Advertising using a combination of video and banner advertisements
First Claim
1. In a broadcast system that includes a program provider that distributes broadcasts to one or more terminal processing devices, wherein the terminal processing devices comprise a processor and a display device on which video programming from a video provider can be displayed, a method for displaying video advertising content at a terminal processing device to a viewer by way of the display device, the method comprising the acts of:
- receiving at the terminal processing device one or more video streams from a video provider containing a plurality of video advertisements that are to be displayed in an advertisement region on a display screen, wherein the advertisement region is displayed on the display screen concurrently with an enhanced television screen that includes at least one of an EPG or enhanced programming;
in response to user input, initiating the display of the enhanced television screen on the display;
determining at the terminal processing device that a first video advertisement is not yet available for display, and such that upon initiating the display of the enhanced television screen a short period of time lapses prior to the first video advertisement being available for display on the advertisement region of the display;
identifying at the terminal processing device a first banner advertisement having subject matter that is related to that of the first video advertisement;
displaying at the terminal processing device the first banner advertisement within the advertisement region of the display device;
analyzing at the terminal processing device the at least one trigger to identify the begin time when the first video advertisement is to be displayed;
determining at the terminal processing device that the begin time when first video advertisement is to be displayed has been reached;
determining at the terminal processing device that the first video advertisement is available for display; and
upon determining that both the begin time has been reached and determining that the first video advertisement is available for display, transitioning at the terminal processing device between the first banner advertisement and the first video advertisement to display the first video advertisement within the advertisement region.
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Abstract
In a system that includes a processor and a display device on which video programming can be displayed, a method for transitioning to a video advertisement by displaying a related banner advertisement. The method includes generating, on the display device, a display screen on which a video advertisement is to be displayed, the display screen being generated at a time before a time at which the video advertisement is available to be displayed. A banner advertisement is displayed on the display screen at a region that coincides with a region where the video advertisement is to be displayed. The banner advertisement can have a subject matter that is related to that of the video advertisement or alternatively have any subject matter. When the video advertisement becomes available to be displayed, the method can include replacing the banner advertisement with the video advertisement.
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33 Claims
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1. In a broadcast system that includes a program provider that distributes broadcasts to one or more terminal processing devices, wherein the terminal processing devices comprise a processor and a display device on which video programming from a video provider can be displayed, a method for displaying video advertising content at a terminal processing device to a viewer by way of the display device, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving at the terminal processing device one or more video streams from a video provider containing a plurality of video advertisements that are to be displayed in an advertisement region on a display screen, wherein the advertisement region is displayed on the display screen concurrently with an enhanced television screen that includes at least one of an EPG or enhanced programming;
in response to user input, initiating the display of the enhanced television screen on the display;
determining at the terminal processing device that a first video advertisement is not yet available for display, and such that upon initiating the display of the enhanced television screen a short period of time lapses prior to the first video advertisement being available for display on the advertisement region of the display;
identifying at the terminal processing device a first banner advertisement having subject matter that is related to that of the first video advertisement;
displaying at the terminal processing device the first banner advertisement within the advertisement region of the display device;
analyzing at the terminal processing device the at least one trigger to identify the begin time when the first video advertisement is to be displayed;
determining at the terminal processing device that the begin time when first video advertisement is to be displayed has been reached;
determining at the terminal processing device that the first video advertisement is available for display; and
upon determining that both the begin time has been reached and determining that the first video advertisement is available for display, transitioning at the terminal processing device between the first banner advertisement and the first video advertisement to display the first video advertisement within the advertisement region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 33)
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22. In a broadcast system that includes a program provider that distributes broadcasts to one or more terminal processing devices, wherein the terminal processing devices comprise a processor and a display device on which video programming from a video provider can be displayed, a method for targeting a viewer with video advertising content based upon the viewers preferences, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving at the terminal processing device one or more video streams containing a plurality of video advertisements;
retrieving at the terminal processing device preference data from a data source, the preference data representing viewing selections of the viewer;
identifying at the terminal processing device a plurality of video advertisements deliverable to the processor by a plurality of video streams, each video advertisement of the plurality of video advertisements comprising video advertising content, at least one trigger, and a video content identifier;
analyzing at the terminal processing device each of the plurality of video streams to identify at least one video advertisement of the plurality of video advertisements in compliance with the preference data based on the video content identifier of the at least one video advertisement;
initiating display, at the terminal processing device, a display screen having an advertisement region in which the at least one video advertisement is to be displayed, wherein upon initiating the display, it is determined that the at least one video advertisement is temporarily not available for display;
identifying at the terminal processing device a first banner advertisement in compliance with the preference data;
while waiting for the at least one video advertisement to become available, displaying at the terminal processing device the first banner advertisement within the advertisement region of the display device, and such that the first banner advertisement is displayed prior to initiating display of said at least one video advertisement and after initiating display of the display screen and advertising region;
analyzing at the terminal processing device the at least one trigger to identify a begin time when the at least one video advertisement is to be displayed;
determining at the terminal processing device that the begin time when the at least one video advertisement is to be display has been reached;
determining at the terminal processing device that the at least one video advertisement is available for display; and
in response to analyzing the video content identifier of the at least one video advertisement, analyzing at the terminal processing device the at least one trigger to identify the begin time, determining that the begin time has been reached, and determining that the at least one video advertisement is available for display, transitioning between the first banner advertisement and the least one video advertisement in order to display the at least one video advertisement when the at least one video advertisement is available for display. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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