Digital content access system and methods
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1. A method comprising:
- providing digital content to a user device;
providing at least one targeted advertisement to the user device, the at least one targeted advertisement comprising one or more files that are separate from the digital content;
outputting at least one interactive viewer test to the user device during playing of the at least one targeted advertisement, the interactive viewer test comprising at least one question prompting user response, the at least one question being contextually unrelated to the content of the at least one targeted advertisement; and
allowing playback of the digital content by the user device upon successful validation of the user response to the at least one interactive viewer test.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for allowing access to digital content. Digital content and targeted advertisements are separately provided to a user device. At least one interactive viewer test is used to verify that the user has viewed the targeted advertisements as a prerequisite to being given the rights to playback the digital content.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing digital content to a user device;
providing at least one targeted advertisement to the user device, the at least one targeted advertisement comprising one or more files that are separate from the digital content;
outputting at least one interactive viewer test to the user device during playing of the at least one targeted advertisement, the interactive viewer test comprising at least one question prompting user response, the at least one question being contextually unrelated to the content of the at least one targeted advertisement; and
allowing playback of the digital content by the user device upon successful validation of the user response to the at least one interactive viewer test. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A content access system, comprising:
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at least one product web server configured to output a continent selection page, at least one country selection page, and at least one country-specific content selection page to a user device;
at least one product file server configured to output digital content to the user device;
at least one ad web server provided in communication with the ad interactive web interface;
at least one ad content server configured to output at least one category selection page and at least one targeted advertisement to the user device;
an ad cart;
a product interactive web interface provided in communication with the at least one product web server and the at least one product file server; and
an ad interactive web interface provided in communication with the at least one ad content server and the at least one ad web server and configured to output a plurality of commercial segments and further configured to perform at least one interactive viewer test during one or more of the commercial segments, the at least one interactive viewer test being unrelated to the content of the one or more commercial segments;
wherein the user device is further configured to allow viewing or playing of the digital content at the user device upon successful validation of the user response to the at least one interactive viewer test. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A computer readable medium upon which is embedded a sequence of programmed instructions which when executed by a processor will cause the processor to perform the following steps comprising:
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providing digital content to a user device;
providing at least one targeted advertisement to the user device, the at least one targeted advertisement comprising one or more files that are separate from the digital content;
outputting at least one interactive viewer test to the user device during playing of the at least one targeted advertisement, the at least one interactive viewer test comprising at least one question prompting user responses, the at least one question being contextually unrelated to the content of the at least one targeted advertisement; and
providing a license key to allow playback of the digital content by the user device upon successful validation of the user response to the at least one interactive viewer test. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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