GAZE-RESPONSIVE VIDEO ADVERTISMENT DISPLAY
First Claim
1. A method of gaze-responsive video advertising, comprising:
- determining whether a user'"'"'s gaze falls within a predetermined spatial boundary of an advertisement display area;
playing at least a portion of a video-based advertisement within at least a portion of the predetermined spatial boundary in response to an affirmative determining;
stopping the play of the at least a portion of the video-based advertisement in response to determining that the user'"'"'s gaze falls outside of the predetermined spatial boundary for an amount of time exceeding a predetermined time threshold; and
resuming play of the at least a portion of the video-based advertisement in response to determining that the user'"'"'s gaze falls within the predetermined spatial boundary of the advertisement display area.
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Abstract
A system for gaze-responsive video advertising is provided that includes a video display for playing advertisements to a user, a gaze-tracking element, and a processor. The processor (a) determines whether the user'"'"'s gaze falls within a predetermined spatial boundary of an advertisement display area, (b) plays a video-based advertisement within the predetermined spatial boundary in response to the determining, (c) stops play of the video-based advertisement in response to determining that the user'"'"'s gaze falls outside of the predetermined spatial boundary for an amount of time exceeding a predetermined time threshold, and (d) resumes play of the video-based advertisement after the stopping in response to determining that the user'"'"'s gaze falls within the predetermined spatial boundary of the advertisement display area. In some embodiments, exposure credits are awarded to the user for confirmed duration increments of video watching.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of gaze-responsive video advertising, comprising:
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determining whether a user'"'"'s gaze falls within a predetermined spatial boundary of an advertisement display area;
playing at least a portion of a video-based advertisement within at least a portion of the predetermined spatial boundary in response to an affirmative determining;
stopping the play of the at least a portion of the video-based advertisement in response to determining that the user'"'"'s gaze falls outside of the predetermined spatial boundary for an amount of time exceeding a predetermined time threshold; and
resuming play of the at least a portion of the video-based advertisement in response to determining that the user'"'"'s gaze falls within the predetermined spatial boundary of the advertisement display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for gaze-responsive video advertising, comprising:
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a display device including a display region;
a gaze-tracking element to monitor a user'"'"'s gaze;
a processor to;
determine whether the user'"'"'s gaze falls within a predetermined spatial boundary of an advertisement display area of the display region, play at least a portion of a video-based advertisement within at least a portion of the predetermined spatial boundary in response to an affirmative determining, stop play of the at least a portion of the video-based advertisement in response to determining that the user'"'"'s gaze falls outside of the predetermined spatial boundary for an amount of time exceeding a predetermined threshold time, and resume play of the at least a portion of the video-based advertisement after the stopping of play in response to determining that the user'"'"'s gaze falls within the predetermined spatial boundary of the advertisement display area. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable medium having encoded thereon computer-readable program code, which when executes causes an electronic device to:
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determine whether the user'"'"'s gaze falls within a predetermined spatial boundary of an advertisement display area of the display region;
play at least a portion of a video-based advertisement within at least a portion of the predetermined spatial boundary in response to an affirmative determining;
stop play of the at least a portion of the video-based advertisement in response to determining that the user'"'"'s gaze falls outside of the predetermined spatial boundary for an amount of time exceeding a predetermined threshold time; and
resume play of the at least a portion of the video-based advertisement after the stopping of play in response to determining that the user'"'"'s gaze falls within the predetermined spatial boundary of the advertisement display area. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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