METHODS FOR ROUTING A COMMERCIAL TO A DESTINATION DEVICE ON A LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS

• US 20090119206A1
• Filed: 11/02/2007
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Minor, Sten Hakan
• Application Number:
  US11/934,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119206A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

An electronic device is operated by receiving a commercial from a service provider. The commercial is processed to identify a destination device on a Local Area Network (LAN) to which the commercial is to be sent. The commercial is then sent to the destination device.

Claims

1. A method of operating an electronic device, comprising:

receiving a commercial from a service provider at the electronic device;

processing the commercial to identify a destination device on a Local Area Network (LAN) to which the commercial is to be sent; and

sending the commercial to the destination device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the commercial comprises:

processing the commercial to determine a time that the commercial is to be played; and

sending the commercial to the destination device based on the time that the commercial is to be played.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the commercial to the destination device comprises:

determining whether the destination device is powered on; and

sending the commercial to the destination device when the destination device is powered on.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the commercial from the service provider comprises:

receiving a link from the service provider that identifies an address for a repository that contains the commercial; and

obtaining the commercial from the repository.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the link comprises receiving a Short Message Service (SMS) message that includes the link from the service provider.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a notification from the destination device at the electronic device that the commercial has played; and

notifying the service provider that the commercial has played.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the LAN supports communication between the electronic device and the destination device via IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and/or Bluetooth technology.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the LAN comprises a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) network.

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

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a gateway device and/or modem device.

11. An electronic device configured to carry out the method of claim 1.

12. A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer readable program code being configured to carry out the method of claim 1.

13. A method of operating an electronic device, comprising:

sending a commercial to a routing device on a Local Area Network (LAN), the commercial comprising routing information that associates the commercial with destination device types that are configured to play the commercial; and

receiving notification from the routing device that the commercial has been played by a destination device on the LAN.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein sending the commercial to the routing device comprises:

sending a link to the routing device that identifies an address for a repository that contains the commercial.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein sending the link comprises sending a Short Message Service (SMS) message that includes the link.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

sending an invoice to an advertiser associated with the commercial responsive to receiving notification that the commercial has been played.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the electronic device is associated with a service provider.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the routing device comprises a mobile terminal, gateway device, and/or modem device.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the LAN supports communication via IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and/or Bluetooth technology.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the LAN comprises a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) network.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein the commercial further comprises time information that specifies when the commercial can be played.

22. An electronic device configured to carry out the method of claim 13.