Method And Apparatus For Electronically Providing Advertisements
First Claim
1. ) A method of facilitating advertising, the method comprising:
- a) providing electronic media content of a multi-party voice conversation including spoken content of said conversation; and
b) in accordance with at least one feature of said electronic media content, providing at least one advertisement to at least one individual associated with a party of said multi-party voice conversation.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and computer-code for electronically providing advertisement are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, advertisements are provided in accordance with at least one feature of electronic media content of a multi-party conversation, for example, by targeting at least one advertisement to at least one individual associated with a party of the multi-party voice conversation. Optionally, the multi-party conversation is a video conversation and at least one feature is a video content feature. Exemplary features include but are not limited to speech delivery features, key word features, topic features, background sound or image features, deviation features and biometric features. Techniques for providing advertisements in accordance with any voice electronic media content, including but not limited to voice mail content, are also disclosed.
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62 Claims
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1. ) A method of facilitating advertising, the method comprising:
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a) providing electronic media content of a multi-party voice conversation including spoken content of said conversation; and b) in accordance with at least one feature of said electronic media content, providing at least one advertisement to at least one individual associated with a party of said multi-party voice conversation. - 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, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. ) A method of facilitating advertising, the method comprising:
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a) receiving electronic media content of a multi-party voice conversation from at least one client device; and b) configuring at least one said client device to present advertisement in accordance with at least one feature of said electronic media content.
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52. ) A method of facilitating advertising comprising:
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a) effecting at least one voice-content operation selected from the group consisting of; i) recording an audio voice signal to generate digital audio media content; ii) effecting a digital audio media content playback operation; b) computing a feature of said digital audio media content; and c) providing at least one advertisement in accordance with at least one computed said feature.
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53. ) An apparatus useful for facilitating advertising, the apparatus comprising:
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a) a data storage operative to store electronic media content of a multi-party voice conversation including spoken content of said conversation; and b) a data presentation interface operative to present at least one advertisement in accordance with at least feature of said electronic media content. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55)
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56. ) An apparatus useful for facilitating advertising, the apparatus comprising:
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a) a data storage operative to store electronic media content of a multi-party voice conversation including spoken content of said conversation; and b) an advertisement serving engine operative to serve at least one advertisement in accordance with at least feature of said electronic media content. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58)
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59. ) A method of facilitating advertising, the method comprising:
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a) providing a telecommunications service where a plurality of users send electronic media content via a telecommunications channel; and b) providing an advertisement service where advertisement content is distributed to at least one target associated with at least one said user in accordance with said electronic media content transmitted via said telecommunications service. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61)
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62. ) A method of facilitating advertising, the method comprising:
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a) providing a telecommunications service where a plurality of users send electronic media content via a telecommunications channel; b) receiving advertisement input content for distribution; and c) effecting at least one advertisement handling operation in accordance with at least feature of transmitted electronic media content of said telecommunications service, said at least one advertisement handling operation being selected from the group consisting of; i) distributing advertisement content derived from said received advertisement input content; ii) billing for distribution of said advertisement input content in accordance with said electronic media sent via said telecommunications service.
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