METHOD FOR INSERTING ADVERTISEMENTS INTO A TRAFFIC CAMERA IMAGE

• US 20100017817A1
• Filed: 07/15/2008
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hoots, Harry L. III, Harrington, Nathan J.
• Application Number:
  US12/173,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20100017817A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a method for inserting advertisements into a traffic camera image. The method may receive an advertisement package, the advertisement package comprising a business identifier, a message text, and a price per congestion level. The method may store the advertisement package. The method may receive a user query for a traffic camera image. The method may receive the traffic camera image, the traffic camera image comprising a camera image, a business indicator, and coordinates of the traffic camera image. The method may associate the traffic camera image with the advertisement package. The method may then produce an overlay image associated with the advertisement package. The method may merge the traffic camera image and the overlay image into a final image. Finally, the method may display the final image.

Claims

1. A computer program product for inserting advertisements into a traffic camera image, comprising:

a tangible computer useable medium having computer useable code tangibly embodied therewith, the computer useable program code comprising;

computer program code configured to receive an advertisement package, the advertisement package comprising a business identifier, a message text, and a price per congestion level;

computer program code configured to receive a high traffic advertisement;

computer program code configured to store the advertisement package and the high traffic advertisement;

computer program code configured to receive a user query for the traffic camera image;

computer program code configured to receive the traffic camera image, the traffic camera image comprising a camera image, a business indicator, and coordinates of the traffic camera image;

computer program code configured to query a traffic volume database;

computer program code configured to receive a traffic congestion level from the traffic volume database;

computer program code configured to associate the traffic camera image with the advertisement package;

computer program code configured to produce an overlay image associated with the advertisement package;

computer program code configured to merge the traffic camera image and the overlay image into a final image; and

computer program code configured to display the final image and the high traffic advertisement, wherein the high traffic advertisement is displayed when the traffic congestion level is high.