Wireless Device Tagging System and Method

• US 20090128335A1
• Filed: 09/12/2008
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AirKast, Inc.
• Original Assignee: AirKast, Inc.
• Inventors: Leung, Larry
• Application Number:
  US12/209,989
• Publication Number:
  US 20090128335A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A wireless device tagging system and method are described.

Claims

1. A tagging system, comprising:

a computer implemented platform;

one or more wireless devices that are capable of communicating with the computer implemented tagging unit over a link, each wireless device further comprising a tag module; and

the computer implemented platform further comprising a tagging unit that enables, in conjunction with the tag module, each of the one or more wireless devices to tag an item indicating an interest in the item.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the item is one of a product and a service.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the product is music.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more wireless devices further comprises a purchase module wherein the wireless device retrieves a tagged item and completes purchase of the item using the purchase module.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising a computing device that is capable of communicating with the computer implemented platform that retrieves a tagged item and completes purchase of the item.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer implemented platform further comprises an advertising provision manager that presents advertisements to the one or more wireless devices.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the advertisements further comprise one of a splash advertisement, a full page advertisement and a media advertisement.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the item further comprises an advertisement displayed on the wireless device.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the advertising provision manager presents advertisements to a particular wireless devices based on the location of the particular wireless device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein each wireless device further comprises a graphics wall module that displays a graphical wall on the wireless device representing one or more pieces of time shifted content.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein each wireless device further comprises a sharing module that permits tagged items to be shared with other wireless devices.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer implemented platform further comprises a vote manager that manages votes from wireless devices.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer implemented platform further comprises a content upload module for uploading content into the system.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer implemented platform further comprises a synchronization manager that provides real-time synchronization of the tagging with live broadcast media.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein each wireless device displays one or more tagged items and variations of the featured items.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more wireless devices further comprises a purchase module wherein the purchase module is capable of purchasing items based on a live broadcast media.