SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING VISUAL CONTENT TO A TARGETED DISPLAY

• US 20090113775A1
• Filed: 10/31/2008
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jessica Dee Netter
• Original Assignee: Jessica Dee Netter
• Inventors: Netter, Jessica Dee
• Application Number:
  US12/262,893
• Publication Number:
  US 20090113775A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/591
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/253 where a visual mode is used instead of a voice mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages

Abstract

A media system for distributing visual content includes a display and a host. The host is remotely located from the display and coupled to the display over a communication network. The display is supported by an article. The host includes a computer storage medium including visual content. At least a portion of the visual content is submitted to the host by a client. The host includes a processor configured to selectively transmit visual content to the display and configured to receive data corresponding to display activity of the selected visual content on the display. A reporting module reports the data corresponding to the display activity to the client and the subscriber.

Claims

1. A media system for displaying visual content comprising:

a display supported by an article;

a host remotely located from the display and coupled to the display over a communication network, the host comprising;

a computer storage medium including visual content, wherein at least a portion of the visual content is submitted to the host by a client;

a processor configured to selectively transmit visual content to the display and configured to receive data corresponding to display activity of the selected visual content on the display; and

a reporting module configured to report the data corresponding to the display activity to the client and a subscriber.

2. The media system of claim 1, wherein the data corresponding to display activity includes data representative of at least a value of time the selectively transmitted visual content was displayed.

3. The media system of claim 2, wherein the data received from the display further comprises geographical location data from a geographical locater co-located with the display.

4. The media system of claim 1, wherein the article comprises a motorized vehicle, wherein the display is arranged for viewing from a window of the motorized vehicle.

5. The media system of claim 1, wherein the host is configured to screen visual content before it is stored in the computer storage medium.

6. The media system of claim 1, wherein the host comprises a display controller configured to remotely control display settings of the display.

7. The media system of claim 1, wherein the host is responsive to profile information provided by the subscriber when selectively transmitting visual content to the display.

8. The media system of claim 1, further comprising a redemption service module coupled to the host by the communication network, the redemption service module configured to receive the report data from the reporting module to assign subscriber rewards points based on the data received from the display.

9. The media system of claim 1, wherein the visual content stored in the visual content storage further comprises visual content submitted by the subscriber for display on the display.

10. A method of distributing visual content comprising:

selecting visual content to be displayed on a remotely located display based on information provided by a subscriber, the display supported by an article;

transmitting the selected visual content to the display;

receiving data corresponding to display activity of the visual content on the display; and

reporting the data for access by the subscriber.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the data corresponding to display activity of the visual content on the display comprises at least a value of time the selected visual content was displayed on the display.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the data corresponding to display activity on the display received comprises geographical location data from a geographical locater co-located with the display.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising screening the select visual content for unacceptable content before it is transmitted to the display.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising remotely controlling display settings of the display.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting the reported data to a redemption service, the redemption service configured to assign subscriber rewards points based on the data corresponding to the display activity on the display.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein selecting visual content comprises selecting visual content from visual content stored in a computer storage medium of which a portion of the visual content is submitted by a client desirous of displaying visual content on the display.

17. A display system comprising:

a display housed in a transportation vehicle and configured to render an image supported by a window of the transportation vehicle, the window including an exterior facing side which at least renders the image for viewing by a person exterior to the transportation vehicle; and

a processing unit including a storage device containing visual content received from a host remotely located from the display system and coupled to the processing unit through a communication network, the processing unit configured to transmit visual content to the display and transmit data to the host.

18. The display system of claim 17, wherein the data transmitted to the host comprises at least a value of time the visual content is displayed on the display.

19. The display system of claim 18, wherein the data transmitted to the host comprises geographical location data of the display.

20. The display system of claim 17, wherein the display comprises a projector mounted to an interior of the transportation vehicle and configured to project the image on an optical film coupled to the window of the transportation vehicle.