Method and system for optimal or near-optimal selection of content for broadcast in a commercial environment
First Claim
1. A method for selecting content for broadcast within a retail establishment, the method comprising:
- continuously processing and compiling input information characterizing the retail establishment;
filtering available content for broadcast; and
selecting next content for broadcast from the filtered, available content that is optimal or near-optimal with respect to one or more encoded goals.
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Abstract
Many different embodiments of the present invention are directed to customizing and optimizing entertainment-content and information-content broadcast within retail establishments. In many embodiment of the present invention, an automated system employs a wide variety of different types of processed and compiled input information to compile and filter available content for broadcast, assign weights to the filtered, available content, and to continuously select content from the filtered and weighted. In a described embodiment, the automated system selects content for broadcast to optimally, or near-optimally, satisfy one or more goals established for the broadcast of entertainment content and information content within a retail establishment within a set of constraints.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for selecting content for broadcast within a retail establishment, the method comprising:
continuously processing and compiling input information characterizing the retail establishment;
filtering available content for broadcast; and
selecting next content for broadcast from the filtered, available content that is optimal or near-optimal with respect to one or more encoded goals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system broadcasting content within a retail establishment, the system comprising:
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a broadcast system through which content is broadcast;
one or more input devices; and
a computer system that executes a program that continuously processes and compiles input information received from the one or more input devices that characterizes the retail establishment, filters available content for broadcast, selects next content for broadcast from the filtered, available content that is optimal or near-optimal with respect to one or more encoded goals, and directs the broadcast system to broadcast the selected next content. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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