Alternative Advertising in Prerecorded Media
First Claim
1. A method for generating an alternative advertisement from still frames of an advertisement for display to a user during a trick play of the advertisement, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving an advertisement;
(b) storing the advertisement;
(c) receiving processing rules specific to the advertisement, wherein the processing rules specify displaying frames of the advertisement in a different order than that specified in the advertisement; and
(d) generating the alternative advertisement by applying the processing rules to the advertisement.
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Abstract
Presenting viewers with an alternative brief version of a recorded advertisement when they choose to fast-forward through or skip (or any other trick play event) the recorded advertisement. The alternative advertisement may be displayed instead of or in conjunction with the recorded advertisement (i.e., fast-forwarding advertisement is displayed in one portion of the screen (i.e., background or portion of a split screen) and the alternative brief version is displayed in another portion). The alternative brief version of the advertisement (trick play advertisement) may be a marketing message that is a static screen presenting a logo or a portion of the recorded advertisement, or may be a condensed version of the actual advertisement. The trick play advertisements may be targeted. An alternate or entirely unrelated advertisement can also be displayed as the trick play advertisement.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for generating an alternative advertisement from still frames of an advertisement for display to a user during a trick play of the advertisement, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving an advertisement;
(b) storing the advertisement;
(c) receiving processing rules specific to the advertisement, wherein the processing rules specify displaying frames of the advertisement in a different order than that specified in the advertisement; and
(d) generating the alternative advertisement by applying the processing rules to the advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17)
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10. A method for generating an alternative advertisement for display to a user during a trick play of the advertisement, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving an advertisement;
(b) storing the advertisement;
(c) receiving processing rules specific to the advertisement, wherein the processing rules specify displaying a first motion video portion of the advertisement; and
(d) generating the alternative advertisement by applying the processing rules to the advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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