Method and system for targeted marketing to a portable media player device owner
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1. A method comprising:
- coupling a portable device to a first storage device separate from the portable device at a first time;
storing a file on the portable device from the first storage device;
coupling the portable player to a second storage device at a second time after the first time;
storing a token on the portable device from the second device;
coupling the portable device to the first storage device at a third time after the second time; and
communicating the token to a central location; and
directing advertising to a first user of the first storage device in response to the first token.
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Abstract
A method and system includes a central location and a first set top box 28A in communication with the central location having a first interface 32. A second set top box 28B in communication with the central location 100 has a second interface 32. A portable device 36 in communication with the second set top box 28B through the second interface and storing a token therein. Thereafter, the token is communicated through the interface to the first set top box. The first set top box 28A communicates the token to the central location 100 so that targeted marketing may be generated.
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28 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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coupling a portable device to a first storage device separate from the portable device at a first time; storing a file on the portable device from the first storage device; coupling the portable player to a second storage device at a second time after the first time; storing a token on the portable device from the second device; coupling the portable device to the first storage device at a third time after the second time; and communicating the token to a central location; and directing advertising to a first user of the first storage device in response to the first token. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a central location; a first set top box, in communication with the central location, having a first interface; a second set top box, in communication with the central location, and having a second interface; a portable in communication with the second set top box through the second interface and storing a token therein, thereafter communicating the token through the interface to the first set top box; said first set top box communicating the token to the central location. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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