TARGETED ADVERTISING IN UNICAST, MULTICAST AND HYBRID DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM CONTEXTS
First Claim
1. A method for use in targeting assets to user equipment devices in a content distribution system of scheduled programming networks, comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at a user equipment device, one or more user inputs reflecting one or more user selections of scheduled programming networks;
transmitting, from said user equipment device to a processing system separate from said user equipment device, message information based on said one or more user inputs, wherein said processing system is operative to process said message information to select one or more assets, different than scheduled programming of said selected scheduled programming networks, for transmission to said user equipment device; and
receiving, at said user equipment device, selected scheduled programming together with said one or more assets selected based at least in part on said message information.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are presented for the delivery of targeted assets in a scheduled programming network in the context of several content distribution systems, including switched digital, unicast, multicast, and hybrid unicast/multicast content distribution systems. Assets may be targeted to network users in connection with the scheduled network programming, and further, successful delivery of those targeted assets may be confirmed. In this regard, the systems and methods generally select targeted assets from a remote platform and, in some instances, to deliver those targeted assets from the remote platform. The assets may be selected based on demographic or other information obtained from an external source and/or based on monitoring user inputs. In the latter regard, the classification of an audience can be based at least in part on monitoring communications to the remote platform conventionally used for other purposes.
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1. A method for use in targeting assets to user equipment devices in a content distribution system of scheduled programming networks, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a user equipment device, one or more user inputs reflecting one or more user selections of scheduled programming networks; transmitting, from said user equipment device to a processing system separate from said user equipment device, message information based on said one or more user inputs, wherein said processing system is operative to process said message information to select one or more assets, different than scheduled programming of said selected scheduled programming networks, for transmission to said user equipment device; and receiving, at said user equipment device, selected scheduled programming together with said one or more assets selected based at least in part on said message information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for use in targeting assets to user equipment devices in a content distribution system of scheduled programming networks comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a processing system separate from a user equipment device, message information based on one or more user inputs to said user equipment device; operating said processing system to process said message information to select one or more assets, different than scheduled programming of said select scheduled programming networks, for transmission to said user equipment device; and transmitting, from said processing system to said user equipment device, selected scheduled programming together with said one or more assets selected based at least in part on said message information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for use in targeting assets to a user equipment device in a content distribution system, comprising:
a remote processing system that receives from a user equipment device message information based on one or more user inputs reflecting one or more user selections of scheduled programming networks, wherein said processing system processes said message information to select one or more assets, different than scheduled programming of said selected scheduled programming networks, and transmits said one or more assets to said user equipment device together with selected scheduled programming. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for use in targeting assets from a remote processing system in a content distribution system, comprising:
a user equipment device separate from a remote processing system that receives one or more user inputs reflecting one or more user selections of scheduled programming networks, wherein said user equipment device transmits, from said user equipment device to said remote processing system, message information based on said one or more user inputs, and wherein said user equipment device receives from said remote processing system one or more assets, based at least in part on said message information and different than scheduled programming of said selected scheduled programming networks, together with selected scheduled programming. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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47. The system of 44, wherein said asset delivery report comprises a summary of assets played at said user equipment device over a specified time period.
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