Advertising Based on Keywords in Media Content

• US 20090320061A1
• Filed: 06/19/2008
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Soldan, Eric R., Pettit, Bradley R., Surpatanu, Nicolae, Baldwin, James A.
• Application Number:
  US12/141,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20090320061A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4784 receiving rewards
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 represented by keywords
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

In accordance with one or more aspects, a trigger including both a criteria portion and a payload portion is accessed, the criteria portion identifying one or more criteria that includes a keyword, and the payload portion identifying one or more actions for presenting advertising content. Data corresponding to media content being presented is also accessed, and a check is made as to whether the data satisfies the one or more criteria. The one or more actions are performed in response to the data satisfying the one or more criteria. The trigger associating the advertising content with the keyword can be received in exchange for compensation.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving compensation in exchange for associating advertising content with a keyword;

obtaining a trigger corresponding to the keyword, the trigger identifying both the keyword and one or more actions to be performed for presenting the advertising content; and

downloading the trigger to one or more consumer devices so that each of the one or more consumer devices can present the advertising content in response to the keyword occurring in media content being presented by the consumer device.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, the trigger further including criteria identifying particular media content that is to be presented in order for the advertising content to be presented.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, the trigger further including criteria identifying how frequently the one or more actions are to be performed.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the keyword occurring in the media content comprises the keyword occurring in metadata associated with the media content.

5. A method as recited in claim 4, wherein the metadata comprises closed captioning data.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the keyword comprises text.

7. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon multiple instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

access a trigger including both a criteria portion and a payload portion, the criteria portion identifying one or more criteria that includes a keyword, and the payload portion identifying one or more actions for presenting advertising content;

access data corresponding to media content being presented;

check whether the data satisfies the one or more criteria; and

perform the one or more actions in response to the data satisfying the one or more criteria.

8. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 7, the one or more criteria further identifying particular media content that is to be being played back in order for the one or more criteria to be satisfied.

9. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 7, the one or more criteria further identifying a time range that a current time is to be within in order for the one or more criteria to be satisfied.

10. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 7, wherein the data can satisfy the one or more criteria multiple times while the media content is being presented, and wherein the one or more criteria further identify how frequently the one or more actions can be performed while the media content is being presented.

11. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 7, the data corresponding to media content comprising closed captioning data.

12. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 7, wherein to perform the one or more actions is to display the advertising content.

13. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 12, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to receive the trigger in response to compensation having been received for the trigger.

14. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 7, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

access a second trigger including a second criteria portion and a second payload portion, the second criteria portion identifying additional one or more criteria that includes the keyword, and the second payload portion identifying an additional one or more actions;

access the data corresponding to media content being presented;

check whether the data satisfies the additional one or more criteria; and

perform the additional one or more actions in response to the data satisfying the additional one or more criteria.

15. A device comprising:

a trigger store to store multiple triggers, each of the multiple triggers comprising a criteria portion and a payload portion, the criteria portion identifying one or more criteria and the payload portion identifying one or more actions for presenting advertising content, the one or more criteria including a keyword; and

a monitor module, coupled to the trigger store, to monitor data corresponding to media content being presented and detect when the data satisfies the one or more criteria of one or more of the multiple triggers.

16. A device as recited in claim 15, wherein the data can satisfy the one or more criteria multiple times while the media content is being presented, and wherein the one or more criteria further identify how frequently the one or more actions can be performed while the media content is being presented.

17. A device as recited in claim 15, the data corresponding to media content comprising closed captioning data.

18. A device as recited in claim 15, wherein the monitor module is further to perform the one or more actions for presenting advertising content in response to detecting that the data satisfies the one or more criteria, the one or more actions comprising displaying the advertising content.

19. A device as recited in claim 15, wherein the trigger store is to receive one or more of the multiple triggers in response to compensation having been received for the one or more triggers.

20. A device as recited in claim 15, wherein the data corresponding to the media content comprises closed captioning data.