INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ADVERTISING IMPRESSIONS IN AN INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. In a system configured to facilitate user interaction with an interactive environment containing one or more advertising targets, a computer-implemented method for increasing a number of advertising impressions, comprising:
- a) displaying a scene of a portion of the simulated environment from a camera point of view (camera POV) on a video display;
b) changing the scene as the camera POV changes in response to movement of the camera POV along a camera path during the user'"'"'s interaction with the simulated environment; and
c) adding movement to the camera path that directs the camera POV toward one or more advertising targets encountered along the camera path, wherein the movement added to the camera path is configured to place the advertising targets within the scene displayed on the video display to increase a likelihood a number of advertising impressions associated with one or more of the advertising targets.
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Abstract
Increasing a number of advertising impressions in a system configured to facilitate user interaction with an interactive environment containing one or more advertising targets is described. A scene of a portion of the simulated environment is displayed from a camera point of view (camera POV) on a video display. The scene may change as the camera POV changes in response to movement of the camera POV along a camera path during the user'"'"'s interaction with the simulated environment. By adding movement to the camera path that directs the camera POV toward one or more advertising targets encountered along the camera path advertising targets may be placed within the scene displayed on the video display to increase a likelihood a number of advertising impressions associated with the advertising targets.
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25 Claims
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1. In a system configured to facilitate user interaction with an interactive environment containing one or more advertising targets, a computer-implemented method for increasing a number of advertising impressions, comprising:
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a) displaying a scene of a portion of the simulated environment from a camera point of view (camera POV) on a video display; b) changing the scene as the camera POV changes in response to movement of the camera POV along a camera path during the user'"'"'s interaction with the simulated environment; and c) adding movement to the camera path that directs the camera POV toward one or more advertising targets encountered along the camera path, wherein the movement added to the camera path is configured to place the advertising targets within the scene displayed on the video display to increase a likelihood a number of advertising impressions associated with one or more of the advertising targets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A client device configured to increasing a number of advertising impressions during user interaction with an interactive environment containing one or more advertising targets, comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; one or more instructions embodied in memory for execution by the processor, the instructions being configured to implement a method for increasing the number of advertising impressions, the instructions comprising; a) one or more instructions that, when executed, cause a scene of a portion of the simulated environment to be displayed from a camera point of view (camera POV); b) one or more instructions that, when executed, cause the scene to change as the camera POV changes in response to movement of the camera POV along a camera path during the user'"'"'s interaction with the simulated environment; and c) one or more instructions that, when executed, add movement to the camera path that directs the camera POV toward one or more advertising targets encountered along the camera path, wherein the movement added to the camera path is configured to place the advertising targets within the scene displayed to increase a likelihood a number of advertising impressions associated with one or more of the advertising targets.
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24. A computer-readable medium having embodied therein one or more computer-readable instructions that, when executed, implement a method for increasing a number of advertising impressions during user interaction with an interactive environment containing one or more advertising targets, a computer, the instructions comprising:
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a) one or more instructions that, when executed, cause a scene of a portion of the simulated environment to be displayed from a camera point of view (camera POV) on a video display; b) one or more instructions that, when executed, cause the scene to change as the camera POV changes in response to movement of the camera POV along a camera path during the user'"'"'s interaction with the simulated environment; and c) one or more instructions that, when executed, add movement to the camera path that directs the camera POV toward one or more advertising targets encountered along the camera path, wherein the movement added to the camera path is configured to place the advertising targets within the scene displayed on the video display to increase a likelihood a number of advertising impressions associated with one or more of the advertising targets.
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25. An apparatus for increasing a number of advertising impressions, in a system configured to facilitate user interaction with an interactive environment containing one or more advertising targets, the apparatus comprising:
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a) means for displaying a scene of a portion of the simulated environment from a camera point of view (camera POV) on a video display; b) means for changing the scene as the camera POV changes in response to movement of the camera POV along a camera path during the user'"'"'s interaction with the simulated environment; and c) means for adding movement to the camera path that directs the camera POV toward one or more advertising targets encountered along the camera path, wherein the movement added to the camera path is configured to place the advertising targets within the scene displayed on the video display to increase a likelihood a number of advertising impressions associated with one or more of the advertising targets.
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