Methods, Systems and Apparatus for Delivery of Media

• US 20080120178A1
• Filed: 11/22/2006
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Martinez, Ronald, Davis, Marc
• Application Number:
  US11/562,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20080120178A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentives

Abstract

Systems, methods and apparatus for collecting data and presenting media to a user are provided. The systems generally includes a data gathering module associated with an electronic device. The data gathering module communicates gathered data to a management module, which manages at least one user profile based on the gathered data. The management module may select media for presentation to a user based on the user profile, and the selected media may be displayed to the user via a media output device co-located with the user, such as a display of the user'"'"'s mobile electronic device or a television, computer, billboard or other display co-located with the user. Related methods are also provided.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating collection of electronic data, the method comprising:

associating a data gathering module with an electronic device of a user;

collecting interaction data via the data gathering module;

compensating the user based on the collecting interaction data step; and

maintaining a user profile based at least in part on the interaction data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling the user to select at least one of data collection levels and data sharing levels; and

compensating the user with compensation in proportion to at least one of the data collection levels and the data sharing levels.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

selecting a first data collection level for a first type of data; and

selecting a second data collection level for a second type of data.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

selecting a first sharing level for the first type of data; and

selecting a second sharing level for the second type of data.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the first type of data comprises spatial data.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the first type of data comprises temporal data

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the first type of data comprises the interaction data.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein the first type of data comprises data from at least two of spatial data, temporal data and the interaction data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second type of data comprises data from at least one of spatial data, temporal data and interaction data not included in the first type of data.

12. The method of claim 5, wherein the first sharing level relates to data shared with businesses.

13. The method of claim 5, wherein the first sharing level relates to data shared with governmental entities.

14. The method of claim 5, wherein the first sharing level relates to data shared with personal relations.

15. The method of claim 5, wherein the first sharing level allows shares the first type of data with a first entity, and the second sharing level shares the second type of data with a second entity.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first type of data and the second type of data include at least some common data, and wherein the common data is shared with the first entity and wherein the common data is not shared with the second entity.

17. The method of claim 3, wherein at least a portion of the compensation is derived from revenue generated via the maintaining of the user profile step.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

enabling a vendor to access to the user profile, wherein a maintainer of the user profiles provides at some of the compensation, and wherein the vendor provides at some of the compensation.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile electronic device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the mobile electronic device is a mobile phone.

2. The method of claim 2, wherein the compensating step comprises:

providing at least one of discounted merchandise and discounted services to the user.

6. The method of claim 6, wherein the compensating the user step comprises:

compensating the user at a first compensation rate for at least one of the selecting a first data collection level step and the selecting a first sharing level steps; and

compensating the user at a second compensation rate for at least one of the selecting a second data collection level step and the selecting a second sharing level step.