Sectorizing a display to present audience targeted information within different ones of the sectors
First Claim
1. A media presentation method comprising the steps of:
- identifying a display capable of presenting audio/video content;
dividing a viewing area of said display into a plurality of sectors;
for each sector, selecting a media production in accordance with programmatically established criteria; and
simultaneously presenting said selected media productions within said display, wherein a broker determines a set of media productions available for selection and establishes at least a portion of said programmatically established criteria used in the selecting step, wherein said broker does not commercially distribute said media productions for presentation in non-sectorized displays.
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Abstract
A media presentation method can include the step of identifying a display capable of presenting audio/video content. A viewing area of the display can be divided into more than one sector. Programmatically established criteria can be used to selecting a media production from a pool of available productions to be presented in each of the sectors. The selected media productions can be simultaneously presented within the display. In the method, a broker can determine a set of media productions available for selection and can establishes at least a portion of the programmatically established criteria used to select media productions. The broker can be a media distributor that does not commercially distribute the media productions for presentation in non-sectorized displays.
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44 Claims
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1. A media presentation method comprising the steps of:
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identifying a display capable of presenting audio/video content;
dividing a viewing area of said display into a plurality of sectors;
for each sector, selecting a media production in accordance with programmatically established criteria; and
simultaneously presenting said selected media productions within said display, wherein a broker determines a set of media productions available for selection and establishes at least a portion of said programmatically established criteria used in the selecting step, wherein said broker does not commercially distribute said media productions for presentation in non-sectorized displays. - 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)
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32. A media distribution method comprising the steps of:
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identifying a plurality of displays at a plurality of locations, wherein a viewing area of each of said plurality of displays is divided into a plurality of defined sectors, each sector being configured to present a sector-specific media production, wherein one of the plurality of defined sections that is by viewing area the largest of the defined sectors presents an audio/video media production provided by an audio/video media source; and
selling presentation space to advertisers that permits advertisers that purchase presentation space to display advertiser-specified content within at least one of said defined sectors other than the sector associated with the audio/video media production. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A machine readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:
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identifying a display capable of presenting audio/video content;
dividing a viewing area of said display into a plurality of sectors;
for each sector, selecting a media production in accordance with programmatically established criteria; and
simultaneously presenting said selected media productions within said display, wherein a broker determines a set of media productions available for selection and establishes at least a portion of said programmatically established criteria used in the selecting step, wherein said broker does not commercially distribute said media productions for presentation in non-sectorized displays.
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