means for displaying the data on the one receiving device; and
means for preventing a user from interfering with the means for displaying the data. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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