PROFITS GIVE-BACK DEVICE, PROFITS GIVE-BACK METHOD, PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIA, PROFITS GIVE-BACK SYSTEM, CONTENT PROVIDING DEVICE, CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD, PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIA, AND CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM

• US 20070083435A1
• Filed: 12/12/2006
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hanaya, Hiroyuki, YOSHIMINE, Takao, Uchiyama, Nobuyuki, Sueyoshi, Takahiko, Nakamura, Toshinori, Tsutsui, Mototsugu
• Granted Patent: US 8,140,393 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.400
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0264 based upon schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0274 Split fees
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2547 Third Party Billing, e.g. billing of advertiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot

Abstract

A profit give-back device, profit give-back method, program storage medium, profit give-back system, content providing device, content providing method, program storage media, and content providing system are disclosed. Profits give-back processing is performed according to the accumulated points proportionate to the number of times the content with a commercial video is provided to a client PC 4 and thus the fare profits giveback can be easily performed. A preset content with a commercial video is provided to a user when requested from the client PC 4, and it is possible to surely provide advertisement information without the user being aware of the commercial.

Claims

1. A method for accessing content data comprising the steps of:

selecting content data, some of the content data including advertisement data;

receiving the selected content data;

generating a signal indicating a quantity of received content data that included advertisement data and a quantity of received content data that did not include advertisement data; and

transmitting the signal to a reception location.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting step further comprises indicating that the content data include advertising data.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting step further comprises indicating that the content data exclude advertising data.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generating step further comprises generating connection fee data, and

wherein the transmitting step transmits the connection fee data.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generating step further comprises generating use fee data, and

wherein the transmitting step transmits the use fee data.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving step is performed as a function of one or more preset parameters.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the advertisement data is inserted in one or more regions of the content data.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the region is a head portion.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the transmitting step further comprises, transmitting a contribution signal indicative of contribution data, to the reception location.

10. An apparatus for accessing content data comprising:

means for selecting content data, some of the content data including advertisement data;

means for receiving the selected content data;

means for generating a signal indicating a quantity of received content data that included advertisement data and a quantity of received content data that did not include advertisement data; and

means for transmitting the signal to a reception location.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the means for selecting selects content data that includes advertising data.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the means for selecting selects content data that excludes advertising data.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the means for generating generates connection fee data, and

wherein the means for transmitting transmits the connection fee data.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the means for generating generates use fee data, and

wherein the means for transmitting transmits the use fee data.

15. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the means for receiving receives the content data as a function of one or more preset parameters.

16. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the advertisement data is positioned at one or more regions of the content data.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the region is a head portion.

18. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the means for transmitting

transmits a contribution signal indicative of contribution data, to the reception location.

19. A program, for accessing content data, stored on a computer-readable medium comprising:

program code for selecting content data, some of the content data including advertisement data;

program code for receiving the selected content data;

program code for generating a signal indicating a quantity of received content data that included advertisement data and a quantity of received content data that did not include advertisement data; and

program code for transmitting the signal to a reception location.

20. The program according to claim 19, further comprising program code for indicating that the content data include advertising data.

21. The program according to claim 19, further comprising program code for indicating that the content data exclude advertising data.

22. The program according to claim 19, further comprising:

program code for generating connection fee data, and

program code for transmitting the connection fee data.

23. The program according to claim 19, further comprising:

program code for generating use fee data, and

program code for transmitting the use fee data.

24. The program according to claim 19, further comprising program code for receiving the content data as a function of one or more preset parameters.

25. The program according to claim 19, wherein the advertisement data is inserted at one or more regions of the content data.

26. The program according to claim 25, wherein the region is a head portion.

27. The program according to claim 19, further comprising program code for transmitting a contribution signal indicative of contribution data, to the reception location.