METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION, RECEIPT AND DISPLAY OF ADVERTISEMENTS
First Claim
1. A system for use in displaying advertisements within an electronic program guide, the system comprising:
- a transmitter that broadcasts a plurality of advertisements having a set of advertisement attributes and a plurality of television programs having a set of program attributes;
a receiver that receives and separates the plurality of advertisements from the plurality of television programs;
a memory coupled to the receiver that stores the plurality of advertisements and the set of advertisement attributes;
a controller coupled to the receiver and the memory that stores the set of program attributes in a selection history table in the memory and that identifies a first advertisement based on a correlation between the set of program attributes stored in the selection history table and the advertisement attributes associated with the first advertisement; and
a display that displays the first advertisement within the electronic program guide.
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Abstract
An apparatus for the intelligent display of advertisements to a television services user includes a transmitter, a receiver and a display on which an electronic television program guide, television programs, and advertisements are displayed. Advertising and electronic program guide data are transmitted to a receiver used by one or more television service users. The electronic program guide data includes information characterizing television programs listed in an electronic program guide. Similarly, the advertising data includes advertisements and information characterizing the transmitted advertisements. A selection history contains information characterizing those programs selected by a user for viewing. Received advertisements are displayed to the user based upon a comparison between the information characterizing each of the plurality of advertisements and the information in the selection history.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for use in displaying advertisements within an electronic program guide, the system comprising:
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a transmitter that broadcasts a plurality of advertisements having a set of advertisement attributes and a plurality of television programs having a set of program attributes; a receiver that receives and separates the plurality of advertisements from the plurality of television programs; a memory coupled to the receiver that stores the plurality of advertisements and the set of advertisement attributes; a controller coupled to the receiver and the memory that stores the set of program attributes in a selection history table in the memory and that identifies a first advertisement based on a correlation between the set of program attributes stored in the selection history table and the advertisement attributes associated with the first advertisement; and a display that displays the first advertisement within the electronic program guide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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