Auxiliary content delivery system
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1. An auxiliary content selection system comprising:
- a content database of records each defining an item of auxiliary content, and a broadcast space for delivery of the associated auxiliary content item, the broadcast space being segregated into time slots; and
content selection means in communication with the content database for selecting one of the items in accordance with a correlation between the broadcast spaces and a time instant of a request from a client terminal for the auxiliary content.
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Abstract
A computer-based method for delivering auxiliary content, involves the steps of (1) receiving over a network a request from a client terminal for the auxiliary content, wherein each item of the auxiliary content has an associated broadcast comprising a respective time slot; and (2) selecting one of the items in accordance with a correlation between the broadcast spaces and a time instant of a request from the client terminal for the auxiliary content.
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17 Claims
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1. An auxiliary content selection system comprising:
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a content database of records each defining an item of auxiliary content, and a broadcast space for delivery of the associated auxiliary content item, the broadcast space being segregated into time slots; and
content selection means in communication with the content database for selecting one of the items in accordance with a correlation between the broadcast spaces and a time instant of a request from a client terminal for the auxiliary content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A computer-based method of delivering auxiliary content comprising the steps of:
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receiving over a network a request from a client terminal for the auxiliary content, each item of the auxiliary content having an associated broadcast space comprising a respective time slot; and
selecting one of the items in accordance with a correlation between the broadcast spaces and a time instant of a request from the client terminal for the auxiliary content. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable medium carrying computing instructions thereon which, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:
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receive over a network a request from a client terminal for the auxiliary content, each item of the auxiliary content having an associated broadcast space comprising a respective time slot; and
select one of the items in accordance with a correlation between the broadcast spaces and a time instant of a request from the client terminal for the auxiliary content. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. An auxiliary content delivery server comprising:
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receiving means for receiving over a communications network a request from a client terminal for auxiliary content;
a content database of records each defining an item of the auxiliary content, and a broadcast space for delivery of the associated auxiliary content item, the broadcast space being segregated into time slots;
content selection means in communication with the receiving means and the content database for selecting the auxiliary content in accordance with a correlation between the broadcast spaces and a time instant of issuance of the request; and
delivery means in communication with the content selection means for initiating delivery of the selected content to the client terminal over the network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-based method of delivering auxiliary content comprising the steps of:
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defining a plurality of broadcast spaces, each said broadcast space comprising a respective time slot for delivery of the auxiliary content over a communications network, and a fee payable for the delivery during the associated time slot;
receiving over a network a request from a client terminal for the auxiliary content, each item of the auxiliary content having an associated broadcast space comprising a respective time slot; and
selecting one of the items in accordance with a correlation between the broadcast spaces and a time instant of a request from the client terminal for the auxiliary content.
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