Systems and methods for event triggered advertising
First Claim
1. A system for broadcasting a related advertisement in response to an event, comprising:
- an advertising database configured to store at least one advertisement;
an advertising vehicle that is configured to broadcast an advertisement via at least one advertising media; and
an event monitoring module configured to receive events from an operator who becomes aware of the occurrence of a meteorological, geological, political, sporting or other event of note and reports the event to the event monitoring module, said module then determining if the event properly matches an advertisement stored in the advertising database, and routes advertisements that match the event to corresponding ads in the advertising database to the advertising vehicle.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of event triggered advertising where at least one embodiment includes an event monitoring module, an advertising database, and an advertising vehicle. The event monitoring module identifies and characterizes events based on a plurality of content variables. The advertising database stores a plurality of advertisements with particular content variables. The event monitoring module then determines if a particular event'"'"'s content variable settings sufficiently match the content variables of an advertisement stored in the advertising database. If the event monitoring module determines there is a sufficient match, the corresponding advertisement is broadcast via the advertising vehicle. Each of the processes may be performed manually or automatically depending on available resources.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for broadcasting a related advertisement in response to an event, comprising:
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an advertising database configured to store at least one advertisement;
an advertising vehicle that is configured to broadcast an advertisement via at least one advertising media; and
an event monitoring module configured to receive events from an operator who becomes aware of the occurrence of a meteorological, geological, political, sporting or other event of note and reports the event to the event monitoring module, said module then determining if the event properly matches an advertisement stored in the advertising database, and routes advertisements that match the event to corresponding ads in the advertising database to the advertising vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for broadcasting a related in-store advertisement in response to an event, comprising:
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an advertising database configured to store at least one in-store advertisement;
an advertising vehicle that is configured to broadcast an in-store advertisement via at least one advertising media; and
an event monitoring module configured to receive events, determine if the events properly match an in-store advertisement stored in the advertising database, and route matching in-store advertisements in the advertising database to the advertising vehicle.
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10. A method for broadcasting a related advertisement in response to an event, comprising the acts of:
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receiving an event;
characterizing the received event by assigning at least one content variable, wherein the acts of receiving an event and characterizing the received event by assigning at least one content variable further includes the acts of;
receiving event information from a plurality of sources;
assigning at least one content variable to the received event; and
storing the received event and corresponding at least one content variable;
comparing the at least one content variable setting of the received event with at least one content variable setting of a plurality of stored advertisements; and
if the at least one content variable setting of the received event matches at least one content variable setting of a stored advertisement, then broadcasting the matched stored advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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